[78-L] King Edward VIII 1936 Farewell Speech

[Elizabeth McLeod]

There's a version picked up from the CBC via Mutual which has a violent 
blast of static right before Edward's line about the woman he loves. This 
static doesn't show up in the NBC recording (whi

on 3/29/11 5:04 PM Doug Pomeroy wrote:

>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 

There's a version picked up from the CBC via Mutual which has an 
especially violent buzz of static right before Edward's line about the 
woman he loves. This static doesn't show up in the NBC broadcast (which 
is introduced by Ben Grauer, and preceded by appropriately-somber music.)

Elizabeth