The Nutcracker (Casse-Noisette - Complete Ballet)

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Release Date: 1959-09

Label: Decca

Early UK version for this cat# with a printing date of September 1959 ("59.9") inside the gatefold.
There may be versions with a slightly earlier printing date code.

LABELS:
- Black/silver 'grooved wideband' labels
- "ORIGINAL RECORDING BY" at 11 o'clock
- "Made in England" at bottom
- "RECORDING FIRST PUBLISHED 1959"
- No speed indication on labels
- Decca 'Musical Notes' logo on all sides
- Matrix numbers printed upside-down

SLEEVE:
- Gatefold sleeve that opens to the top
- Front and back are laminated
- 8 pages are stapled inside the gatefold
- Back of the gatefold and the first page inside don't show any print
- Triangular "DECCA STEREOPHONIC" logo in a box on front and without a box inside the gatefold
- "Made and printed in England by A. White & Co., Ltd."

OTHER INFORMATION:
- Recorded October or November 1958 in the Victoria Hall, Geneva
- Labelography code: ED1
- Corresponding mono issue has cat# LXT 5493-4
- Side numbers are in auto-coupled order (LP 1: 1,4 / LP 2: 2,3)
- Sub tracks in tracks A2, A3, B and C1 are not banded on vinyl
- Side D shows only 5 bands on vinyl, but 6 bands are listed on the label
- Track titles taken from labels; the track titles printed in the gatefold differ slightly
- Track B.b is missing the word "Nutcracker" in "[...]Nutcracker Wins Battle[...]" on label

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