Category: 1920s

There are even apples

Post author By Richard Evans
Post date April 7, 2019
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Do you know the song, “Danny Boy”? ‘Course you do. The pipes, the pipes are calling. Do you know who wrote the words? Almost certainly not. Frederic Edward Weatherly was born in England in 1848. He was a successful barrister – the photograph shows him in 1895, in his legal robes – but he was […]

Tags Broadcast (label), Danny Boy (song), Frederic Weatherly, Sentimental songs, Shellac, Up From Somerset (song)

12" 1920s 78 rpm Classical

But is it strong enough?

Post author By Richard Evans
Post date December 13, 2016
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Ninety years ago, George Dorrington Cunningham, one of the most popular recital organists of his time, made a recording at Kingsway Hall, London. It was released as a 12-inch 78 rpm shellac record by His Master’s Voice. One copy, manufactured here in Australia, turned up in an op-shop in Geelong in 2016. I bought it, […]