UK DECCA SXL 2016 VIENNA HOLIDAY KNAPPERTSBUSCH VPO LP 1959 WIDE BAND STEREO
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Jul 12, 2026 Sold Date
Jul 2, 2026 Start Date
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UK DECCA SXL 2016. RELEASED 1959
REPRESSING OF 1958 LP
STEREO. WIDE BAND. 'ORIGINAL RECORDING BY' AT 10 O'CLOCK ON THE LABEL 
A1 Radetzky March A2 Bad'ner Mad'ln Waltz A3 Annen Polka A4 Accelerations Waltz B1 Tritsch-Tratsch Polka B2 Wiener Bürger Waltz B3 Leichtes Blut Polka B4 Tales From The Vienna Woods Waltz Zither, Soloist – Karl Jancik

  • Recorded At – Sofiensaal
  • Mastered At – Decca Studios
  • Printed By – A. White & Co. Ltd.
  • Pressed By – Decca Record Co. Ltd., Pressing Plant, UK.
  • Record Company – The Decca Record Company Limited
  • Composed By – Carl Ziehrer* (tracks: B2), Johann Strauss* (tracks: A3 to B1, B3 to B4), Johann Strauss, Sr.* (tracks: A1), Karel Komzák* (tracks: A2)
  • Conductor – Hans Knappertsbusch
  • Engineer [Uncredited] – James Brown (13)
  • Mastered By – E (24)
  • Orchestra – The Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra*
  • Producer [Uncredited] – Erik Smith
  • Sleeve Notes [Rear Sleeve] – Peter Gammond
This is a repress from 1959 with a date of March 1959 ("59.3.") printed on the bottom flipback.
The original version also had a blue border on back of the sleeve.

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 (aka scalloped)
- Black and white back
- Triangular "DECCA STEREOPHONIC" logo on front and back
- Thin spine with no text on it
- "The Decca Record Co. Ltd., London, 1958"
- "Cover photo by courtesy of the Austrian State Tourist Department"
- "Printed in England" on bottom flipback
- Sleeve notes in English only on back

CATALOG NUMBERS:
- SXL 2016 on sleeve
- SXL.2016 on labels

OTHER INFORMATION:
- Recorded 15 - 16 October 1957 in the Sofiensaal, Vienna
- Labelography code: ED1
- Corresponding mono issue has cat# LXT 5420
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout side 1 - stamped): ZAL-3793-3E BM RT 1 4 CA
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout side 2 - stamped): ZAL-3794-3E UB RT 1 3 CA Z̶A̶L̶-̶3̶7̶9̶4̶-̶2̶E̶
  • Matrix / Runout (Matrix on label - side 1): ZAL.3793
  • Matrix / Runout (Matrix on label - side 2): ZAL.3794
  • Rights Society (For track B2 only): B.I.E.M.
  • Other (Printing company's code on bottom flipback): A.W. 59.3. R
HOUSED IN A STRIKING COLOUR PICTURE SLEEVE 


SLEEVE IN CLEAN AND EXCELLENT CONDITION WITH LIGHT STORAGE / FLIPBACK WEAR


RECORD IN EXCELLENT++ CONDITION WITH CLEAN LABELS AND A LOVELY SHEEN


A NICE COPY. A PROFESSIONAL CLEAN WOULD ONLY FURTHER ENHANCE THE SOUND OF THIS RECORD


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