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There were two distinct labels
using this name. One was an Edison Bell product, like "Bell" (see first label, near right) and all issues were 5½" in diameter. The catalogue number ranged from 350 to about 370 and all were nursery rhymes or children's stories. These date from the first half of the 1920s. The other was a Vocalion product and were available in both 5½" and 6" sizes (see second label image for design). In most cases they are taken from the Little Marvel catalogue and have the same catalogue numbers. As such, I am not going to list these separately here, but will note them in my Little Marvel series listing. The Vocalion product, at least, seems to have been sold mainly (if not only) in Australia and New Zealand and ran on after the Little Marvels had been withdrawn in the UK. They date from the early to late 1920s. They are both fairly scarce label, certainly in the UK, and this may be because they were made for export as mentioned above.
Below, I shall list the Edison Bell proiduct and the early Vocalion issues, which had their own catalogue series with an F- prefix. |
The initial information is from the files of the late Arthur Badrock. Please e-mail me if you can help me fill in the gaps in any of these series.
Thanks to the following for providing more details: Zak Coombs, Richard Prout
Page last updated on:
April 13, 2023
First: The Edison Bell product; No artist name is shown on the labels.
Cat No | Matrix | Title | Artists |
350 |
139 140 |
Ten Little Nigger Boys Old Mother Hubbard |
Recitation |
351 |
209 195 |
The House That Jack Built, part 1 The House That Jack Built, part 2 |
Charles Penrose |
352 |
196 197 |
The House That Jack Built, part 3 The House That Jack Built, part 4 |
Charles Penrose |
353 |
206 207 |
The Laughing Ploughboy The Laughing Nigger |
Charles Penrose |
354 |
200 201 |
Tom, Tom The Piper's Son, part 1 Tom, Tom The Piper's Son, part 2 |
Charles Penrose |
355 |
202 203 |
Rhymes And Jingles, part 1 Rhymes And Jingles, part 2 |
Charles Penrose |
356 |
237 238 |
There's Life In The Old Dog Yet The Laughing Jazz Drummer |
Charles Penrose (with piano accmp) |
357 |
235 236 |
Laughing P.C. Brown Silly Old Billy |
Charles Penrose |
358 |
239 240 |
The Three Little Kittnes There Was A Crooken Man |
Nursery Rhyme |
359 |
241 242 |
Sing A Song Of Sixpence Mary Had a Little Lamb |
Nursery Rhyme (= Uncle Stan & Clown Argo) |
360 |
243 244 |
Simple Simon "A" Was An Archer |
Nursery Rhyme (= Uncle Stan & Clown Argo) |
361 |
245 246 |
Three Nursery Rhymes Little Bo Peep |
Nursery Rhyme (= Uncle Stan & Clown Argo) |
362 | |||
363 |
249 250 |
Cock-A-Doodle Doo There Was a Crooked Man, Dickory Dickory Dock, etc |
Nursery Rhyme |
364 |
251 252 |
Hey Diddle Diddle Old Mother Goose |
Nursery Rhyme |
365 |
253 254 |
Once There Lived A Little Man Try Again and Ding Dong Bell |
Nursery Rhyme |
366 | |||
367 |
257 258 |
The Spider And The Fly, part 1 The Spider And The Fly, part 2 |
Nursery Rhyme |
368 | |||
369 | |||
370 |
Now the Vocalion one. Later (6") Fairy
records from Vocalion are just reissues of Little Marvel records with the same
catalogue numbers (q.v.) Any of this style which don't have the F-series
catalogue number will be found listed on the "Little
Marvel" page.
Cat No | Matrix | Title | Artists | Notes |
F-20 |
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F-28 |
C-5123 C-5178 |
The Farmer In The Dell Rose, Thistle & Shamrock Patrol |
song (with piano accmp) Band |
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