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Sheffield Lab, Sheffield Lab
composed by Richard Wagner
conductor Erich Leinsdorf
design John Rosenkranz
design, photography by Christina Farley
engineer Bud Wyatt
lathe cut by Arnie Acosta
lathe cut by Bruce Leek
lathe cut by Mike Reese
liner notes William Malloch
orchestra Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra
producer, engineer, liner notes Doug Sax
producer, liner notes Lincoln Mayorga
Phonographic Copyright (p) Sheffield Lab Inc.
Copyright (c) Sheffield Lab Inc.
Recorded At MGM Recording Studios
Lacquer Cut At MGM Recording Studios
Mastered At The Mastering Lab
Pressed By Record Technology Incorporated
Label variation with Pressed in the U.S.A.. Label name is branded as Sheffield Lab on front cover, not Sheffield Lab Classics.

Complete Unedited Performance
Recorded: July 18th & 20th, 1977 at M.G.M. Studios (Culver City, California).
©℗ 1978 Sheffield Lab, Inc.

Stereo Grammy Nomination for Engineering Excellence.
US Release. Gatefold cover with 12-page booklet.

Runouts, variant 2:
Side A has one dot in the upper left quadrant of the plus sign
Side B has three dots, in the left side and upper right.
Runouts, variant 3:
Side A has one of the 4 dots missing in the lower right quadrant of the plus sign.
Side B has two dots, in the left upper and lower side.
Runouts, variant 4:
Side B has 1 dot in each quadrant of the first plus sign and has 1 dot in the upper left and lower right of the second plus sign

Differs from Die Walküre: Ride Of The Valkyries, Tristan Und Isolde: Prelude To Act 1, Götterdämmerung: Siegfried's Funeral Music, Siegfried: Forest Murmurs, Complete Unedited Permormance - format difference(s); differs from Die Walküre: Ride Of The Valkyries / Tristan Und Isolde: Prelude To Act I / Götterdämmerung: Siegfried’s Funeral Music / Siegfried: Forest Murmurs - label variation.

Some copies may contain a insert with recordings LAB 1 to LAB 17 from May 1981.
Matrix / Runout: SL-27 (Label side A)
Matrix / Runout: SL-28 (Label side B)
Matrix / Runout: SL-27-2-2 (3) + (Runout side A, variant 1)
Matrix / Runout: SL-28-2-X-(2) (Runout side B, variant 1)
Matrix / Runout: SL-27-2-Z-(4) + (Runout side A, variant 2)
Matrix / Runout: SL-28-1-Z (1) + (Runout side B, variant 2)
Matrix / Runout: SL-27-2-Z-(4) ⁜ (Runout side A, variant 3)
Matrix / Runout: SL-28-1-Z (2) ⁜ (Runout side A, variant 3)
Matrix / Runout: SL-27-2-Y (2) (Runout side A, variant 4)
Matrix / Runout: SL-28-1-Z (2) ⁜ ⁜ (Runout side B, variant 4)