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Mechanical Opera: Opera Favourites On Musical Boxes
1986 CD
Opera
Technical
Saydisc
tracks 5a composed by
Albert Lortzing
tracks 5d composed by
Ambroise Thomas
tracks 3a, 3b composed by
Charles Gounod
tracks 5h composed by
Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy
tracks 5c composed by
François-Adrien Boieldieu
tracks 6a to 6d composed by
Gaetano Donizetti
tracks 3c, 3d composed by
Georges Bizet
tracks 4a to 4c composed by
Giacomo Meyerbeer
tracks 2a to 2f composed by
Gilbert & Sullivan
tracks 7a to 7d composed by
Gioacchino Rossini
tracks 1a to 1h composed by
Giuseppe Verdi
tracks 5e, 5f composed by
Richard Wagner
tracks 5g composed by
Robert Planquette
tracks 8a to 8e composed by
Vincenzo Bellini
tracks 5b composed by
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
design [booklet]
Genny Lucena
producer, recorded by
Gef Lucena
research [helping to identify the music]
Peter Williamson
research [helping to identify the music]
Vivian A. Liff
Manufactured By Nimbus
Glass Mastered At Nimbus
Printed By APB Process Print
Phonographic Copyright (p) Saydisc
Booklet in English, French and German.
Total duration 49:46
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The Instruments:
• 24½ disc Polyphon musical box: 1a; 5a
• Le Croix 'Mandoline' cylinder musical box: 1b, 1e; 4c; 5c, 5g; 7b, 7d; 8e
• Paillard Vaucher Fils (PVF) cylinder musical box: 1c, 1f; 4b; 5b, 5f, 5h; 7a, 7c; 8c
• 27 disc Regina musical box: 1d; 3d; 6d; 8d
• Excelsior Piccolo 12 air cylinder musical box: 2a; 3a
• Nicole Freres 19½ 'Fortepiano' interchangeable cylinder musical box of 1903: 2b, 2e, 2f; 4a; 6a, 6b
• 48 note penny-in-the-slot piano: 2c
• Sublime Harmony Piccolo cylinder musical box: 2d; 3c
• 15½ disc Regina musical box: 3b,
• 22 disc Polyphon musical box with glockenspiel attachment (penny-in-the-slot): 5d
• Sublime Harmony Piccolo cylinder musical box by George Baker & Co: 5e
• 12 air, 2 comb, cylinder musical box: 6c
• Nicole Freres 10 air cylinder musical box (1841): 8a, 8b
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Musical Boxes from the collections of Roy Mickleburgh and Tony Sherriff.
Illustrations from the Roy Mickleburgh Collection.
With thanks to Vivian A. Liff and Peter Williamson for helping to identify the music.
Manufactured by Nimbus Records Ltd., England.
Printed by APB Process Print Ltd., England.
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℗ 1986 Saydisc Records
Barcode: 5013133435422
Matrix / Runout: CD-SDL 354
Other: Mastered by Nimbus
Rights Society: MCPS
SPARS Code: AAD