[78-L] Malcolm Sargent - Messiah

[Randy Watts]

And your guess would be correct. The records in MM-666 are 71910-D/71928-D.
 
Randy


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> From: David Lennick <dlennick at sympatico.ca>
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>Sent: Monday, March 11, 2013 3:37 PM
>Subject: Re: [78-L] Malcolm Sargent - Messiah
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>Disc numbers for US Columbia 78s:
>71891/71909D in M 666, per WERM which always opted to list the manual version 
>unless there was no choice. Columbia's 1949 catalog shows MM 666 but no disc 
>numbers (71910/71928D would be my guess).
>English Columbia set number is 313, no prefix (per 1948-9 catalogue). Manual 
>sequence DX 1283/1301, auto sequence DX 8223/8241.
>
>On 3/11/2013 4:29 PM, David Lennick wrote:
>> 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.
>>>
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