Transacord Ltd. 10 inch disc, The Class A3 'Pacific' locomotive
One 10 inch lacquer disc, album "The Class A3 'Pacific' locomotive" published in 1956 by Transacord Limited as E/440 and E/441. Recordings made by Peter Handford.
This album is an early edition of Transacord discs, only 99 discs for this title were released, when Peter Handford was testing the potential of commercial railway sound recordings in the UK, according Peter Handford autobiography: "Sounds of Railways and their recording".
Details
- Category:
- Sound Recordings
- Object Number:
- 2017-7123/3
- Materials:
- aluminium (metal), lacquer and paper (fibre product)
- type:
- gramophone record
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