[78-L] Edward VIII Abdication Records

[Mike Harkin]

I could never understand what he saw in her.  She
wasn't beautiful, and by the time they met she was
pretty shop-worn, to put it as politely as possible.
She was nothing but an egregious social climber.  

As for Edward's claim that he could not carry  out his
DUTIES as King without etc. etc., what a laugh!!  Both as PoW and King, Edward was only interested in one thing, and Duty WASN'T it!!

In our own day, the first two sentences apply equally
to Camilla Parker-Bowes....

Mike in Plovdiv




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 From: Michael Biel <mbiel at mbiel.com>
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Have you found any versions where he says "Ah screw it!  The broad looks
like a bird.  I'm sticking with being King!!!" ?

Mike Biel  mbiel at mbiel.com  

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Subject: Re: [78-L] Edward VIII Abdication Records
From: "Sammy Jones" <sjones69 at bellsouth.net>
Date: Tue, November 19, 2013 10:50 pm
To: <78-l at 78online.com>

Last week I got a 12" copy of the speech released by Center Music Store
in 
the RCA Building at 30 Rock in New York. Here's the discog. info:

Farewell Speech of Former King Edward VIII, Center Music Store (CM
#1A/CM 
1B), 12"

And just in tonight, a 10" copy with no maker listed. Unfortunately, it
was 
poorly packed and arrived in a million pieces. For the record, here's
the 
info:

Farewell Address of King Edward VIII of England, no maker, white/cream
label 
(L-0369-A-3/L-0370-B-3), 10"

There are a few more copies I've discovered and hope to have in-hand
(and 
unbroken) shortly. Thanks to everyone who provided information on other 
versions of the disc.

Sammy Jones


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Sammy Jones" <sjones69 at bellsouth.net>
To: <78-l at 78online.com>
Sent: Sunday, November 10, 2013 5:33 AM
Subject: Edward VIII Abdication Records


> 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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