artwork Antonietta Gambaro
baritone vocals [jean-charles] Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau
choir NDR Chor
choir RIAS-Kammerchor
chorus Knabenchor St. Nicolai
chorus master [ndr] Helmut Franz
chorus master [rias] Günther Arndt
composed by, conductor Hans Werner Henze
engineer [recording] Hans-Peter Schweigmann
libretto by Ernst Schnabel
libretto by [englishtranslation] Desmond Clayton
libretto by [frenchtranslation] Pierre Bertaux
orchestra NDR Sinfonieorchester
photography by Leonore Mau
producer Karl Faust
recording supervisor Manfred Richter
soprano vocals [la mort] Edda Moser
voice actor [charon] Charles Regnier
Recorded At CCH, Hamburg
Manufactured By Deutsche Grammophon Hamburg
Printed By Gebrüder Jänecke
Published By B. Schott's Söhne
Released in a double sleeve gatefold cover with a half-moon cut-out on the outside edge of left fold (only) and a 20-page stapled booklet attached to the inside.

Autocoupled 2 LP set: side one is backed with side four, side two with side three.

Covers label branding: Deutsche Grammophon Gesellschaft.

Booklet includes the libretto in German, English and French and a photo of Henze.

Back cover info:
Complete title string: Das Floss Der Medusa - Oratorio volgare e militare - Text von Ernst Schnabel - Für Che Guevara
Aufgenommen bei den Proben zur Uraufführung • Hamburg »Planten un Bomen« Halle B vom 4, bis 8.12.1968 = Recorded at the rehearsal for the first performance, Hamburg Planten un Blomen Hall B from 4. to 8.12.1968 (i.e., CCH, Hamburg).

Spine string: Stereo Hans Werner Henze: Das Floss Der Medusa 139 428/29.

Center-labels info:
“Deutsche Grammophon” below small tulip crown.
German copyright rim text message in gold with, at 11 o'clock, Deutsche Grammophon · Urheber· Und ...“.
Straight borders.
No star printed on bottom.
Made in Germany at the left of spindle hole.

Rights Society: GEMA
Other: 139 428 (Record 1 cat#)
Other: 139 429 (Record 2 cat#)
Matrix / Runout: 139 428 A (Matrix label side A (record 1))
Matrix / Runout: 139 429 A (Matrix label side B (record 2))
Matrix / Runout: 139 429 B (Matrix label side C (record 2))
Matrix / Runout: 139 428 B (Matrix label side D (record 1))
Matrix / Runout: 1 ℗ 1969 D9 SCHW◇V E 00 139428 S1 (Runout stamped side A (E tilted 90º))
Matrix / Runout: 1 ℗ 1969 D9 SCHW◇V A1 00 xxxxxx xx xx 139429 S2 (Runout stamped side B (A1 tilted 90º)(x is a scratch))
Matrix / Runout: 1 ℗ 1969 D9 SCHW◇V C 00 139429 Sx3 (Runout stamped side C (C tilted 90º)(x is a scratch))
Matrix / Runout: 1 ℗ 1969 D9 ◇V D 00 13942x8 Sx4 (Runout stamped side D (D tilted 90º)(x is a scratch))