UK DECCA SXL 2154 STRAUSS ALSO SPRACH ZARATHUSTRA KARAJAN LP 59 STEREO WIDE BAND
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Nov 16, 2025 Sold Date
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UK DECCA SXL 2154 LP. RELEASED 1959. 
STEREO. FIRST PRESSING. WIDE BAND LABELS WITH 'ORIGINAL RECORDING BY' AT 10 O'CLOCK ON THE LABEL
RICHARD STRAUSS - ALSO SPRACH ZARATHUSTRA
WILLI BOSKOVSKY
THE VIENNA PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA. HERBERT VON KARAJAN 
Also Sprach Zarathustra, Op. 30 A Part One B Part Two

  • Recorded At – Sofiensaal
  • Mastered At – Decca Studios
  • Pressed By – Decca Record Co. Ltd., Pressing Plant, UK.
  • Printed By – Ernest J. Day & Co. Ltd.
  • Copyright © – The Decca Record Company Limited
  • Composed By – Richard Strauss
  • Conductor – Herbert von Karajan
  • Engineer [Uncredited] – James Brown (13)
  • Mastered By – E (24)
  • Orchestra – Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra*
  • Organ [Uncredited] – Ray Minshull
  • Photography By [Cover Photo] – Adam Woolfitt
  • Photography By [Herbert Von Karajan] – Hans Wild (2)
  • Producer [Uncredited] – John Culshaw
  • Sleeve Notes – E. C. Stone
  • Sleeve Notes [On Herbert Von Karajan] – Harold Rosenthal
  • Soloist, Violin – Willi Boskovsky
This is the first UK version for this cat#.

LABELS:
- Black/silver 'grooved wideband' labels
- "ORIGINAL RECORDING BY" at 11 o'clock
- "Made in England" at bottom
- "RECORDING FIRST PUBLISHED 1959" on side 1
- "RECORDING FIRST PUBLISHED 1958" on side 2
- "B.I.E.M." in a box on both sides
- Tax code "E/T"
- Matrix numbers printed upside-down

SLEEVE:
- Front and back laminated
- Straight flipbacks on top and bottom
- Triangular "DECCA STEREOPHONIC" logo in a box on front and without a box on back
- Thin spine with no text on it
- "© The Decca Record Co. Ltd., London, 1959"
- "Made in England"
- "Printed in England"
- Printing date is July 1959 ("7/59")
- "Laminated with 'Clarifoil' made by British Celanese Limited"
- Sleeve notes in English only on back

CATALOG NUMBERS:
- SXL 2154 on sleeve
- SXL.2154 on labels

OTHER INFORMATION:
- Recorded 9 - 10 March 1959 in the Sofiensaal, Vienna
- Labelography code: ED1
- Corresponding mono issue has cat# LXT 5524
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout side A - stamped): ZAL-4449-3E BI ET C 1 CA
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout side B - stamped): ZAL-4450-2E BU ET 2 1 SM
  • Matrix / Runout (Matrix on label - side A): ZAL.4449
  • Matrix / Runout (Matrix on label - side B): ZAL.4450
  • Rights Society: B.I.E.M.
  • Other (Tax code on labels): E/T
  • Other (Printing company's date code on back of sleeve): E.J.D. 7/59

  HOUSED IN A STRIKING COLOUR PICTURE SLEEVE. 


SLEEVE IN CLEAN AND VG CONDITION WITH SURFACE / EDGE WEAR AND WEAR TO THE BOTTOM OPEN CORNER

RECORD IN EXCELLENT+ CONDITION WITH CLEAN LABELS AND A LOVELY SHEEN
  • A NICE COPY. A PROFESSIONAL CLEAN WOULD ONLY FURTHER ENHANCE THE SOUND OF THIS RECORDING.
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