[78-L] King Edward VIII 1936 Farewell Speech

[Doug Pomeroy]

I would assume that many disc recordings were made,
off the air, of the King's speech as broadcast here in the USA.
Indeed, the speech appears on two aluminum discs in the
William Savory Collection, which I have been transferring.
IIRC, there is a lot of static during portions of the bdcst.

DOug

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> Message: 18
> Date: Tue, 29 Mar 2011 16:00:04 +0100
> From: Martin Fenton <mafenton at talktalk.net>
> Subject: Re: [78-L] King Edward VIII 1936 Farewell Speech
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> On 29/03/2011 15:53, Martin Fenton wrote:
>> The BBC's archive recording was made onto 78rpm via GPO landline at
>> Maida Vale Studios. Double-recorded on four machines (two recording  
>> at
>> any one time, with overlap, in case of mechanical failure.)
>
> I forgot to add that the long-standing rumour - albeit not suggested  
> on
> this list - that the BBC's recording was originally made on
> Philips-Miller film and subsequently dubbed to tape is incorrect. The
> BBC only took ownership of its PhiliMil machines when it acquired Bush
> House from the J. Walter Thompson advertising agency in the early days
> of the Second World War. However, many later recordings do exist in  
> such
> a state (the BBC no longer owns any original PhiliMil recordings, the
> last of which were dubbed to 7.5ips full-track mono in the late 1960s,
> again at Maida Vale.)
>
> Martin.



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