This lot contains a set of five 12-inch 78 rpm records of a wedding ceremony, the details of which are typed on to the label of the first side, which reads as follows: "The Wedding of Anne Rudd and James Douglas Galyon, First Congregational Christian Church, Greensboro, North Carolina. Saturday June 6, 1953. 5:30 p.m." Sides 2 through 10 are then labeled simply "Rudd-Galyon Wedding." The recording credit on the printed labels is in the name of "Vic Smith's Radio Recording Service", also located in Greensboro, North Carolina. 

To narrow down the content, the records are auto-coupled, meaning sides 1 and 10 are back to back, as are sides 2 and 9, 3 and 8, and so on. Playing the sides in the correct sequence, the content breaks down as follows:

Sides 1-3: Organ music

Side 4: Male solo, "My waking thoughts to Thee are turning"

Side 5: More organ music

Side 6: Male solo, "Because you come to me"

Side 7: Male solo, "Whither thou goeth, I will go"

Sides 8-10: Wedding ceremony.

A footnote about the wedding couple. James Douglas Galyon (1930-2019), known as "Doug", served on the Greensboro City Council, Guilford County Board of Commissioners and North Carolina Board of Transportation. In 2005, the remodeled Greensboro Station was converted into a combined bus and train depot and renamed "The J. Douglas Galyon Depot." Anne Rudd Galyon passed away in 2001. Both were graduates of Greensboro High School.

The records are still beautifully shiny, but with a few scuffs and scratches. I played them all on my Audio-Technica turntable, and I detected no skips or jumps, but varying levels of background noise, ranging from negligible to audible, with occasional pops or clicks or ticking, but nothing overwhelming.

They will be shipped in the Audiodisc paper sleeves they were found in, but they are badly torn and chipped and add nothing to the value. 

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