[78-L] Edward VIII Abdication Records

[Sean Miller]

I have a couple of the ones you've mentioned below, and I can add one other - white label, blue shellac 10 inch pressing with a plain white label and black print.  I assume this is a West Coast pressing, but there's no indication whatsoever as to who pressed this one.  

Sean


On Nov 10, 2013, at 5:33 AM, Sammy Jones wrote:

> Okay...how many of these things were there?  I thought I had a pretty nice 
> collection of Edward VIII Abdication records on 78, but just came across 
> three different variations on eBay that I don't have (I snapped two of them 
> up).  Has anyone put together a list or discography?
> 
> To get the ball rolling, here are the commercial 78 pressings I have of the 
> speech:
> 
> King's Farewell Speech, Brunswick 7810 (mx. 20404/20405), 10"
> Farewell Address of King Edward VIII, no maker, gold foil label (mx. 6635 #1 
> / 6735 P2 ((the 3 and P are reversed in the wax))), 12"
> Abdication Speech of King Edward VIII, no maker, white label (MS-A 1523/MS-A 
> 1524), 12"
> 
> And a 10" shellac pressing with a white label bearing only PART 1 in large 
> type (mx XX1/XX2).  Someone has written "A limited issue by the BBC.  1937." 
> in pen on the label.  Nothing whatsoever on the reverse side white label.
> 
> By the way, my favorite copies are two 12" vinyl pressings (one at 78 and 
> one at 33 1/3) by Victor that were apparently made for Hal Wallis (the movie 
> producer).  The 33 disc is one-sided and has that lovely RCA spiderweb 
> pattern on the back.  The one-sided 33's matrix number is VIS-6141-56.  The 
> two-sided 78's matrix numbers are VIS 6145 and VIS 6146.
> 
> I'd love to know if anyone has ever encountered similar vinyl pressings of 
> the Abdication Speech like these!
> 
> I'll post details of the discs I'm getting from eBay once they arrive.
> 
> Sammy Jones
> 
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