Cosi Fan Tutte (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 1958" - No speed indication on labels - Decca 'Musical Notes' logo on both sides - Matrix numbers printed upside-down SLEEVE: - Laminated on front and back - 'Half-moon' flipbacks (aka scalloped) - Black and white back, there were no blue border sleeves - Triangular "DECCA STEREOPHONIC" logo in a box on front and without a box on back - Thin spine with no text on it - "© The Decca Record Co. Ltd., London, 1959" - "Printed in England" on bottom flipback - Printing date on bottom flipback is April 1959 ("4-59") - Short sleeve notes and photos of the vocalists on back CATALOG NUMBERS: - SXL 2058 on sleeve - SXL.2058 on labels OTHER INFORMATION: - Recorded 16 - 21 May 1955 in the Redoutensaal, Vienna - Labelography code: ED1 - Excerpts from the complete opera recording which was issued in the UK in 1955 with cat# LXT 5107-9 - Sub tracks in tracks A2 and A3 are not banded on vinyl.