Great Sacred Songs

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 - Matrix numbers printed upside-down SLEEVE: - Front laminated - 'Half-moon' flipbacks (aka scalloped) - Blue border on back - Triangular "DECCA STEREOPHONIC" logo without a box on front and back - Thin spine with no text on it - Track A3 is "Copyright 1938 by Ascherberg, Hopwood & Crew, Ltd." - Track B3 is "Copyright 1944 by Ascherberg, Hopwood & Crew, Ltd." - "Printed in England" on bottom flipback - Printing date on bottom flipback is October 1958 ("58 / 10") - Back of sleeve shows the song lyrics and notes on the songs CATALOG NUMBERS: - SXL 2049 on sleeve - SXL.2049 on labels PUBLISHERS: - Tracks A3, B3: "Ascherberg, Hopwood & Co." - Track B4: "Burlington Music" - Track B5: "Boosey" OTHER INFORMATION: - Recorded 24 - 26 April 1957 in Kingsway Hall, London - Labelography code: ED1 - Corresponding mono issue has cat# LXT 5392 - The composers for tracks A3 and B3 are shown as "Anon." on the labels, but the sleeve notes mention the actual composers