Great Sacred Songs

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Album Info

Release Date: 1958-11

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
- "RECORDING FIRST PUBLISHED 1958"
- No speed indication on labels
- Matrix numbers printed upside-down

SLEEVE:
- Front laminated
- 'Half-moon' flipbacks (aka scalloped)
- Blue border on back
- Triangular "DECCA STEREOPHONIC" logo without a box on front and back
- Thin spine with no text on it
- Track A3 is "Copyright 1938 by Ascherberg, Hopwood & Crew, Ltd."
- Track B3 is "Copyright 1944 by Ascherberg, Hopwood & Crew, Ltd."
- "Printed in England" on bottom flipback
- Printing date on bottom flipback is October 1958 ("58 / 10")
- Back of sleeve shows the song lyrics and notes on the songs

CATALOG NUMBERS:
- SXL 2049 on sleeve
- SXL.2049 on labels

PUBLISHERS:
- Tracks A3, B3: "Ascherberg, Hopwood & Co."
- Track B4: "Burlington Music"
- Track B5: "Boosey"

OTHER INFORMATION:
- Recorded 24 - 26 April 1957 in Kingsway Hall, London
- Labelography code: ED1
- Corresponding mono issue has cat# LXT 5392
- The composers for tracks A3 and B3 are shown as "Anon." on the labels, but the sleeve notes mention the actual composers

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