'Rule Britannia' - First Recording of the Song (1899)

[@mrshovelbottom7475]

Funny to think that Napoleonic war Veterans would be alive during this recording. Similar to our own WW1 veterans in 1999.

[@dertery8724]

Unfortunately the last British Veteran Henry James died in 1898 but Vincent Markiewicz (1795 - 1903), a Polish veteran who fought for France; and Geert Adriaans Boomgaard (1788-1899), the last Dutch veteran, would have been alive when this was recorded.

[@Kret-o]

@@dertery8724the fact someone lived from 1795 to 1903 is so mind bogglingly insane to me

[@USSFFRU]

Sometimes it feels so... shocking to think that there were people who witnessed the Napoleonic Wars who could've been old enough to witness the first days of WW1.

[@TSR1989FF]

A facinating snippet of musical history. It would be amazing if one day this version of the song was re-performed by a present day baritone.

[@AvaT42]

Wow. I suppose that was an exciting good recording back in its day 😂 Still though, is cool it was the first ever recording and we can still hear it

[@Yeeluminati]

Churchill after reunifying the Raj:

[@FarxRenheit]

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[@Make_Fontaine_Great_Again]

Churchill Gaming

[@8tcho]

@@FarxRenheit what

[@patrioticarchive]

Very cool!

[@J09-555]

This was so hard the windows near my laptop started vibrating.

[@veldrensavoth7119]

That’s a whole vibe.

[@AverageDoomFan7804]

The Glorious Scottish Accent 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@simplegaeming]

The person who sang in this recording is J. Byrce, and his Welsh from what I heard,

[@pma281]

@@simplegaeming Welsh accent? How do you know?

[@simplegaeming]

@@pma281 I got the information from the person who originally shared the recording from the internet, EMGColonel.

[@colonelbogeysfauxcow]

The original video is from the EMG colonel stated as Rule Britannia (1899) by J Bryce. This is not a digitization so it does sound weird.

[@Wolfganger]

Yes he should have used Robert Godridge’s transfer, as he inherited this record from the Colonel.

[@atoggy4022]

CHURCHILL!

[@Anti_Yeonjun_Hotel]

1:00 Mistake i found, the lyrics says "will", when the singer said " shall" instead. Maybe its a autocorrect? Pleaee fix this.

[@Yazov_Top]

CHURCHILL GAMER GAMIN'

[@cartcurt2800]

Churchill moment

[@dguy0386]

the days when Victoria was still queen!

[@gcm_uk]

What ship is that in the beginning footage, the one with the two turrets at the front?

[@Deltasquadformingup]

British Naval exercises in the 1890s

[@Anossa-Lusitania]

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[@purple8798]

Churchill Gaming

[@ChariTheAlternate]

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[@ThaGreatChemist]

sounds like you dropped a singing and dancing toy underwater

[@dertery8724]

124 years of wear on the recording yet it is still clearly audible. And credit to the singer as you had to put your mouth right up to the microphone to be heard over the static - as unfortunately William Gladstone didn’t do for much of his sound recording!

[@Duckcalculator]

@@dertery8724That’s… not how recording worked back then, brother.