Topic releases its first record

September 1939: Number 8 in our series of the 50 key events in the history of world and folk musicBritain's declaration of war on Germany rather overshadowed the release of a 78rpm disc called The Man That Waters Down the Workers' Beer by Paddy Ryan. With the Internationale on the reverse, it was remarkable only for the catalogue number TRC1, marking the first release of the new Topic Record Club, formed as an adjunct of the Workers Music Association by frontline composers and musicians with lef...

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