A 78 r.p.m. interlude

Simon Rees, blogging at Historical Eye, dedicates his World War I posts to his great-grandfather Alf Adams, who was a machine gunner and was killed in 1917 in the Gavrelle-Oppy sector, near Vimy. Before the war, Adams had a record company that produced 78 r.p.m. records.

At one of his other blogs, Simon links to a recording produced by the Coliseum Record Co. Listen to this:

http://uppercanada.wordpress.com/2012/06/11/78-rpm/

To read more about British recording companies of the era, click:

http://www.normanfield.com/labelsc.htm

Here’s the link to Simon’s posts about his great-grandfather:

http://www.historicaleye.com/findingAlfred1.html

“Oppy Wood, 1917,” by John Nash. Imperial War Museum.