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Ernest AnsermetThe Sleeping Beauty (Complete Ballet)

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The Sleeping Beauty (Complete Ballet)

by Ernest Ansermet · 1959

30 pressings6 countriesRomanticBalletClassicalStage & Screen

The Sleeping Beauty (Complete Ballet) was first pressed on vinyl in 1959. Every vinyl pressing is listed below with its label, catalog number and runout codes, so you can tell an original from a reissue.

How to spot a first pressing of The Sleeping Beauty (Complete Ballet)

2 pressings came out in 1959, the album's first year. Compare the label and catalog number on your copy, then the codes etched or stamped in the runout groove (the dead wax around the label): they are the surest sign of an early pressing.

UK

October 1959
Label and catalog number
Decca SXL 2160-1-2Decca SXL 2160/2
Format
LP, Stereo, Box Set · ED.1
Runout / matrix

ZAL-4467-1E A ET 2 1 SMRunout side A - machine stamped - this variant

ZAL-4468-2E G ET 2 1 SMRunout side B - machine stamped - this variant

ZAL-4469-1E A ET 2 1 SMRunout side C - machine stamped - this variant

ZAL-4470-1E G ET 2 1 SMRunout side D - machine stamped - this variant

Full details of this pressing

UK

1959
Label and catalog number
Decca LXT 5532-3-4
Format
LP, Mono, Box Set · ED1
Runout / matrix

ARL-4467-IARunout side 1- machine stamped

ARL-4468-IARunout side 2 - machine stamped

ARL-4469-IARunout side 3 - machine stamped

ARL-4470-IARunout side 4 - machine stamped

Full details of this pressing

Not sure how to read the runout? See matrix numbers, runout and dead wax and how to tell a first pressing.

All 30 vinyl pressings

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1950s3 pressings
YearCountryLabel and catalog numberFormat
1959UKDecca LXT 5532-3-4First yearLP, Mono, Box Set · MonoLP, Mono, Box Set · Mono
1959UKDecca SXL 2160-1-2 / Decca SXL 2160/2LP, Test Pressing, Stereo, Box Set · Test pressingLP, Test Pressing, Stereo, Box Set · Test pressing
1959UKDecca SXL 2160-1-2 / Decca SXL 2160/2First yearLP, Stereo, Box SetLP, Stereo, Box Set
1960s5 pressings
YearCountryLabel and catalog numberFormat
1960USLondon Records CSA-2304LP, Stereo, Box SetLP, Stereo, Box Set
1966AustraliaWorld Record Club ST-4119 / World Record Club ST-4120LP, Album, Club Edition, Stereo · Club editionLP, Album, Club Edition, Stereo · Club edition
1966AustraliaWorld Record Club T-4119 / World Record Club T-4120LP, Album, Club Edition, Mono · Mono, Club editionLP, Album, Club Edition, Mono · Mono, Club edition
1968AustraliaWorld Record Club ST-4119 / World Record Club ST-4120LP, Album, Club Edition, Reissue, Stereo · Club editionLP, Album, Club Edition, Reissue, Stereo · Club edition
1969AustraliaWorld Record Club S-4119 / World Record Club S-4120LP, Album, Club Edition, Reissue, Stereo, Box Set · Club editionLP, Album, Club Edition, Reissue, Stereo, Box Set · Club edition
1970s5 pressings
YearCountryLabel and catalog numberFormat
1971UKAce Of Diamonds SDDD 301-3LP, Reissue, Stereo, Box SetLP, Reissue, Stereo, Box Set
1974AustraliaWorld Record Club S-4119 / World Record Club S-4120LP, Album, Club Edition, Reissue, Stereo, Box Set · Club editionLP, Album, Club Edition, Reissue, Stereo, Box Set · Club edition
1976AustraliaWorld Record Club R-00211 / World Record Club R-00212LP, Album, Club Edition, Reissue, Stereo, Box Set · Club editionLP, Album, Club Edition, Reissue, Stereo, Box Set · Club edition
1977SpainAce Of Diamonds ESTEREO SDD 301/3LP, Album, Stereo, Box Set, StereoLP, Album, Stereo, Box Set, Stereo
1977AustraliaWorld Record Club R-00211 / World Record Club R-00212LP, Album, Club Edition, Reissue, Stereo, Box Set · Club editionLP, Album, Club Edition, Reissue, Stereo, Box Set · Club edition
1980s2 pressings
YearCountryLabel and catalog numberFormat
1980USLondon Records STS15496-8 / London Records STS15496/8LP, Album, Reissue, Stereo, Box SetLP, Album, Reissue, Stereo, Box Set
1982SpainAce Of Diamonds 67 99 094/03 / Ace Of Diamonds SDD 301/3LP, Album, Stereo, Box SetLP, Album, Stereo, Box Set
2010s2 pressings
YearCountryLabel and catalog numberFormat
2011GermanyDecca SXL 2160-1-2 / Speakers Corner Records SXL 2160-1-2LP, Reissue, Stereo, Box SetLP, Reissue, Stereo, Box Set
2011GermanyDecca SXL 2160-1-2 / Speakers Corner Records SXL 2160-1-2LP, Reissue, Test Pressing, Stereo · Test pressingLP, Reissue, Test Pressing, Stereo · Test pressing
Year unknown13 pressings
YearCountryLabel and catalog numberFormat
?UnknownLondon Records CMA 7301LPLP
?CanadaLondon Records CSA-2304LP, Box SetLP, Box Set
?GermanyDecca 6.35127LP, Box SetLP, Box Set
?GermanyDecca DK 11 501/1-2LP, Box SetLP, Box Set
?GermanyDecca DK 11 501/1-2LP, Box SetLP, Box Set
?UKDecca SXL 2160/2 / Decca SXL.2160LP, Repress, Stereo, Box SetLP, Repress, Stereo, Box Set
?UKDecca SXL 2160-1-2 / Decca SXL 2160/2LP, Stereo, Box SetLP, Stereo, Box Set
?UKDecca LXT 5532-3-4LP, Mono, Box Set · MonoLP, Mono, Box Set · Mono
?UKAce Of Diamonds SDDD 301-3LPLP
?UKDecca SXL 2160/2 / Decca SXL 2160-1-2LP, Album, Repress, Stereo, Box SetLP, Album, Repress, Stereo, Box Set
?UKDecca SXL 2160/2 / Decca SXL 2160-1-2LP, Album, Repress, Stereo, Box SetLP, Album, Repress, Stereo, Box Set
?USLondon Records CSA-2304LPLP
?USLondon Records CSA-2304LPLP

Tracklist

  1. A.aIntroduction
  2. Prologue. The Christening
  3. A.bNo. 1 March
  4. A.cNo. 2 Scène Dansante
  5. A.dNo. 3 Pas De Six (A) Intrada
  6. A.eNo. 3 Pas De Six (B) Adagio
  7. A.fNo. 3 Pas De Six (C) Variation 1 - Candite
  8. A.gNo. 3 Pas De Six (D) Variation 2 - Fleur De Farine
  9. A.hNo. 3 Pas De Six (E) Variation 3 - Miettes Qui Tombent
  10. A.iNo. 3 Pas De Six (F) Variation 4 - Canari Qui Chante
  11. A.jNo. 3 Pas De Six (G) Variation 5 - Violente
  12. A.kNo. 3 Pas De Six (H) Variation 6 - La Fée Des Lilas
  13. A.lNo. 3 Pas De Six (I) Coda
  14. B.aNo. 4 Finale
  15. Act I. The Spell
  16. B.bNo. 5 Scene
  17. B.cNo. 6 Waltz
  18. C.aNo. 7 Scene
  19. C.bNo. 8 Pas D'Action (A) Adagio
  20. C.cNo. 8 Pas D'Action (B) Dance Of Maids Of Honour And Pages
  21. C.dNo. 8 Pas D'Action (C) Aurora's Variation
  22. C.eNo. 8 Pas D'Action (D) Coda
  23. C.fNo. 9 Finale
  24. Act II. The Vision
  25. D.aNo. 10 Entr'acte And Scene
  26. D.bNo. 11 Colin-Maillard
  27. D.cNo. 12 (A) Scene
  28. D.dNo. 12 (B) Dance Of The Duchesses
  29. D.eNo. 12 (C) Dance Of The Baronesses
  30. D.fNo. 12 (D) Dance Of The Countesses
  31. D.gNo. 12 (E) Dance Of The Marchionesses
  32. D.hNo. 13 Farandole (A) Scene
  33. D.iNo. 13 Farandole (B) Dance
  34. D.jNo. 14 Scene
  35. D.kNo. 15 (A) Pas D'Action
  36. D.lNo. 15 (B) Aurora's Variation
  37. D.mNo. 15 (C) Coda
  38. E.aNo. 16 Scene
  39. E.bNo. 17 Panorama
  40. E.cNo. 19 (A) Symphonic Entr'acte And Scene
  41. E.dNo. 19 (B) Finale
  42. Act III. The Wedding
  43. E.eNo. 20 March
  44. E.fNo. 21 Polacca
  45. E.gNo. 22 Pas De Quatre (A) Intrada
  46. E.hNo. 22 Pas De Quatre (B) Variation 1: Waltz - Golden Fairy
  47. E.iNo. 22 Pas De Quatre (C) Variation 2: Polka - Silver Fairy
  48. E.jNo. 22 Pas De Quatre (E) Variation 4 - Diamond Fairy
  49. E.kNo. 22 Pas De Quatre (F) Coda
  50. E.lNo. 23 Pas De Caractère - Puss-In-Boots And The White Cat
  51. F.aNo. 24 Blue Bird (A) Adagio
  52. F.bNo. 24 Blue Bird (B) Variation 1 - Blue Bird
  53. F.cNo. 24 Blue Bird (C) Variation 2 - Princess Florine
  54. F.dNo. 24 Blue Bird (D) Coda
  55. F.eNo. 25 Pas De Caractère - Red Riding Hood And The Wolf
  56. F.fNo. 26 Pas Berrichon - Hop O' My Thumb
  57. F.gNo. 26a Cinderella And Prince Fortuné
  58. F.hNo. 27 Pas De Deux (B) Adagio
  59. F.iNo. 27 Pas De Deux (C) Variation 1 - Prince Désiré
  60. F.jNo. 27 Pas De Deux (D) Variation 2 - Princess Aurora
  61. F.kNo. 27 Pas De Deux (E) Coda
  62. F.lNo. 28 Sarabande
  63. F.mNo. 29 Finale (A) Mazurka
  64. F.nNo. 29 Finale (B) Apotheosis

Questions

How many vinyl pressings of The Sleeping Beauty (Complete Ballet) are there?

30 vinyl pressings of The Sleeping Beauty (Complete Ballet) are listed here, from 6 countries, released between 1959 and 2011.

When was The Sleeping Beauty (Complete Ballet) first released on vinyl?

The earliest pressings are from 1959, in UK. One of them is Decca SXL 2160-1-2, released October 1959.

How do I tell if my copy of The Sleeping Beauty (Complete Ballet) is a first pressing?

Check the catalog number on the label (first-year pressings use SXL 2160-1-2, LXT 5532-3-4) and the codes etched in the runout groove, then compare them with the pressings listed above; for example, ZAL-4467-1E A ET 2 1 SM and ZAL-4468-2E G ET 2 1 SM. Later reissues often keep the catalog number but change the label design or the runout codes.

How much is The Sleeping Beauty (Complete Ballet) on vinyl worth?

It depends on which pressing you have and on the condition of the record and its sleeve. Early pressings from the album's home country in near mint condition are usually worth the most; common later reissues are worth far less. Scan your copy with VinylLens to see its value for every grade.

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