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SMETANA

KUBELIK

VIENNA PHILARMONIC ORCHESTRA

MÁ VLAST (MY Country)

Cycle of symphonic poems

First, original Decca STEREO pressings, ED.1

Record set composed of two albums, but both records were available separately. Both came in their own sleeve.
Record 1 has cat# SXL 2064 and contains side 1 and 4.
Record 2 has cat# SXL 2065 contains sides 2 and 3.

LABELS:

- Black/silver 'grooved wideband' labels
- "ORIGINAL RECORDING BY" at 11 o'clock
- "Made in England" at bottom
- "RECORDING FIRST PUBLISHED 1958"
- Decca 'Musical Notes' logo on both sides at left of spindle holes.
- Matrix numbers printed upside-down

SLEEVE:

- Front laminated
- 'Half-moon' flipback (aka scalloped)
- Main credits are printed in red ink on back
- Triangular "DECCA" logo in a box on front and without a box on back
- Thin spine with no text on it
- Printing date on sleeve for this copy is April 1959 ("4-59")
- "Printed in England" on bottom flipback
- "© The Decca Record Co. Ltd., London, 1959" on back

Includes FFSS inner sleeve

CATALOG NUMBERS:

- SXL 2065 on sleeve
- SXL.2065 on labels

OTHER INFORMATION:

- Recorded 3 - 7 April 1958 in the Sofiensaal, Vienna
- Labelography code: ED1
- Corresponding mono issue has cat# LXT 5475
- Title on back of sleeve is: "MÁ VLAST (MY COUNTRY) Cycle of symphonic poems"