Rare or not? Advice please!

[Orchorsol]

I have a spare 'Sounds Of Time' set you're welcome to if you'd like it Antonia.

[JerryVan]

Appears to be written with a fountain pen? If so, suggests some age at least.

Oh lordy... well now I have to stop using my own fountain pen haha! (I'm hardly a spring chicken... although there are plenty of springs in the house these days!)

Ha. I used one also, up until a couple years ago. Got tired of having to constantly disassemble it to clear ink clogs.

[Polyphone]

Here is the skinny from the Brian Rust Historical Records book. With this info you might be able to dial it in......if the shellac runoff has no Brunswick #7810, it is a bootleg.

Rust has the recording being made on December 10, 1936.....Rust was typically very accurate and he was a Brit....why would he have referenced Dec. 10th regarding such a landmark speech?

With just a quick listen to the Brunswick version (~15 seconds shorter of just KEVIII's voice) and the others, the Brunswick may be a studio field recording and other version was taken from the BBC broadcast.

Please let us know what you find out......Ken

[Antonia E]

I have a spare 'Sounds Of Time' set you're welcome to if you'd like it Antonia.

That would be wonderful - thank you for such a kind offer

[Antonia E]

Appears to be written with a fountain pen? If so, suggests some age at least.

Oh lordy... well now I have to stop using my own fountain pen haha! (I'm hardly a spring chicken... although there are plenty of springs in the house these days!)

Ha. I used one also, up until a couple years ago. Got tired of having to constantly disassemble it to clear ink clogs.

Great minds think alike!

[Antonia E]

Here is the skinny from the Brian Rust Historical Records book. With this info you might be able to dial it in......if the shellac runoff has no Brunswick #7810, it is a bootleg.

Rust has the recording being made on December 10, 1936.....Rust was typically very accurate and he was a Brit....why would he have referenced Dec. 10th regarding such a landmark speech?

With just a quick listen to the Brunswick version (~15 seconds shorter of just KEVIII's voice) and the others, the Brunswick may be a studio field recording and other version was taken from the BBC broadcast.

Please let us know what you find out......Ken

Starting to sound like a bootleg! Tomorrow I shall take a recording of it and post the YouTube link here I have to admit there is something I find oddly hilarious about the concept of a bootleg shellac involving a King. Sort of like coming across a set of “Genuine Pyjamas worn by George Washington” complete with washing machine instruction label haha!

[Lucius1958]

, but then I tend to mangel my words with the greatest of ease

But do you mangel your wurzels?

-Bill

[Antonia E]

, but then I tend to mangel my words with the greatest of ease

But do you mangel your wurzels?

-Bill

Wurzels is mades to be mangled - and I’s thunk that without even havin’ me thinking head on

[epigramophone]

In Somerset we are very proud of our Wurzels. We even have records of them :

[Antonia E]

In Somerset we are very proud of our Wurzels. We even have records of them :

Fabulous band!! I had a good friend from Devon when I was at uni, he was born in Somerset and his family relocated - he’d play the Wurzels on cassette often and they were glorious fun! The Blackburd Song was my favouirite by a long chalk! Where be it blackbird to...., I know where it be....

Wonderful!!!!!