Foden's Prize Brass Band, conducted by Thomas Hynes - Honest Toil (Rimmer) (1914)
Here is another recording of Foden's Prize Brass Band made by Edison Bell in March 1914. This one, however, is of personal significance to me because Rexophone 5852 was one of a small pile of discs - containing the remains of my great-grandfather's 78s - given to me by my grandfather in 1967. Those few records were the first I ever owned and started me on a collecting journey which has been interesting, enjoyable and rewarding, both for the music and performances it has opened up to me and the friends I have made in the course of the journey. Great-grandfather and his family obviously enjoyed this disc, which has clearly been played many times. The band was amazing, the sound of the recording - made in the Main Office of the Foden Works at Elworth - was atmospheric, and Rimmer's march is tuneful and well-crafted. The disc has been difficult to work with, but hopefully the result is at least a reasonably acceptable souvenir of a great brass band. The band had its origins in 1900 in the Elworth village band, which was subsequently wound up but replaced by a band organised by industrialist Edwin Foden. In 1909, the Foden's Band achieved Championship Section status in the National Brass Band Championships of Great Britain, a position it has maintained ever since. The photographs show the band in 1913, conductor Tom Hynes and composer William Rimmer.
Here is another recording of Foden's Prize Brass Band made by Edison Bell in March 1914. This one, however, is of personal significance to me because Rexophone 5852 was one of a small pile of discs - containing the remains of my great-grandfather's 78s - given to me by my grandfather in 1967. Those few records were the first I ever owned and started me on a collecting journey which has been interesting, enjoyable and rewarding, both for the music and performances it has opened up to me and the friends I have made in the course of the journey. Great-grandfather and his family obviously enjoyed this disc, which has clearly been played many times. The band was amazing, the sound of the recording - made in the Main Office of the Foden Works at Elworth - was atmospheric, and Rimmer's march is tuneful and well-crafted. The disc has been difficult to work with, but hopefully the result is at least a reasonably acceptable souvenir of a great brass band. The band had its origins in 1900 in the Elworth village band, which was subsequently wound up but replaced by a band organised by industrialist Edwin Foden. In 1909, the Foden's Band achieved Championship Section status in the National Brass Band Championships of Great Britain, a position it has maintained ever since. The photographs show the band in 1913, conductor Tom Hynes and composer William Rimmer.