Notes:
- Shown are an original German and a later South-American copy. The original Dutch issue, like the German issue probably, was released either in late 1958 or early 1959. 1959 seems more likely to me, but some confusion arose from the Delpher website, where a publication (book) called “Kroniek van kunst en kultuur” is listed as from Jan. 1, 1959. The Philips album is mentioned there on page 79 (click here to see it). Maybe the actual date of this publication is unknown, and the first day of 1959 was chosen randomly. I surely wasn’t published on the first day of the year and there’s no specific date mentioned, except on the Delpher website. Delpher also lists a newspaper review, from Feb. 4, 1959, which can be seen here. On checking the neighboring numbers in the Philips catalogue, 1959 seems more likely as well.
- The South-American album has some mysterious details. It could be a mix-up as the cover mentions Argentina and the LP mentions Uruguay. You can see this in the enlarged details above (scans 5 & 6). As these are neighboring and Spanish speaking countries, it could be a correct coupling as well (like happened with Dutch and German pressings so often). The label lay-out is from the mid or later 1960’s and if this coupling is correct, maybe overstock covers from the 1950’s were used for 1960’s vinyl pressings. I have never seen an earlier pressing though.
- The logo on the front cover of the South-American version is in Spanish and reads ‘microsurco’, which means ‘microgroove’, rather than ‘minigroove’. Another odd detail. See also this post for two other South-American albums (from Argentina). The text ‘All Philips records are high fidelity records!’ is given in Spanish here as: ‘Todos los discos editados par Philips son Alta Fidelidad’.