Sleeve condition : Very Good Plus (VG+)
Media condition : Very Good (VG)
Genre: Classical
Format: 3xLP, RP + Box
Comments: flames on vinyl after plastic deluxe innesleeves
Tracklist: . Aida
Notes: Repress from 1963.
The original version was issued in a red (or grey) plastic ‘wallet’ sleeve, not in a box.
The original version was released in December 1959.
LABELS:
– Black/silver ‘grooved wideband’ labels
– “ORIGINAL RECORDING BY” at 11 o’clock
– “Made in England” at bottom
– Decca ‘Musical Notes’ logo on all sides
– Matrix numbers printed upside-down
BOX:
– Black, hinged box
– Boxed Decca logos on front
– Gold lettering on spine
– Back of box is blank
LIBRETTO:
– 32 pages (page numbering starts with page 3 which is actually page 5)
– Contains photos of the recording, liner notes and the libretto itself
– Triangular “DECCA STEREOPHONIC” logo in a box on page 1
– “Front cover photograph from the Ceil B. De Mille
production THE TEN COMMANDMENTS, distributed
by PARAMOUNT and reproduced on this album by
courtesy of the PARAMOUNT FILM SERVICE LTD.”
– “© The Decca Record Co. Ltd., London, 1959”
– “Made in England”
CATALOG NUMBERS:
– SXL 2167/9 on spine
– SXL 2167-8-9 on first page of libretto
OTHER INFORMATION:
– Recorded 2 – 15 September 1959 in the Sofiensaal, Vienna
– Labelography code: ED1
– Corresponding mono issue has cat# LXT 5539/41
– Side numbers are in auto-coupled order (1,6,2,5,3,4)
– Sub tracks are not banded on vinyl
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