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Melba records were made by the Metropole Gramophone Co using matrices also available on Metropole and/or Piccadilly. The reason for the label's existence is not yet known and the very plain label gives no clues. The catalogue numbers are in an 1000- series running from 1001 to 1060 (believed to be the highest issued).

What is immediately obvious, from lookinjg at the available issues, is that the Melba records mix up old and new Piccadilly masters, implying that they were all probably issued in about 1931 or even later.

My thanks to Charles Hippisley-Cox for the label scan.

I don't have any of these myself, so need all the help I can get! Mike Langridge has provided me with a lot of new information for this label.

Please e-mail me if you have any additions or corrections to this page.
My thanks to the following for their help: Peter Andrews, John Culley, Bill Dean-Myatt, Keith Hubbard, Alexandros Kozak, Mike Langridge, John Norman

Page last updated on: October 03, 2024

Cat No Matrix No. Title Artist  Orig issue
1000 1791-2 Moonlight On Ther Alster New Symphony Orchestra (= Viennese Orchestra) Piccadilly 273
1000 (3294) 3720-C Silent Night, Holy Night C.L. Palmer (organ, at The Tivoli) (= C.A. Parmentier) Piccadilly 445
1001        
1001
1002        
1002
1003        
1003        
1004        
1004        
1005 2024 Obertass Mazurka, Op.19 (Wieniawski) Lloyd Carter (violin, with piano accmp) (= Julius Kantrovitch) Metropole 1165
1005 2025 Czardas (Monti) Lloyd Carter (violin, with piano accmp) (= Julius Kantrovitch) Metropole 1165
1006 1185 Tomi Tomi South Sea Hawaiian Band (= Kio Valencia's Guitar Band) Piccadilly 115
1006 1187 On The Beach At Waikiki South Sea Hawaiian Band (= Kio Valencia's Guitar Band) Piccadilly 115
1007 M-80 Poupee Valsante Scala Orchestra (= Elite Orchestra) Metropole 1018
1007 1387-3 Marine March The Accordionists (= Gellin & Borgstrom) Piccadilly 156
1008 3761 Rustle Of Spring (Sinding) Serge Kalnoff (piano) (= Winifred Rowley) Piccadilly 591
1008 4004-2 Rondo Capriccoso (Mendelssohn)             Serge Kalnoff (piano) (= Winifred Rowley) Piccadilly 652
1009 4003 Presto Agitato Serge Kalnoff (piano) (= Winifred Rowley Piccadilly 652
1009 4176 Wine, Women And Somg New Symphony Orchestra (= Schomberg's Viennese Orchestra) Piccadilly 721
1010 2076 Thais - Meditation Lewis Rubinstein (violin) (= Louis Godowsky) Pccadilly 358
1010 3731 Prelude in C# Minor (Rachmaninoff) Serge Kalnoff (piano) (= Winifred Rowley) Piccadilly 607
1011 3762-2 First Waltz (Durand) Serge Kalnoff (piano) (= Winifred Rowley) Piccadilly 591
1011 4163 Minuet In D Major Louis Rubenstein (violin) (= Frank Cantell) Piccadilly 744
1012 4178-2 Voices Of Spring, waltz New Symphony Orchestra (= Schomberg's Viennese Orchestra) Piccadilly 724
1012 4179-2 Morgenblatter, waltz New Symphony Orchestra (= Schomberg's Viennese Orchestra) Piccadilly 724
1013        
1013        
1014        
1014        
1015 3868-2 Ruy Blas, overture, part 1 (Mendelssohn) The Welsh Symphony Orchestra (= Athenaeum Symphony Orchestra, dir Fred Adlington) Piccadilly 5085
1015 3869 Ruy Blas, overture, part 2 (Mendelssohn) The Welsh Symphony Orchestra (= Athenaeum Symphony Orchestra, dir Fred Adlington) Piccadilly 5085
1016 3589 (3937-A) La Paloma American Hawaiian Guitar Band (= Koloa Guitar Band) Piccadilly 593
1016 3664-2 Lorentina Waltz Two Accordionists (= Macari Brothers) Piccadilly 592
1017 (3390) 3719-C My Old Fashioned Home C.L.Palmer (Tivoli organ) (= C.A. Parmentier) Piccadilly 473
1017 (3858) 3923-B Moonlight, Night And You C.L.Palmer (Tivoli organ) (= C.A. Parmentier) Piccadilly 534
1018 3266 Russian Folksong And Dance The Salvati Orchestra (= The Neva Balalaika Players) Piccadilly 5004
1018 3269 Spanish Dance The Salvati Orchestra (= The Neva Balalaika Players) Piccadilly 5004
1019 1482 Finlandia, part 1 (Sibelius) New Symphony Orchestra (= Athenaeum Symphony Orchestra (directed by Fred Adlington)) Piccadilly 5002
1019 1819-2 Finlandia, part 2 (Sibelius) New Symphony Orchestra (= Athenaeum Symphony Orchestra (directed by Fred Adlington)) Piccadilly 5002
1020 1820 Peer Gynt Suite, No. 1 - Morning (Grieg) Salon Light Orchestra (= Athenaeum Symphony Orchestra (directed by Fred Adlington)) Piccadilly 279
1020 1821 Peer Gynt Suite, No. 4 - In The Hall Of The Mountain King (Grieg) Salon Light Orchestra (= Athenaeum Symphony Orchestra (directed by Fred Adlington)) Piccadilly 279
1021 1745 Amoretten Tanze, waltz (Gungl) Salon Orchestra (= Jack Leon & his Band) Piccadilly 305
1021 1761-2 Pizzicato, from Sylvia (Delibes) New Symphony Orchestra (= Viennese Orchestra) Piccadilly 377
1022 3411 (3647-B) Old-Time Jigs And Reels, selection Bertini Three (= The Grafton Trio) Piccadilly 474
1022 3412 (2716-A) Turkey In The Straw Bertini Three (= The Grafton Trio) Piccadilly 474
1023 3212 Dreams On The Ocean White Star Band (= Simon Wurm's New York Radio Band) Piccadilly 483
1023 3213 Casino Tanze White Star Band (= Simon Wurm's New York Radio Band) Piccadilly 483
1024 1439-2 Heijre Kate Lloyd Carter (violin) (= Peggy Cochrane) Piccadilly 5064
1024 M-29 Ave Maria (Bach, Gounod) Cyril Denton's Trio (= Samehtini Trio) Piccadilly 151
1025 1746 Rosenkavalier Waltz Berlin Symphony Orchestra (= Jack Leon's Symphonic Orch.) Piccadilly 305
1025 3791-2 Valse Caprice Alfred Saunders' Octet (= Athenaeum Octette) Piccadilly 5063
1026 M-1203-2 Serenade (Schubert) Hotel Majestic Orchestra (= Leonardo Kemp & his Piccadilly Hotel Orch.) Piccadilly 5099
1026 1406-2 Raymond Overture Newport Brass Band (= Metropolitan Police Band) Piccadilly 375
1027 1160-3 Liebestraume Nocturne (Liszt) Orchestra de Paris (= George Haeck & his Orch) Piccadilly 113
1027 1200-3 I Love Thee (Grieg) Hotel Majestic Orchestra (= Leonardo Kemp & his Piccadilly Hotel Orch.) Piccadilly 223
1028        
1028        
1029 1497 Wiegenlied (Zika) The Lido String Quartet (= The Zika String Quartet) Metropole 1123
1029 1499 Humoreske (Dvorak) The Lido String Quartet (= The Zika String Quartet) Metropole 1123
1030 1601 Minuetto (Quartet in F, Op. posth) New Symphony String Quartet (Kolosch, Khumer, Lehner, Heifetz) Metropole 1135
1030 1690-2 Scherzo (Quartet in D minor) New Symphony String Quartet (Kolosch, Khumer, Lehner, Heifetz) Metropole 1135
1031        
1031        
1032        
1032        
1033        
1033        
1034 1389 Blue Danube, waltz The Accordionists (= Gellin & Borgstrom) Piccadilly 592
1034 3666-3 Overture Trieste The Accordionists (= Macari Brothers) Piccadilly 592
1035 1525-3 Le Cygne Lewis Rubenstein (violin) (= Samehtini ('cello)) Metropole 1208
1035 2078-2 Valse Bluette Lewis Rubenstein (violin) (= Louis Godowsky) Metropole 1207
1036        
1036        
1037 1885 Die Fledermaus, part 1 (Johann Strauss, jr) New Symphony Orchestra (= Viennese Orchestra) Piccadilly 320
1037 1886 Die Fledermaus, part 2 (Johann Strauss, jr) New Symphony Orchestra (= Viennese Orchestra) Piccadilly 320
1038        
1038        
1039 1540-2 O Star Of Eve Jay Johnson (baritone) (= Frederick Ranalow) Piccadilly 5044
1039 1541-2 Mephistopheles' Serenade Jay Johnson (baritone) (= Frederick Ranalow) Piccadilly 5044
1040        
1040        
1041 1987 Les Millions D'Arlequin Sereande (in French) Arthur Romano (baritone) (= Nicolas Amato) Piccadilly 361
1041 1988 O Sole Mio (n Italian) Romeo Lazi (baritone) (= Nicolas Amato) Piccadilly 361
1042 1914 Spring Song "Die Walkure" (Wagner) John Coates (tenor) (= Eric Enderlein) Piccadilly 5020
1042 1915 Forging Song "Siegfried" (Wagner) John Coates (tenor) (= Eric Enderlein) Piccadilly 5020
1043        
1043        
1044 1612 Song Of The Toreafor "Carmen" (Bizet) John Phillips (baritone) (= Bernard Dudley) Piccadilly 259
1044 2003-2 I'm A Roamer "Son And Stranger" Ronald Mentmore (Bass) (= Joseph Farrington) Metropole 1228
1045 1308 Piper O' Dundee Arnold Mentmore (bass) (= Tom Kinniburgh) Piccadilly 175
1045 1313 Kirkconnel Lea Arnold Mentmore (bass) (= Tom Kinniburgh) Piccadilly 174
1046        
1046        
1047 3679 (3956-A) Climbing Up The Golden Stairs Leslie Grey (= Frank Luther) Piccadilly 552
1047 3680 (3955-A) O Dem Golden Slippers Leslie Grey (= Frank Luther) Piccadilly 552
1048 4366 Thank You Most Sincerely The Waldorfians (dir. Howard Godfrey) Piccadilly 781
1048     Steve Haddon's Bohemians (= Allan Selby & his Band) ?
1049 4117 (4109-A) Bye Bye Blues Tivoli Dance Orchestra (= Grey Gull Studio Band) Piccadilly 694
1049 4132 Old New England Moon (waltz) Tivoli Dance Orchestra (= Jock McDermott's Orch) Piccadilly 707
1050 4133 Sweet Jennie Lee Tivoli Dance Orchestra (= Jock McDernott's Orch.) Piccadilly 702
1050 4147 Down The River Of Golden Dreams (wz) Cosmopolitan Syncopators (= Jock McDermott's Orch.) Piccadilly 702
1051 4144 Beyond The Blue Horizon Times Square Syncopators (= Jock McDermott's Orch) Piccadilly 710
1051 4194 Okay, Baby Times Square Syncopators (= Jock McDermott's Orch) Piccadilly 719
1052        
1052        
1053 5134 Oh, Donna Clara Percy Grant and his Band (= Jock McDermott's New Carlton Players) Piccadilly 677
1053 5135 Let's Have a Sing-Song Jack Hay's Scala Dance Band (= Jock McDermott's New Carlton Players) Piccadilly 678
1054        
1054        
1055 4034 Don't Tell Her What's Happened To Me Jerry Ryan's Plaza Band (= Jock McDermott's New Carlton Players) Piccadilly 681
1055 4072 With My Guitar And You Jerry Ryan's Plaza Band (= Jock McDermott's New Carlton Players) Piccadilly 682
1056 3956 Cupid On The Cake Jerry Ryan's Plaza Band (= Jock McDermott's New Carlton Players) Piccadilly 665
1056 3959 Soldier On The Shelf Jerry Ryan's Plaza Band (= Jock McDermott's New Carlton Players) Piccadilly 665
1057        
1057        
1058 3819 Dust Jerome Joy & his Boys (= Jack Leon's Band) Piccadilly 618
1058 3906 Dreamy Carolina (waltz) Tivoli Dance Orchetra (= Jock McDernott's Orch.) Piccadilly 639
1059        
1059        
1060 3822-2 Blue Pacific Moonlight (waltz) Jerome Joy & his Band (= Jack Leon's Dance Band) Piccadilly 617
1060 3825-1 Falling In Love Again (waltz) Jerome Joy & his Band (= Jack Leon's Dance Band) Piccadilly 617