The Sleeping Beauty (Complete Ballet)

This is the first UK version for this cat#. Later versions were released in a black box with a different layout on front. LABELS: - Black/silver 'grooved wideband' labels - "ORIGINAL RECORDING BY" at 11 o'clock - "Made in England" at bottom - "RECORDING FIRST PUBLISHED 1959" - Decca 'Muscial Notes' logo on all sides - Matrix numbers printed upside-down BOX: - Grey, hinged box - Triangular "DECCA STEREOPHONIC" logo in a box on front - Title and artists are printed in a white band on front top - Gold lettering on spine - Back of box is blank BOOKLET: - 8 pages - Contains liner notes on the history and a synopsis of the ballet - The booklet mentions the few parts of the complete score that have not been recorded for this version:  "No. 18 Entr'acte is omitted in this recording"  "No. 22... (d) Variation 3 - Sapphire Fairy - is omitted in this recording"  "No. 27 Pas de deux... (a) Entrée - omitted in this recording" - "© The Decca Record Co., Ltd., London 1959" - "Made in England" - Printing date (on last page) is October 1959 ("10.59") CATALOG NUMBERS: - SXL 2160-1-2 on front of box and in booklet - SXL 2160/2 on spine OTHER INFORMATION: - Recorded 29 March - 14 April 1959 in the Victoria Hall, Geneva - Labelography code: ED1 - Corresponding mono issue has cat# LXT 5532-3-4 - Side numbers are in auto-coupled order (LP 1: 1,6 / LP 2: 2,5 / LP 3: 3,4) - Sub tracks are not banded on vinyl