Track Listings
Disc: 1
1 : The King to His Peoples - September 3rd, 1939 (The King's Speech) [Part 1] [Original 1939 Version] - King George VI
Disc: 2
1 : The King to His Peoples - September 3rd, 1939 (The King's Speech) [Part 2] [Original 1939 Version]
Disc: 3
1 : Empire Broadcast Message By H.M.King George VI - 3rd September 1939 (The King's Speech) [Original 1939 Version]
2 : Empire Broadcast Message By H.M.King George VI - 3rd September 1939 (The King's Speech) (2012 - Remaster)

At 6pm on Sunday 3rd September 1939, King George VI, who had reluctantly ascended the British throne in 1936 following the abdication of his brother Edward VIII, made a speech to his people both at home and abroad that was broadcast by the BBC and simultaneously recorded at the Abbey Road Studios from the BBC landline for distribution throughout the world by EMI on a commercial gramophone record. In the speech, he describes the coming conflict as one for justice and liberty against the bondage of fear, and calls for all the citizens of Britain and the Commonwealth to stand firm in the dark days ahead. This album is a beautifully packaged reproduction of that historic record in the special luxury packaging as originally made for just two copies of the disc: one to be kept in the Royal Collection and the other in the Archives of EMI. As per the original, this sumptuous set comprises a fabulous goat-skin leather, silk and velvet-lined case with detailed foil-blocked royal crest, containing a 78 rpm record of the original King’s Speech, a CD with the original version plus a 2012 digitally remastered version, a superb 72 page hard-back book containing extensive sleeve notes telling the fascinating story of the recordings of the royal family, rarely seen EMI archive photographs/memorabilia, and a numbered certificate of authenticity. It has been produced with the approval and support of Buckingham Palace.