[78-L] The King's Speech

[David Lennick]

Most of this message showed up very faint, for some reason..for those needing a 
west coast repeat, here it is, amplified.

On 3/29/2011 12:35 AM, DAVID BURNHAM wrote:
> Edward had a stuttering problem. The movie is centered around the
> relationship he had with his therapist, who used unconventional
> therapies and methods. There's plenty of phonographs and period electronics.
>
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 > I don't know if this is a typo
> or what but the movie is obviously about King George, not King Edward, (I have
> a copy of it on DVD from a questionable source but haven't watched it yet). I
> was lucky enough several years ago to stumble onto a collection of 78s from a
> person who seems to have collected every Royal speech he could find - most if
> not all of the ones Mike Biel mentioned on special royal EMI labels, along with
> a speech about Sportsmanship by Edward VIII as Prince of Wales and a George V
> silver jubilee presentation. These recordings were all in pristine condition.
> Since I copied many of these to CD a couple of years ago, here is a list of the
> speeches I found: CD 1: Pre 1925 to 1936 1 George V & Queen Mary - Pre 1925 2
> Message from George V - July 1 1927 3 Portion of speech by W. L. M. King - July
> 1 1927 4 "Sportsmanship", Prince of Wales, (future Edward VIII), date unknown 5
> King George V - Oct. 10, 1928 6 Welcome to the King and Queen, May 6, 1935 7
> George V Silver Jubilee message, May 6, 1935 8 George V, Speech in Westminster
> Hall, May 9, 1935 9 George V, December 25, 1935 10 King Edward VIII, Message to
> the Empire - March 1, 1936 11 Farewell to the Empire, Duke of Windsor -
> December 11, 1936 CD 2: 1937 - 1944 1 God Save the King, arr. Walford Davies,
> as performed at the Coronation, May 12, 1937 2 George VI, Message to the
> Empire, Coronation Day, May 12, 1937 3 George VI, Christmas Message, 1937 4 A
> Message to the Women of the British Empire, Queen Elizabeth, (the Queen
> Mother), Nov. 11 1939 5 George VI, Christmas Message, 1939 6 Air Battle over
> the English Channel, an eye-witness account by Charles Gardner, July 14, 1940 7
> George VI, Message to the Empire, Sept. 23, 1940, (an air-raid siren is
> apparent in the background) 8 A Broadcast Message to Children, H.R.H. Princess
> Elizabeth and Princess Margaret, Oct. 13, 1940 9 George VI, Christmas message,
> 1940 10 George VI, Christmas message, 1944 CD 3: 1945 - 1953 1 Winston
> Churchill, End of the war in Europe, May 8, 1945 2 George VI, "Today we give
> thanks", May 8, 1945 3 George VI, Royal Silver Wedding message, April 26, 1948
> 4 H. M. Queen Elizabeth, (Queen mother), Royal Silver Wedding message, April
> 26, 1948 5 George VI, Opening of the Festival of Britain, May 3, 1951 6 George
> VI, Christmas message 1951, (The King, obviously very ill, gives his last
> recorded address less than two months before his death.) 7 God Save the Queen,
> (arr. Gordon Jacob), as performed at the Coronation, June 3, 1953 8 Queen
> Elizabeth II, message to the Empire, Coronation Day, June 3, 1953 db
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