"Emperor" Concerto

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 1959" - Decca 'Musical Notes' logo on both sides - Matrix numbers printed upside-down SLEEVE: - Front laminated - 'Half-moon' flipbacks (aka scalloped) - 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" - "Cover shows the portrait of Beethoven painted in 1806 by Neugass for Prince Carl Lichnowsky" - "Made in England" - "Printed in England" - "Laminated with 'Clarifoil' made by British Celanese Limited" - Printing date on sleeve is May 1960 ("5-60") - Unsigned sleeve notes in English on back - "Blue Ribbon" sticker on the front cover, upper left corner CATALOG NUMBERS: - SXL 2179 on sleeve - SXL.2179 on labels OTHER INFORMATION: - Recorded 27 - 28 June 1959 in the Sofiensaal, Vienna - Labelography code: ED1 - Corresponding mono issue has cat# LXT 5553 - Tracks are not banded on vinyl