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SXL 6023 ED2 Brahms Piano Concerto no. 1 Curzon Szell Decca 1st WBG
Sold Date:
November 28, 2021
Start Date:
November 21, 2021
Final Price:
€40.00
(EUR)
Bid Count:
1
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Early UK stereo repress with the 1st wideband label and tax code KT on label.
LABELS:
- Black/silver 'grooved wideband' labels
- "ORIGINAL RECORDING BY" at 11 o'clock
- ‘ffss’ logo in a circle
- ‘FULL FREQUENCY STEREOPHONIC SOUND’ in wide silver band
- UK Purchase Tax code K/T on labels (after July 1st 1963)
- Matrix numbers printed upside-down
- 'Recording first published 1962'
- Decca ‘Musical Notes’ logo on both sides
- 'Made in England' at bottom
SLEEVE:
- Front laminated sleeve
- Bold ‘STEREO’ on spine
- ‘Printed in England by James Upton Ltd., Birmingham & London.’ on back
- ‘© 1962, The Decca Record Company Limited, London’ on back
- Liner notes in English only
CATALOG NUMBERS:
- SXL 6023 on sleeve
- SXL.6023 on labels
OTHER INFORMATION:
- Recorded 30 May – 1 June 1962 in Kingsway Hall, London.
- Labelography code: ED1
- Corresponding mono issue has cat# LXT 6023.
- No track duration info on sleeve or labels. A-Side Runout, stamped: ZAL-5589-3G H KT 1 B-Side Runout, stamped: ZAL-5590-4G M KT 1
