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150 Best Loved Melodies

by Various Artists · 1980

15 pressings13 countriesClassicalRomanticImpressionistModern

150 Best Loved Melodies was first pressed on vinyl in 1980. 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 150 Best Loved Melodies

3 pressings came out in 1980, the album's first year, in 3 countries. 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.

Canada

1980
Label and catalog number
Reader's Digest 2-814
Format
LP, Compilation, Box Set
Runout / matrix

K1RS 5521 HRecord 1 Side A

K1RS 5522 (2-814-0)Record 1 Side B

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 15 vinyl pressings

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1980s14 pressings
YearCountryLabel and catalog numberFormat
1980BelgiumSélection Du Reader's Digest 279 SMFirst yearLP, Compilation, Box SetLP, Compilation, Box Set
1980CanadaReader's Digest 2-814First yearLP, Compilation, Box SetLP, Compilation, Box Set
1980FranceSélection Du Reader's Digest 279 SMFirst yearLP, Compilation, Box SetLP, Compilation, Box Set
1981AustraliaReader's Digest RD4-213LP, Compilation, Box SetLP, Compilation, Box Set
1981FinlandValitut Palat VPLP968LP, Box Set, CompilationLP, Box Set, Compilation
1981PhilippinesReader's DigestLP, Compilation, Box SetLP, Compilation, Box Set
1981UKReader's Digest GBLM-A-118LP, Compilation, Box SetLP, Compilation, Box Set
1981UKReader's Digest GBLM-B-118LP, Compilation, Box SetLP, Compilation, Box Set
1981USReader's Digest RDA-169LP, Compilation, Box SetLP, Compilation, Box Set
1982GermanyVerlag Das Beste DMW 7664/7665LP, Compilation, Stereo, Box SetLP, Compilation, Stereo, Box Set
1982South AfricaReader's Digest RD820502 / RCA Custom RDA-169/ALP, Compilation, Box SetLP, Compilation, Box Set
1982SwitzerlandReader's Digest LP 351-358LP, Compilation, Box SetLP, Compilation, Box Set
1983PortugalSelecções Do Reader's Digest SRDLP, Compilation, Box SetLP, Compilation, Box Set
1987UKReader's Digest GBLM-A-118LP, Compilation, Box Set, All Media, ReissueLP, Compilation, Box Set, All Media, Reissue
Year unknown1 pressing
YearCountryLabel and catalog numberFormat
?ItalySelezione Dal Reader's Digest RDIS 126 1/8LP, Compilation, Box SetLP, Compilation, Box Set

Tracklist

  1. Wonderful World Of Melody
  2. A1Danube Waves
  3. A2Rhapsody In Blue
  4. A3Depuis Le Jour
  5. A4Swedish Rhapsody
  6. A5.aCaprice Viennois
  7. A5.bStars In My Eyes
  8. A6Prince Igor (Polovtsian Dance No. 2)
  9. A7Vienna, City Of My Dreams
  10. A8Londonderry Air
  11. A9Piano Concerto No.1
  12. Moonlight Moods
  13. B1Clair De Lune
  14. B2Romance
  15. B3'Moonlight' Sonata
  16. B4Intermezzo
  17. B5Nocturne In E-Flat Major
  18. B6Rhapsody On A Theme By Paganini-18th Variation
  19. B7Evening Star
  20. B8Spellbound Concerto
  21. Masters Of Melody
  22. C1Un Bel Dì
  23. C2Etude In E Major
  24. C3Habeñera
  25. C4Softly Awakes My Heart
  26. C5Song Of India
  27. C6O My Beloved Daddy
  28. C7Fantaisie-Impromptu
  29. C8Vesti La Giubba
  30. C9Ave Maria
  31. Rustles Of Spring
  32. D1Rustle Of Spring
  33. D2Waltz Of The Flowers
  34. D3To A Wild Rose
  35. D4Spring Night
  36. D5On Wings Of Song
  37. D6The Chestnut Tree
  38. D7Last Spring
  39. D8The Flight Of The Bumble-Bee
  40. D9Dance Of The Swans
  41. D10Flower Song
  42. Afternoon Reflections
  43. E1The Last Rose Of Summer
  44. E2Greensleeves
  45. E3The Maid With The Flaxen Hair
  46. E4Humoresque
  47. E5Summertime
  48. E6The Swan
  49. E7Plaisir D'Amour
  50. E8Air On The G String
  51. E9The Skaters Waltz
  52. Beloved Homeland
  53. F1Fast Track Polka
  54. F2Tales From The Vienna Woods
  55. F3Hungarian Dance No. 5
  56. F4Schön Rosmarin
  57. F5Solveig's Song
  58. F6Play Gypsies, Dance Gypsies
  59. F7The Moldau
  60. F8Slavonic Dance In C, No. 7
  61. F9Czardas
  62. F10Finlandia
  63. Pomp And Circumstance
  64. G1Triumphal March
  65. G2Emperor Waltz
  66. G3Military Polonaise
  67. G4Largo
  68. G5Hornpipe
  69. G6Prelude To Act III Of 'Lohengrin'
  70. G7Nimrod
  71. G8Coronation March
  72. G9Pomp And Circumstance March No. 1
  73. Sweet Dreams
  74. H1Liebestraum
  75. H2Rêverie
  76. H3Waltz From 'The Sleeping Beauty'
  77. H4Berceuse
  78. H5A Dream
  79. H6Träumerei
  80. H7Ever Softer Grows My Slumber
  81. H8Après Un Rêve
  82. H9Lullaby
  83. Spanish Serenade
  84. I1Malagueña
  85. I2Gypsy Air (Zigeunerweisen)
  86. I3Brazilian Lullaby
  87. I4Argonaise
  88. I5Gypsy Dance
  89. I6Toreador Song
  90. I7Concierto De Aranjuez
  91. I8Ritual Fire Dance
  92. I9Andalucia (Spanish Dances)
  93. Symphony
  94. J1Symphony No. 5 In C Minor - First Movement
  95. J2Symphony No. 8 ('The Unfinished') - First Movement
  96. J3Symphony No. 4 In A Major ('Italian') - First Movement
  97. J4Symphony No. 9 ('From The New World') - Largo
  98. J5Symphony No. 6 In B Minor ('Pathétique') - First Movement
  99. J6Symphony No. 40 In G Minor - First Movement
  100. J7Symphony No. 94 In G Major ('Surprise') - Second Movement
  101. J8Symphony No. 9 ('Choral') - Fourth Movement
  102. Beautiful Ladies In Song
  103. K1Merry Widow Waltz
  104. K2Musetta's Waltz
  105. K3M'Appari
  106. K4Bess You Is My Woman Now
  107. K5Sempre Libera
  108. K6Vilia
  109. K7Love Theme (Piano Concerto No. 21 In C, Second Movement)
  110. K8Speak To Me Of My Mother
  111. K9I Dream Of Jeannie With The Light Brown Hair
  112. K10Celeste Aïda
  113. Grace And Elegance
  114. L1Waltz From 'A Night In Venice'
  115. L2Elizabethan Serenade
  116. L3Champagne Polka
  117. L4Waltz In A Flat
  118. L5Minuet
  119. L6Minute Waltz
  120. L7Air From 'Water Music Suite No. 1'
  121. L8Waltz From 'Die Fledermaus'
  122. L9Serenade
  123. L10Little Suite
  124. Wedding Day
  125. M1Love Theme From 'Romeo And Juliet'
  126. M2Wedding Day At Troldhaugen
  127. M3Trumpet Voluntary In D
  128. M4Bridal Chorus From 'Lohengrin'
  129. M5Ave Maria
  130. M6Songs My Mother Taught Me
  131. M7Ich Liebe Dich (I Love You)
  132. M8Because
  133. M9Wedding March From 'A Midsummer Nights Dream'
  134. Children's Hour
  135. N1William Tel Overture
  136. N2Theme From '2001: A Space Odyssey' (Also Sprach Zarathustra)
  137. N3March Of The Toys
  138. N4Toyland
  139. N5.a'The Nutcracker': 'Danses Caracteristiques'
  140. N5.bMarch; Dance Of The Sugar Plum Fairy
  141. N5.cRussian Dance (Trepak)
  142. N5.dChinese Dance
  143. N5.eDance Of The Toy Flutes
  144. N6The Syncopated Clock
  145. N7Golliwog's Cakewalk
  146. N8In The Hall Of The Mountain King
  147. Water Music
  148. O1Overture To 'H.M.S. Pinafore'
  149. O2Barcarolle From 'The Tales Of Hoffman'
  150. O3Allegro No. 3 From 'Water Music Suite No. 1'
  151. O4Blue Danube Waltz
  152. O5Spring Waters
  153. O6Swanee River (Old Folks At Home)
  154. O7Victory At Sea: No Other Love
  155. O8To A Water Lily
  156. O9The Sea And Sinbad's Ship
  157. O10Grand Waltz From 'Swan Lake'
  158. An Invitation To Dance
  159. P1Sabre Dance
  160. P2Gypsy Love Waltz
  161. P3Norwegian Dance No. 2
  162. P4La Danza
  163. P5Pas De Deux From 'The Nutcraker'
  164. P6Carmen's Dance
  165. P7Tritsch-Tratsch Polka
  166. P8Minuet In G
  167. P9Can-Can From 'Orpheus In The Underworld'

Questions

How many vinyl pressings of 150 Best Loved Melodies are there?

15 vinyl pressings of 150 Best Loved Melodies are listed here, from 13 countries, released between 1980 and 1987.

When was 150 Best Loved Melodies first released on vinyl?

The earliest pressings are from 1980, in Belgium, Canada, France. One of them is Sélection Du Reader's Digest 279 SM.

How do I tell if my copy of 150 Best Loved Melodies is a first pressing?

Check the catalog number on the label (first-year pressings use 279 SM, 2-814) and the codes etched in the runout groove, then compare them with the pressings listed above. Later reissues often keep the catalog number but change the label design or the runout codes.

How much is 150 Best Loved Melodies on vinyl worth?

It depends on which pressing you have and on the condition of the record and its sleeve. Early pressings from the album's home country in near mint condition are usually worth the most; common later reissues are worth far less. Scan your copy with VinylLens to see its value for every grade.

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