Cathedral Commerative John McCormack record
Posted: Tue Feb 20, 2018 9:47 pm
This is an interesting English Gramophone Company 12" 78 rpm commemorative record made by John McCormack to support the building fund of the Christ the King Cathedral in Liverpool in 1932. The back of the record has no music, but has a rather elaborate picture that shows Archbishop Richard Downey and John McCormack and a drawing of the proposed new cathedral. Rare, at least in the USA, and super clean.
It is a nice electrical recording and has organ (played by Herbert Dawson) and a male octet as accompaniment. A religious hymn whose style will be recognized in style to anyone that has attended an English based Catholic or Church of England service. The American Episcopal church also uses music very much like this.
[youtubehd]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dxMsJOCng88[/youtubehd]
https://youtu.be/dxMsJOCng88
It is a nice electrical recording and has organ (played by Herbert Dawson) and a male octet as accompaniment. A religious hymn whose style will be recognized in style to anyone that has attended an English based Catholic or Church of England service. The American Episcopal church also uses music very much like this.
[youtubehd]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dxMsJOCng88[/youtubehd]
https://youtu.be/dxMsJOCng88