Pathétique

Media Condition:  Very Good Plus (VG+)
Sleeve Condition: Very Good (VG)
Country:    UK  
Released:  Aug 1959
Genre:       Classical
Style:         Romantic

Comments:

 

Notes:

Repress from August 1959, probably the second pressing run for this cat#.
Original version was released in August 1958 and will have an corresponding printing date on back of the sleeve.

LABELS:
- Black/silver 'grooved wideband' labels
- "ORIGINAL RECORDING BY" at 11 o'clock
- "Made in England" at bottom
- "RECORDING FIRST PUBLISHED 1958"
- Tax code "E/T"
- Decca 'Musical Notes' logo on both sides
- Matrix numbers printed upside-down

SLEEVE:
- Front laminated
- 'Half-moon' flipbacks (aka scalloped)
- Blue border on back
- Triangular "DECCA STEREOPHONIC" logo on front and back
- Thin spine with no text on it
- "® Printed in England" on bottom flipback
- Front cover shows a "detail of Rodin's "The Burghers of Calais"
- Printing date on sleeve is August 1959 ("8/59")
- Sleeve notes in English on back

CATALOG NUMBERS:
- SXL 2004 on sleeve
- SXL.2004 on labels

OTHER INFORMATION:
- Recorded 31 March - 3 April 1958 in the Sofiensaal, Vienna
- Labelography code: ED1
- Corresponding mono issue has cat# LXT 5483

 

. Symphony No. 6 ("Pathétique") In B Minor, Op. 74

 

Barcode and Other Identifiers:

Matrix / Runout ZAL-4039-7K BU RT 2 B
Matrix / Runout ZAL-4040-3E UM ET RT 1
Matrix / Runout ZAL.4039
Matrix / Runout ZAL.4040
Other E/T
Other F.R.B. 8/59

 

Recorded At Sofiensaal
Mastered At Decca Studios
Pressed By Decca Record Co. Ltd., Pressing Plant, UK.
Printed By F. R. Britton & Co., Ltd.
Record Company The Decca Record Company Limited

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