Happy Christmas 2023 from Scrooge - recorded 111 years ago in 1912!
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- Äas pĆidĂĄn 9. 12. 2023
- Scrooge wakes up after his dream! Bransby Williams (1870 - 1961) takes the part of Scrooge. The recording was originally issued on Edison Bell 'Bell Disc' and was recorded around September 1912. Edison Bell also made 'badged' dscs for clients. The earlier ones are quite scarce... EXO, as you can see, was only sold by one department store in Padiham, Lancashire, so they are not found all that often. Fortunately, this one is in quite good shape. Just to add to the general festivities, early Edison Bell discs need to be played around 83 rpm! đ Have a good Christmas 2023!! đ đŒđ đŒ Cheers, Norman. P.S. Thanks to PIXABAY fot free images & sounds, and Williams images from Wikipedia under Collective Commons.
- Hudba
Mr Field: thanks for this xmas gift. Thanks Lord because you are well and still sharing with us your treasures.
Many thanks for writing. There's more stuff on the shelf - ranging from British 1929 General Election speeches, to dozens of sides of Morse Code tuition 78s! (I must tell you that the latter are not for the faint hearted.) Best regards to you & yours & have lavely Christmas holiday. Cheers, Norman.
Best wishes for X-mas !!! Thanks for this gem!
Hello Norman a very merry Christmas to you as well and a happy new year. Thank you for all the wonderful music.
Thanks very much! Ypu're very kind and I do hope you & yours have a good holiday too!
Mr. Field! It's so good to see you at it! What an amazing recording! This is almost an early book on tape? Thanks so much Mr. Field, I hope you and yours have a very Happy Christmas!
Yes - it's been a long time, but we're still here! The concept of 'recitations' or 'famous dramatic speeches' given on stage, was apparently very widespread, certainly up to quite recent times. I don't think you'd get very far these days with that sort of thing? Times change... I played a 1950s 10" LP of 'Red Riding Hood', narrated by a top guy (Richard Baker, a famous BBC announcer) to my 6-year-old grand-daughter, and after 3 or 4 minutes she said: "Grandad, plase take this off. It's old-fashioned & boring". Oh well! All the more reason to keep these much earlier recitations? đ All the best for Christmas, Norman.
Merry Christmas Norman. đ Thanks for the upload
Excellent! Thanks for playing it, and hope it helps with the "Christmas Spirit" for this year! Best regars to you and yours, Norman.
Dear Mr Field: a happy Xmas and a better new year.đ
Merry Christmas, Norman!!! Thank you for posting this video. BTW, I'm still enjoying the cassettes you made!
Mike May
Many thanks, Mike. Gosh! Those cassettes were made _aeons ago_ But glad they are still of some use. All the best for Xmas, Norman.
Hey Mister!! So glad to see you post, we've been checking in...Have a wonderful Christmas and Happy New Year to You and Yours! Take care and post soon...;D
Yes - many thanks! Great to get your message, & all the very best to you & your family for a Good Xmas & an even better new Year! đ
Hi Norman, Nice to hear from you again. You have posted an interesting record. Merry Christmas and greetings from the Netherlands.
Hello Ben! Glad to learn your first name - which I should have looked for years ago - sorry! Take care, and 'Good DX'! 73, Norman.
Happy holidays!
Thanks a lot, and wishing you too a good mid-winter holiday! Cheers, Norman.
Thank you for this gem! What's on the "B" side?
Thanks! I just quickly put up the other side for you - just the audio. Go to early78s.uk/listen-to-early-78s/ and scroll right down to the bottom. This is another of Bransby Williams' standard repertoire - again Dickens, for 'A Tale of Two Cities'. Cheers, Norman.
Must be great finding this especially on the very rare Exo label, they even issued (rather reissued) Jack Judgeâs recording of Tipperary which would be a lifelong task to find though. I sent you an email some time ago (the one listed on your wonderful site) and just wanted ask if youâd be interested in adding a German version (original one probably) of the âAgaâ label, this one being called âAga Platteâ. Of course on your website, merry Christmas and happy holidays!
Thanks for writing! Yes please - sorry I didn't reply before, but would be very happy to put up a German AGA disc on my website. Many thanks for the offer. AGA is such a short-lived record label! The original Jack Judge record of "It's a Long Way to Tipperary" is so scarce because Edison Bell Winner had already issued the song, by another artiste, before it became so popular - but am sure you know this already. đ Best reagrds to you & yours, Norman. For anyone else interested, please go to www.early78s.uk and then to Winner.
@@bixanorak No worries at all! Itâs going to be a bit until Iâm able to make a label scan though, but I will try ASAP. Thanks for accepting the offer :).
Hi Norman, are you likely to make the odd video any time soon!