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Mood Music For Listening And Relaxation

by Various Artists · 1963

42 pressings16 countriesEasy ListeningJazzPopClassical

Mood Music For Listening And Relaxation was first pressed on vinyl in 1963. 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 Mood Music For Listening And Relaxation

20 pressings came out in 1963, the album's first year, in 10 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.

Country unknown

1963
Label and catalog number
Reader's Digest RD 43A-MRCA Custom RDS-43
Format
LP, Compilation, Box Set
Runout / matrix

NO8Y-3913-34S A2 RSide A runout

NO8Y-3914-32S A1 RSide B runout

P2RS-2059-17S A2 RSide C runout

P2RS-2060-22S A1 RSide D runout

Full details of this pressing

Country unknown

1963
Label and catalog number
Reader's Digest RD 43A-MRCA Custom RDS-43
Format
LP, Compilation, Box Set
Runout / matrix

RDS-43-1 (NO8Y-3913)Variant 1 - side A label

RDS-43-1 (NO8Y-3914)Variant 1 - side B label

RD4-43-2 (P2RS-2059)Variant 1 - side C label

RDS-43-2 (P2RS-2060)Variant 1 - side D label

Full details of this pressing

US

1963
Label and catalog number
Reader's Digest RD 43A-MRCA Custom RD 43A-M
Format
LP, Compilation, Box Set
Runout / matrix

NO8Y-3913A side center label

NO8Y-3914B side center label

P2RS-2059C side center label

P2RS-2060D side center 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 42 vinyl pressings

By decade, oldest first. Open a pressing for its full label, barcode and runout details.

1960s26 pressings
YearCountryLabel and catalog numberFormat
1963UnknownReader's Digest RD 43A-M / RCA Custom RDS-43First yearLP, Compilation, Box SetLP, Compilation, Box Set
1963UnknownReader's Digest RD 43A-M / RCA Custom RDS-43First yearLP, Compilation, Box SetLP, Compilation, Box Set
1963ArgentinaSelecciones Del Reader's DigestFirst yearLP, Compilation, Mono, Box Set · MonoLP, Compilation, Mono, Box Set · Mono
1963AustraliaReader's Digest RDS-43 / RCA RDS-43First yearLP, Compilation, Stereo, Box SetLP, Compilation, Stereo, Box Set
1963BrazilSeleções Do Reader's Digest RDM-43 / RCA RDM-43First yearLP, Compilation, Mono, Box Set · MonoLP, Compilation, Mono, Box Set · Mono
1963CanadaReader's Digest RD5M-1First yearLP, Compilation, Box SetLP, Compilation, Box Set
1963NetherlandsReader's Digest RDS 6020First yearLP, Compilation, Stereo, Box SetLP, Compilation, Stereo, Box Set
1963New ZealandReader's Digest RDS-43 / RCA RDS-43First yearLP, Compilation, Box SetLP, Compilation, Box Set
1963New ZealandReader's Digest RDM-43 / RCA RDM-43First yearLP, Compilation, Mono, Box Set · MonoLP, Compilation, Mono, Box Set · Mono
1963NorwayDet Beste RDM 2020-RDM 2028; RDM 2035-2037First yearLP, Compilation, Mono, Box Set · MonoLP, Compilation, Mono, Box Set · Mono
1963TaiwanLeico Record PLS 3025LP, Compilation, Box Set, Unofficial Release · UnofficialLP, Compilation, Box Set, Unofficial Release · Unofficial
1963UKReader's Digest RDS 6020First yearLP, Compilation, Stereo, Box SetLP, Compilation, Stereo, Box Set
1963UKReader's Digest RDM 2020First yearLP, Compilation, Mono, Box Set · MonoLP, Compilation, Mono, Box Set · Mono
1963UK, Europe & USRCA RDM 2025First yearLP, Album, Mono · MonoLP, Album, Mono · Mono
1963USReader's Digest RD 43A-M / RCA Custom RD 43A-MFirst yearLP, Compilation, Box SetLP, Compilation, Box Set
All 26 pressings from the 1960s
1980s1 pressing
YearCountryLabel and catalog numberFormat
1981BrazilReader's Digest F1RS-9607 / Tapecar F1RS-9607LP, Compilation, StereoLP, Compilation, Stereo
Year unknown15 pressings
YearCountryLabel and catalog numberFormat
?AustraliaReader's Digest RDM-43LP, Compilation, Mono, Box Set · MonoLP, Compilation, Mono, Box Set · Mono
?AustraliaReader's Digest RDM-43LP, Compilation, Mono, Box Set · MonoLP, Compilation, Mono, Box Set · Mono
?CanadaSélection Du Reader's Digest RD5FSLP, Compilation, Box SetLP, Compilation, Box Set
?CanadaSélection Du Reader's Digest RD5FMLP, Compilation, Mono, Box Set · MonoLP, Compilation, Mono, Box Set · Mono
?CanadaReader's Digest RD5S / RCA RD5SLP, Compilation, Stereo, Box SetLP, Compilation, Stereo, Box Set
?ItalyRCA Italiana / Selezione Dal Reader's DigestLP, Stereo, Box Set, CompilationLP, Stereo, Box Set, Compilation
?MexicoReader's Digest RDM-3937LP, Compilation, Stereo, Box SetLP, Compilation, Stereo, Box Set
?South AfricaReader's Digest RDM-43LP, Mono, Box Set · MonoLP, Mono, Box Set · Mono
?South AfricaReader's Digest RDM-43LP, Mono, Box Set · MonoLP, Mono, Box Set · Mono
?UKReader's DigestLP, Compilation, Stereo, Box SetLP, Compilation, Stereo, Box Set
?UKReader's DigestLP, Compilation, Stereo, Box SetLP, Compilation, Stereo, Box Set
?UKRCA RDS6025LPLP
?USReader's Digest RD 43-KLP, Compilation, Box SetLP, Compilation, Box Set
?USReader's Digest RD 43A-M / RCA Custom RDS-43LP, Compilation, Box SetLP, Compilation, Box Set
?VenezuelaSelecciones Del Reader's DigestLP, Compilation, Mono, Box Set · MonoLP, Compilation, Mono, Box Set · Mono

Tracklist

  1. Candlelight And Wine
  2. A1September In The Rain
  3. A2I've Got You Under My Skin
  4. A3Lazy Afternoon
  5. A4Hey There
  6. A5In The Still Of The Night
  7. A6More Than You Know
  8. B1Autumn Nocturne
  9. B2You Go To My Head
  10. B3Misty
  11. B4There Are Such Things
  12. B5Hands Across The Table
  13. B6Time On My Hands
  14. A Sunday Afternoon Pops Concert
  15. C1The Syncopated Clock
  16. C2Perpetual Motion
  17. C3Pavan
  18. C4Swedish Rhapsody (Midsummer Vigil)
  19. D1Il Signor Bruschino Overture
  20. D2Pizzicato Polka
  21. D3Humoresque
  22. D4Two Slavonic Dances
  23. Cocktail Piano: Medleys
  24. E1Remember Me; The Very Thought Of You; Thinking Of You
  25. E2Anything Goes; What Is This Thing Called Love?; You Do Something To Me
  26. E3It's Magic; Don't Take Your Love From Me; Love Is The Sweetest Thing
  27. E4I've Got A Crush On You; Embraceable You; Fascinating Rhythm
  28. E5La Vie En Rose; The River Seine; April In Paris
  29. E6With A Song In My Heart; Mountain Greenery; Thou Swell
  30. E7'Tis Autumn; Autumn In New York
  31. F1I Cover The Waterfront; Moritat; I'm Just Wild About Harry
  32. F2Blues In The Night; Lullaby Of Broadway
  33. F3You Go To My Head; When Your Love Has Gone; I Only Have Eyes For You
  34. F4Body And Soul
  35. F5You're Getting To Be A Habit With Me; Alone Together; Crazy Rhythm
  36. F6I'll See You Again; Zigeuner
  37. F7I Wonder What's Become Of Sally? Lulu's Back In Town; Sweet Georgia Brown
  38. Romantic Opera Melodies For Orchestra
  39. G1La Boheme
  40. H1Carmen
  41. Music For Dining
  42. I1Moon River
  43. I2Song Of India
  44. I3La Paloma
  45. I4Theme From Fifth Symphony
  46. I5Poem
  47. I6Theme From Concerto No. 2
  48. J1Quiet Village
  49. J2Flamingo
  50. J3Flower Song
  51. J4Anitra's Dance
  52. J5Theme From Romeo And Juliet
  53. J6Tonight
  54. Melodies For Piano And Orchestra
  55. K1Piano Concerto (Excerpt)
  56. K2Grand Polonaise
  57. K3Piano Concerto No. 2 (Excerpts)
  58. L1Second Piano Concerto (Scherzo)
  59. L218th Variation From Rhapsody On A Theme By Paganini
  60. L3Hungarian Fantasy
  61. Listening And Relaxing In 3/4 Time
  62. M1Espana Waltz
  63. M2Where The Citrons Bloom
  64. M3Schonbrunner Waltz
  65. N1Vienna Bonbons
  66. N2Music Of The Spheres
  67. N3Village Swallows
  68. Fiddles By Firelight
  69. O1Play, Gypsies! Dance, Gypsies!
  70. O2Gypsy Love Song
  71. O3Tears Of Love
  72. O4La Cumparsita
  73. O5Love's Last Word
  74. O6Dark Eyes
  75. P1Play, Fiddle, Play
  76. P2Zigeuner
  77. P3Yours Is My Heart Alone
  78. P4Estrellita
  79. P5My Prayer
  80. P6Two Guitars
  81. Easy And Graceful
  82. Q1Cossack Dance
  83. Q2Coppelia Waltz
  84. Q3Dance From Suite No. 2
  85. Q4Dance Of The Blessed Spirits
  86. Q5Scarf Dance
  87. R1Spanish Dance
  88. R2"Chopin" From Carnival
  89. R3Skaters Waltz
  90. R4Rosmaunde (Selection)
  91. R5Bacchanle
  92. Moonlight Piano
  93. S1Moonlight Sonata
  94. S2Nocturne In E-Flat
  95. S3Waltz In C-Sharp Minor
  96. S4Traumerei
  97. S5Minuet
  98. T1Liebestraum
  99. T2Forgotten Waltz
  100. T3Reverie
  101. T4Prelude In E-Flat, Op. 23 No. 6
  102. T5Waltz In A Flat
  103. T6Romance

Questions

How many vinyl pressings of Mood Music For Listening And Relaxation are there?

42 vinyl pressings of Mood Music For Listening And Relaxation are listed here, from 16 countries, released between 1963 and 1981.

When was Mood Music For Listening And Relaxation first released on vinyl?

The earliest pressings are from 1963, in Canada, UK, US, Argentina and more. One of them is Reader's Digest RD5M-1.

How do I tell if my copy of Mood Music For Listening And Relaxation is a first pressing?

Check the catalog number on the label (first-year pressings use RD5M-1, RD 43A-M, RDS 6020, RDM 2020) 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 Mood Music For Listening And Relaxation 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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