A file collector has unearthed a super-rare commentary of an Outdated Agency match courting again to 1907.
Shane Quentin was surprised to uncover the file in a field of discs he purchased at an public sale for simply six kilos.
The 59-year-old, from Carnoustie, has now despatched the file to specialists to scrub up and produce a high notch copy.
At current the sound high quality is poor and only some phrases might be made out.
The 'Worldwide Zonophone Firm' recording is of comic, Jock Whiteford, getting excited describing a Rangers v Celtic derby again in 1907 with crowd noises within the background.
It predates any radio protection from the time which first started later within the century.
Chatting with The Report, Shane informed us of his shock on the discovery.
He mentioned: “After listening via I discovered it was a comic describing an outdated agency derby, with crowd noises and all.
“I've additionally came upon from an American collector that it's from 1907 and never 1904 as I initially thought.
“It is nonetheless extremely early in fact and this was earlier than radio commentary on matches, it was even earlier than the radio trade was began in 1913.”
There have been three Outdated Agency matches in 1907 with Rangers profitable two, together with a Glasgow Charity Cup remaining at Cathkin Park in Could, in entrance of 35,000 spectators.
It's unclear what match the recording pertains to or how a lot it’s price at the moment.
Shane - who picked up the file at an public sale in Auchtermuchty, Fife - is hoping the match particulars will turn into clearer as soon as the recording is tidied up.
He added: “I gained it for £6 in a field of outdated 78's and seven" singles.
“I used to be really bidding for the singles however do have fairly an eclectic assortment of 78's too - spoken phrase, royalty, blues and jazz so once I went via the outdated shellac disc the soccer one caught my eye.
“The earliest 78 that I've earlier than I discovered this one is 'the sound of a captive nightingale' launched in 1910 on HMV.”
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