[78-L] Churchill's Secret Cabinet

[David Lennick]

Er..Sterling (testicles never descended) Holloway? Try Norman Shelley.

dl


On 7/13/2013 2:31 AM, Sammy Jones wrote:
> I believe Mike Biel is doing research on this very topic.
>
>> From what I remember, many think some of Churchill's wartime broadcasts are
> thought to *possibly* be by Sterling Holloway because the PM couldn't make
> it to the studio for the broadcast (no broadcats could originate from the
> British House of Commons).
>
> Here's an article I just found:
> http://www.fpp.co.uk/bookchapters/WSC/Observer291000.html
>
> It is important to remember that many of the audio clips from Churchill's
> famous speeches that are floating around were made long after the fact by
> Churchill for Decca, which may explain why they sound differently from
> others recorded during the war.
>
> I have several lacquer recordings of Churchill from BBC shortwave broadcats
> made by an American radio station during the war.  Now I've got to dig them
> out and listen again!
>
> Sammy Jones
>
>
> David Burnham wrote:
>> I just listened to the complete broadcast and it was very interesting.
>> ?They talk about there being a large number of Harry Lauder recordings but
>> every example they played was from the single 12 inch disc, "Harry Lauder
>> Medley". ?I wish they had identified the music they were playing
>> throughout, it sounds like it may be from Vaughan-Williams but I couldn't
>> recognize it. ?I have heard that most, if not all, of the recordings of
>> Winston Churchill's speeches made during the war were in fact read by an
>> actor and are not Churchill's voice at all. ?The recording from 1909
>> sounds like a different voice than the recordings from 1941 but there's no
>> mention of this in the text. ?I do agree that though there have been many
>> great orators in the 20th century, he was perhaps the greatest.
>>
>> db?
>>
>>
>>
>>> ________________________________
>>> From: Sammy Jones<sjones69 at bellsouth.net>
>>> To: 78-l at klickitat.78online.com
>>> Sent: Friday, July 12, 2013 2:16:55 AM
>>> Subject: [78-L] Churchill's Secret Cabinet
>>>
>>>
>>> Right now on BBC Radio 4's website, a documentary on Winston Churchill's
>>> record collection - including homemade lacquers of some of his speeches.
>>> I've only had time to listen to the first 15 minutes, but it seems
>>> fascinating.
>>>
>>> Only a few days left to listen:
>>> http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b036j3r0
>>>
>>> Sammy Jones
>
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