[78-L] Curious find of Berliner's Lords Prayer

[Royal Pemberton]

I do have a friend who is an authority on GBS who would LOVE to have that
Linguaphone 78.

On Mon, Apr 4, 2011 at 11:06 AM, RUSSELL BARNES
<r.barnes4 at btopenworld.com>wrote:

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> Hello all,
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> Last week found (in a furniture restorer's workshop) in Wiltshire, UK a
> couple of boxes of 78s.
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> Most are in clean condition but somewhat warped.   Odd things :-
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> A 12" single sided - white label - pressing of Emile Berliner's " Lord's
> Prayer "  presumably from the 5" disc.   So a twelve inch dia pressing, with
> about an inch or so of the recording, followed by a long spiral run out to
> the label.   Typed label  - "The voice of the Inventor of the Gramophone" -
> and alongside but written in ink the date 1948.
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> In the run-off are the letters ( hardy visible ) BBC and a number
> 12RH51705.  Strange as it may seem I think it's pressed in shellac - but it
> just could be vinyl.   Anyone heard of it ?
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> Others in the finds - 12" Red Label DECCA of an "Air Battle over the
> English Channel " during WWII.
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> Bernard Shaw on Linguaphone.
> Gas Shells Bombardment during WWI
> Leo Tolstoy on HMV Historic
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> Any information much appreciated,
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> Russ Barnes
> Dorset, UK
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