[78-L] King Edward VIII 1936 Farewell Speech

[Martin Fenton]

On 29/03/2011 20:17, Sammy Jones wrote:
> Were they instantaneous recordings made on lacquer, or mastered on wax and then pressed?

With only a few exceptions, all of the BBC 78rpm sound archive discs I 
handled when I worked for the archive were pressings.


> Wasn't the BBC regularly using recordings on their news bulletins at this time?

Again, there may be exceptions, but the use of actuality in bulletins 
only really took off during the Second World War. In fact, BBC Radio 3 
still broadcast announcer-only bulletins.

Martin.