1812 Festival Overture, Op. 49 (Original Scoring) / Capriccio Italien

CATALOGUE NUMBERS: Sleeve front and back: AMS 16010 Sleeve front: (SR 90054) / Sleeve back: (SR90054) Labels: AMS. 16010 / (SR.90054) LABELS: - Maroon labels / silver text - "MADE BY E.M.I. RECORDS LTD. IN Gt. BRITAIN" - Mercury Olympian Series logo - "A MERCURY RECORD CORPN. U.S.A. RECORDING" - "REGISTERED USER E.M.I. RECORDS LTD." - "LIVING PRESENCE LONG-PLAYING" SLEEVE: - Front laminated - 3 flipbacks - Mercury Olympian Series logo on front and back of sleeve - Sleeve Notes in English only, uncredited - "Recording first published 1959" - "Made and printed in Great Britain" - "Printed and made by Garrod & Lofthouse Ltd." OTHER INFORMATION (Sourced from sleeve notes and other details on sleeve back): - Track A1 recorded in Northrop Memorial Auditorium on April 5, 1958 - This was a stereo remake of Dorati's original 1954 mono recording of the 1812 Overture. - Bronze Cannon - Douay, France (1775) courtesy U.S. Military Academy, West Point, New York. - Bells of the Laura Spelman Memorial Carillon, The Riverside Church. - Tracks A2 & B1 are a commentary about the recording and post-production process to produce track A1. Advertised as a new release in "Mercury and Dorati do it again!", Gramophone magazine, July 1960, back cover.