Georg Friedrich Händel, Joan Sutherland, Kenneth McKellar, Grace Bumbry, David Ward , London Symphony Orchestra & London Symphony Chorus, Sir Adrian Boult - Messiah Excerpts (LP) (Very Good (VG))

Media Condition:  Very Good (VG)
Sleeve Condition: Very Good Plus (VG+)
Country:    UK  
Released:  Sep 1962
Genre:       Classical
Style:         Baroque, Oratorio

Comments:
SOME LIGHT HAIRLINES, FEW SCRATCHES, LIGHT COVERWEAR
 

Notes:

Early UK version for this cat# with ED1 labels (see below for description).
There is an earlier version with a flipback sleeve and lower matrix numbers here: here
These are excerpts from the complete "Messiah" recording, issued in the UK on Decca SET 218/20 in 1961.

LABELS:
- Black/silver 'grooved wideband' labels
- "Original recording by" at 11 o'clock
- "Made in England" at bottom
- "Recording first published 1961"

SLEEVE:
- Front laminated
- No flipbacks
- Boxed Decca logo on front and back
- Small "stereo" in a black box on front top left
- Spine has text on it, bold "stereo" on spine
- "© 1962, The Decca Record Company Limited, London"
- "Printed in England by Robert Stace"
- "Original instrumentation"
- Sleeve notes in English only on back

OTHER INFORMATION:
- Recorded 15 May - 25 August 1961 in Kingsway Hall, London
- Labelography code: ED1
- Corresponding mono issue has cat# LXT 5685
- This was the last cat# in the SXL 2000 series

. Messiah: Excerpts

Barcode and Other Identifiers:

Matrix / Runout ZAL-5506-3G K KT 1
Matrix / Runout ZAL-5507-2G N KT 1
Matrix / Runout ZAL 5506
Matrix / Runout ZAL 5507

Recorded At Kingsway 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