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This was a pre-Great War label which was sold on the tally-man system (see "John Bull"). The masters came from various companies including Nicole and Bel Canto (UK) and American Record Company (ARC) and Star (US) and included the usual popular fare of the period such as Billy Williams and Collins and Harlan.

The records were all British made by the Disc Record Company.

The catalogue (or serial) numbers ran from 1 upwards, but there were different ranges for different types of material.  From the listing below, I gather the series are as follows:

1-        Band & Orchestra
200-   Instrumental solos
300-   Ballads
600-   Comedy and light vocal

 

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 Frank Andrews & the late Arthur Badrock in providing most of the information for this page.

Thanks also to: Mike Atkins, Paul Cleary, Bill Dean-Myatt, Norman Field, Graham Farnell, Chris MacDonald, John Norman, Richard Prout

Page last updated on: January 11, 2024

Cat No Matrix Title Labelled Artists Notes
special 1 C 5371 The Mysterious Rag Concert Band Star?   (c/w 12)
2        
3 40835
031412
The Druid's Prayer, waltz (Davson)
Alice Blue, waltz
Band Of The Garde Republicaine (= Beka London Orchestra)
Royal Marine Band (Reg. Band of The Republic)
Beka 315:
ARC:
4 40835
031412
Druids' Prayer (waltz)
Alice Blue, waltz
Band Of The Garde Republicaine
Royal Marine Band
Beka
ARC
5        
6        
7 031167
031307
International Polka
Cocoa Nut Dance
Royal Marine Band ARC
8 031233
031418
Beauties Of Erin
"Minnehaha"
Royal Marine band ARC
9        
10        
11        
12 41020 Chocolate Soldier Selection, part 1 Royal Military Band Beka (c/w special 1)
13        
14        
15 40719
40720
Harry Lauder's Memories, part 1
Harry Lauder's Memories, part 2
Royal Military Band Beka
16        
17        
18        
19        
20        
         
28 031265
031309
Silver Heels (N. Moret)
Selection from "Ernani" (Verdi)
Star Orchestra (= American Symphony Orchestra)
Star Orchestra (= Regimental Band of the Republic)
ARC
29        
30        
31        
32 5367
031230
Feather Queen, intermezzo (Mabel McKinley)
The Chirpers, intermezzo (Chas. Frank)
Star Orchestra
Star Orchestra (=  American Symphony Orchestra)
Star
ARC
         
200 5371
031434
St. Louis Tickle (Barney; Seymour)
Bill Simmons
(Spink)
Vess L. Ossman (banjo) Star
ARC
201 030810
030814
St Louis Ragtime
Any Rags? (T.S. Allen)
Vess L. Ossman (banjo) ARC
202 031254
031277
Medley: Bright Eyes; My Irish Molly-O (Schwartz)
A Gay Gossoon (Kendall)
Vess L. Ossman (banjo) ARC
203 5372
030812
Sunflower Dance
Hurrah Boys
Vess L. Ossman (banjo) Star
ARC
204 41153
41155
The Shamrock (selection of Irish melodies)
Selection of Sea Songs
Steve Bartle (concertina) Beka
205        
206 031224
031263
The Birds Of Armenon
The Birds And The Brook
Joe Belmont (whistling) ARC
         
300        
301        
302        
303        
304 40659
031292
Sweet Adeline
Pretty Desdemone
Frank Dobson
Arthur Collins
Beka
ARC
305 40364 Yes, Let Me Like A Soldier Fall Robert Cunningham (= Bernard Turner) Beka
306 5380
031295
Love's Old Sweet Song (Molloy)
In Dear Old Georgia (Williams, von Tilzer)
Charles Gordon (tenor)
Charles Gordon (tenor) (= Albert Campbell)
Star?
ARC
307 030852
031385
Farewell, Nellie Mine
In The Evening By The Moonlight, Dear Louise
Byron G. Harlan (tenor) ARC
308        
309        
310        
311 031059
031273
When The Bees Are In The Hive
You Don't seem Like The Girl I Used To Know
Byron G. Harlan (tenor) ARC
312        
         
320 40460 Thora (Weatherley; Adams) Philip Ritte (tenor) Beka 116 (c/w 336)
321        
322        
323        
324 031127
031267
What A Friend We Have In Jesus (hymn)
When I Survey The Wondrous Cross
Frank C. Stanley (bass baritone) ARC
325        
326        
327 40519
40712
The Land Where the Angels Are
True Till Death
Harry Thornton (baritone) Beka 158
Beka 273
328        
329 5331
40522
Red Wing (Kerry Mills)
'Tis A Faded Picture
Harry Thornton (baritone) Bel Canto 5331
Beka 160
330        
331        
332        
333        
334   Sleep And Forget G. Wigley ? (c/w 613)
335        
336 013241 Just Idle Dreams G.B. Watson (baritone) ARC. (c/w 320)
337        
338        
338        
340 031183
031328
On The Banks Of The Wabash (Paul Dresser)
Calvary
Byron G. Harlan (tenor)
Trinity Church Choir (= Stanley & Burr, with chorus)
ARC
ARC
         
600        
601        
602        
603 40120 (5216)
40911
Love Is A Seidlitz Powder
Oh, Joe! I Want To Go To The Picture Show
Harry Bluff (comedian) Beka/Bel Canto
Beka 344
604        
605 5326
5328
By The Sea
All Keep Out Of The Park
George Evans (comedian)
Billy Williams (comedian) (= Harry Bluff)
Bal Canto 5326
Bel Canto 5328
606 40407
40408
You're Number's Up
I Am Wait, Wait, Waiting
Pete Brown (= Will Terry) Beka
607 5326
40827
Captain Gingah (Fred W. Leigh)
Anywhere Is Alright When You're Doing Well
Pete Brown (comedian) (= Charles Denton)
Pete Brown (comedian) (= Will Terry)
Bel Canto 5326
Beka 322
608        
609        
610 H-24
41059
Let's Have A Basin Of Soup
Ginger, You're Balmy !
Harry Champion (comedian) John Bull H.24
Beka 400
611 40825 (0825)
41048 (0048)
I Wish I Lived Next Door To You
Queen Of The Cannibal Isle
Jack Charman (comedian) Beka 322
Beka 414
612        
613 H-27 Come With Me Down Regent Street Jack Charman (comedian) Beka. (c/w 334)
614 12394
41120
Silver Bell
We All Go The Same Way Home
Jack Charman (comedian)
Harry Champion (comedian) (= Jack Charman)
Beka 227
Beka
615        
616        
617 5327
40710
Follow The Tramlines
Tax The Bachelors
Jack Charman (comedian)  
618        
619        
620        
621 031219
 
Everybody Works But Father (Havez)
Shy Anne
Arthur Collins (baritone) both ARC
622        
623        
624        
625 1251
H-28
Alice, Where Art Thou Going?
Little Black Cupid In The Moon
G.W. Johnson
G.W. Johnson (= Jack Charman)
 
626        
627 40426 She Is Ma Daisy Kenneth McKenzie Beka
628        
629 1252 45 Minutes From Broadway Pete Rastas (comic)  
630        
631        
632        
633 40820
40822
Billy Whitlock's Aeroplane
Billy Whitlock's Wedding
Billy Whitlock (comedian) Beka 313
634 031343
B-7-B/1947-t
What's The Use Of Knocking When A Man's Down?
The Old Grey Coat
Arthur Collins (baritone)
Billy Williams (comedian)
ARC
Favorite
635 031289
B-7-A/1946-t
I Want What I Want When I Want It
I Must Go Home To-Night
Billy Bunt (baritone) (= Howard Blackburn)
Billy Williams (comedian)
ARC:
Favorite
636        
637        
638
1420
Take A Car
Susan Kiss Me Good And Hard
Collins and Harlan (vocal duo)  
639 5378
031199
Yimminy Yee
Making Eyes
Collins and Harlan (vocal duo) Star
ARC
640 5377
031271
Camp Meeting Time
In Timbuctoo
Collins and Harlan (vocal duo) Star
ARC
641 031030
41046
Dixie
The Belle Of The Barber's Ball
Collins and Harlan (vocal duo)
Rastus Brown & Liza (=  Nancy & Jack Charman)
ARC
Beka 401
642 031302
031429
Mrs. Hiram Offen Engaging A Servant
The Golden Wedding
Ada Jones & Len Spencer ARC
ARC
643 5376
031132
Would You Leave Your Happy Home For Me?
Schneider! Does Your Mother Know You're Out?
Ada Jones & Len Spencer Star
ARC
644        
645        
646 5377
031271
     
647 030878
030882
Two Countrymen In A Restaurant
Two Countrymen In A Tavern
Len Spencer's Combination (= Harlan & Stanley) ARC
648 030883
031138
A Scene In A Country Blacksmith's Shop
Daybreak At Calamity Farm
Len Spencer's Combination (= Harlan & Stanley)
Len Spencer's Combination (= Stanley & Holt)
ARC
ARC
649        
650        
651        
652 030501
031245
Turkey In The Straw
Nigger Loves His Possum
Billy Golden (negro shouter)
Orepheus Quartette (sic) (= Collins & Harlan)
ARC
ARC
653        
654        
655        
656        
657        
658        
659        
660        
661        
662        
663   O, You Beautiful Doll [sic]
Grizzly Bear Ragtime [sic]
Cassidy & Moran (with orch accmp) (= Jack Charman & ?Harry Cove)
Sam Cassidy (with orch accmp) (= Jack Charman)
Dacapo 402 ?
Dacapo 404 ?
664        
665        
666        
667 13939-o
13930-o
I'm Going Back To Dixie
He Played On His Fiddle-Dee-Dee
Harry Cove & Gene Summers (= Harry Cove & Jack Charman)
Harry Cove & Gene Summers (= unidentified solo voice)
Favorite 532
Favorite ?
668        
669        
670