Symphony No. 5

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Album Info

Release Date: 1959-03

Label: Decca

This is the first UK stereo version.

LABELS:
- Black/silver 'wideband' labels
- 'Groove' at the outer rim of label area. This position of the 'groove' is only to be found on a very few early Decca stereo issues (but is more common on earlier mono issues).
- "ORIGINAL RECORDING BY" at 11 o'clock
- "Made in England" at bottom
- "RECORDING FIRST PUBLISHED 1959"
- Decca 'Musical Notes' logo on both sides
- Matrix numbers printed upside-down

SLEEVE:
- Fully laminated
- 'Half-moon' flipbacks (aka scalloped)
- Blue border on back
- Triangular "DECCA STEREOPHONIC" logo in a box on front and without a box on back
- Thin spine with no text on it
- Printing date on sleeve for this copy is February 1959 ("2/59")
- "Printed in England" on bottom flipback
- "© The Decca Record Co. Ltd., 1959" on back
- Note: the sticker seen on the back sleeve image is not part of the sleeve design

CATALOG NUMBERS:
- SXL 2109 on sleeve
- SXL.2109 on labels

OTHER INFORMATION:
- Recorded 15 - 16 September 1958 in the Sofiensaal, Vienna
- Corresponding mono issue has cat# LXT 5503
- Vinyl has a flat outer edge, no raised lip (aka 'pancake' pressing)
- Labelography code: ED8

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