Beethoven 78s

I found this set of 78 RPM records in my Grandparent’s old house about 10 years ago.. Beethoven’s 5th in a large spined sleeve on Parlophone.. E10000 series catalogue numbers (with purple labels).

So far I’ve managed to date them to 1930s, but no more specific than that. Any help appreciated!

Sadly the box is in quite poor condition.. I took the records out and put them in separate sleeves 10 years ago, but the box had already suffered quite a bit. The records themselves though are in really good condition.

The story goes that my Great Grandmother probably bought them second hand. That’s our best guess anyway. We’re not one of those families with display cabinets full of interesting heritage.. in fact, I barely know my grandparent’s history, forget the generation above. So this I find really interesting!

UPDATE: Thanks to Norman Field these have now been dated to no later than 1929! At least, Parlophone advertised them in the November 1929 issue of Gramaphone magazine.

2008
28/12
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