The Sound of 78s

By Roger Wilmut

An occasional Podcast in which Roger Wilmut plays a variety of 78rpm records from his collection: including comedy, music-hall, opera, Edwardian songs and oddities.... more

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The podcast currently has 35 episodes available.

The Sound of 78s episodes:

August 06, 2007 The Sound of 78s: Episode 15
The 15th in a series of podcasts featuring 78rpm records
Percival Mackey's Band: 'I've never Seen A Straight Banana' (Waite)
Recorded London, November 22nd 1926
Columbia 4151
Jack Hylton & his Orchestra: 'My Brother Makes The Noises For The Talkies'
(Amberg, Raymond & Bernauer)
Recorded June 2nd 1931, Empire Theatre Liverpool
HMV B6024
Jack Payne & His BBC Dance Orchestra: 'Sing Holly, Go Whistle, Hey Hey' (Hulbert & England)
Recorded London, February 17th 1931
Columbia CB232
Henry Hall & his Orchestra: 'Teddy Bear's Picnic' (Kennedy & Bratton)
Recorded London, September 28th 1932
Columbia FB2816 (re-issue of DB955)
Special vinyl pressing for BBC Engineering Department.
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15min
July 02, 2007 The Sound of 78s: Episode 14
The fourteenth in a series of podcasts featuring 78rpm records
Mr. Arthur Pryor - 'There'll Come a Time' (trombone solo)
Berliner 3309 recorded New York, 27th July 1897
The 7th Ragtime Orchestra - 'The Circus Girl' (excerpt)
Berliner 87, recorded New York, date unknown, probably 1897
H. Scott Russell - 'The Old Brigade'
Berliner E2007 recorded London, 19th August 1898
Miss Harwood - 'Yum-Yum's song' from 'The Mikado' (Sullivan) (excerpt)
Berliner E3025 recorded London, 18th October 1898
Albert Chevalier - 'The Little Nipper' (excerpt)
Berliner 2239 recorded London, 30th December 1898
Miss Beatrice Hart and Chorus from Daly's - 'I'm A Naughty Girl' (excerpt)
Berliner 3078 recorded London, 18th January 1899
Messrs. Morton and Shepard - 'A Good Joke'
Berliner 1176 recorded London c. 1901
Chas. Foster - 'Jolly Little Polly on a Tin Gee Gee'
Berliner 2675 recorded London, 13th February 1901
Edvard Grieg - 'Au Printemps' (To The Spring) (from 'Lyric Pieces' Op.43 no.6) (Grieg)
HMV D 803 (reissue of G&T 35510) recorded Paris, April/May 1903
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18min
June 04, 2007 The Sound of 78s Episode 13
The thirteenth in a series of podcasts featuring 78rpm records
Tom Leamore: 'Hi! Hi! HI!' (Leamore)
Panachord 25359-A recorded in London, 6th May 1932
Ben Albert: 'Three Ages of Women'
'The Twin' serial 40, recorded in London, c. January 1908
The Stars of 'Happidrome' in 'Let Me Tell You' series
No: 7 - 'Out In Indiah' (Eddie Latta)
Mr. Lovejoy (Harry Korris), Enoch (Robbie Vincent), Ramsbottom (Cecil Frederick)
Recorded in the Grand Theatre, Blackpool
Columbia FB2717 recorded 1941
Sandy Powell, assisted by 'Little Percy': 'The Lost Policeman'
Broadcast 429, recorded in London, c. May 20th 1929
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19min
April 26, 2007 The Sound of 78s Episode 12
The twelfth in a series of podcasts featuring 78rpm records
Nellie Melba (1861-1931), soprano
Le Roi D'Ys (Lalo): Aubade
Gramophone Company 03072 (lilac label) recorded July 1906
Lauritz Melchior (1890-1973), tenor
Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg: Prize Song
HMV DB 1858 recorded 1932
Meta Seinemeyer (1895-1929), soprano
Liebesträume No.3 (Liszt)
Parlophone E 10901 recorded 1929
Mariano Stabile (1889-1968), baritone
Falstaff (Verdi): L'onore! Ladri!
Columbia LX 1081 recorded 1947
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18min
April 09, 2007 The Sound of 78s: Episode 11
The eleventh in a series of podcasts featuring 78rpm records
John Barrymore: 'Ay, Edward will use women honourably' (Henry VI part 3, Act III Scene 2: Shakespeare)
HMV DB1177, recorded April 13th 1928, New York
Bransby Williams: 'The Green Eye of the Yellow God' (Milton Hayes)
Columbia 388, recorded June 1913, London
John Gielgud and Edith Evans: excerpt from 'The Importance of being Earnest':
'Lady Bracknell interviews John Worthing' (Oscar Wilde)
HMV B8883 recorded 1938
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17min
March 02, 2007 The Sound of 78s: Episode 10
The tenth in a series of podcasts featuring 78rpm records
Billy Jones and Ernest Hare ('The Happiness Boys'): 'You Can't Walk Back from an Aeroplane' (Bibo, Friedlander).
American Columbia 1141-D, recorded 1927.
Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy: 'Laurel and Hardy Themselves'.
Columbia DX-370, recorded in London, August 18th 1932.
Frank Crumit (accompanied by Frank Banta, piano): 'I Married the Boot-legger's Daughter' (Crumit)
HMV B 2170, recorded Camden, New Jersey, June 10th 1925.
Dwight Fiske: 'Ida, the Wayward Sturgeon'
36100-B, recorded New York, October 26th 1933.
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17min
February 01, 2007 The Sound of 78s: Episode 9
The ninth in a series of podcasts featuring 78rpm records
Harry Roy and his Orchestra: 'God Bless You, Mr. Chamberlain'
Parlophone F1597 recorded 24th November 1939
Mr. Russell Hunting: 'Departure of a Troopship - Descriptive scene at Southampton Docks' (assisted by the Gramophone Band)
Gramophone Concert Record G.C.-2-108 recorded late 1904 or early 1905.
Ernest Gray: 'Stand To Your Post' (B.Scott)
The Winner 2144, recorded 1912
Florence Desmond: 'A British Mother's Big Flight (Gladys on the Air)' (A.P.Herbert)
From the revue 'Streamline'.
HMV B-8823, recorded 25th September 1934
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16min
January 01, 2007 The Sound of 78s: Episode 8
The eighth in a series of podcasts featuring 78rpm records
Clarkson Rose: 'Ee, By Gum' (Flynn)
Zonophone 5359, recorded Hayes, Middlesex, 15 March 1929
Billy Merson: 'The Gondolier' (Merson)
Metropole 1002, recorded London, c. February 1928
Will Hay and his Scholars: 'The Fourth Form at St. Michael's' (Hay)(2 sides)
Columbia 5695, recorded London, February 8 1929.
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17min
December 06, 2006 The Sound of 78s: Episode 7
The seventh in a series of podcasts featuring 78rpm records
The Savoy Havana Band: 'Bam Bam Bammy Shore' (R. Henderson)
Vocal by Cyril Ramon Newton
HMV B 2186 recorded Hayes, Middlesex, 5 November, 1925
Arthur Lally and his Orchestra: 'We've Got The Moon And Sixpence' (Grey, Levant)
Vocal by Al Bowlly
Decca F 3066 recorded London, 23 July 1932
Jack Payne and his BBC Dance Orchestra: 'Between Devil And the Deep Blue Sea' (Benson)
Vocal by Jack Payne according to the label, but may in fact be Val Rosing
Columbia CB 232 recorded London, 27 January 1931
Jay Whidden and his New Midnight Follies Band from the Hotel Metropole:
'Let's All Go To Mary's House' (Charleston Fox-Trot)(Conrad & Wood)
Vocal by Jay Whidden
Columbia 4130 recorded London, 12 August 1926
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15min
November 01, 2006 The Sound of 78s: episode 6
The sixth in a series of podcasts featuring 78rpm records
Titta Ruffo (1877-1953), baritone
Carmen (Bizet): Con voi ber, affe mi fia caro (Toreador Song)(sung in Italian)
HMV DB 406 (reissue of 052249) recorded 1908
Richard Tauber (1891-1948), tenor
The Tales of Hoffmann (Offenbach) - The Legend of Kleinsach (sung in German)
Parlophone-Odeon PXD 1033 recorded 1929
Elisabeth Schumann (1885-1952), soprano
Der Vogelhändler (Zeller) - Wie mein Ahnl zwanzig Jahr! (sung in English)
HMV E552 recorded 17th February 1930
Theodore Chaliapine (1873-1938), bass
Faust (Gonoud) - Vous qui faites l'endormie
HMV DB1437 recorded 1931
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17min

FAQs about The Sound of 78s:

How many episodes does The Sound of 78s have?

The podcast currently has 35 episodes available.