Petrushka

This is the first UK stereo version. Labels: - Black/silver 'grooved wideband' labels - "Original recording by" at 11 o'clock - "Made in England" at bottom - "Recording first published 1958" - "Hawkes" on both sides - "B.I.E.M." in a box on both sides - Matrix numbers printed upside-down Sleeve: - Laminated on front and back - 'Halfmoon' flipbacks (aka 'scalloped') - Blue border on back - Triangular "Decca Stereophonic" logo on front and back - Thin spine with no text on it - Printing date on sleeve is September 1958 ("58.9") - "Printed in England" on back of sleeve Catalog number locations: - SXL 2011 on sleeve - SXL.2011 on labels Other information: - Recorded 23 October - 9 November 1957 in Victoria Hall, Geneva - Corresponding mono issue has cat# LXT 5425 - Labelography code: ED1 - This is Ansermet's second recording of Petrushka for the Decca label Advertised as a new release in "Decca Stereo LPs for Issue 15th September", Gramophone magazine, September 1958.