GOS 558 - 559  BRITTEN: THE PRINCE OF THE PAGODAS  BENJAMIN BRITTEN / ORCHESTRA OF THE ROYAL OPERA HOUSE COVENT GARDEN

DECCA  ACE OF DIAMONDS  UK 1968    2 LP BOX SET with LEAFLET.  ORIGINAL FFSS PRESSINGS.  ALL 4 SIDES  1G   (Mastered by Ted Burkett)

NM  Vinyl  /  EX+  box & leaflet

Side 1: ZAL 3537   Lacquer: 1G   Mother - Stamper: 1 - C      Side 2: ZAL 3538   Lacquer: 1G   Mother - Stamper: 1 - B       Side 3: ZAL 3539   Lacquer: 1G   Mother - Stamper: 1 - U       Side 4: ZAL 3540   Lacquer: 1G   Mother - Stamper: 1 - B

 AN ENIGMA OF THE RECORD INDUSTRY, THIS WAS RECORDED IN BOTH MONO AND STEREO BY DECCA IN FEBRUARY 1957 AND RELEASED IN MONO IN THAT YEAR ON LXT 5336 - 7, BUT THE STEREO VERSION DID NOT APPEAR UNTIL 1968.