NWT670: Male vocal solo

Historical wax cylinder recording made by Northcote Whitridge Thomas, a British government anthropologist who conducted field research in Sierra Leone in 1914-15. NWT670 (d on cylinder rim). 1. Announcement: Record 670 [indecipherable], September 1st 1914. 2. Ref tone. 3. Unaccompanied male vocal solo. 4. Solo male speech. Reasonable quality recording. C51/3058 is the master, C51/3059 (better quality) and C51/766 are duplicates. This is a digital access version of an original wax cylinder recording held in the collection of the British Library. Supplied and used with permission from The British Library.

Further Information

  • Type: Wax Cylinder Recordings
  • Object: NWT670: Male vocal solo
  • Materials: No Data / Other
  • Culture Group: Other
  • Dimensions: 207 [Duration]
  • Production Date: 1914.09.01
  • Associated Places: No Data
  • Associated People: Thomas, Northcote Whitridge (1868-1936) [Sound Recordist]
  • Museum: British Library
  • Accession Number: BL:C51/3059

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