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Messiah by Georg Friedrich Händel, album cover

First-year pressing

Messiah 1959 US Pressing (M2L-263)

Messiah by Georg Friedrich Händel

Artist
Georg Friedrich Händel / The Philadelphia Orchestra, Eugene Ormandy ; Mormon Tabernacle Choir, Richard P. Condie ; Eileen Farrell, Martha Lipton, Davis Cunningham, William Warfield
Title
Messiah
Labels
  • Columbia Masterworks M2L-263
  • Columbia Masterworks ML 5405
Country
US
Released
1959
Format
LP, Album · 2 records

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.

  • x"Lp" 47310A side label
  • x"Lp" 47311B side label
  • x"Lp" 47312C side label
  • x"Lp" 47313D side label
  • XXLP47310-1F AAA side runout stamped [except AA]
  • XXLP47311-1GB side runout stamped
  • XXLP47312-1JC side runout stamped
  • XXLP47313-1BKD side runout stamped
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