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Otello by Giuseppe Verdi, album cover

First-year pressing

Otello 1961 UK Pressing (MET 209-11)

Otello by Giuseppe Verdi

Mono
Artist
Giuseppe Verdi / Mario del Monaco, Renata Tebaldi, Aldo Protti, Wiener Philharmoniker, Herbert von Karajan
Title
Otello
Label
  • Decca MET 209-11
Country
UK
Released
1961
Format
LP, Album, Mono, Box Set · 3 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.

  • ARL.5211Label, Side A [inverted]
  • ARL.5216Label, Side F [inverted]
  • ARL.5212Label, Side B [inverted]
  • ARL.5215Label, Side E [inverted]
  • ARL.5213Label, Side C [inverted]
  • ARL.5214Label, Side D [inverted]
  • ARL-5211-2A K OT 1Runout, Side A - stamped
  • ARL-5212-3A 10 B ET 1Runout, Side B - stamped [10 rotated 90°]
  • ARL-5213-2A C OT 1Runout, Side C - stamped
  • ARL-5214-2A G OT 1Runout, Side D - stamped
  • ARL-5215-2A B ET ET 1Runout, Side E - stamped [2nd ET -each letter overstamped with an X]
  • ARL-5216-3A A OT 1Runout, Side F - stamped
All 29 pressings of Otello