Charles Gounod - Victoria De Los Angeles, Nicolai Gedda, Boris Christoff, André Cluytens, Orchestre National De L'Opéra De Paris - Faust (4xLP, Album, RE, RP, Wak + Box)

Media Condition:  Mint (M)
Sleeve Condition: Near Mint (NM or M-)
Country:    US  
Released:  1975
Genre:       Classical, Stage & Screen
Style:         Romantic, Opera

Comments:
still factory sealed! Details of contents / exact pressing / labels / matrix info / etc are all unknown due to being sealed, but the data / photos of the outside of the box match this listing.
 

Notes:

Released in hinged box and includes 12' x 12" 22 page booklet with recording session photos, introductory notes, synopsis, track list and libretto with English translation and illustrations by [a12745844.
Title in libretto: "Faust: An Opera In Five Acts" - "Founded on Goethe's Poem by Jules Barbier and Michel Carré".
Libretto includes: "Sung in French - Recorded in Paris between September 23 and October 9, 1958".

Track list titles are from libretto. 

"Recorded in France" is noted on labels.

[a1525971 signature appears on original pressing box covers and is missing on later stereo releases as front slick was moved down to accommodate "stereo" information.

Originally released in US on [l1262034 labels in 1959. Released on [l7505 label in 1961.

Angel poly inner sleeves are made in Canada.

Runouts are etched, except for stamped Wakefield "(ᵛᵛ)" and "ᴍᴀsᴛᴇʀᴇᴅ ʙʏ ᴄᴀᴘɪᴛᴏʟ".

A1. Introduction
A2. Act I
. Act II
. Act III (Part 1)
. Act III (Conclusion)
. Act IV, Part I
. Act IV, Conclusion
. Act V (Part 1)
. Act V, Part 2
. Act V, Conclusion

Barcode and Other Identifiers:

Other 05
Pressing Plant ID (ᵛᵛ) / Wakefield stamp
Matrix / Runout S-1-35896 G-27 Wly MASTERED BY CAPITOL (ᵛᵛ) 36542 #1
Matrix / Runout S-1-35897 G-26 #3 (ᵛᵛ) 36543 Wly MASTERED BY CAPITOL
Matrix / Runout S-1-35898 G-18 #3 (ᵛᵛ) 36544 Wly MASTERED BY CAPITOL
Matrix / Runout S-1-35899 G-26 #3 (ᵛᵛ) 36543 Wly MASTERED BY CAPITOL
Matrix / Runout S-2-35899 G-24 (ᵛᵛ) 36545 Wly MASTERED BY CAPITOL #2
Matrix / Runout S-2-35898 G-17 #3 W MASTERED BY CAPITOL #2 (ᵛᵛ) 36544
Matrix / Runout S2-35897-G14 Gene MASTERED BY CAPITOL (ᵛᵛ) 36543
Matrix / Runout S-2-35896 G-17 #1 (ᵛᵛ) 36542 Wly MASTERED BY CAPITOL

Videos: 

Manufactured By Capitol Records, Inc.
Pressed By Wakefield Manufacturing
Mastered At Capitol Mastering