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First-year pressing

The Messiah 1944 UK Pressing (D.X. 1289)

The Messiah by Georg Friedrich Händel

Artist
Huddersfield Choral Society With Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra & Isobel Baillie
Title
Messiah
Label
  • Columbia D.X. 1289
Country
UK
Released
1944
Format
Shellac, 12", 78 RPM

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.

  • CAX 9603Label, Side A (13)
  • CAX 9608Label, Side B (14)
  • CAX9603-1 . G O . 1 7Stamped on Side A (13)
  • CAX9608-1 . H . 1 2Stamped on Side B (14)
All 21 pressings of The Messiah