[78-L] Malcolm Sargent - Messiah

[David Lennick]

SL 51 might be manual and SL 151 auto sequence. I have it on 78s, with 
slipcase, and it's master pressings (and it occasionally turns up on eBay with 
a million dollar price tag..per volume).

666..funny, from a company that abandoned a 13000 series because of 
superstitious customers 20 years earlier.

dl

On 3/11/2013 4:27 PM, Thomas Stern wrote:
>    Questions about the 1946 Malcolm Sargent recording of MESSIAH - this is the version with Isobel Baillie, Gladys Ripley,
> James Johnston, Norman Walker, the Huddersfield Choral Society, and the Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra.
>
>    According to the DUTTON reissue (2CDEA 5010) this was recorded Huddersfield Town Hall, 12-17 July, 26 September 1946.
>
> Columbia(UK) DX 1283-1301 (CAX 9572-9609)  19 disks    IS THERE A SET NUMBER?
> Columbia(US) Set 666  19 disks, in 2 volumes.          WHAT ARE THE Disk numbers?
>    Is the US version dubbed ?
>
> The US Columbia set appears to have been reissued on LP in set SL-51 or SL-151 (3-LPs).  There appear
> to be 2 versions - a slipcased set, with 3 LP's in individual jackets, notes and texts on the jackets,
> and also a conventional BOX containing 3 LP's and libretto.
>
> Can someone enlighten me on the catalog numbering scheme of the SL-51 issue ?
> When was the Slipcase packaging used?  when was it replaced by a conventional Box?  or were they same era???
> Slipcase appears to indicate set SL-51, 1st disk is SL-51, disk 2 and 3 SL-151, also numbered ML-4110, 4111, 4112).
> Box issue appears to be set SL-151.
>
> Any other variants?
>
> Was this set issued on LP in the UK ?
> Was this set issued on CD in the UK or US (other than DUTTON) ?
>
> Thanks!
> Best wishes, Thomas.
>