Renard / Scherzo A La Russe / Mavra

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Album Info

Release Date: 1965-07

Label: Decca

This is the first UK version for this cat#

LABELS:
- Black/silver 'grooved wideband' labels
- "MADE IN ENGLAND BY" at 11 o'clock
- "℗ 1965"
- "B.I.E.M." in a box on both sides
- Tax code "K/T"
- Matrix numbers printed upside-down

SLEEVE:
- Front laminated
- Bold "STEREO" on spine
- Large "STEREO" on back
- "© 1965, The Decca Record Company Limited, London"
- "Laminated with 'Clarifoil' made by British Celanese Limited"
- "Printed in England by Clout & Baker Ltd."
- Unsigned liner notes in English on back

INSERT:
- 4 pages
- "Printed in England by Clout & Baker Ltd."
- Renard is described as "A burlesque for the stage to be sung and acted, based on popular Russian folk tales"
- The English libretto for Renard is "© in all countries J. & W. Chester, Limited, London"
- Mavra is described as a "Opéra bouffe in one act"
- Regarding Mavra: "It is regretted that it has proved impossible to obtain permission to print the English words of the above work as sung on this disc, owing to difficulties of copyright."

CATALOG NUMBERS:
- SXL 6171 on sleeve
- SXL.6171 on labels

OTHER INFORMATION:
- "Mavra" recorded 2 - 8 April 1963 in the Victoria Hall, Geneva.
- "Renard" recorded 15 - 18 September 1964 in the Victoria Hall, Geneva.
- "Scherzo a la Russe" recorded 24 November 1964 in the Victoria Hall, Geneva.
- Labelography code: ED2
- Corresponding mono issue has cat# LXT 6171
- The author of the English translation for "Mavra" is uncredited on the release

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