Die Fledermaus (Highlights)

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Album Info

Release Date: 1962-06

Label: Decca

This is the first UK version for this cat#.

LABELS:
- Black/silver 'grooved wideband' labels
- "ORIGINAL RECORDING BY" at 11 o'clock
- "Made in England" at bottom
- "℗ 1961"
- Decca 'Musical Notes' logo on both sides
- Tax code "K/T"
- Matrix numbers printed upside-down

SLEEVE:
- Front laminated
- No flipbacks
- Bold "MONO" on spine
- "Original text by Hoffner and Genée after Meilhac and Halévy."
- "© 1962, The Decca Record Company Limited, London."
- "Laminated with 'Clarifoil' made by British Celanese Limited"
- "Printed in England by Clout & Baker Ltd."
- Sleeve notes in English on back

INSERT:
- 1 folded sheet, giving 8 pages
- Contains the lyrics in German language as well as English translations
- "© 1965, The Decca Record Company Limited, London."
- "Printed in England by James Upton Ltd. Birmingham & London."

CATALOG NUMBERS:
- SXL 6155 on sleeve
- SXL.6155 on labels

OTHER INFORMATION:
- Excerpts from the complete recording on Decca SET 201/3, which was first issued in 1960
- Recorded 12 - 20 June 1960 in the Sofiensaal, Vienna
- Labelography code: ED1
- Corresponding mono issue has cat# LXT 6155
- The librettist Haffner is misspelled "Hoffner" on sleeve and labels