Gaité Parisienne / Faust Ballet Music

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Album Info

Release Date: 1961-09

Label: Decca

Early UK version for this cat#.
There may be versions that have a flipback sleeve.

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

SLEEVE:
- Laminated on front only
- No flipbacks
- Boxed Decca logo on front and back
- Large "stereo" caption on front
- Spine has text on it, bold "stereo" caption on spine
- Uncredited sleeve notes in English on back
- "© The Decca Record Co. Ltd., London, 1961"
- "Printed in England by St. James Press, London and Edenbridge"

CATALOG NUMBERS:
- SXL 2280 on sleeve
- SXL.2280 on labels

OTHER INFORMATION:
- Tracks A and B1 (Offenbach) recorded 26 - 27 May 1960 in Kingsway Hall, London
- Tracks B2.a to B2.g (Gounod) recorded 28 January 1960 in Kingsway Hall, London
- Labelography code: ED1
- Corresponding mono issue has cat# LXT 5642
- Sub tracks in track B2 are not banded on vinyl
- The librettists for Faust (Barbier and Carre) are mentioned on the sleeve and labels, but the recording doesn't feature any sung text.

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