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A Midsummer Night's Dream

                 


            
            
            
            
        



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Condition: NEAR MINT (NM OR M-) / VERY GOOD PLUS (VG+) (Media / Cover)    More Info
Label: Decca SET33840
Country: UK
Released: 1966
Genre: Modern
Quantity: 1 in stock
Seller Ref:   1012906779 "St 21/10/2019

Nice copy has hardly been played   with insert wear on box edges

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A Midsummer Night's Dream


Identifiers
Matrix / RunoutRecord 1 cat#: SET.338
Matrix / RunoutRecord 2 cat#: SET.339
Matrix / RunoutRecord 3 cat#: SET.340
Matrix / RunoutLabel matrix side A: ZAL.7684
Matrix / RunoutLabel matrix side B: ZAL.7685
Matrix / RunoutLabel matrix side C: ZAL.7686
Matrix / RunoutLabel matrix side D: ZAL.7687
Matrix / RunoutLabel matrix side E: ZAL.7688
Matrix / RunoutLabel matrix side F: ZAL.7689
Matrix / RunoutRunout stamped side A ("C JT1" tilted and within 180º): ZAL.7684-7G C JT 1
Matrix / RunoutRunout stamped side B ("B JT1" tilted and within 180º): ZAL.7685-7G B JT 1
Matrix / RunoutRunout stamped side C ("BK JT1" tilted and within 180º): ZAL.7686-8R BK JT 2B
Matrix / RunoutRunout stamped side D ("C JT1" tilted and within 180º): ZAL.7687-4G C JT 1
Matrix / RunoutRunout stamped side E ("C JT1" tilted and within 180º): ZAL.7688-7G C JT 1
Matrix / RunoutRunout stamped side F ("I JT1" tilted and within 180º): ZAL.7689-5G I JT 1
Sides A, B, D, E, F: UK Purchase Tax Code: J/T
Inner sleeves code#: 4-72


Credits
Baritone Vocals [Demetrius] - Thomas Hemsley (Tracks: Aa to Bg, Da to Fg)
Baritone Vocals [Sarveling] - Keith Raggett (Tracks: Ba to Cd, Ea to Fg)
Bass Vocals [Quince] - Norman Lumsden (Tracks: Ba to Cd, Ea to Fg)
Bass Vocals [Snug] - David Kelly (Tracks: Ba to Cd, Ea to Fg)
Bass Vocals [Theseus] - John Shirley-Quirk (Tracks: Ea to Fg)
Bass-Baritone Vocals [Bottom] - Owen Brannigan (Tracks: Ba to Cd, Ea to Fg)
Choir - Choir Of Downside School, Purley (Tracks: Aa to Bg, Da to Eg), Chorus Of Boys From Emanuel School, Wandsworth (Tracks: Aa to Bg, Da to Eg)
Chorus Master - Christian Strover (Tracks: Aa to Bg, Da to Eg), Derrick Herdman (Tracks: Aa to Bg, Da to Eg)
Composed By, Conductor - Benjamin Britten
Conductor [Assistant] - Steuart Bedford
Contralto Vocals [Hippolyta] - Helen Watts (Tracks: Ea to Fg)
Countertenor Vocals [Oberon] - Alfred Deller
Design Concept [Album Cover And Booklet] - Decca Publicity Art Department
Liner Notes [Booklet Article] - John Warrack
Liner Notes [Booklet Synopsis] - Peggie Cochrane
Mezzo-soprano Vocals [Hermia] - Josephine Veasey (Tracks: Aa to Bg, Da to Fg)
Orchestra - The London Symphony Orchestra
Photography By [Booklet: Recording Sessions] - Hans Wild
Producer - John Culshaw
Soprano Vocals [Helena] - Heather Harper (Tracks: Aa to Bg, Da to Fg)
Soprano Vocals [Tytania] - Elizabeth Harwood (Tracks: Aa to Cd, Ea to Fg)
Tenor Vocals [Flute] - Kenneth MacDonald (Tracks: Ba to Cd, Ea to Fg)
Tenor Vocals [Lysander] - Peter Pears (Tracks: Aa to Bg, Da to Fg)
Tenor Vocals [Snout] - Robert Tear (Tracks: Ba to Cd, Ea to Fg)
Treble Vocals [Cobweb] - Richard Dakin (Tracks: Aa to Cd, Fa to Fg)
Treble Vocals [Moth] - Gordon Clark (Tracks: Aa to Cd, Fa to Fg)
Treble Vocals [Mustardseed] - Ian Wodehouse (Tracks: Aa to Cd, Fa to Fg)
Treble Vocals [Peaseblossom] - John Pryer (Tracks: Aa to Cd, Fa to Fg)
Vocals [A Fairy] - Eric Alder
- Stephen Terry

Notes
Box set with 3 LPs and 3 different labels layout.

Box set includes a 28-page 12" stapled booklet.
Booklet info:
Title: "A Midsummer Night's Dream an Opera in three acts.
Credited liner notes and libreto texts in English, only.
© 1960 by Hawkes & Son (London) Limited.
Stereo SET 338-40
Mono MET 338-40
Printed in England by MacNeill Press, London, S.E.1.
Misprint error: "Side Analysis" liner notesfor side VI with "Act Ⅱ" instead of "Act Ⅲ".

Spine string: "Britten : A Midsummer Night's Dream DECCA Stereo SET 338-40"

Center-labels info:
Purple with silver lettering labels.
Layouts:
Sides A, B, C and D
- Made in England By The Decca Record Co. Ltd. London" on rim text at 10 to 2 o'clock.
- DECCA’s “ffss Full Frequency Stereophonic Sound” silver round logo.
- DECCA’s “Full Frequency Stereophonic Sound” silver banner on top of spindle hole.
- Record cat# and label matrix at far right of spindle hole.
- Rim text in the lower half of the label.
Sides A, B and D:
- Side identifier at the left of spindle hole.
- Publisher info at the left of side identifier.
- "J/T" (UK Purchase Tax Code) at the right of spindle hole.
- ℗ 1966 on bottom.
Side C:
- Side identifier at the right of spindle hole.
- Publisher info at far left of spindle hole.
- ℗ 1966" on top of publisher info, at the left of spindle hole.
- No "J/T" on label.
Sides E and F:
- Rim text in the upper half of the label.
- "Made in England • The Decca Record Co. Ltd." on top, bellow rim text, at 11 to 1 o'clock.
- DECCA’s “ffs Full Frequency Stereophonic Sound ffs” silver banner on top of spindle hole.
- Record cat# and label matrix at far right of spindle hole.
- Side identifier at the left of spindle hole.
- Publisher info at the left of side identifier.
- Rpm info on top of publisher info, at the left of spindle hole.
- ℗ 1966 on bottom.
- No "J/T" on label.
- No DECCA’s “ffss Full Frequency Stereophonic Sound” silver round logo.


Labels Tracklist:
Side A: Act. 1, Part 1. Over Hill, Over Dale
Side B:


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Images and tracklisting are supplied by a third party and matched by catalogue number or barcode. Tracks on the release may differ from what is being sold.
     
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