A few days ago I was offered, from a deceased estate, a classical vinyl collection. The owner was in her 90's and her husband, who'd died in the mid-1960's, had collected original first pressings of UK, German, and Australian releases from about 1952 - 1965 (none were dated later than that)...AND...he had kept them in pristine (or very near) condition. Some looked like they had NEVER been played. She had kept them stored away neatly and safely ever since then. All had been kept in soft plastic covers the entire time and appeared to never have been even touched since way back then. 
This one below is from that collection. ===================================================================== Format:   VINYL LP...STEREO
Orchestra:       LONDON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA Conductor:      PIERINO GAMBA Soloist:            RUGGIERO RICCI Composers:    MENDELSSOHN and BRUCH Concertos:     MENDELSSOHN: CONCERTO in E-MINOR for VIOLIN and ORCHESTRA, Opus 64                       BRUCH: CONCERTO No.1 in G-MINOR for VIOLIN and ORCHESTRA, Opus 26                      Record Label:   DECCA (black and silver labels)  Catalogue #:    SXL.2006    Date Of Release:  1958 Pressed in:   UK
MATRIX NUMBERS -  Side 1:   ZAL-3525-2E Side 2:   ZAL-3526-2E  
INNER SLEEVE: The record is housed in its original and correct soft-plastic-lined printed paper 'Decca FFSS' inner bag.
OTHER DETAILS -  

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 side A 
- "B.I.E.M." in a box on side B 
- Matrix numbers printed upside-down 

SLEEVE: 
- Fully laminated 
- 'Half-moon' flipbacks (i.e. scalloped flipbacks)  
- Triangular "DECCA STEREOPHONIC" logo on front and back 
- Thin spine with no text on it 
- "Printed in England" on bottom flipback 
- Printing date on sleeve is April 1960 ("4.60") 
- Liner notes in English on back (by Joan Chissell) 

CATALOG NUMBERS: 
- SXL 2006 on sleeve 
- SXL.2006 on labels 

OTHER INFORMATION: 
- Recorded 15 - 16 January 1957 in Kingsway Hall, London 

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