Aida Highlights

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 - "RECORDING FIRST PUBLISHED 1960" - "B.I.E.M." in a box on both sides - Tax code "E/T" - Matrix numbers printed upside-down SLEEVE: - Front laminated - 'Half-moon' flipbacks (aka scalloped) - Boxed Decca logos on front and back - Large "STEREO" on front - Thin spine with no text on it - "© The Decca Record Co. Ltd., London, 1960" - "Printed in England. St. James Press, London, S.E.1." - "Laminated with 'Clarifoil' made by British Celanese Limited" - Unsigned sleeve notes in English on back CATALOG NUMBERS: - SXL 2242 on sleeve - SXL.2242 on labels VERSIONS WITH THE SAME CAT#: - ED1 label (this version) - ED2 label - ED4 label OTHER INFORMATION: - Highlights from the complete recording on SXL 2167/9 - Recorded 2 - 15 September 1959 in the Sofiensaal, Vienna - Labelography code: ED1 - Corresponding mono issue has cat# LXT 5597