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Here's Snowdrops Played The Tubaphone an instrument similar to Xylaphone but using metal tubes from an early double sided 78 rpm Twin shellac record.
A tubaphone is a type of metallophone constructed from a series of metal tubes arranged in a keyboard configuration.[1][2] The tubes are similar in length to that of a xylophone, and sound vaguely like a glockenspiel.[3
Here's Snowdrops Played The Tubaphone an instrument similar to Xylaphone but using metal tubes from an early double sided 78 rpm Twin shellac record.
A tubaphone is a type of metallophone constructed from a series of metal tubes arranged in a keyboard configuration.[1][2] The tubes are similar in length to that of a xylophone, and sound vaguely like a glockenspiel.[3

![Third Man Cinema Promotional record Inviting Cinema Viewers To Watch The Movie Rare acetate 78 rpm
Heres a promotional record produced for cinemas to promote the classic 1949 movie The Third Man. The recording was sent to me by the Cornish collector of rare records David Rule who told me he longer has the record in his collection.
The Third Man is a 1949 British film noir directed by Carol Reed, written by Graham Greene and starring Joseph Cotten, Alida Valli, Orson Welles, and Trevor Howard. Set in postwar Vienna, the film centres on American Holly Martins (Cotten), who arrives in the city to accept a job with his friend Harry Lime (Welles), only to learn that Lime has died. Viewing his death as suspicious, Martins elects to stay in Vienna and investigate the matter.
The atmospheric use of black-and-white expressionist cinematography by Robert Krasker, with harsh lighting and distorted Dutch angle camera technique, is a major feature of The Third Man. Combined with the iconic theme music, seedy locations and acclaimed performances from the cast, the style evokes the atmosphere of an exhausted, cynical post-war Vienna at the start of the Cold War.
Greene wrote the novella of the same name as preparation for the screenplay. Anton Karas wrote and performed the score, which featured only the zither. The title music The Third Man Theme topped the international music charts in 1950, bringing the previously unknown performer international fame; the theme would also inspire Nino Rotas principal melody in La Dolce Vita (1960).[citation needed] The Third Man is considered one of the greatest films of all time, celebrated for its acting, musical score and atmospheric cinematography.[6]
In 1999, the British Film Institute voted The Third Man the greatest British film of all time. In 2011 a poll of 150 actors, directors, writers, producers and critics for Time Out magazine saw it ranked the second best British film ever. Third Man Cinema Promotional record Inviting Cinema Viewers To Watch The Movie Rare acetate 78 rpm](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/SNiaH-ZSXF4/mqdefault.jpg)
![Cautionary Tales and a Moral, No.2 Jim by Hilaire Belloc sung by Harold Williams Baritone 78 rpm
Heres 4 Cautionary Tales and a Moral, No.2 Jim by Hilaire Belloc sung by Harold Williams Baritone from a rare 78 rpm
Joseph Hilaire Pierre René Belloc (/hɪˈlɛər ˈbɛlək/, French: [ilɛːʁ bɛlɔk]; 27 July 1870[1] – 16 July 1953) was a British-French writer and historian and one of the most prolific writers in England during the early twentieth century. Belloc was also an orator, poet, sailor, satirist, writer of letters, soldier, and political activist. His Catholic faith had a strong impact on his works. He was President of the Oxford Union and later MP for Salford South from 1906 to 1910. He was a noted disputant, with a number of long-running feuds. Belloc became a naturalised British subject in 1902 while retaining his French citizenship.
Belloc was born in La Celle-Saint-Cloud, France to a French father, Louis Belloc (1830-1872) and an English mother. His sister Marie Adelaide Belloc Lowndes also grew up to be a writer.
His Cautionary Tales for Children, humorous poems with an implausible moral, illustrated by Basil Temple Blackwood (signing as B.T.B.) and later by Edward Gorey, are the most widely known of his writings.[27] Supposedly for children, they, like Lewis Carrolls works, are more to adult and satirical tastes: Henry King, Who chewed bits of string and was early cut off in dreadful agonies.[28] A similar poem tells the story of Rebecca, who slammed doors for fun and perished miserably.
The tale of Matilda who told lies and was burned to death was adapted into the play Matilda Liar! by Debbie Isitt. Quentin Blake, the illustrator, described Belloc as at one and the same time the overbearing adult and mischievous child. Roald Dahl was a follower. But Belloc has broader if sourer scope. For example, with Lord Lundy (who was far too freely Cautionary Tales and a Moral, No.2 Jim by Hilaire Belloc sung by Harold Williams Baritone 78 rpm](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/SRt4lCySOj4/mqdefault.jpg)





![Scotland Fife British Drama League Lyntone Flexi record reissue of 1920s 78 rpm Gramophone Record.
Heres Scotland Fife British Drama League Lyntone Flexi record reissue of 1920s 78 rpm Gramophone Record.
The British Drama League was established in 1919 to promote amateur and professional theatre in England, 3 a head office based at Fitzroy Square, London. It was founded by Geoffrey Whitworth. Its work included pursuing the creation of the National Theatre, offering library and research services, founded the journal Drama in 1919, and encouraging the introduction of drama into the national curriculum.[1] Its name was changed to the British Theatre Association in 1972.[2] The Association was disbanded in 1990, due to financial pressures. Play scripts held in its archive are now in the possession of the Theatre Museum, London Scotland Fife British Drama League Lyntone Flexi record reissue of 1920s 78 rpm Gramophone Record.](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/TxWr3jveL0M/mqdefault.jpg)

