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Messiah 1959 UK Pressing (33CX 1668)

Messiah by Georg Friedrich Händel

Mono
Artist
Georg Friedrich Händel / Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra Conducted By Sir Malcolm Sargent, Elsie Morison, Richard Lewis (3), Marjorie Thomas, James Milligan
Title
Messiah
Labels
  • Columbia 33CX 1668
  • Columbia 33CX 1669
  • Columbia 33CX 1670
Country
UK
Released
1959
Format
LP, Mono, Box Set · 3 records
Format notes
Half Round Columbia Labels

Runout and matrix codes

Etched or stamped in the dead wax between the last track and the label. If yours match, you have this pressing.

  • (XAX.1741)Side 1 label matrix
  • (XAX.1742)Side 2 label matrix
  • (XAX.1743)Side 3 label matrix
  • (XAX.1744)Side 4 label matrix
  • (XAX.1745)Side 5 label matrix
  • (XAX.1746)Side 6 label matrix
  • XAX 1741-7NSide 1 runout, stamped
  • XAX 1742-8NSide 2 runout, stamped
  • XAX 1743-11NSide 3 runout, stamped
  • XAX 1744-5NSide 4 runout, stamped
  • XAX 1745-3NSide 5 runout, stamped
  • XAX 1746-9NSide 6 runout, stamped
All 31 pressings of Messiah