ATTENTION AUDIOPHILES:  Up for sale is a lot of five (5) Polart annual publications (1960 through 1964) which are comprehensive Indices to the record (and tape) reviews that appeared in multiple different prominent magazines.  I know of no other copies of these booklets for sale.  [PLEASE NOTE:  These booklets are Indices that give the location (months and page numbers) of record (and tape) reviews that are located in the regular monthly issues of the other periodicals.  The Indices I am selling do NOT contain any record reviews themselves.]

These booklets were copyrighted by Polart, which was located at 20115 Goulburn Avenue, Detroit 5, Michigan.  Each one was copyrighted in the year after the year covered by the Index.  (For example, the 1960 Index was copyrighted in 1961, etc.)  

The emphasis is on classical music but there are also sections for Pop and Jazz, soundtracks, and miscellaneous genres.

The five Indices from Polart contain citations of reviews found in several periodicals, each of which is given a letter abbreviation (as follows).  Not all periodicals were included in every Index.  I have listed which years are included, next to each of the abbreviations below.  (The same information is contained in photos # 4, 6, 8, 10 and 12 of this listing.)

AT:  Atlantic Monthly (1961, 1962, 1963)

AU:  Audio (1961, 1962, 1963, 1964)

CR:  Consumers Reports (1961, 1962, 1963)

DB:  Down Beat (1962, 1963, 1964)

HA:  Harper's (1961, 1962, 1963)

HF:  High Fidelity (1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964)

HS:  Hi-Fi Stereo Review (1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964)

MA:  Musical America (1961, 1962, 1963, 1964)

MC:  Music Magazine/Musical Courier (1961, 1962)

MJ:  Music Journal (1964)

NR:  New Records (1961, 1962, 1963, 1964)

OP: Opera News (1961, 1962, 1963, 1964)

RE:  Reporter (1961, 1962, 1963)

RG:  American Record Guide (1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964)

SR:  Saturday Review (1961, 1962, 1963, 1964)

TR:  Tape Recording (1961, 1962, 1963, 1964)

TT:  Tape Trends (1964)

The 1960 Index measures about 9.5 x 6 inches and has 28 interior pages (plus the covers).  Each of the other Indices (1961 - 1964) measures about 8.5 x 5.5 inches and has from 44 to 48 pages (plus the covers), depending on the year.

Please see above for complete description of condition and for photos.  There are significant condition issues particularly for the 1960 Index, but also for the others.  Sold as is.  

Attention US Buyers:  I will ship using USPS Media Mail or USPS Priority Mail, your choice.  Please note that if you have a Military Mail address (e.g. APO), I must ask that you choose USPS Media Mail as it is my understanding that USPS Media Mail is not reliable to Military Mail addresses. 

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