1812 Overture · Capriccio Italien · Marche Slave

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Album Info

Release Date: 1958-08-27

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
- "ffss" logo in a circle
- "FULL FREQUENCY STEREOPHONIC SOUND" in wide silver band
- "RECORDING FIRST PUBLISHED 1958"
- Decca 'Musical Notes' logo on both sides
- Matrix numbers printed upside-down

SLEEVE:
- Fully laminated
- 'Halfmoon' flipbacks (aka scalloped)
- Blue border on back
- Triangular "DECCA STEREOPHONIC" logo on front and back
- Thin spine with no text on it
- Printing date on sleeve is August 1958 ("58/8")
- "Printed in England" on back of sleeve
- "Cover photo from the Pontel-Delaurentiis production - War and Peace"

CATALOG NUMBERS:
- SXL 2001 on sleeve
- SXL.2001 on labels

OTHER INFORMATION:
- Recorded 2 & 8 May 1958 in Kingsway Hall, London
- The 1812 Overture features real cannon shots, which were probably recorded elsewhere
- Labelography code: ED1
- This was the first issue in Decca's SXL series
- No corresponding mono issue in the UK, but issued in mono on the London label for the US market

Advertised as a new release in "Decca Stereo LPs for Issue 27th August", Gramophone magazine, September 1958.

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