Tuesday, January 1, 2019

Collectable Gramophone Records of the British Union of Fascists


Released in the 1930s, the first record consists of two talks by Sir Oswald Mosley.

Side 1, Comrades in Struggle, discusses "the true Blackshirt revolutionary" and side 2, British Union, discusses the British Union policy on international finance.


The second record has two songs on it, The Marching Song (Comrades the Voices) and Britain Awake, sung by members of the British Union Male Voice Choir and Orchestra. The Marching Song is an Anglicized version of the Horst Wessel Lied.

These shellac 78 r.p.m. records usually sell for about £100 each on ebay.

They may have been released on the Decca record label as well. This advert from 1938 advertises the records as Decca records.

 

Even more desirable are the Picture Disc Record Set. 

These are 78 r.p.m. records of Mosley's Royal Albert Hall Speech, with marching songs and cheering etc.

Released in 1934, these records were made of thin printed cardboard with a durium acetate surface in which the groove was pressed. They were flexible, unbreakable, and the sound quality was reasonable, at least for 1934.

There were no catalogue numbers and they were issued in grey covers. The covers were inscribed in black - B.U.F. Official records of Albert Hall speeches, copyright Studio Sound Service Ltd, 89 Wardour Street, W1.  They were first advertised in The Fascist Week, 1934. 





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