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Louis KentnerFür Elise - Popular Piano Pieces

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Für Elise - Popular Piano Pieces

by Louis Kentner · 1967

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Für Elise - Popular Piano Pieces was first pressed on vinyl in 1967. 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 Für Elise - Popular Piano Pieces

6 pressings came out in 1967, 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.

Hungary

1967
Label and catalog number
Qualiton SLPX 1307
Format
LP, Album, Stereo
Runout / matrix

SMX 2681 II. E0 2Runout Side A

SMX 2682 II. E0 2Runout Side B

LPX 1307on sleeve

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Hungary

1967
Label and catalog number
Qualiton SLPX 1307
Format
LP, Album
Runout / matrix

SLPX 1307-A VI. MGRunout, side A, stamped

SLPX 1307-B IX. MGRunout, side B, stamped

10Runout, side B, stamped, crossed out

SLPX 1307-ALabel, side A

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Hungary

1967
Label and catalog number
Qualiton LPX 1307
Format
LP, Album, Mono · white filled triangle on label bottom
Runout / matrix

MMX 2681A, label

MMX 2682B, label

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Hungary

1967
Label and catalog number
Qualiton LPX 1307Qualiton SLPX 1307
Format
LP, Album, Stereo
Runout / matrix

SMX 2681 V. E0 5Side A

SMX 2682 VII. E0 1Side B

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Hungary

1967
Label and catalog number
Qualiton LPX 1307
Format
LP, Album, Mono
Runout / matrix

MMX 2681A, label

MMX 2682B, label

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 12 vinyl pressings

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1960s6 pressings
YearCountryLabel and catalog numberFormat
1967HungaryQualiton SLPX 1307First yearLP, Album, StereoLP, Album, Stereo
1967HungaryQualiton SLPX 1307First yearLP, Album, StereoLP, Album, Stereo
1967HungaryQualiton SLPX 1307First yearLP, AlbumLP, Album
1967HungaryQualiton LPX 1307First yearLP, Album, Mono · MonoLP, Album, Mono · Mono
1967HungaryQualiton LPX 1307 / Qualiton SLPX 1307First yearLP, Album, StereoLP, Album, Stereo
1967HungaryQualiton LPX 1307First yearLP, Album, Mono · MonoLP, Album, Mono · Mono
1970s2 pressings
YearCountryLabel and catalog numberFormat
1974HungaryHungaroton's Music For Everybody HLX 90027LP, StereoLP, Stereo
1974HungaryHungaroton HLX 90027 / Hungaroton SHLX 90027LP, StereoLP, Stereo
1980s1 pressing
YearCountryLabel and catalog numberFormat
1988HungaryHungaroton SLPX 1307LP, Album, Reissue, StereoLP, Album, Reissue, Stereo
Year unknown3 pressings
YearCountryLabel and catalog numberFormat
?HungaryQualiton SLPX 1307LP, Album, Reissue, StereoLP, Album, Reissue, Stereo
?HungaryQualiton SLPX 1307LP, Album, Reissue, StereoLP, Album, Reissue, Stereo
?HungaryQualiton SLPX 1307LP, Album, Reissue, StereoLP, Album, Reissue, Stereo

Tracklist

  1. A1Török Induló (Alla Turca) Az A-dúr Szonátából, K. 331. = Turkish March From The Sonata In A Major, K. 331.
  2. A2Albumblatt „Für Elise”
  3. A3Moment Musical F-moll = In F Minor, Op. 94. No. 3.
  4. A4Träumerei - A „Kinderszenen” C. Sorozatból, Op. 15.
  5. A5Cisz-moll Keringő = Waltz In Sharp Minor, Op. 64 No. 2.
  6. A6Desz-dúr Keringő = Waltz In D Flat Major, Op. 64 No. 1.
  7. A7Desz-dúr Prelűd (Esőcsepp Prelűd) = Prelude In D Flat Major, Op. 28 No. 15.
  8. A8Gesz-dúr Etűd = Etude In G Flat Major, Op. 10 No. 5.
  9. B1E-dúr Etűd = Etude In E Major, Op. 10 No. 3.
  10. B2C-moll Etűd (Forradalmi Etűd) = Etude In C Minor, Op. 10 No. 12.
  11. B3Fonódal A „Bolygó Hollandi” C. Operából = Spinner Chorus From „Der Fliegende Holländer”
  12. B4Erdőzsongás = Waldesrauschen
  13. B5Manók Tánca = Gnomenreigen
  14. B6La Campanella

Questions

How many vinyl pressings of Für Elise - Popular Piano Pieces are there?

12 vinyl pressings of Für Elise - Popular Piano Pieces are listed here, from 1 country, released between 1967 and 1988.

When was Für Elise - Popular Piano Pieces first released on vinyl?

The earliest pressings are from 1967, in Hungary. One of them is Qualiton SLPX 1307.

How do I tell if my copy of Für Elise - Popular Piano Pieces is a first pressing?

Check the catalog number on the label (first-year pressings use SLPX 1307, LPX 1307) and the codes etched in the runout groove, then compare them with the pressings listed above; for example, LPX 1307. Later reissues often keep the catalog number but change the label design or the runout codes.

How much is Für Elise - Popular Piano Pieces on vinyl worth?

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