Great Tenor Arias

Media Condition:  Near Mint (NM or M-)
Sleeve Condition: Very Good Plus (VG+)
Country:    UK  
Released:  1959
Genre:       Classical
Style:         Romantic, Opera

Comments:
EXCELLENT RECORD,
 

Notes:

Early UK stereo version with first labels and a printing date of July 1959 ("7/59") on the sleeve.
There may be versions with a slightly earlier printing date.

LABELS:
- Black/silver 'grooved wideband' labels
- "Original recording by" at 11 o'clock
- "Made in England" at bottom
- Matrix numbers printed upside-down
- The tracklists on the labels omit some details

SLEEVE:
- Laminated on front
- Triangular Decca stereophonic logo in a box on front
- Thin spine with no text printed on it
- Die-cut (aka scalloped) flipbacks
- Uncredited sleeve notes in English only on back
- On back of the sleeve the title appears as "Mario del Monaco Recital No.4"
- "© The Decca Record Co. Ltd., London, 1959"
- "Laminated with 'Clarifoil' made by British Celanese Limited" 

CATALOG NUMBERS:
- SXL 2122 on sleeve
- SXL.2122 on labels

OTHER INFORMATION:
- Recorded 10 - 18 February 1956
- Labelography code: ED1
- Corresponding mono version has cat# LXT 5202
- Sub tracks in tracks A1, A5, B1, B3 and B5 are not banded on vinyl

 

. Un Ballo In Maschera
. Fedora
. Giulietta E Romeo
. Madama Butterfly
. Le Cid
. Carmen
. Ernani
. L'Africaine
. La Wally
. Lucia Di Lammermoor

 

Barcode and Other Identifiers:

Matrix / Runout ZAL-3057-3E H ET RT 1
Matrix / Runout ZAL-3058-5E H RT ET 2 B
Matrix / Runout ZAL.3057
Matrix / Runout ZAL.3058
Rights Society B.I.E.M.
Other R.S. 7/59/495–®

 

Recorded At Walthamstow Assembly Hall
Mastered At Decca Studios
Pressed By Decca Record Co. Ltd., Pressing Plant, UK.
Printed By Robert Stace
Copyright (c) The Decca Record Company Limited

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