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Thread #131505 Message #2967413
Posted By: GUEST,^&*
17-Aug-10 - 05:34 PM
Thread Name: 'Ballad of Tom Crean' early recording?
Subject: 'Ballad of Tom Crean' early recording?

There's a recording on Youtube HERE claimed to date from 1918, sung by "shipmates of Tom Crean", the Antarctic explorer. Can anyone confirm its authenticity? It's described as "from an Edison Blue Amberol Cylinder recording ".