12-inch, 78 rpm EP disc 'Overture 'Ruy Blas''

Gramophone Record, LNER, "Overture. Ruy Blas" (Mendelssohn)

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Gramophone Record, LNER, "Overture. Ruy Blas" (Mendelssohn)
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Gramophone Record, "Ruy Blas" (Mendelssohn) by the LNER Orchestra. Broadcast performance by London & North Eastern Railway Musical Society at the Royal Hall, Harrogate on 15th March 1936. Side 1: Overture “Ruy Blas” [part one] The LNER Orchestra. Side 2: Overture “Ruy Blas” [part two]. MSS Recording Co. Ltd. label Broadcast Recording Department. Disc dimensions: 12 inch diameter

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Category:
Sound Recordings
Object Number:
1987-8128
Measurements:
Dia=300mm
type:
gramophone record
credit:
British Rail, Historical Relics

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