New Zealand's First Record
Labels
In 1913-14 E.W. Pidgeon & Co, Edison agents and wholesalers based
in Christchurch, arranged for Edison-Bell (UK) to produce on their
behalf two series of 78 records, which were subsequently imported into
New Zealand and offered for sale through various retail outlets.
These labels were HERALD
and MINSTREL.
To the best of my knowledge,
no complete catalogue exists of what was offered. Partial dealer
lists from The New Zealand Record Herald have added to the items
known to exist today. These list items have their number suffixed by
* below. Sligo's of Timaru in December 1913 and January 1914 advertised
some listings of Herald and Minstrel records, those added below are suffixed
by +.
The rest of this discographical listing is from surviving examples
in collector's hands.
There are two different
label types of HERALD known, and two of the MINSTREL. These are illustrated
below.
Using the control numbers
printed on the label and the matrix data from the run-out, it is usually
possible to determine the original Edison-Bell product (Winner or Velvet-Face).
Occasionally, the artist name was changed. The unusual HERALD 1000
series looks to have been pressed from BEKA masters while the MINSTREL
2000 series may have been pressed from Favorite masters.
If you have discographical data for records not already listed
below, please contact me.
HERALD
"POPULAR
- BRIGHT - LOUD - CLEAR - SMOOTHEST AND BEST."
Type 1
Type 2
Type 1 Label - deep green, gold
The words "GRAMOPHONE RECORD"
are in two horizontal lines.
Sold at 3/6 each.
|
Serial |
Label ctrl |
Run-out |
Mtx Date |
Artist |
Type |
Title |
Orig. Issue |
|
4 |
83 |
83H |
Q1/12 |
Royal Military Band |
|
Handel's Largo |
Winner 2043 |
|
|
84 |
84O |
Q1/12 |
Royal Military Band |
|
Hallelujah Chorus |
Winner 2043 |
|
9 |
42 |
42F |
Q1/12 |
Albert Pearce |
Tenor Song |
Love Me and the World is Mine |
Winner 2021 |
|
|
157 |
157P |
Q2/12 |
Royal Military Band |
Intermezzo |
Rainbow |
Winner 2078 |
| 13 |
145 |
145L |
|
T.F.
Kinniburgh |
Bass
Song |
Out
on the Deep |
|
| |
239 |
239L |
|
Royal
Military Band |
Descriptive |
Departure
of the Troopship |
|
|
16 |
124 |
124F |
Q2/12 |
Royal Guards Band |
Selection |
Ireland for Ever |
Winner 2061 |
|
|
256 |
3087V |
Q2/12 |
Albert Crawley |
Song |
The Minstrel Boy |
|
|
18 |
71 |
2486P |
Q1/10 |
Royal Military Band |
|
Chocolate Soldier Part 1 |
Winner 2037 |
|
|
72 |
2485Q |
Q1/10 |
Royal Military Band |
|
Chocolate Soldier Part 1 |
Winner 2037 |
| 20 |
121 |
121B |
Q1/12 |
W.W. Whitlock |
|
Johnson's Lauching Song |
Winner 2060 |
|
|
173 |
173B |
Q2/12 |
Olly Oakley |
Banjo solo |
The Darkey's
Awakening |
Winner 2086 |
| 22 |
92 |
92A |
Q1/12 |
W. Whitlock & Orch. |
Xylophone solo |
International Jig |
Winner 2047 |
|
|
247 |
247L |
Q2/12 |
Will Evans |
Talking |
All About Jim |
Winner 2123 |
| 25 |
187 |
187V |
Q2/12 |
Lampriere Pringle |
Song |
I Fear No Foe |
Winner 2093 |
| 138 |
138J |
Q1/12 |
London Regimental Band |
March |
Boys of the Old Brigade |
Winner 2068 |
|
| 37 |
229 |
229C |
Q2/12 |
Glover and his Band |
Scottish Patrol |
Wee MacGregor |
Winner 2114 |
| 38 |
38M |
Q1/12 |
T.F. Kinniburgh |
Bass Song |
Annie Laurie |
Winner 2019 |
|
|
42 |
98 |
98B |
Q1/12 |
Pipe-Major Forsyth |
Bagpipe solo |
Cock O' the North |
Winner 2050 |
|
|
225 |
225A |
Q2/12 |
H. Merrylees |
Scotch Song |
Just a Wee Deoch an Doris |
Winner 2112 |
|
46 |
250 |
? |
|
Oakley, Opferman & Kirkby |
Descriptive |
The Buskers |
Winner 2124 |
|
|
? |
? |
|
Kirkby & Oakley? |
|
Ragtime Medley? |
Winner 2124? |
|
51 |
223 |
223J 223H (2) |
Q2/12 |
Robert Carr |
Ballad |
Come sing to me |
Winner 2111 |
|
|
224 |
224N |
Q2/12 |
Miss Vera Moore |
Song |
My Hero (from "Chocolate Soldier") |
Winner 2111 |
|
53 |
423 |
423R |
Q4/12 |
J. Wallis |
Song |
Your eyes say remember, though your lips say forget |
Winner 2213 |
|
|
424 |
424Q |
Q4/12 |
H. Marchmont |
Song |
Only a faded rose |
Winner 2213 |
|
54 |
463 |
3301 |
Q4/12 |
Bransby Williams |
Song |
The Street Watchman |
Winner 2234 |
|
|
464 |
3302 |
Q4/12 |
Bransby Williams |
Song |
The Same Old Game |
Winner 2234 |
|
55 |
333 |
2456E |
Q1/10 |
Alexander Prince |
Concertina Solo |
Hornpipe Medley |
Winner 2167 |
|
|
334 |
334Q |
Q3/12 |
Alexander Prince |
Concertina Solo |
Woodland Flowers |
Winner 2167 |
|
57 |
309 |
309D |
Q3/12 |
C. Penrose |
Comic Song |
I Tried to keep from Laughing |
Winner 2155 |
|
|
310 |
310A |
Q3/12 |
C. Penrose |
Comic Song |
He'd a funny little way with him |
Winner 2155 |
|
63 |
32 |
32O |
Q1/12 |
Alfred Heather |
Song |
Mary |
Winner 2016 |
|
|
146 |
146H |
Q1/12 |
James Lavell |
Song |
In Happy Moments (Mauritania) |
Winner 2072 |
|
67 |
85 |
85N |
|
W. W. Whitlock |
Bell Solo |
Dainty Daisy Dimple |
Winner 2044 |
|
|
86 |
86K |
|
W. W. Whitlock |
Bell Solo |
The Skaters' Waltz |
Winner 2044 |
|
69 |
469 |
469Z |
Q4/12 |
Ted Yorke |
Song |
I'd Like to go on a Honeymoon |
Winner 2237 |
|
|
470 |
470T |
Q4/12 |
J. Wallis |
Song |
Sweetheart's a Pretty Name |
Winner 2237 |
|
71 |
203 |
203J |
Q2/12 |
Stanley Kirkby |
Comic Song |
Joshu-ah |
Winner 2101 & 2202 |
|
|
402 |
402B |
Q3/12 |
Jack Charman |
Ragtime Song |
Oh, You Beautiful Doll |
Winner 2202 |
| 75 |
528 |
|
Q1/13 |
Robert Carr |
|
The Rosary |
Winner 2267 |
| |
529 |
|
|
Frederick Ranalow |
|
Sincerity |
Winner 2267 |
| 77 |
508 |
508E |
Q1/13 |
Robert
Carr |
Song |
When
the Convent Bell is Ringing |
Winner
2257 |
| 509 |
509Y |
Q1/13 |
Robert
Carr |
Popular
Song |
Little
Shepherdess of Devon |
Winner
2257 |
|
|
80 |
516 |
516E |
Q1/13 |
American Ragtime Octette |
Ragtime Song |
Hitchy-Koo |
Winner 2261 |
|
|
517 |
3130E |
Q3/12 |
American Ragtime Octette |
Ragtime Song |
Robert E. Lee |
Winner 2261 |
|
85 |
391 |
391C |
|
Royal Military Band |
|
Benediction of the Poignards |
Winner 2196 |
|
|
392 |
392C |
|
Royal Military Band |
|
"Bohemian Girl" Selection |
Winner 2196 |
|
86* |
|
|
|
Robert Evans |
|
Marguerite |
Winner 2182 |
|
|
301 |
|
|
Robert Evans |
|
I’ll sing thee
songs of Araby |
Winner 2150 |
|
87* |
33 |
|
Q1/12 |
Wilson Pembroke |
|
Nirvana |
Winner 2017 |
|
|
34 |
|
Q1/12 |
Wilson Pembroke |
|
My Sweetheart
when a Boy |
Winner 2017 |
|
88 |
514 |
514V |
Q1/13 |
Royal Court Orch. |
Veil Dance |
Mystic Beauty |
Winner 2260 |
|
|
515 |
515A |
Q1/13 |
Royal Court Orch. |
|
The Love Dance from "Madame Sherry" |
Winner 2260 |
|
89* |
|
|
Q4/12 |
Fred Marshall |
Tenor |
You left me for the limelight |
Winner 2235 |
|
|
|
|
Q4/12 |
Fred Marshall |
Tenor |
When the sheep are in the fold, Jenny Dear |
Winner 2235 |
|
90* |
455 |
|
Q4/12 |
Christy Minstrels |
Descriptive |
The Old Folks at Home |
Winner 2230 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Descriptive |
Veteran of the King |
|
|
91* |
243 |
|
Q2/12 |
Dudley Roy |
Xylophone |
British Empire March |
Winner 2121 |
|
|
244 |
|
Q2/12 |
Dudley Roy. |
Xylophone |
Fairyland |
Winner 2121 |
|
92* |
522 |
|
Q1/13 |
Ted Yorke |
|
Pucker Up Your Lips, Miss Lindy |
Winner 2264 |
|
|
523 |
|
Q1/13 |
J. Wallis |
|
Moonlight Bay |
Winner 2264 |
|
93* |
489 |
|
Q1/13 |
Robert Carr |
|
We were Sweethearts |
Winner 2247 |
|
|
252 |
|
Q1/13 |
Stanley Kirkby |
|
When we went to School together |
Winner 2247 |
|
94* |
488 |
|
Q1/13 |
H. Cove & T. Jackson |
|
There’s a Girl in Havana |
Winner 2246 |
|
|
|
|
Q1/13 |
Jack Charman |
|
The Gaby Glide |
Winner 2246 |
|
95* |
519 |
|
Q1/13 |
American Ragtime Octette |
Rag |
That Syncopated Boogie Boo |
Winner 2262 |
|
|
520 |
|
Q1/13 |
American Ragtime Octette |
Rag |
The Ragtime Jockey |
Winner 2262 |
| 96* |
317 |
|
Q3/12 |
London Regimental Band |
|
Coronation Bells |
Winner 2159 |
|
|
|
|
Q3/12 |
Royal Court Orch. |
|
The Jolly Coppersmith |
Winner 2159 |
| 97+ |
|
|
|
Band and Chorus |
|
Ring out the Bells for Christmas |
|
| |
|
|
|
Band & Quartette |
|
Christmas Morn |
|
|
98 |
3349 |
449R |
Q4/12 |
Christchurch Quartette |
Carol |
While Shepherds watched |
Winner 2227 |
|
|
3350 |
451Y |
Q4/12 |
Christchurch Quartette |
Carol |
Christians Awake |
Winner 2228 |
| 99+ |
Christchurch Quartette |
|
The First Noel |
|
|||
| Christchurch Quartette |
|
Hark, The Herald Angels Sing | |
||||
| 100+ |
|
|
|
Royal Military Band |
Sacred March |
Ten Thousand Times Ten Thousand |
|
| |
|
|
|
Royal Military Band |
|
Lead, Kindly Light |
|
| 101+ |
|
|
|
Belgravia Quartette |
|
Hail, Smiling Morn |
|
| |
|
|
|
Belgravia Quartette |
|
The Mistletoe Bough |
|
| 102+ |
|
|
|
Belgravia Quartette |
|
Good King Wenceslas |
|
| |
|
|
|
Belgravia Quartette |
|
God Rest Ye, Merry Gentlemen |
|
|
103 |
2467 |
440L |
|
|
Descriptive |
Jack's Return on Christmas Eve |
Winner 2222 |
|
|
2903 |
2903Y |
|
Stanley Kirkby |
|
Song of the Thrush |
|
| 104+ |
|
|
|
Band of King Edward's Horse |
|
Christmas Memories part 1 |
|
| |
|
|
|
Band of King Edward's Horse |
|
Christmas Memories part 2 |
|
| 105+ |
|
|
|
Godwin & Dryden |
Descriptive |
The Miner's Dream of Home |
|
| |
|
|
|
Stanley Kirkby |
|
Hymns My Mother used to Sing |
|
| 106+ |
|
|
|
W.W. Whitlock |
Descriptive |
Whitlock's Waits |
|
| |
|
|
|
W.W. Whitlock |
Descriptive |
Whitlock's Christmas Pudding |
|
| 107+ |
|
|
|
W.W. Whitlock |
|
Whitlock's Christmas Party |
|
| |
|
|
|
W.W. Whitlock |
|
Whitlock Buying the Christmas Dinner |
|
| 108+ |
|
|
|
London Concert Orch. |
Polka |
A Merry Christmas |
|
| |
|
|
|
London Concert Orch. |
Scottische |
Happy New Year |
|
|
113 |
3644 |
3644V |
Q3/13 |
Alfred Kastner & A. Fransella |
Harp & Flute Duet |
Serenade |
Velvet Face |
|
|
3646 |
3646V |
Q3/13 |
Alfred Kastner & A. Fransella |
Harp & Flute Duet |
The Swan |
Velvet Face |
|
121 |
3213 |
824B |
Q3/13 |
Ted Dewar |
Bell Solo |
Stephanie Gavotte |
Winner 2415 |
|
|
3502 |
3502V |
Q2/13 |
Ted Dewar |
Bell Solo |
Sunbeams |
Velvet Face |
|
127 |
2800 |
2800A |
Q2/11 |
Robert Evans |
Song |
Parted |
? |
|
|
2846 |
865A |
Q3/13 |
Robert Evans & Chorus |
Song |
Come where my love lies dreaming |
Winner 2435 |
Type 2 Label - blue-green, gold
The words
"GRAMOPHONE RECORD" appear on either side of the central top panel.
New number series.
Pressed in England from Beka masters
(probably by Beka, who were established
in London by 1913).
Sold at 3/6 each.
|
Serial |
Label ctrl |
Run-out |
Mtx Date |
Artist |
Type |
Title |
Orig. Issue |
|
1001* |
|
|
|
Band of H.M. Scots Guard |
March |
The Whistler and his Dog |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Band of H.M. Scots Guard |
March |
La Kraquette |
|
|
1002* |
|
|
|
Alan Turner |
Baritone |
Beauty’s Eyes |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Alan Turner |
Baritone |
The Bellringer |
|
|
1003* |
|
|
|
Miss Jesse Broughton |
Soprano |
A Summer Night |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Miss Jesse Broughton |
Soprano |
Fiddle and I |
|
|
1004* |
|
|
|
Jan Rudenyi |
Violin |
The Carnival of Venice |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Jan Rudenyi |
Violin |
Annie Laurie |
|
|
1005* |
|
|
|
Phillip Ritte |
Song |
Star of Bethlehem |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Phillip Ritte |
Song |
The Holy City |
|
|
1006* |
|
|
|
Miss Ivy Hope |
Soprano |
Daddy |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Miss Ivy Hope |
Soprano |
A Dream |
|
|
1007* |
|
|
|
Premier English
Concertina Band |
Shanties |
Hearts of Oak – Selection of Sea Songs, part 1 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Premier English Concertina Band |
Shanties |
Hearts of Oak – Selection of Sea Songs, part 2 |
|
|
1008* |
|
|
|
Billy Whitlock |
Comic song |
Billy Whitlock’s Party |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Billy Whitlock |
Comic song |
Laughing Song |
|
|
1009* |
|
41411 |
|
Billy Williams |
Comic song |
John, go and put your trousers on |
Beka 557 |
|
|
|
41413 |
|
Billy Williams |
Comic song |
When Father papered the parlour |
Beka 557 |
|
1010* |
|
|
|
Arthur Franklin |
|
Everybody’s doing it now |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Arthur Franklin |
|
Alexander’s Ragtime Band |
|
|
1011* |
|
41158 |
|
Wilkie Bard |
|
What will be, will be |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Stanley Kirkby |
|
I’m 21 today |
|
|
1012* |
|
|
|
Empire Military Band |
|
Waiting for the Robert E. Lee |
Winner 2249? |
|
|
|
|
|
Empire Military Band |
|
Hitchy Koo |
Winner 2249? |
|
1013* |
|
|
|
Band of H.M. Grenadier Guards |
|
Washington Post |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Band of H.M. Grenadier Guards |
|
The Jefferson Guards |
|
|
1014* |
|
|
|
Mr. G.M. Reid |
|
The Mighty Deep |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Mr. G.M. Reid |
|
The Lute Player |
|
|
1015* |
|
|
|
Marie Tittiens |
|
Romanza (Cavalleria Rusticana) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cecile Vicars |
Contralto |
Love’s old sweet song |
|
|
1016* |
|
|
|
Mr. A. Francella |
Flute solo |
Valse |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Mr. A. Taylor |
Clarinet solo |
In cellar cool |
|
|
1017* |
|
|
|
Joe Belmont |
Whistling |
Whistle Intermezzo |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Joe Belmont |
Whistling |
Dance of the Song-birds |
|
|
1018* |
|
|
|
Harold Wilson & James Saker |
Tenor & Baritone |
The Moon has raised her Lamp |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Harold Wilson & James Saker |
Tenor & Baritone |
The Larboard Watch |
|
|
1019* |
|
|
|
Prof. Muller |
Bells, with Orch. |
Silver Bells |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Prof. Muller |
Bells, with Orch. |
Radetzky March |
|
|
1020* |
|
|
|
Phil Ray |
Comedy |
Illusions |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Phil Ray |
Comedy |
Cigars or Nuts |
|
|
1021* |
|
41410 |
|
Billy Williams |
Comic Song |
Let’s all go mad |
Beka 504 |
|
|
|
41410 |
|
Billy Williams |
Comic Song |
You’re the one |
Beka 504 |
|
1022* |
|
|
|
Will Terry |
|
I want no other Girl but you |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Will Terry |
|
Saturday Afternoon |
|
|
1023 |
|
41257 |
|
Little Tich |
Song |
The Dentist |
Beka? |
|
|
|
41280 |
|
Little Tich |
Song |
The Zookeeper |
Beka? |
|
1024* |
|
|
|
Herald London Orch. |
|
Harry Lauder memories, part 1 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Herald London Orch. |
|
Harry Lauder memories, part 2 |
|
| 1026 |
|
40514 |
|
Bantock Pierpoint |
Baritone, Song |
Chorus, Gentlemen |
|
| |
|
40515 |
|
Bantock Pierpoint |
Baritone, Song |
The Drum Major |
|
| 1027 |
|
40411 |
|
Miss Edith Lorraine |
|
Jewel Song (Faust) |
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| |
|
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Miss Edith Lorraine |
|
Carmina |
|
|
| 1036 |
|
41230 |
|
Herald London Orch. |
|
H.M.S. Pinafore Selection |
|
| |
|
41231 |
|
Herald London Orch. |
|
H.M.S. Pinafore Selection |
|
|
1037 |
|
|
|
H.M. Scots Guards |
|
A Life on the Ocean - Selection 1 |
|
|
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H.M. Scots Guards |
|
A Life on the Ocean - Selection 2 |
|
|
1044 |
|
41584 |
|
Miss Georgie Goldin |
Comedienne |
See what Percy picked up in the Park |
Beka? |
|
|
|
41585 |
|
Miss Georgie Goldin |
Comedienne |
I don't care if the Mormans Come |
Beka? |
Herald sleeve
Made of a thin, brittle paper. Very few have survived.
MINSTREL
"BRIGHTEST,
SMOOTHEST, SWEETEST AND BEST."
Type 1
Type 2
Type 1 Label - deep maroon, gold
Face and
arms unfilled, no "MADE ABROAD"
Sold at 2/6 each.
| Serial |
Label ctrl |
Run-out |
Mtx Date |
Artist |
Type |
Title |
Orig. Issue |
| 1* |
|
|
|
Royal Guards Band |
|
William Tell Overture, part 1 |
|
| |
|
|
|
Royal Guards Band |
|
William Tell Overture, part 2 |
|
| 2 |
758 |
3377N 758 |
|
Alan Turner |
|
In Happy Moments "Mauritana" |
Winner 2382 |
| |
759 |
X759 |
|
Alan Turner |
|
O Promise Me |
Winner 2382 |
| 3 |
2804 |
2804E |
Q1/11 |
Mme Jeanne Brola |
Song |
The Last Rose of Summer |
Bell Disc?
|
| |
2807 |
2807V |
Q1/11 |
Mme Jeanne Brola |
Song |
Home Sweet Home |
Bell Disc? |
| 4 |
350 |
350Q |
Q3/12 |
Belgravia Choir |
|
Il Miserere (Il Trovatore) |
Winner 2175 |
| |
864 |
2558A |
Q3/13 |
Wilfrid Virgo & Elda May |
Song |
Venetian Songs |
Winner 2435 |
| 5 |
213 |
|
|
Schumann Quartette |
Harp, Violin, Flute & Viola |
Titls’ Serenade |
Winner 2106 |
| |
? |
? |
|
Schumann Quartette |
Harp, Violin, Flute &
Viola |
Lo, hear the Gentle Lark |
|
| 6* |
|
3127 |
|
Westminster Choir |
Choir |
Eternal Father, Strong to Save |
Winner 2419 (Winchester Chorus) |
| |
834 |
|
|
Westminster Choir |
Choir |
Lead, Kindly Light |
Winner 2420 (Winchester Chorus) |
| 7* |
|
|
Q2/12 |
Descriptive |
Descriptive |
Departure of the Troopship |
Winner 2119 (Empire Guards Band) |
| |
|
|
Q1/12 |
Descriptive |
Descriptive |
A Fire Alarm |
Winner 2041 (Empire Guards Band) |
| 8* |
85 |
|
Q1/12 |
Len Ward |
Bells |
Skaters’ Waltz |
Winner 2044 (Whitlock) |
| |
|
|
|
Len Ward |
Bells & Whistling |
Fairyland |
|
| 9 |
489 |
489X |
|
Harry Trevor |
Panto song |
We Were Sweethearts |
Winner 2247 |
| |
506 |
506A, 3390 |
|
Harry Trevor |
Panto song |
My heart is with you tonight |
Winner 2256 |
| 10 |
227 |
227D |
Q2/12 |
Jack Charman |
Song with Banjo accpt. |
Mandy's Wedding |
Winner 2113 |
| |
426 |
426K 3286 |
Q4/12 |
Jack Charman |
Ragtime Song |
I'm going back to Dixie |
Winner 2215 |
| 11* |
|
|
|
Fred Dunbar |
Laughing song |
I burst out laughing |
Winner 2266 |
| |
|
|
|
Fred Dunbar |
Laughing song |
That awful joke |
Winner 2266 |
| 12 |
490 |
490C |
Q4/12 |
Royal Guards Band |
|
Popular Ragtimes Part 1 |
Winner 2248 |
| |
491 |
491W |
Q4/12 |
Royal Guards Band |
|
Popular Ragtimes Part 1 |
Winner 2248 |
| 13 |
193 |
193W |
Q2/12 |
H.M. Royal Artillery Band |
|
"Carmen" Selections No. 1 |
Winner 2096 |
| |
194 |
194W |
Q2/12 |
H.M. Royal Artillery Band |
|
"Carmen" Selections No. 2 |
Winner 2096 |
| 14* |
|
|
|
Julien Henry |
|
The Admiral’s Yarn |
|
| |
|
|
|
Julien Henry |
|
King Charles |
|
| 15 |
2573 |
2573N |
Q4/10 |
Miss Elda May |
|
Jewel Song "Faust" |
|
| |
2773 |
2773W |
Q1/11 |
Miss Elda May |
|
Flower Song "Faust" |
|
| 16 |
2941 |
2941N |
Q4/11 |
Miss Ena Vine & Mr. M. Brewer |
Song with Flute Obligato |
The Nightingale |
|
| |
2943 |
2943V |
Q4/11 |
Miss Ena Vine & Mr. M. Brewer |
Song with Flute Obligato |
The Songsters' Awakening |
|
| 17* |
|
|
|
Parisian Orch. |
|
Cupid’s Garden, Intermezzo |
Winner 2166? (Bohemian Band) |
| |
|
|
|
Parisian Orch. |
|
Whispering of the Flowers |
Winner 2035? (Royal Escort
Band) |
| 18* |
|
|
Q2/13 |
Robert Carr |
|
The songs my Mother sang |
Winner 2404 |
| |
|
|
Q2/13 |
Robert Carr |
|
All aboard for the bye-bye land |
Winner 2315 |
| 19* |
|
|
|
Will Evans |
Descriptive |
Reading a Novelette |
|
| |
|
|
|
Will Evans |
Descriptive |
All about Jim |
|
| 20* |
97 |
|
Q1/12 |
Pipe-Major Forsyth |
Bagpipes |
The Campbells are Coming |
Winner 2050 |
| |
217 |
|
Q2/12 |
Pipe-Major Forsyth |
Bagpipes |
Flowers of the Forest |
Winner 2108 |
| 21 |
455
|
455M |
Q4/12 |
Belgravia Quartette |
Descriptive |
The Old Folks at Home |
Winner 2230 |
| |
|
3422N |
Q1/13 |
Belgravia Quartette |
Solo & Chorus |
Poor Old Joe |
|
| 22 |
748 |
748C |
Q3/13 |
Arthur Lennard |
Comic Song |
Upsey Daisy |
Winner 2377 |
| |
827 |
827B |
Q3/13 |
Arthur Lennard |
Comic Song |
In Dreamland |
Winner 2416 |
| 23 |
520 |
2685 |
Q1/13 |
G.H. Chigwin |
Song |
The Blind Boy |
Winner 2263 |
| |
387 |
2153-1 |
Q3/12 |
G.H. Chigwin |
Song |
My Fiddle is my Sweetheart |
Winner 2194 |
| 24 |
79 |
2107H |
Q1/12 |
|
Descriptive |
March Past of the Brigade |
Winner 2041 |
| |
138 |
138M |
Q2/12 |
King Edward's Horse Band |
March |
Boys of the Old Brigade |
Winner 2068 |
| 27 |
2675 |
2675N |
Madame Jomelli |
Annie Laurie |
|||
| |
2802 |
2802A |
Jeanne Brola |
Robin Adair |
|||
| 28 |
873 |
873P |
|
Cameron, Wilfrid Virgo & Robert Carr |
Trio |
Turn On, Old Time |
Winner 2349 |
| |
2586 |
2586N |
|
Wilfrid Virgo & Robert Carr |
Duet |
I am the King of Spain |
|
| 29 |
3000 |
3000B |
|
Royal Court Orchestra |
Two-step |
The Glad Eye |
|
| |
3306 |
3306B |
|
Royal Military Band |
Schottische |
The Night of the Party |
|
| 38 |
3278 |
3278B |
Q3/12 |
John Lloyd |
Song |
Good-bye, Sweetheart, Good-bye |
|
| |
713 |
3277V
|
Q3/13 |
John Lloyd |
Song |
The Anchor's Weighed |
Winner 2359 |
| 41 |
2589 |
2589V |
|
Renard Clarionette Quartette |
|
Irish Selections |
Velvet Face? |
| |
2600 |
2600V |
|
Renard Clarionette Quartette |
|
Scotch Selections |
Velvet Face? |
| 42 |
3419 |
3419V |
Q1/13 |
Belgravia Quartette |
Song |
The Dear Little Shamrock |
Winner 2532 |
| |
3421 |
3421A 1031 |
Q1/13 |
Belgravia Quartette |
|
Silver Threads among the Gold |
Winner 2532 |
| 49 |
383 |
383L |
Q3/13 |
Band of King Edward's Horse |
|
"Mikado" Selections Part 1 |
Winner 2192 |
| |
384 |
384N |
Q3/13 |
Band of King Edward's Horse |
|
"Mikado" Selections Part 2 |
Winner 2192 |
| 50 |
2063 |
|
|
Bridge Peters |
Bass Song |
Toreador Song “Carmen” |
|
| |
323 |
|
Q3/12 |
Bridge Peters |
Bass Song |
Chorus, Gentlemen |
Winner 2162 |
| 51* |
|
|
|
Ena Vine & M. Brewer |
Flute obligato |
The Nightingale and the Rose |
|
| |
|
|
|
Ena Vine & M. Brewer |
Flute obligato |
Silver Birds |
|
| 52* |
|
|
|
Savoy Quartette |
|
Titwillow “Mikado” |
|
| |
|
|
|
Savoy Quartette |
|
A Wandering Minstrel “Mikado” |
|
| 53 |
53 |
2663B VF 53N (2) |
Q1/11 |
Royal Court Orchestra |
Graceful Dance |
In the Shadows |
Winner 2027 |
| |
331 |
331B 2882D (2) |
Q3/12 |
Royal Court Orchestra |
Intermezzo |
Hearts and Flowers |
Winner 2166 |
| 54 |
813 |
813X |
Q3/13 |
Anderson Nicol |
Song |
Somewhere a Voice is Calling |
Winner 2409 |
| |
3326 |
3326W |
Q4/12 |
Anderson Nicol |
Song |
Sound an Alarm |
|
| 55* |
|
|
|
Wilfred Virgo |
Tenor |
The Garden of Sleep |
|
| |
|
|
|
Wilfred Virgo |
Tenor |
I know of two bright eyes |
Winner 2165 |
| 56* |
155 |
|
Q2/12 |
P.J. Frosini |
Accordion Solo |
Poet & Peasant overture – Part 1 |
Winner 2077 |
| |
156 |
|
Q2/12 |
P.J. Frosini |
Accordion Solo |
Poet & Peasant overture – Part 2 |
Winner 2077 |
| 57* |
|
|
|
Louise Foster |
Song |
The Swiss Girl’s Lament |
|
| |
|
|
|
Louise Foster |
Song |
Up There (A little girl’s song) |
|
| 58 |
488 |
488A |
|
Miller and Harvey |
Ragtime Duet |
There's a Girl in Havana |
Winner 2246 |
| |
502 |
502B |
|
Miller and Harvey |
Ragtime Duet |
Take ma Finger Tips, Malinda |
Winner 2254 |
| 59* |
|
|
|
Jay Laurier |
Comic Song |
Sneezing |
Winner 2181 |
| |
|
|
|
Jay Laurier |
Comic Song |
Ring-a-ring of Roses |
Winner 2181 |
| 60 |
721 |
3225Q 721 |
Q3/13 |
Royal Guards Band |
March |
Washington Greys |
Winner 2363 |
| |
3304 |
3304R |
Q4/12 |
Royal Guards Band |
|
A Cavalry Charge |
|
Type 2 Label - deep maroon, gold
Face and arms filled in, "MADE
ABROAD" below "RECORD". New number series.
Probably pressed in England from Favorite masters - note similarity
to Lyric label, which also used Favorite masters.
Blue Seal, sold at 3/- each.
|
Serial |
Label ctrl |
Run-out |
Artist |
Type |
Title |
Original |
| 2001+ |
|
|
Billy Williams |
|
Must
Go Home To-night |
|
| |
|
|
Billy Williams | |
Save
a Lilttle One for Me |
|
| 2002+ |
|
|
Billy Williams | |
I'll
Meet You on a Dark Night |
|
| |
|
|
Billy Williams |
|
The
Old Grey Coat |
|
| 2003+ |
|
|
Billy Williams | |
Wild
Woodbines |
|
| |
|
|
Billy Williams | |
Don't
Go Out To-night |
|
|
2004 |
(\^/ (67183) |
(\^/ |
Billy Williams |
Comic Song |
Father Papered the Parlor |
Favorite 332 1-67183 |
|
|
(\^< (67184) |
(\^< |
Billy Williams |
Comic Song |
Here We Are Again |
Favorite 332 1-67184 |
| 2005+ |
Billy
Williams |
Wake
Up John Bull |
||||
| Billy
Williams |
You're
the One |
|||||
| 2006+ |
Billy
Williams |
I'll
Lend You My Best Girl |
||||
| Billy
Williams |
I
Don't Care |
|||||
| 2007+ |
Billy
Williams |
My
Lass Frae Glasgie |
||||
| Billy
Williams |
Sea
in London |
|||||
| 2008+ |
Billy
Williams |
Keep
on Toddling |
||||
| Billy
Williams |
Let's
All Go Mad |
|||||
| 2009+ |
Billy
Williams |
I
Never Heard Father Laugh |
||||
| Billy
Williams |
Cohen
Keep on Rowing |
|||||
|
2010 |
|
|
Billy Williams |
|
All the Silver of the Silvery moon |
Favorite 479? |
|
|
|
|
Billy Williams |
|
Mrs B. |
Favorite 479? |
|
2011* |
|
|
Billy Williams |
|
The Kangaroo Hop |
Favorite 530 |
|
|
|
|
Billy Williams |
|
My Father was born in Killarney |
Favorite 530 |
|
2012* |
|
|
Billy Williams |
|
She does like a little bit of Scotch |
Favorite 544 |
|
|
|
|
Billy Williams |
|
Oh! Mr McPherson |
Favorite 544 |
|
2013* |
|
|
Billy Williams |
|
Wail till I’m as old as father |
Favorite 565 |
|
|
|
|
Billy Williams |
|
Where does Daddy go when he goes out? |
Favorite 565 |
|
2014* |
|
|
Billy Williams |
|
Molly McIntyre |
Favorite 573 |
|
|
|
|
Billy Williams |
|
Oh! For another day at Margate |
Favorite 573 |
|
2015* |
|
|
Billy Williams |
|
The Ragtime Wedding |
Favorite 608 |
|
|
|
|
Billy Williams |
|
Jean loves all the Jockeys |
Favorite 608 |
|
2016* |
|
|
Billy Williams |
|
I come frae Scotland |
Favorite 649 |
|
|
|
|
Billy Williams |
|
The must be something nice about the Isle of Man |
Favorite 649 |
|
2017* |
|
|
Billy Williams |
|
All the ladies fell in love with Sandy |
Favorite 662 |
|
|
|
|
Billy Williams |
|
Giving a Donkey a Strawberry |
Favorite 662 |
|
2018* |
|
|
Billy Williams |
|
The old Grey Coat |
Favorite 266 |
|
|
|
|
Billy Williams |
|
Oh! Mr McPherson |
Favorite 544 |
|
2019* |
|
|
Billy Williams |
|
Wild Woodbines |
Favorite 331 |
|
|
|
|
Billy Williams |
|
The Kangaroo Hop |
Favorite 530 |
|
2020* |
5817t |
|
Billy Williams |
|
When Father papered the Parlour |
Favorite 332 |
|
|
|
|
Billy Williams |
|
The Ragtime Wedding |
Favorite 602 |
Minstrel sleeve.
Just as rare as the Herald one.
The Herald and Minstrel Gramophones
The Herald sleeve illustrated
above advertises gramophones from £3 to £60. These would have most likely have
used imported mechanicals within a locally made cabinet.
It is possible they were branded as Diploma, Goldfinch grand, Linnet Grand
& Skylark Grand, among other names.
So far, none have been sighted. However, metal badges produced
to affix to the machines have survived, and are illustrated below.
References
The N.Z. Record Herald Dec 1913 (Herald
85-96)
The N.Z. Record Herald and Kinetoscope
News Feb 1914 (Herald 1001-1012, Minstrel 1-12)
The N.Z. Record Herald and Kinetoscope
News Mar 1914 (Herald 1013-1024, Minstrel 13-24)
The N.Z. Record Herald and Kinetoscope
News Jun 1914 (Minstrel 49-60, Minstrel 2011-2020)
Numerical Listing of Edison Bell Winner, Karlo Adrian
Billy Williams, Frank Andrews & Ernie Bayly, 1982
The English 78 Picture Book, Don Taylor, 1997
Paperspast.natlib.govt.nz
78-l@78online.com
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