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Lyricphone

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British Dance Bands

A very scarce label dating from early in World War I, manufactured in England for Export to New Zealand. The records were sold for 3/6.
The source for the recordings seems to be Beka-Lindström, so they were quite likely made at Lindström's factory in Hertford, England.

From research undertaken by Adam Miller, Lyricphone records were sold in New Zealand by Charles Begg & Co. a prominent music store around the time of WWI.
The records may have been available from late 1914, but probably only briefly. In fact, the first batch seem to be all patroitic material. The main business seems to have been gramophones, for which Begg & Co manufactured the cabinets.
Adam has supplied me with two adverts for the records, one of which states that there are 250 (presumably different) records, which implies there are many many more to find details of ! However, I would take such statements with a large pinch of salt.

Thanks to Adam Miller for the label scan.

This is a listing in progess, as usual. Please e-mail me if you can help me with this one.
The following have helped : Norman Field, Paul Kilmartin, Adam Miller, Bruce Petrie

Cat No	Matrix	Title	Labelled Artists	Original issue
L-500	35605 35606	La Marseillaise Triple Entente Anthems	Empire Military Band with vocal effects	Beka 887
L-501	35611 35613	Sons Of The Sea Tommy Atkins	Robert English (baritone) (= Robert Howe)	Beka 888
L-502	35612 35615	Red, White And Blue Soldiers Of The King	Robert English (baritone) (= Robert Howe)	Beka 889
L-503	35626 ? 35628 ?	Rule Britannia / God Save The King Russian National Anthem / La Marseillaise	Empire Military Band	Jumbo 1208 ?
L-504		Hearts Of Oak Boys Of The Old Brigade	[Military band with vocal] Robert English (baritone) (= Robert Howe)
L-505	35616 35618	Your King And Country Need You [number also noted: 2672] For Empire And England	Robert English (baritone) (= Robert Howe)	Beka 891
L-506
L-507	41533 41857	God Save The King Rule Britannia	Empire Military Band with vocal chorus & effects	Beka 640
L-508	a 35166 b 35409	Bombardier Hullo There, Little Tommy Atkins	Robert English (baritone) (= Robert Howe) Victor Conway (baritone) (= George Baker)	Beka 743 Beka 820
L-509	35522 41979 ?	British Imperial Chimes Overture 1812 (Tchaikovsky)	Empire Military Band	Beka 870 Beka 680
L-510
L-511
L-512
L-513
L-514	a b	Bravo Territorials An Englishman's Home	Harry Thornton (baritone)
L-515
L-516
L-517
L-518
L-519	a 35642 b 35665	The Girl I Left Behind Me Men Of Harlech	Robert English (baritone) (= Robert Howe) Victor Conway (baritone) (= George Baker)	Jumbo 1227 Scala 613
L-520
L-521	40983 40984	The Islander March Erin's Pride	Max Witte (xylophone) (= Billy Whitlock)	Beka 364
L-522
L-523
L-524
L-525	a b 35696/7	The Last Zeppelin In The Trenches	(Billy) Whitlock & Party (descriptive)	Beka Beka 921
L-526
L-527	35842 35863	A Little Love, A Little Kiss She Is Far From The Land	Victor Conway (baritone) (= George Baker)	Beka 965
L-528
L-529
L-530
L-531
L-532
L-533
L-534
L-535
L-536
L-537	35854 35884	Till The Boys Come Home (Ivor Novello) Some Hearts Will Be Joyful (Herbert Rule)	Stanley Kirkby	Beka 956 Beka 974
L-538
L-539
L-540