Manon Lescaut Highlights

Excerpts from the complete recording which was first issued in stereo in the US on London Records OSA 1317 in 1960. There was no complete stereo version in the Decca SXL or SET series. 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 1960" - "BIEM" in a box on both sides SLEEVE: - Front laminated - Straight two-way flipbacks - Bold "STEREO" on spine - "Printed in England by MacNeill Press, London, S.E.1" - Sleeve notes in English on back OTHER INFORMATION: - Recorded July 1954 in Rome - Labelography code: ED1 - No corresponding mono issue in the UK, but the complete opera was also issued in mono - These excerpts were only released in 1965, despite the 'earlier' cat# - Mario Borriello is spelled "Boriello" on sleeve and labels Runouts are stamped