[78-L] Royal Wedding - not OT

[Julian Vein]

Kristjan Saag wrote:
> Mike Harkin wrote:
> 
> "Not OT - a number of the groom's ancestors made 78's" / snip/
> "Great=great=great=great grandma [not 78's but I vaguely recall an LP 
> reissue of cylinders recorded by eminent victorians, including Herself"
> 
> --
> Did she speak English or German on the recording?
> http://www.sciencemuseum.org.uk/on-line/audio/graphophone-band2.mp3
> 
> Remember: Queen Victoria was 3/4 German from ancestry. Her father, 
> Prince Edward, Duke of Kent and Strathearn, was half German and her 
> mother, Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, was 100 per cent German.
> Young Victoria's governess was German and German became her first language.
> She later married the German prince Albert and their household language 
> was always...you guessed it: German.
> Cheers! Or should we say: Prosit!?
> Kristjan
> 
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How come that recordings of "celebrities" from the early days of the 
industry are of such poor quality, whereas commercial recordings were 
generally fine?

      Julian Vein