baritone vocals [ned keene] Geraint Evans
bass vocals [captain balstrode] James Pease
bass vocals [hobson] David Kelly
bass-baritone vocals [swallow] Owen Brannigan
chorus Chorus Of The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden
chorus master Douglas Robinson
composed by, music by, conductor Benjamin Britten
contralto vocals [auntie] Jean Watson
engineer [uncredited] Kenneth Wilkinson
libretto by Montagu Slater
liner notes [about the recording] Erik Smith
liner notes [introduction] George Lascelles
liner notes [synopsis] Peggie Cochrane
mastered by [side c] D
mastered by [sides a b d e f] E
mezzo-soprano vocals [mrs. sedley] Lauris Elms
orchestra Orchestra Of The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden
photography by [cover photos] Adam Woolfitt
photography by [photos in text] Hans Wild
producer [uncredited] Erik Smith
soprano vocals [ellen orford] Claire Watson
soprano vocals [niece 1] Marion Studholme
soprano vocals [niece 2] Iris Kells
tenor vocals [bob boles] Raymond Nilsson
tenor vocals [peter grimes] Peter Pears
tenor vocals [the rector] John Lanigan
treble vocals [john] Marcus Norman
written-by [derived from the poem by] George Crabbe
Recorded At Walthamstow Assembly Hall
Recorded By The Decca Record Company Limited
Mastered At Decca Studios
Copyright (c) The Decca Record Company Limited
Published By Hawkes & Son
Recorded 2 - 9 December 1958 in Walthamstow Assembly Hall, London.

First UK version for this cat#.

Versions with the same or a similar cat# :
- Red plastic gatefold sleeve, first labels (this version)
- Box set

LABELS:
- Black/silver 'grooved wideband' labels
- ORIGINAL RECORDING BY at 11 o'clock
- Made in England at bottom
(labelography code: ED1)
- RECORDING FIRST PUBLISHED 1959
- Hawkes & Son on all sides
- Matrix numbers printed upside-down
- Side numbers are in 'auto-coupled' order

ALBUM COVER:
- Dark red plastic gatefold with gold lettering
- Has four separate die-cut pockets inside the gatefold, which hold the records, the booklet and the photo insert
- Gold lettering on spine
- Triangular DECCA STEREOPHONIC logo on front

BOOKLET:
- 12 pages
- Doesn't contain a libretto
- Contains an opera introduction and synopsis
- Contains notes on the recording
- Contains a contemporary discography of the works of Benjamin Britten recorded on the Decca label
- © The Decca Record Co. Ltd., London, 1959.

Also contains a 1-page insert showing the 'anchor chain' image that was later used as a cover photo for the box set.
The insert is printed on thin cardboard.

1st cat# on spine and inside of booklet.
2nd cat# on front of sleeve.

Corresponding mono issue has cat# LXT 5521-3

Tracklisting taken from labels.
Inconsistencies in separators and numbering are printed this way on labels.
Subtracks are not banded on vinyl.
No track duration info on sleeve or labels.
Other: SXL.2150 (Cat# record 1)
Other: SXL.2151 (Cat# record 2)
Other: SXL.2152 (Cat# record 3)
Matrix / Runout: ZAL.4385 (Matrix on label - side A)
Matrix / Runout: ZAL.4386 (Matrix on label - side B)
Matrix / Runout: ZAL.4387 (Matrix on label - side C)
Matrix / Runout: ZAL.4388 (Matrix on label - side D)
Matrix / Runout: ZAL.4389 (Matrix on label - side E)
Matrix / Runout: ZAL.4390 (Matrix on label - side F)
Matrix / Runout: ZAL-4385-1E BI ⵎT 2 1 SM (Runout side A - machine stamped - this variant)
Matrix / Runout: ZAL-4386-2E K 1 (Runout side B - machine stamped - this variant)
Matrix / Runout: ZAL-4387-3D K ⵎT 3 2 B SM (Runout side C - machine stamped - this variant)
Matrix / Runout: ZAL-4388-2E M ⵎT 2 B (Runout side D - machine stamped - this variant)
Matrix / Runout: ZAL-4389-2E C ⵎT 2 1 SM (Runout side E - machine stamped - this variant)
Matrix / Runout: ZAL-4390-2E K ⵎT 2 1 SM (Runout side F - machine stamped - this variant)