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Billy Budd

CD
1989 (issued)
Artist/Maker
London Symphony Orchestra (musicians)
Decca Records (publisher)
Britten, Benjamin (composer)
Bradbeer, Anne (art director)
Shrimpton, Leander (researcher)
Morgan, Richard Bonner (designer)
Place of origin
Great Britain (issued)
Germany (printed)

'Billy Budd', composed by Benjamin Britten, recorded by the London Symphony Orchestra for Decca Records. Triple compact disc 'jewel box' case, booklet and discs. On the back of this digitally remastered issue is a small colour reproduction of the original Decca record sleeve. The booklet is lettered with titles, singers, musicians etc..

Object details

Categories
Printed Pages & Sheets
Labels & Packaging
Entertainment & Leisure
Music
Object type
CD
TitleBilly Budd
Materials and techniques
Booklet is colour offset lithograph and screen print
Printing Ink
Plastic
Paper
Screen Printing
Colour Offset Lithography
Brief description
'Billy Budd', composed by Benjamin Britten, recorded by the London Symphony Orchestra in 1968 and digitally remastered for this issue. Triple compact disc 'jewel box' case, booklet and discs. Art design by Richard Bonner Morgan. Published by the 'London' Decca Record Company Ltd., London, 1968.
Physical description
'Billy Budd', composed by Benjamin Britten, recorded by the London Symphony Orchestra for Decca Records. Triple compact disc 'jewel box' case, booklet and discs. On the back of this digitally remastered issue is a small colour reproduction of the original Decca record sleeve. The booklet is lettered with titles, singers, musicians etc..
Dimensions
  • Case height: 12.5cm
  • Case width: 14.2cm
  • Case depth: 2.5cm
Measurements taken from Registry File.
Marks and inscriptions
  • The booklet is lettered with titles, singers, musicians etc..
  • 'Cover: Photograph of Benjamin Britten, Aldeburgh, 1949 / (BBC Hulton Picture Library) / Printed in West Germany' (Lettered on book.)
Gallery label
(20/02/1991 - 23/06/1991)
Triple compact disc case and inlay, Billy Budd, composed by Benjamin Britten (1913-1976), recorded in 1968 by The London Symphony Orchestra, 1989
Photograph from the BBC Hulton Picture Library, designed by Decca, issued by The Decca Record Company Ltd.
Colour offset lithograph
VAM
Given by The Decca Record Company Ltd.

On the back of this and the other two Britten CDs shown nearby are small colour reproductions of the original 1960s LP sleeves.
Credit line
Given by The Decca Record Company Ltd.
Object history
The recording was first issued in 1968.
The photograph used in the design is from the BBC Hulton Picture Library.
Production
Published by 'London' Decca Record Company Ltd., London.
Subjects depicted
Music
Photograph
Portrait
Composer
Britten, Benjamin Edward (Lord)
Bibliographic reference
Edge, Kevin. The Art of Selling Songs: Graphics for the Music Business 1690-1990. London. 1991. p.112 (illus.).
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.3290-1991

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Record createdMarch 4, 2009
Record URL
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