Alfred Deller • Elizabeth Harwood • Peter Pears • Thomas Hemsley • Josephine Veasey • Heather Harper • Stephen Terry • John Shirley-Quirk • Helen Watts • Owen Brannigan • Norman Lumsden • Kenneth MacDonald • Davi

Media Condition:  Very Good Plus (VG+)
Sleeve Condition: Very Good Plus (VG+)
Country:    UK  
Released:  1966
Genre:       Classical, Brass & Military
Style:         Modern, Opera

Comments:

 

Notes:

Box set with 3 LPs and 3 different labels layout.

Box set includes a 28-page 12" stapled booklet.
Booklet info:
Title: "A Midsummer Night's Dream an Opera in three acts.
Credited liner notes and libreto texts in English, only. 
© 1960 by Hawkes & Son (London) Limited.
Stereo SET 338-40
Mono MET 338-40
Printed in England by MacNeill Press, London, S.E.1.
Misprint error: "Side Analysis" liner notesfor side VI with "Act Ⅱ" instead of "Act Ⅲ". 

Spine string: "Britten : A Midsummer Night's Dream DECCA Stereo SET 338-40"

Center-labels info:
Purple with silver lettering labels.
Layouts:
Sides A, B, C and D
- Made in England By The Decca Record Co. Ltd. London" on rim text at 10 to 2 o'clock.
- DECCA’s “ffss Full Frequency Stereophonic Sound” silver round logo.
- DECCA’s “Full Frequency Stereophonic Sound” silver banner on top of spindle hole.   
- Record cat# and label matrix at far right of spindle hole.
- Rim text in the lower half of the label.
Sides A, B and D:
- Side identifier at the left of spindle hole.
- Publisher info at the left of side identifier.
- "J/T" (UK Purchase Tax Code) at the right of spindle hole.
- ℗ 1966 on bottom. 
Side C: 
- Side identifier at the right of spindle hole.
- Publisher info at far left of spindle hole.
- ℗ 1966" on top of publisher info, at the left of spindle hole.
- No "J/T" on label.
Sides E and F:
- Rim text in the upper half of the label.
- "Made in England • The Decca Record Co. Ltd." on top, bellow rim text, at 11 to 1 o'clock.
- DECCA’s “ffs Full Frequency Stereophonic Sound ffs” silver banner on top of spindle hole.   
- Record cat# and label matrix at far right of spindle hole.
- Side identifier at the left of spindle hole.
- Publisher info at the left of side identifier.
- Rpm info on top of publisher info, at the left of spindle hole.
- ℗ 1966 on bottom. 
- No "J/T" on label.
- No DECCA’s “ffss Full Frequency Stereophonic Sound” silver round logo.


Labels Tracklist:
Side A: Act. 1, Part 1. Over Hill, Over Dale	
Side B: Act. 1, Concl. Is All Our Company Here?	
Side C: Act. 2, Part 1. Are We All Met?	
Side D: Act. 2, Concl. Flower Of This Purple Die	
Side E: Act. 3, Part 1. My Gentle Robin	
Side F: Act. 3, Concl. If We Offend, It Is With Our Good Will

Tracklisting taken from booklet "Side Analysis".

Comes with printed inner sleeves Made in England.

 

. A Midsummer Night's Dream

 

Barcode and Other Identifiers:

Matrix / Runout SET.338
Matrix / Runout SET.339
Matrix / Runout SET.340
Matrix / Runout ZAL.7684
Matrix / Runout ZAL.7685
Matrix / Runout ZAL.7686
Matrix / Runout ZAL.7687
Matrix / Runout ZAL.7688
Matrix / Runout ZAL.7689
Matrix / Runout ZAL.7684-7G C JT 1
Matrix / Runout ZAL.7685-7G B JT 1
Matrix / Runout ZAL.7686-8R BK JT 2B
Matrix / Runout ZAL.7687-4G C JT 1
Matrix / Runout ZAL.7688-7G C JT 1
Matrix / Runout ZAL.7689-5G I JT 1
Other J/T
Other 4-72

 

Record Company The Decca Record Company Limited
Recorded At Walthamstow Assembly Hall
Printed By MacNeill Press Ltd.
Published By Hawkes & Son

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