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British Dance Bands

One of the many labels produced for J. Blum & Co; these Diamond records used Kalliope masters, which were also used by Pioneer, Stella, Victory etc. This particular Diamond label is very scarce.

Then there was a 10½" vertical cut disc produced by Pathe from 1915 for the Diamond Disc Record Company Ltd of 81 City Road London. Like Pathe records of the period, it initially had no paper label, but the details were etched in light blue in the label area (see 2nd image). Unlike Pathes it was an "ouside start" record. They were cheap at 1/6 each. In 1916, Pathe took over completely and for the next few years the record had paper labels until it's demise in about 1918.
There may well be a third label, dating to the pre-1920 period, but only a sketch for the design has ever been seen.

For a full listing of the Pathe-style label (see 2nd & 3rd images), the CLPGS has published a full listing of Pathe, Actuelle and DIamond labels in book form.

Thanks to Bill Dean-Myatt for providing the label photos.

"Blum" label

This is a first attempt at a listing. Please e-mail me if you can help me fill in the gaps in any of these series.

My thanks to the following for providing the information for this page: Frank Andrews, Norman Field, Chas. Hippisley-Cox, Mike Langridge, Bob Lilley, Adam Miller

This first tabel refers to the "Blulm" label (see first image above): The "Pathe" type Diamond record has ben published by the CLPGS in book form and is still available from them.

Cat No	Matrix	Title	Labelled Artists
1

116	1783 1827	Vals Nydia Un Peu D'Amour	Duke Of Wellington's Own

153	1893	Love's Old Sweet Song	Alan Turner (vocal)

158	2066	I Know A Lovely Garden A Song Of Sleep	Jessie Broughton (contralto)

162	2071	Excelsior, part 1	Carr & Richards

182	1623 1624	Hitchy Koo The Ragtime Goblin Man	The Two Quids

189	1851	Ring Out Those Bells	The Two Quids

206	B 1½ B 2	The Blind Boy ?	G.H. Chirgwin [possibly using Edison Bell masters]

216	2485 2486	Because Thora	Gwilym Richards

221	2526 2535	There's One In A Million Like You My Heart Has Learned To Love You	Robert Carr (baritone)

253	2582 2583	La Rumba (tango Argentine) Venus (tango Argentine)	L'Orchestre Militaire

257	246yy 2475	Melinda's Wedding Day You're My Baby	The Two Quids Will Thompson