Latest edition of HMV The Gondoliers 1919

[BillH_NJ]

My copy of the 1919 set also has the Tudor Davies take. I need to pull it out and take a listen again. It sits beside the 1927 complete set, the 1931 abridged set on 10” records, and the Columbia set from 1931 (along with about 2 dozen other G&S sets).

[poodling around]

Oh, I saw this thread a while ago and thought, "Those numbers seem familiar to me".

So, earlier today I had a rummage around for a few hours and found that I think I have this set of records too !

I couldn't really follow how to date the pressings etc but they are really great records !

Here is lucky number 13 !

Oh, the numbers look like HO3779 at the bottom ..... 2 on the left ............. with GT on the right ..........

[BillH_NJ]

My set also includes the late matrix 4450 for Side 12 with Derek Oldham as Marco, who does not otherwise appear in the set.

[BillH_NJ]

In listening again to this set, I noticed one other unusual feature on Side 16, the other side of the record with the newer Davies master of “Take a pair sparkling eyes”—it is the only side on this acoustic set to have an eccentric lead-out groove.