[78-L] Edward VIII Abdication Records

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Somewhere in my collection I have a dub from a 16" vinyl transcription - 
tho not a commercial recording, which is what you seem to be asking about.

joe salerno

On 11/10/2013 4:33 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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Joe Salerno