Queen Victoria record

[Calle]

Hi !

I can buy a 1901 Berliner record which was issued shortly after her death.
See also: http://www.musicweb-international.com/F ... page18.htm

My question: what is a realistic price ?

[John Svensson]

Sorry, I can't open that link...may be blocking software on my side....tell me more about this disc.
There is quite a bit on the web about the Queen's cylinder recording of 1888....nothing about a Berliner release. Was it a dub of the cylinder recording? (Of which apparently one copy exists in the world....and it is not certain that it is even the Queen) So, it would make this recording probably the greatest disc find of all time.....so it's priceless. Or am I being cynical? John

[Starkton]

Hi !

I can buy a 1901 Berliner record which was issued shortly after her death.
See also: http://www.musicweb-international.com/F ... page18.htm

My question: what is a realistic price ?

This is a very rare disc. I have only seen it twice. Is it a complete set with wooden plate and cardboard box?

The record alone in excellent condition is about $600. A complete set is about $1000.

[epigramophone]

There are many stories in circulation on this subject, one rumour being that a recording exists in the archives at Windsor Castle.

Another concerns a recording said to have been made in 1896 for the Emperor of Ethiopia, with instructions that it was to be destroyed after playing. Needless to say, no evidence of the recording or of it's destruction has ever been found.

The earliest surviving recording by a reigning British monarch is understood to be an Empire Day Message recorded by King George V and Queen Mary for HMV on 28 March 1923. It was issued commercially and copies still turn up.

[VintageTechnologies]

Sorry, I can't open that link...may be blocking software on my side....tell me more about this disc.
There is quite a bit on the web about the Queen's cylinder recording of 1888....nothing about a Berliner release. Was it a dub of the cylinder recording? (Of which apparently one copy exists in the world....and it is not certain that it is even the Queen) So, it would make this recording probably the greatest disc find of all time.....so it's priceless. Or am I being cynical? John

This commemorative record/plate does not contain Victoria's voice. The link below explains exactly what is recorded on it:

http://www.musicweb-international.com/F ... page18.htm

"The recording is of Chopin’s Sonata in B flat minor, the third movement, commonly known as the Funeral March. This is played by a brass band, with muffled side drums, which are very well captured."