[78-L] Bransby Williams

[David Lennick]

Bransby Williams appeared on "Showtime from the London Palladium" around 
1952-53. Syndicated program from Towers of London.

dl

On 12/5/2010 12:35 PM, Philip Carli wrote:
> That was nice to read about Williams -- one night years ago my friend Bob Hodge and I went through all the Williams Blue Amberol cylinders we could dig up and listened eagerly.  I have his 2-minute Edison of "Imitation of Sir Henry Irving in the Murder Scene from 'The Bells'" (oddly, I believe it was released right around the time of Irving's death in Nov 1905) that ends with a recorder-overloading shriek that is chilling.  Hodge tried about five styli and endless EQs to get the cylinder to transfer equably -- that shriek was powerful!  Do you have it, or would like it?
>
> Philip
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> As regards Bransby Williams, he's very entertaining, particularly in his
> Dickensian characters. Keep an eye on my website for a number of his
> recordings (from 1908 to 1933) in a few weeks time.
>
> Damian Rogan
> www.damians78s.co.uk
>
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> From: "David Lennick"<dlennick at sympatico.ca>
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>> I like Harold Williams, can live without Evan Williams, just happened to
>> hear
>> Bransby Williams (age 82).
>>