bass vocals Nicolai Ghiaurov
chorus London Symphony Chorus
conductor Edward Downes
engineer [uncredited] James Lock
liner notes [english translations and captions] Peggie Cochrane
mastered by L
orchestra London Symphony Orchestra
sleeve notes, producer [uncredited] Ray Minshull
Recorded At Walthamstow Assembly Hall
Mastered At Decca Studios
Pressed By Decca Record Co. Ltd., Pressing Plant, UK.
Printed By Clout & Baker Ltd.
Copyright (c) The Decca Record Company Limited
Early UK version for this cat#.
There may be versions that have a flipback sleeve.

LABELS:
- Black/silver 'grooved wideband' labels
- ORIGINAL RECORDING BY at 11 o'clock
- Made in England at bottom
- (P) 1965
- B.I.E.M. in a box on side 2
- Tax code K/T
- Matrix numbers printed upside-down

SLEEVE:
- Front laminated
- No flipbacks
- Bold STEREO on spine
- © 1964, The Decca Record Company Limited, London.
- Printed in England by Clout & Baker Ltd.
- Laminated with 'Clarifoil' made by British Celanese Limited
- Sleeve notes in English on back

INSERT:
- 1 folded sheet, giving 6 pages of which 5 are printed
- Contains the lyrics in original languages as well as English translations
- © 1964, The Decca Record Company Limited, London.
- Printed in England by Clout & Baker Ltd.

CATALOG NUMBERS:
- SXL 6147 on sleeve
- SXL.6147 on labels

OTHER INFORMATION:
- Recorded 7 - 4 July 1964 in Walthamstow Assembly Hall, London
- Labelography code: ED1
- Corresponding mono issue has cat# LXT 6147
- The librettist for track B6, Meilhac, is misspelled Jeilhac on the sleeve
- Arias are taken from the following operas:
 A1: A Life For The Tsar
 A2: The Demon
 A3: Iolanta
 A4, A5: Prince Igor
 B1, B2: Faust
 B3: Manon
 B4: Les Huguenots
 B5: La Jolie Fille De Perth
 B6: Carmen
Matrix / Runout: ZAL-6555-4L B KT 1 (Runout side A - stamped)
Matrix / Runout: ZAL-6556-4L U KT 1 (Runout side B - stamped)
Matrix / Runout: ZAL.6555 (Matrix on label - side A)
Matrix / Runout: ZAL.6556 (Matrix on label - side B)
Rights Society: M.C.P.S. (Applies to tracks A4, A5 only)
Rights Society: B.I.E.M. (Applies to track B3 only)
Other: K/T (Tax code on labels)