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LABELS: - Orange label with silver lettering / silver ring and groove around circumference - "MADE IN ENGLAND" around circumference at 12 o'clock - DECCA logo / "LONG PLAYING UNBREAKABLE MICROGROOVE full frequency range recording" above spindle hole - ffrr 'ear' logo at 2 o'clock - Purchase Tax Code at 3 o'clock …on LXT.5128, LXT.5129,LXT.5130 Tax Code ”N” - Matrix numbers upside down at 3 o'clock: ARL. 2813, ARL.2814, ARL. 2815 - Catalog Numbers: LXT.5128, LXT.5129 and LXT.5130 are located at 3 o'clock - Circular "LONG PLAYING 33⅓ RPM" logo at 10 o'clock SLEEVE: - Fully laminated flipback sleeves for each cat # - DECCA mono logo on front and back - ”Decca Long playing 33⅓ R.P.M. Microgroove Full Frequency Range Recording" on front cover (bottom) - Liner notes in English on back - Sleeve notes in English only (uncredited) - The Decca Record Company Limited, London // Made in England - Thin spine with no text on it - "Printed in England WRR/55.10” on back of sleeve of LXT 5128, LXT 5129 & LXT 5130 on bottom flipback CATALOG NUMBERS: - LXT 5128 on sleeve and the same for LXT 5129 & LXT 5130 - LXT.5128 on labels and the same for LXT.5129 & LXT.5130 RUNOUT: -are stamped - CB/CA ARL 2810/5-2A at 6 o'clock - UK/UU/U/BA at 3 o'clock - RT/N at 12 o'clock - 1/2 1 at 9 o'clock Mispress! Sides are mixed up (by pressing) Record LXT.5128 contains side 1 and 6 Record LXT.5129 contains side 2 and 5 Record LXT.5130 contains side 3 and 4 Libretto booklet "Ricordi" is in Italian, held in a custom pocket on the inside of the box. Libretto printed in Italy Anno 1955 by G. Ricordi & Co. "ANNO MCMLV (Printed in Italy)" Very similar to, but - on the front cover the lower part is different: "DECCA LONG PLAYING 33⅓ R.P.M. MICROGROOVE FULL FREQUENCY RANGE RECORDING" versus colored with white; - on labels: The "N" below the ear is positioned higher, + others