Decca Test Record Side 1 1967

Belonged to my dad and was passed to me and converted courtesy of a work colleague side 2 to follow enjoy!
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[@darrenjones3784]

I love this record.

[@sholimz]

Great upload. Good effort. Appreciated.

[@darrenjones3784]

A metronome and a very pretty girl.

[@LandondeeL]

4:02 Here is the complete poem, of which a portion was recited on the record: It was a summer evening, Old Kaspar's work was done, And he before his cottage door Was sitting in the sun, And by him sported on the green His little grandchild Wilhelmine. She saw her brother Peterkin Roll something large and round, Which he beside the rivulet In playing there had found; He came to ask what he had found, That was so large, and smooth, and round. Old Kaspar took it from the boy, Who stood expectant by; And then the old man shook his head, And, with a natural sigh, "'Tis some poor fellow's skull," said he, "Who fell in the great victory. "I find them in the garden, For there's many here about; And often when I go to plough, The ploughshare turns them out! For many thousand men," said he, "Were slain in that great victory." "Now tell us what 'twas all about," Young Peterkin, he cries; And little Wilhelmine looks up With wonder-waiting eyes; "Now tell us all about the war, And what they fought each other for." "It was the English," Kaspar cried, "Who put the French to rout; But what they fought each other for, I could not well make out; But everybody said," quoth he, "That 'twas a famous victory. "My father lived at Blenheim then, Yon little stream hard by; They burnt his dwelling to the ground, And he was forced to fly; So with his wife and child he fled, Nor had he where to rest his head. "With fire and sword the country round Was wasted far and wide, And many a childing mother then, And new-born baby died; But things like that, you know, must be At every famous victory. "They say it was a shocking sight After the field was won; For many thousand bodies here Lay rotting in the sun; But things like that, you know, must be After a famous victory. "Great praise the Duke of Marlbro' won, And our good Prince Eugene." "Why, 'twas a very wicked thing!" Said little Wilhelmine. "Nay... nay... my little girl," quoth he, "It was a famous victory. "And everybody praised the Duke Who this great fight did win." "But what good came of it at last?" Quoth little Peterkin. "Why that I cannot tell," said he, "But 'twas a famous victory."

[@marktubeie07]

Would love to have side 2 BTW :)

[@neilkelly5176]

I have one for sale

[@oskroskroskroskr]

what happened to side two? i can't see it anywhere, did you upload it?

[@arthurvasey]

Try here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/d4KQYnybjcd-lac

[@ronwess]

Awesome great Share Helped...Time to reconfigure ("

[@Luc-Sist_07]

Hey, the monophonic song reminds me of ratatouille or something like that. What is the name of the symphony?

[@nicholasceci5650]

6:15 Tone Controls DECCA Records

[@sholimz]

Recording out-of-phase gave birth to artificial "stereo-wide" effects.

[@sholimz]

LOL....they (Decca) rejected the Beatles' audition and instead signed the Tremeloes. Failed strategy, I guess.

[@Luc-Sist_07]

Still, they fit with parlophone

[@sholimz]

@@Luc-Sist_07 Parlophone and EMI are the same. While Decca is Universal music USA.

[@nicholasceci5650]

6:05

[@odouls779]

Today, 2017, people are stereo deaf. They don't know and they don't care. They are contented with tiny squeaky speakers on their celfones or subwoofers boom boom sound.

[@Hosenrolle1]

Bullshit. Even back then there was cheap equipment, cheap loudspeakers, and enough people who didn't care how the music sounded as long as you could hear it. What do you care how people listen to their music anyway? And "celfones" is not even a word.

[@vinylcity1599]

@@louis.gabriel EXACTLY!

[@vinylcity1599]

@@Hosenrolle1There were cheap "one speaker" radios back then and shitty stereo equipment! But that wasn't the ONLY option they way it seems now! Now you either have to put up with bad sounding "new " equipment, or find some great old equipment that you hope somebody else hasn't worn out! Yes, you can buy new hi end equipment, but it so much more expensive than it used to be! The big difference between then and now? The lack of choices!