12” HIS MASTER’S VOICE RECORD - ‘ACTUAL RECORDING OF THE GAS SHELL BOMBARDMENT BY THE ROYAL GARRISON ARTILLERY, 9th OCTOBER 1918, PREPARATORY TO THE BRITISH TROOPS ENTERING LILLE’ ON THE REVERSE IS AN EARLY MULTI-TRACK RECORD ‘THE CONUNDRUM’ WHICH PLAYS 4 DIFFERENT RANDOM PERFORMANCES.
ISSUE: HMV D378
CONDITION: EE+, SUPERB COPY!
COMMENTS: A truly historic artefact - the only authentic recorded sound of the First World War - all contemporary films of battle scenes have sound that was added later, after the introduction of sound film from the late 1920s onwards. This record was made by HMV’s top Recording Engineer, Will Gaisberg, outside Lille in France on 9th October 1918 and rushed back to England for issue, but by the time it saw release the Armistice had been signed and, consequently, sales were very poor. Whilst in France Gaisberg contracted Spanish Influenza and died within weeks of his return.
This is a very historic, highly collectable, item that seldom turns up, and the opening price reflects this.
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