Closing Scenes From Salome ∙ Götterdämmerung

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Release Date: 1966-11

Label: Decca

This is the first UK version for this cat#.
This LP was most probably not released with the ED1 label.

LABELS:
- Black/silver 'grooved wideband' labels
- "MADE IN ENGLAND" at 11 o'clock
- "℗ 1966"
- Tax code "K/T"
- "Boosey & Hawkes" on side A only
- Decca 'Musical Notes' logo on side B only
- Matrix numbers printed upside-down

SLEEVE:
- Front laminated
- No flipbacks
- Bold "STEREO" on spine
- "© 1966, The Decca Record Company Limited, London."
- "Laminated with 'Clarifoil' made by British Celanese Limited"
- "Printed in England by Robert Stace."

INSERT:
- 1 sheet, both pages printed
- Contains the libretti in original language and English translations
- A note following the libretto to "Salome" reads:
 "Copyright 1905 by Adolph Fürstner.
 Copyright assigned 1943 to Boosey & Hawkes Ltd. for all countries except
 Germany, Italy, Portugal, Danzig and the U.S.S.R."
- A note following the libretto to "Götterdämmerung" reads:
 "© 1966, The Decca Record Company Limited, London."
- "Printed in England by Robert Stace."

CATALOG NUMBERS:
- SXL 6261 on sleeve and insert
- SXL.6261 on labels

OTHER INFORMATION:
- This release compiles excerpts from two previously available complete opera recordings:
 "Salome" excerpts taken from Decca SET 228/9, originally released in March 1962
 "Götterdämmerung" excerpts taken from Decca SET 292/7, originally released in May 1965
- Tracks A1 and A2 (Salome) recorded 16 - 25 October 1961 in the Sofiensaal, Vienna
- Track B (Götterdämmerung) recorded 20 May - 24 November 1964 in the Sofiensaal, Vienna
- Labelography code: ED2
- Corresponding mono issue has cat# LXT 6261

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