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 +. Those added from the 1914 Minstrel catalogue are shown with #.
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.
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Serial |
Label ctrl |
Run-out |
Mtx Date |
Artist |
Type |
Title |
Orig. Issue |
|
|
2 |
216 |
216X |
Q2/12 |
Billy Whitlock |
Solo |
The Prettiest
Song of All |
Winner 2107 |
|
| |
255 |
8255X |
Q2/12 |
Alfred Crawley |
Song |
Killarney |
Winner 2127 |
|
|
4 |
83 |
83H |
Q1/12 |
Royal Military
Band |
Handel's Largo |
Winner 2043 |
||
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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 |
Q1/12 |
T.F. Kinniburgh |
Bass Song |
Out on the
Deep |
Winner 2072 |
|
|
|
239 |
239L |
Q2/12 |
Royal Military
Band |
Descriptive |
Departure of the Troopship |
Winner 2119 |
|
|
16 |
124 |
124F |
Q2/12 |
Royal Guards
Band |
Selection |
Ireland for
Ever |
Winner 2061 |
|
|
256 |
3087V |
Q2/12 |
Albert Crawley |
Song |
The Minstrel
Boy |
Winner 2127 |
||
|
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* |
363 |
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 |
|||
|
487 |
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+ |
450 |
Q4/12 |
Christchurch
Quartette |
|
The First Noel |
Winner 2227 |
||
| 452 |
Q4/12 |
Christchurch
Quartette |
|
Hark, The
Herald Angels Sing |
Winner 2228 |
|||
|
100+ |
|
|
|
Royal Military
Band |
Sacred March |
Ten Thousand
Times Ten Thousand |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Q1/13 |
Royal Military
Band |
|
Lead, Kindly
Light |
Winner 2228 |
|
|
101+ |
|
|
|
Belgravia
Quartette |
|
Hail, Smiling
Morn |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Belgravia
Quartette |
|
The Mistletoe
Bough |
|
|
|
102+ |
|
442 |
Q4/12 |
Belgravia
Quartette |
|
Good King
Wenceslas |
Winner 2223 |
|
|
|
|
443 |
Q4/12 |
Belgravia
Quartette |
|
God Rest Ye,
Merry Gentlemen |
Winner 2223 |
|
|
103 |
2467 |
440L |
Q4/12 |
Descriptive |
Jack's Return
on Christmas Eve |
Winner 2222 |
||
|
2903 |
2903Y |
Stanley Kirkby |
Song of the
Thrush |
Winner 2368 |
||||
|
104+ |
|
2851 |
Q4/12 |
Band of King
Edward's Horse |
|
Christmas
Memories part 1 |
Winner 2220 |
|
|
|
|
|
Q4/12 |
Band of King
Edward's Horse |
|
Christmas
Memories part 2 |
Winner 2220 |
|
|
105+ |
439 |
2455 |
Q4/12 |
Godwin &
Dryden |
Descriptive
|
The Miner's
Dream of Home |
Winner 2222 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Stanley Kirkby |
|
Hymns My Mother
used to Sing |
|
|
|
106+ |
445 |
2809 |
Q4/12 |
W.W. Whitlock |
Descriptive |
Whitlock's
Waits |
Winner 2225 |
|
|
|
447 |
2811 |
Q4/12 |
W.W. Whitlock |
Descriptive |
Whitlock's
Christmas Pudding |
Winner 2226 |
|
|
107+ |
446 |
2810 |
Q4/12 |
W.W. Whitlock |
|
Whitlock's
Christmas Party |
Winner 2225 |
|
|
|
448 |
2812 |
Q4/12 |
W.W. Whitlock |
|
Whitlock Buying
the Christmas Dinner |
Winner 2226 |
|
|
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 |
||
|
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
704 |
X1013 |
|
|
Royal Opera
Quartette |
|
Kermesse Scene (Faust) |
|
|
|
|
X1014 |
|
|
Royal Opera
Quartette |
|
Soldiers’
Chorus (Faust) |
|
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 |
||||
| 40321 |
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* |
|
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? |
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|
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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|
|
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 |
|||||
|
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 3/- 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 |
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2 |
758 |
3377N 758 |
Alan Turner |
In Happy Moments "Mauritana" |
Winner 2382 |
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759 |
X759 |
Alan Turner |
O Promise Me |
Winner 2382 |
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3 |
2804 |
2804E |
Q1/11 |
Mme Jeanne Brola |
Song |
The Last Rose of Summer |
Bell Disc?
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2807 |
2807V |
Q1/11 |
Mme Jeanne Brola |
Song |
Home Sweet Home |
Bell Disc? |
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4 |
350 |
350Q |
Q3/12 |
Belgravia Choir |
Il Miserere (Il Trovatore) |
Winner 2175 |
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864 |
2558A |
Q3/13 |
Wilfrid Virgo & Elda May |
Song |
Venetian Songs |
Winner 2435 |
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5 |
213 |
Schumann Quartette |
Harp, Violin, Flute & Viola |
Titls’ Serenade |
Winner 2106 |
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? |
? |
Schumann Quartette |
Harp, Violin,
Flute & Viola |
Lo, hear the Gentle Lark |
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6* |
3127 |
Westminster Choir |
Choir |
Eternal Father, Strong to Save |
Winner 2419 (Winchester Chorus) |
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834 |
Westminster Choir |
Choir |
Lead, Kindly Light |
Winner 2420 (Winchester Chorus) |
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7* |
Q2/12 |
Descriptive |
Descriptive |
Departure of the Troopship |
Winner 2119 (Empire Guards Band) |
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Q1/12 |
Descriptive |
Descriptive |
A Fire Alarm |
Winner 2041 (Empire Guards Band) |
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8* |
85 |
Q1/12 |
Len Ward |
Bells |
Skaters’ Waltz |
Winner 2044 (Whitlock) |
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Len Ward |
Bells &
Whistling |
Fairyland |
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9 |
489 |
489X |
Harry Trevor |
Panto song |
We Were Sweethearts |
Winner 2247 |
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506 |
506A, 3390 |
Harry Trevor |
Panto song |
My heart is with you tonight |
Winner 2256 |
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10 |
227 |
227D |
Q2/12 |
Jack Charman |
Song with Banjo accpt. |
Mandy's Wedding |
Winner 2113 |
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426 |
426K 3286 |
Q4/12 |
Jack Charman |
Ragtime Song |
I'm going back to Dixie |
Winner 2215 |
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11* |
Fred Dunbar |
Laughing song |
I burst out laughing |
Winner 2266 |
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Fred Dunbar |
Laughing song |
That awful joke |
Winner 2266 |
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12 |
490 |
490C |
Q4/12 |
Royal Guards Band |
Popular Ragtimes Part 1 |
Winner 2248 |
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491 |
491W |
Q4/12 |
Royal Guards Band |
Popular Ragtimes Part 1 |
Winner 2248 |
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13 |
193 |
193W |
Q2/12 |
H.M. Royal Artillery Band |
"Carmen" Selections No. 1 |
Winner 2096 |
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194 |
194W |
Q2/12 |
H.M. Royal Artillery Band |
"Carmen" Selections No. 2 |
Winner 2096 |
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14* |
Julien Henry |
The Admiral’s Yarn |
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Julien Henry |
King Charles |
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15 |
2573 |
2573N |
Q4/10 |
Miss Elda May |
Jewel Song "Faust" |
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2773 |
2773W |
Q1/11 |
Miss Elda May |
Flower Song "Faust" |
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16 |
2941 |
2941N |
Q4/11 |
Miss Ena Vine & Mr. M. Brewer |
Song with Flute Obligato |
The Nightingale |
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2943 |
2943V |
Q4/11 |
Miss Ena Vine & Mr. M. Brewer |
Song with Flute Obligato |
The Songsters' Awakening |
|
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17* |
Parisian Orch. |
Cupid’s Garden, Intermezzo |
Winner 2166?
(Bohemian Band) |
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Parisian Orch. |
Whispering of the Flowers |
Winner 2035?
(Royal Escort Band) |
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18* |
Q2/13 |
Robert Carr |
The songs my Mother sang |
Winner 2404 |
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Q2/13 |
Robert Carr |
All aboard for the bye-bye land |
Winner 2315 |
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19* |
Will Evans |
Descriptive |
Reading a Novelette |
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Will Evans |
Descriptive |
All about Jim |
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20* |
97 |
Q1/12 |
Pipe-Major Forsyth |
Bagpipes |
The Campbells are Coming |
Winner 2050 |
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217 |
Q2/12 |
Pipe-Major Forsyth |
Bagpipes |
Flowers of the Forest |
Winner 2108 |
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21 |
455 |
455M |
Q4/12 |
Belgravia Quartette |
Descriptive |
The Old Folks at Home |
Winner 2230 |
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3422N |
Q1/13 |
Belgravia Quartette |
Solo & Chorus |
Poor Old Joe |
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22 |
748 |
748C |
Q3/13 |
Arthur Lennard |
Comic Song |
Upsey Daisy |
Winner 2377 |
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827 |
827B |
Q3/13 |
Arthur Lennard |
Comic Song |
In Dreamland |
Winner 2416 |
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23 |
520 |
2685 |
Q1/13 |
G.H. Chigwin |
Song |
The Blind Boy |
Winner 2263 |
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387 |
2153-1 |
Q3/12 |
G.H. Chigwin |
Song |
My Fiddle is my Sweetheart |
Winner 2194 |
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24 |
79 |
2107H |
Q1/12 |
Descriptive |
March Past of the Brigade |
Winner 2041 |
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138 |
138M |
Q2/12 |
King Edward's Horse Band |
March |
Boys of the Old Brigade |
Winner 2068 |
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26 |
301 |
|
|
Robert Evans |
Song |
I’ll Sing
Thee Songs of Araby |
Winner 2150 |
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363 |
|
|
Robert Evans |
Song |
Marguerite |
Winner 2182 |
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27 |
2675 |
2675N |
Madame
Jomelli |
Annie Laurie |
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2802 |
2802A |
Jeanne Brola |
Robin Adair |
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28 |
873 |
873P |
Cameron, Wilfrid Virgo & Robert Carr |
Trio |
Turn On, Old Time |
Winner 2349 |
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2586 |
2586N |
Wilfrid Virgo & Robert Carr |
Duet |
I am the King of Spain |
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29 |
3000 |
3000B |
Royal Court Orchestra |
Two-step |
The Glad Eye |
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3306 |
3306B |
Royal Military Band |
Schottische |
The Night of the Party |
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| 31# |
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Bransby Williams |
|
The Street Watchman |
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Bransby Williiams |
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The Same old Game |
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| 34# |
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American Ragtime Octette |
Hitchy Koo |
Winner 2261 |
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American Ragtime Octette |
Robert E. Lee |
Winner 2261 |
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| 35# |
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Royal Court
Orch. |
The Savoy Lancers
Fig 1 |
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Royal Court
Orch. |
The Savoy Lancers
Fig 2 & 3 |
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| 36# |
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Royal Court
Orch. |
The Savoy Lancers
Fig 4 |
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Royal Court
Orch. |
The Savoy Lancers
Fig 5 |
||
| 37# |
|
|
Q1/12 |
Royal Military
Band |
|
Zampa Part 1 |
Winner 2033 |
| |
Q1/12 |
Royal Military
Band |
Zampa Part 2 |
Winner 2033 |
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38 |
3278 |
3278B |
Q3/12 |
John Lloyd |
Song |
Good-bye, Sweetheart, Good-bye |
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713 |
3277V
|
Q3/13 |
John Lloyd |
Song |
The Anchor's Weighed |
Winner 2359 |
| 39# |
|
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Miss Elda May |
|
Tosti's Goodbye |
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Miss Elda May |
|
Romanza (Cav
Rus.) |
|
| 40# |
|
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Miss M. Lynde
& Con. Dixon |
|
Night of Stars
and Night of Love |
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Elda May &
Robert Carr |
|
Still as the
Night |
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41 |
2589 |
2589V |
Renard Clarionette Quartette |
Irish Selections |
Velvet Face? |
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2600 |
2600V |
Renard Clarionette Quartette |
Scotch Selections |
Velvet Face? |
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42 |
3419 |
3419V |
Q1/13 |
Belgravia Quartette |
Song |
The Dear Little Shamrock |
Winner 2532 |
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3421 |
3421A 1031 |
Q1/13 |
Belgravia Quartette |
Silver Threads among the Gold |
Winner 2532 |
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| 43# |
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|
Descriptive |
Uncle Peter's
Return |
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Pembroke &
Carr |
|
The Two Beggars |
|
| 45# |
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Fred Marshall |
|
Some Day I May
Forgive You |
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Fred Marshall |
|
Play Me a Song
of Love |
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| 46# |
|
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H. Cove &
T. Yorke |
|
The Wedding
Glide |
Winner 2284 |
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H. Cove &
T. Yorke |
|
Kill That Bear |
Winner 2406 | |
| 47# |
|
|
|
R. G. Knowles |
Comic |
Every Little
Bit |
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R. G. Knowles |
|
The Insecurity
of a Sure Thing |
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49 |
383 |
383L |
Q3/13 |
Band of King Edward's Horse |
"Mikado" Selections Part 1 |
Winner 2192 |
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384 |
384N
|
Q3/13 |
Band of King Edward's Horse |
"Mikado" Selections Part 2 |
Winner 2192 |
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50 |
2063 |
Bridge Peters |
Bass Song |
Toreador Song “Carmen” |
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323 |
Q3/12 |
Bridge Peters |
Bass Song |
Chorus, Gentlemen
|
Winner 2162 |
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51* |
Ena Vine & M. Brewer |
Flute obligato |
The Nightingale and the Rose |
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Ena Vine &
M. Brewer |
Flute obligato |
Silver Birds |
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52* |
Savoy Quartette |
Titwillow “Mikado” |
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Savoy Quartette |
A Wandering
Minstrel “Mikado” |
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53 |
53 |
2663B VF 53N (2) |
Q1/11 |
Royal Court Orchestra |
Graceful Dance |
In the Shadows |
Winner 2027 |
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331 |
331B 2882D (2) |
Q3/12 |
Royal Court Orchestra |
Intermezzo |
Hearts and Flowers |
Winner 2166 |
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54 |
813 |
813X |
Q3/13 |
Anderson Nicol |
Song |
Somewhere a Voice is Calling |
Winner 2409 |
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3326 |
3326W |
Q4/12 |
Anderson Nicol |
Song |
Sound an Alarm |
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55* |
Wilfred Virgo |
Tenor |
The Garden of Sleep |
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Wilfred Virgo |
Tenor |
I know of
two bright eyes |
Winner 2165 |
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56* |
155 |
Q2/12 |
P.J. Frosini |
Accordion Solo |
Poet & Peasant overture – Part 1 |
Winner 2077 |
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156 |
Q2/12 |
P.J. Frosini |
Accordion Solo |
Poet & Peasant overture – Part 2 |
Winner 2077 |
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57* |
Louise Foster |
Song |
The Swiss Girl’s Lament |
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Louise Foster |
Song |
Up There (A little girl’s song) |
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|
58 |
488 |
488A |
Miller and Harvey |
Ragtime Duet |
There's a Girl in Havana |
Winner 2246 |
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502 |
502B |
Miller and Harvey |
Ragtime Duet |
Take ma Finger Tips, Malinda |
Winner 2254 |
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59* |
Jay Laurier |
Comic Song |
Sneezing |
Winner 2181 |
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Jay Laurier |
Comic Song |
Ring-a-ring of Roses |
Winner 2181 |
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|
60 |
721 |
3225Q 721 |
Q3/13 |
Royal Guards Band |
March |
Washington Greys |
Winner 2363 |
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3304 |
3304R |
Q4/12 |
Royal Guards Band |
A Cavalry Charge |
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| 61# |
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King Edward's Horse Band |
|
Mikado Selections Part 3 |
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King Edward's Horse Band |
|
Mikado Selections Part 4 |
|
| 62# |
|
|
|
Robert Carr |
|
The Trumpeter |
Winner 2015 |
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Robert Carr |
|
Sergeant of the Line |
|
| 63# |
|
|
Miss Elda May |
|
'Twas Night and all around was still,
Part 1 |
|
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Miss Elda May |
|
'Twas Night and all around was still,
Part 2 |
|
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| 64# |
|
|
Savoy Quartet |
|
Flowers that bloom in the Spring |
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Savoy Quartet |
|
Madrigal |
|
| 65# |
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John Barbirolle |
Cello |
Star of Eve |
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Nocturne |
Cello |
T. Weist Hill |
Winner 2274 |
| 66# |
|
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Jeanne Brola |
|
I Dreamt I dwelt in Marble Halls |
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Jeanne Brola |
|
The Swanee River |
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| 67# |
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Wilson Pembroke |
|
Nellie Dean |
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Old Soldier & Band |
|
The Last Muster |
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| 68# |
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Geo. Ackroyd |
Piccolo |
The Keel Row |
Winner 2364 |
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Geo. Ackroyd |
Piccolo |
Birds of the Wood |
|
| 69# |
|
|
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Stanley Kirkby |
|
If I had the World to give you |
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Stanley Kirkby |
|
The Magic of your Voice |
|
| 70# |
|
|
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Jack Charman |
Comic |
The Gaby Glide |
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Jack Charman |
Comic |
By the Light of the Silvery Moon |
|
| 71# |
|
|
Q3/13 |
Jack Pleasants |
Comic |
Liza had hold of my hand |
Winner 2366 |
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Q3/12 |
Jack Pleasants |
Comic |
I'm Shy, Mary Ellen, I'm shy |
Winner 2198 |
| 72# |
|
|
|
Glover's Band |
|
Wee MacGregor |
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Glover's Band |
|
Lucy Long |
|
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 |
|
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|
|
|
Billy Williams |
|
Save a Lilttle
One for Me |
|
|
2002+ |
|
|
Billy Williams |
|
I'll
Meet You on a Dark Night |
|
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|
|
|
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 |
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|
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 catalogue.
A 1914 catalogue from the Minstrel Gramophone
Co has survived, which covers 502 issues from Popular (Red Seal),
Minstrels from 1 to 72 (Red Seal M, with gaps) and the 2000 Blue Seal Billy
Williams series.
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
Paul Kilmartin, S. Jones, G. East
Paperspast.natlib.govt.nz
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