"Scrooge's Awakening" (1905)
Sterling Record
Scrooge: Albert Whelan
OK, to make things even a little more confusing, we have another cylinder from 1905, but this is "Scrooge's Awakening" by Albert Whelan not "The Awakening of Scrooge" by Bransby Williams!
The recording are pretty similar, though not exactly the same.
Not sure if one was copying the other or were they both copying someone else or if that was just a common sketch.
Was this a primeval cover record?
Albert Whelan was Australian and certainly a contemporary of the English Bransby Williams, but he doesn't seem to be as much of a Dickens specialist.
Albert was also around for a long time, being born in 1875 and passing away in 1961. That's a good run!
So, here's Arthur Whelan's Sterling record of "Scrooge's Awakening" right now:
No comments:
Post a Comment