Main image
Decca
art direction Mark Millington
artwork [pg. 15, back cover] David Anstey
composed by Ludwig van Beethoven
tracks 4 to 7 engineer Colin Moorfoot
tracks 1 to 3 engineer Kenneth Wilkinson
liner notes Eric Wen
liner notes James Lock
liner notes, engineer [decca chief engineer] James Lock
photography by Decca
photography by [cover, pgs. 2, 4, 10, 11, 13] Elfriede Hanak
piano Vladimir Ashkenazy
tracks 1 to 3 producer Christopher Raeburn
tracks 4 to 7 producer Michael Woolcock
remastered by Dagmar Birwe
violin Itzhak Perlman
Phonographic Copyright (p) The Decca Record Company Limited
Copyright (c) The Decca Record Company Limited
Recorded By Kingsway Hall
Made By PMDC, USA
Distributed By Universal Music & Video Distribution
Total Timing: 61:37

**** Technical Specification ****

Mixing Desk: GENDEC mixer
Microphones: Neumann M50, KM54, KM84
Recording (tape) machine: AMPEX/TRgo

**** GENDEC (Geneva Decca) ****

Built by David Frost and Colin Moorfoot to upgrade MASPERE, it used some MASPERE units with additional new ones. It was a 20 channel mixer with simultaneous 2 track and 4 track working. It had one group of 6 channel faders on each of its sections. Channels 10 and 11 were fixed L and R. Built c. 1966.

**** MASPERE (anagram of AMPERES)****

Built by Roy Wallace and Bob Goodman. The initials stand for Mono and Stereophonic Electronic Recording Equipment, consisting of 15 channels, with channels:
2.5.8.11.14 fully pannable L to R
1.4.7.10.13 pannable L to C
3.6.9.12.15 pannable R to C
2 track (stereo) working only. Built C. 1961.

Recording Location: Kingsway Hall, London, October 1973 [1]-[3]; June 1974 [4]-[7].

Barcode: 028945861821 (Scanned)
Label Code: LC 00171
SPARS Code: ADD
Barcode: 0 28945 86182 1 (Text)
Matrix / Runout: MADE IN USA BY PMDC
Matrix / Runout: 283 458 6182 01% E
Mastering SID Code: IFPI L007
Mould SID Code: IFPI 0336