bass vocals Martti Talvela
chorus Chicago Symphony Chorus
chorus master [director] Margaret Hillis
composed by Ludwig van Beethoven
conductor Georg Solti
engineer Gordon Parry
engineer Kenneth Wilkinson
lacquer cut by Jack Hunt
lacquer cut by Stan Ricker
liner notes [english libretto translation] Peggie Cochrane
mezzo-soprano vocals Yvonne Minton
orchestra Chicago Symphony Orchestra
photography by Bruno Of Hollywood
photography by Chicago Tribune
photography by Ingpen & Williams Ltd.
producer David Harvey
soprano vocals Pilar Lorengar
tenor vocals Stuart Burrows
Distributed By Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab, Inc.
Manufactured By Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab, Inc.
Copyright (c) The Decca Record Company Limited
Phonographic Copyright (p) The Decca Record Company Limited
Recorded At Krannert Center For The Performing Arts
——Center labels info——
Black on white labels
Manufactured and distributed by MFSL, Inc. under license from The Decca Record Co., Ltd.
© 1972 The Decca Record Co., Ltd.
Pressed in Japan

——Sleeve info——
Recorded May 1972 in the Krannert Center for the Performing Arts, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
Interior of sleeve includes song text
Includes English rendering of Schiller's Ode to Joy text
Originally released as London Records/Decca CSP8
Half-speed production and mastering by Original Masteringworks™
Specially plated and pressed on high definition super vinyl by Victor Company of Japan Ltd.
Special static free-dust free inner sleeves / Special heavy duty protective packaging
Source: The original stereo master tape / Mastered with the Ortofon cutting system
Manufactured and distributed by MFSL, Inc., Chatsworth, CA

Other: MFSL-2-516-1A (Side A label)
Other: MFSL-2-516-1B (Side B label)
Other: MFSL-2-516-2C (Side C label)
Other: MFSL-2-516-2D (Side D label)
Matrix / Runout: MFSL-2-516-1A3 H 1 3 1 ꔰ C JG/2 (Side A)
Matrix / Runout: MFSL-2-5161B2 T-M SR/2 ORTOFON H 1 2 1 ꔰ ✢ (Side B)
Matrix / Runout: MFSL-2-5162C SR/2 C5 ORTOFON H 1 6 1 ꔰ ✢ C (Side C)
Matrix / Runout: MFSL-2-516zD3 H 1 3 2 ꔰ ✢ C JG/2 (Side D)