Leave The Rest To Nature - Billee Lockwood - Filmophone 205

Filmophone discs can be excessively tricky to transfer. This one took a whole two hours of my time! As you can see it was quite warped.
BILLEE LOCKWOOD
Vocal, acc. by t / Arthur Lally, bar / p / d.
London, c. July, 1931

[@MatthewDLDavidson]

Great example of the FilmOPhone records, with outstanding reproduction and in amazing condition. Thanks for sharing!

[@The_Incredible_Voice]

Nice record 😊! The restoration work paid out!!

[@telmar98]

Ms Lockwood sings beautifully - with echo's of Betty Bolton - and what a lively chorus from Arthur Lally - very enjoyable.

[@davidglow3]

A little over theatrical in her style,which destroys any pathos..This song belongs to AB

[@JustABowlOfCherries]

Impeccable transfer as always! You've done an awesome job in restoring these difficult Filmophone discs.

[@jourwalis-8875]

Is this some sort of "plastic" 78?

[@JonathanHolmesjazz]

@@jourwalis-8875 yes. It’s an early thermo-plastic

[@risingchads]

Cellulose Acetate, like safety film. Fails by leaching out the plasticiser and exuding acetic acid. Shrinks and stiffens, ends up looking like a poppadom.

[@The_Incredible_Voice]

@@risingchads that’s a very depressing description … but unfortunately correct 😢👍