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BEETHOVEN BACKHAUS Vienna Philarmonic Orchestra Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt
PIANO CONCERTO No.1 PIANO CONCERTO No.2
Original DECCA label STEREO pressing, cat. SXL 2178

Repress from early 60s with ED1 labels but with a 'K/T' tax code on the labels.
The original version was released in 1960.

LABELS:
- Black/silver 'grooved wideband' labels
- "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:
- Laminated on front only
- Straight flipbacks on top and bottom
- Triangular "Decca Stereophonic" logo in a box on front
- Thin spine with no text on it
- "© The Decca Record Company Ltd., London, 1959"
- "Cover shows the portrait of Beethoven painted in 1806 [...] for Prince Carl Lichnowsky"
- "Printed in England by Robert Stace."
- Sleeve notes in English only on back
- No printing date on back of sleeve

CATALOG NUMBERS:
- SXL 2178 on sleeve
- SXL.2178 on labels

OTHER INFORMATION:
- Tracks A1 to A3 (Piano Concerto 1) recorded 16 - 22 April 1958 in the Sofiensaal, Vienna
- Tracks B1 to B3 (Piano Concerto 2) recorded 29 - 30 June 1959 in the Sofiensaal, Vienna
- Labelography code: ED1
- Corresponding mono issue has cat# LXT 5552


Record grading - VISUAL AND PLAY GRADE: above perfection, NM fantastic shape; no surface or background noises, extraordinary clean.
Sleeve grading: light and common minimal age wear; solid VG++ condition.


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