9 Symphonien (Herbert von Karajan)

The Box Cover of the first edition has no Grand Prix du Disque on front.
The Box is limited and has a certificate paper with a serial number inside.

Included with the box set is a 20-sheet, 12' x 12', perfect bound booklet, featuring biographical information on the performers, background information on Beethoven's process as well as information on the symphonies themselves. The lyrics to the famous 'Ode To Joy' section of the 9th symphony are included also.

There is also a 12' x 12' 1-sheet insert, which gives the track list for each LP, gives the date on which each symphony was first performed and gives the date on which each symphony was performed/recorded for this release.

Recorded at Jesus-Christus-Kirche, Berlin on Dec. 1961 (1), Dec. 1961-Jan. 1962 (2), Nov. 1962 (3 & 4), Mar. 1962 (5 & 7), Feb. 1962 (8) and Nov. 1962 (9)

The eight LP's have each an own cat#
KL 1 -> side A / B
KL 2 -> side C / D
KL 3 -> side E / F
KL 4 -> side G / H
KL 5 -> side J / K
KL 6 -> side L / M
KL 7 -> side N / O
KL 8 -> side P / Q

The Mono label layout is GY3 (German-Yellow 3rd), that means 'Alle Hersteller' at one o`clock and M33 mark is in triangle.[rietm]