[78-L] CBC Documentary recording

[DAVID BURNHAM]

I doubt if this set ever appeared on 78s but a documentary set which I have consists of 6 LPs and is called, "Royal Tour Diary - A picture in words and music of the visit to Canada of their Royal Highnesses Princess Elizabeth and the Duke of Edinburgh - October 9 - November 12, 1951".  This set was issued by CBC but was obviously only intended for home use for two reasons, there are no timings on the records and the set is in automatic drop sequence, (a set intended for broadcast would never have a situation where a record has to be turned over to continue but in this set, sides 6 and 7 are on the same disc).  This set is in remarkable condition, both the album with gold writing on a red background on a leather-looking material and the discs which still have the cardboard wrap on them.  This isn't really surprising because discs of this type aren't likely to be played more than once.

I have just listened to a bit of the first disc but sometime when I have 6 hours with nothing to do, I'll give the whole thing a listen.

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