[78-L] Edward VIII Abdication Records

[Michael Biel]

Unfortunately I don't have the discs, only tape, and Temple University,
where the collection had been entrusted to, discarded the collection. 
The first discs in the WCAU Philadelphia archive were the live recording
of the broadcast from CBS, and then the re-playing of that disc later in
the evening on WCAU.  The master starts with the final two bongs of Big
Ben.  The re-playing has a local announcer introducing the recording AND
THEN THEY WOW BIG BEN!!!!!!  The first bong becomes bbbboooooommmmmmmmm
as it wows up to speed from a slow start!!  I do have the tapes I made
of the entire collection, but I should have stolen the discs -- then
they would still exist.  Who knew the university didn't give a damn
about history.  (It is why I have never given the bastards a dime, along
with their tearing down our studio building, Thomas Hall, a lovely stone
church built around 1870.  Crumbuckets.)


Mike Biel  mbiel at mbiel.com

  -------- Original Message --------
 Subject: Re: [78-L] Edward VIII Abdication Records
 From: Sean Miller <smille1 at me.com>
 Date: Sun, November 10, 2013 6:54 am
 To: 78-L Mail List <78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
 
 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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