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These were produced by Crystalate for Curwen's, the music publishing company, from 1917 to 1919. The masters were from Guardsman. They initially cost 2/-, rising to 2/6 in the autumn of 1918. The catalogue nubers ran from 101 up to about 276 (the highest found to date).

The initial release was intended to be labelled CORONET, but this was challenged by Pathe Freres, as it was a Pathe registered name. I am led to believe that all CORONET records were recalled and destroyed, but in reality they may never have been manufactured. Or were they, and will one eventually turn up?

Mike Langridge tells me the only known adverts for this label are from November 1917 and September 1918
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Please e-mail me if you can help me fill in the gaps in any of these series.

My thanks to Frank Andrews in providing most of the information to start this page. Mike Langridge also provided me with a huge amount of detail in December 2020.

Thanks Also to: Mike Atkins, Richard Bloomfield, Paul Cleary, Bill Dean-Myatt, Graham Farnell, Norman Field

Page last updated on: June 28, 2022

Cat No Matrix Title Artists Notes
101 773-x
774-x
Morning, Noon And Night, overture part 1 (Suppe)
Morning, Noon And Night, overture part 2 (Suppe)
Guards Band (= Hon. Artillery  Co. Band) Guardsman 628
102   Poet And Peasant Overture, part 1 (Suppe)
Poet And Peasant Overture, part 2 (Suppe)
Irish Guards Band Guardsman 235
103 750-x
751-x
Raymond Overture, part 1 (Thomas)
Raymond Overture, part 2 (Thomas)
Neptune Military Band (= Guardsman Military Band) Guardsman 589
104 752-x
753-x
The Gondoliers, selection, part 1 (Sullivan)
The Gondoliers, selection, part 2 (Sullivan)
Neptune Military Band (= Guardsman Military Band) Guardsman 572
105 748-x
749-x
Patience, selection part 1 (Sullivan)
Patience, selection part 2 (Sullivan)
Neptune Military Band (= Guardsman Military Band) Guardsman 590
106 747-x
.
The Derby Boys, march
The Great Little Army
Neptune Military Band (= Guardsman Military Band)
Hon. Artillery Co. Band
Guardsman 591
Guardsman 629
107 722-x
744-x
Entente Cordiale (Altier)
The King's Guard, march
Band of The Honourable Artillery Company
Neptune Military Band (= Guardsman Military Band)
Guardsman 629 Guardsman 573
108 890-x
892-x
Our Invincible Navy
Empire Commandery
Band of The Honourable Artillery Company Guardsman 680
Guardsman 681
109 507-x
.
King Cotton March
Stars And Stripes March
Neptune Military Band (= Guardsman Military Band)
Irish Guards Band
Guardsman 504
Guardsman 236
110 14442
20305
La Marseillaise
Light Of Foot
Neptune Military Band (= Guardsman Military Band) Guardsman 412
Guardsman 396
111 178-x
14527
The Voice Of The Bells
Bells Of St. Patrick
H.M. Irish Guards Band Guardsman 300
Guardsman 183
112 14528
14538 / 20204
Bells Of St Malo
Wee MacGregor Highland Patrol
H.M. Irish Guards Band Guardsman 183
Guardsman 239
113 1054-x
.
Post Horn Galop
Shandon Bells
The Guards Band (= Band of H.M. Scots Guards) Guardsman 746
.
114 1068-x
.
Sussex By The Sea, march
The Long, Long Trail, march
The Guards Band (= Band of H.M. Scots Guards) Guardsman 724
Guardsman 685
115 871-x
950-x
March Lorraine
Le Pere La Victoire, march
The Guards Band (= Band of H.M. Scots Guards) Guardsman 680
Guardsman 686
116 1055-x
1056-x
Dances From "Henry VIII": Morris Dance (German)
Dances From "Henry VIII":Torch Dance & Shepherd Dance (German)
The Guards Band (= Band of H.M. Scots Guards) Guardsman 704
117 1015-x
1016-x
Peer Gynt Suite - Morning (Grieg)
Peer Gynt Suite - The Death Of Ase (Grieg)
The Guards Band (= Band of H.M. Scots Guards) Guardsman 705
118 1016-x
1017-x
Peer Gynt Suite - Dance Of The Gnomes (Grieg)
Peer Gynt Suite - Anitra's Dance (Grieg)
The Guards Band (= Band of H.M. Scots Guards) Guardsman 706
119 945-x
946-x
William Tell Overture, part 1: Dawn (Rossini)
William Tell Overture, part 2: The Storm (Rossini)
The Guards Band (= Band of H.M. Scots Guards) Guardsman 682
120 943-x
944-x
William Tell Overture, part 3: The Calm  (Rossini)
William Tell Overture, part 4: Fianle (Rossini)
The Guards Band (= Band of H.M. Scots Guards) Guardsman 683
121 1066
1067
Selection Of American Airs, part 1
Selection Of American Airs, part 2
Band of H.M. Scots Guards Guardsman 723
122 1070-x
1071-x
Scottish Reels And Strathspeys - Part 1 (Traditional)
Scottish Reels And Strathspeys - Part 2 (Traditional)
Band of H. M. Scots Guards Guardsman 745
122 743-x
754-x
Colonel Bogey, march
The Grenadiers, march
Neptune Military Band (= Guardsman Military Band) Guardsman 573
Guardsman 591
  Note: Confirmation of which of the above is correct, from an actual copy of 122, please!
123 225
.
Grand March from Tannhauser (Wagner)
Selection from Rienzi (Wagner)
Neptune Military Band (= Imperial Military Band)
Neptune Military Band (= Guardsman Military Band)
Guardsman 327
Guardsman 365
124 222
226
1812 Overture (Tchaikovsky)
Pomp And Circumstance (Elgar)
Neptune Military Band (= Imperial Military Band) Guardsman 324
Guardsman 327
125 246
249
Entry Of The Gladiators, march
Blaze Away, march
Neptune Military Band (= Imperial Military Band)
Neptune Military Band (= Guardsman Military Band)
Guardsman 340
Guardsman 406
126 345
346
Selection Of English Airs
Selection Of Scottish Airs
Neptune Military Band (= Imperial Military Band) Guardsman 397
Guardsman 398
127 347
348
Selection Of Irish Airs
Selection Of Welsh Airs
Neptune Military Band (= Imperial Military Band) Guardsman 397
Guardsman 398
128 219
221
The Bohemian Girl, selection (Balfe)
Maritana, selection (Wallace)
Neptune Military Band (= Imperial Military Band) Guardsman 323
Guardsman 324
129 320-x
497-x
Un Peu D'Amour
Over The Waves, waltz
Neptune Orchestra (= Mozart Symphony Orchestra)
Neptune Orchestra (= Guardsman Orchestra)
Guardsman 521
Guardsman 479
130 .
950
Barcarolle, Tales Of Hoffmann (Offenbach)
A Thousand Kisses, waltz (Joyce)
Neptune Orchestra (= Blue Bohemian Orchestra) Guardsman 366
Guardsman 391
131 311
963
Amoureuse, waltz
For Ever, waltz (Waldteufel)
Neptune Orchestra (= Guardsman String Orchestra)
Neptune Orchestra (= Blue Bohemian Orchestra)
Guardsman 446
Guardsman 391
132 926
978
Fascination, Waltz
Choristers' Waltz
Neptune Orchestra (= Guardsman String Orchestra)
Neptune Orchestra (= Blue Bohemian Orchestra)
Guardsman 446
Guardsman 366
133 1058-x
1062-x
La Paloma
Remembrance, waltz
Neptune Orchestra (= Hon. Artillery Co.'s Dance Orchestra) Guardsman 755
Huardsman 748
134 1057-x
1061-x
Royal Boston, waltz
Tesoro Mio, waltz
Neptune Orchestra (= Hon. Artillery Co.'s Dance Orchestra) Guardsman 725
Guardsman 748
135 260-x
319-x
"Joy Ride Lady" - waltz (J. Gilbert)
Destiny waltz (S. Baynes)
Neptune Orchestra (= Ison's Symphony Orch)
Neptune Orchestra (= Mozart Symphony Orch)
Guardsman 355
Guardsman 379
136 803-x
.
Slumber Song
Tender Appeal
Neptune Orchestra (= National Citizen Orchestra) Guardsman 689
Guardsman 688
137 1063-x
1064-x
Casino Tanze
Hearts And Flowers
Neptune Orchestra (= Hon. Artillery Co.'s Dance Orchestra) Guardsman 715
Guardsman 727
138 979-x
980-x
Ballet Egyptien, part 1 (Luigini)
Ballet Egyptien, part 2 (Luigini)
Commodore Orchestra (= Arcadian Symphony Orchestra) Guardsman 707
139 981-x
982-x
Ballet Egyptien, part 3 (Luigini)
Ballet Egyptien, part 4 (Luigini)
Commodore Orchestra (= Arcadian Symphony Orchestra) Guardsman 708
140 500-x
1027-x
Humoreske
Souvenir
Claude Vernier (violin) (= Frederick Grey)
Claude Vernier (violin) (= James Levey)
Guardsman 486
Guardsman 729
141 992-x
994-x
Canzonetta (Romantique Concerto)
Serenade
Claude Vernier (violin) (= James Levey) Guardsman 710
Guardsman 729
142 14414
.
Ave Maria
The Rosary
M. Louis ('cello) (= ?)
M. Louis ('cello) (= Lionel H. Crosse)
Guardsman 194
Guardsman 711
143 446-x
705-x
Home To Our Mountains
Miserere from Il Trovatore (Verdi)
Violin, Flute and Harp Trio Guardsman 459
Guardsman 692
144 449-x
703-x
Dream Thoughts (E.R. Moss)
Love In Idleness (MacBeth)
Violin, Flute and Harp Trio Guardsman 483
Guardsman 592
145        
146        
147 728-x
14409
On The Lake
Sleigh Bells
William Edwards (xylophone) (= Billy Whitlock)
William Edwards (bells) (= Billy Whitlock)
Guardsman 575
Guardsman 207
148        
149 645-x
725-x
Scherzo Sylvia
Sambo's Glide
Harry Ferndale (piccolo) (= W.G. Walker)
William Edwards (xylophone) (= Billy Whitlock)
Guardsman 557
.
150        
151        
152        
153        
154        
155        
156 639-x
699-x
Heart's Ease
Somewhere A Voice Is Calling
Freda Wilson (contralto) (= Helen Lindsay)
Freda Wilson (contralto) (= Ethel Toms)
Guardsman 663
Guardsman 667
157        
158 643-x
700-x
Coming Home (Willerby)
In An Old-Fashioned Town (Squire)
Freda Wilson (contralto) (= Helen Lindsay)
Freda Wilson (contralto) (= Julia Ross)
Guardsman 663
Guardsman 576
159        
160 263
270
The Lost Chord
Home, Sweet Home
Marie Courville (= Mary Williams) Guardsman 356
Guardsman 367
161        
162 267
269
Genevieve
Kathleen Mavourneen
Muriel Hughes (contralto) (= Mary Williams) Guardsman 360
Guardsman 346
163        
164 1096-x
1099-x
Roses (Adams)
Sincerity (Clarke)
Edwin Chandos (tenor) (= Leonard Lovesey) Guardsman 713
Guardsman 741
165 1007-x (1097 ?)
1098-x
The Garden Of Your Heart
Macushla
Edwin Chandos (tenor) (= Leonard Lovesey) Guardsman 713
Guardsman 741
166        
167   In Other Words
I Stopped, I Looked, I Listened
Freddy Fish (comic) (= Vernon Royce) Guardsman 640
168 735-X
736-X
Love's Garden Of Roses
A Perfect Day
Edwin Le Clare (tenor) (= Dan Jones)
Stanley Reeves (baritone) (= Robert Carr)
Guardsman 593
Guardsman 576
169        
170        
171        
172 732-x
733-x
Chuckles
I Had To Laugh At Once
Billy Whitlock (laughing comedian) Guardsman 583
173 545-x
697-x
A Farewell
The Rosary
Elvin James (tenor) (= Leonard Lovesey)
Madame Forbes Smith (contralto) (= Julia Ross)
Guardsman 522
Guardsman 654
174        
175        
176        
177 897-x
898-x
Concert In Billets At The Front, part 1
Concert In Billets At The Front, part 1
[Sketch Company] Guardsman 622
178        
179 905-x
907-x
Sussex By The Sea (Higgs)
Laddie In Khaki (Novello)
Howard Phillips (baritone) (= Robert Howe) Guardsman 632
Guardsman 638
180        
181 20165
20167
Abide With Me
Lead Kindly Light
David Melrose (tenor) (= Thomas Jackson) Guardsman 234
Guardsman 254
182        
183        
184        
185 840-x
841-x
If You Were The Only Girl In The World
A Broken Doll
Clara Kemp & Wilson Keith (= Jessie Broughton & Harry Cove) Guardsman 641
186 588-x
967-x
There's A Long, Long Trail (Elliott)
Take Me Back To Dear Old Blighty
Slade and Romer (vocal duo) (= Barrett & Sullivan)
Slade and Romer (vocal duo) (= Fanning & Fortune)
Guardsman 538
Guardsman 671
187        
188        
189        
190 715
810
Are You From Dixie?
She Wants To Marry Me
Slade  & Romer (duet) (= Fanning & Fortune) Guardsman 569
Guardsman 603
191 820
839
Yaak A Hula Hicky Doola
It's Twice As Nice As Paradise And They Call It Dixieland
Slade and Romer (duet) (= Fanning & Fortune)
Wills & Frederick
Guardsman 607
.
192        
193 585-x
966-x
Pack Up Your Troubles In Your Old Kit Bag
We've All Got To Move On
Clarence Reid (baritone) (= Harry Cove)
Slade and Romer (duet) (= Fanning & Fortune)
Guardsman 539
Guardsman 671
194        
195        
196        
197        
198        
199 833-x
.
I Can't Do My Bally Bottom Button Up
I Stopped, I Looked, I Listened
Barry Sullivan (= "Ted Barrett")
Freddy Fish (= Vernon Royce)
Guardsman 617
Guardsman 640
200 740-x
741-x
Cohen 'Phones To His Tailor
Cohen 'Phones To The Gas Co.
Sam Isaacs (= Harry Bluff ?) Guardsman 598
Guardsman 578
201 1104-x
1106-x
My Own Iona
In Southern Seas, waltz
Commodore Ragtime Orchestra (= London Ragtime Orchestra) Guardsman 739
Guardsman 740
202 .
1092-x
Echo Des Bastions, march
Liberty Bell, march
The Guards Band (= H.M. Scots Guards Band) Guardsman 686
Guardsman 746
203 891-x
.
Boston Commandery
The Bombers, march
Hon Artillery Co.'s Band
The Guards Band (= H.M. Scots Guards Band)
Guardsman 681
Guardsman 724
204   Parfum De Rose
Heart's Desire
Neptune Orchestra (= Guardsman Orchestra) Guardsman 896
205 1060-x
1065-x
Baby's Sweetheart
Dixie Land
Neptune Orchestra (= Hon. Artillery Co.'s Dance Orchestra) Guardsman 727
Guardsman 726
206 1109-x
1111-x
Roll On Tennessee Moon (P. Wenrich)
Down Where The Swanee River Flows
Messrs. Slade And Romer (= Fanning & Fortune) Guardsman 736
Guardsman 735
207 1110-x
1146-x
Down Where They Sing The Dear Old Songs
Oh! You Cuddlesome Girl
Messrs. Slade And Romer (= Fanning & Fortune) Guardsman 735
Guardsman 760
208 1128-x
1139-x
That Dear Old Home Of Mine
Dream Boat
Percy Mullins & Seymour Smith (= Fanning & Fortune)
Percy Mullins & Seymour Smith (= Barrett & Sullivan)
Guardsman 749
Guardsman 759
209 1141-x
1145-x
Samoa! Samoa! Some More (Weston; Lee)
Indiana
Percy Mullins & Seymour Smith (= Fanning & Fortune) Guardsman 761
210 1149-x
1152-s
Across The Sands Of Time
od Send You Back To Me
Stanley Reeves (= Ralph Killick)
Edwin Chandos (= Edgar Osborne)
Guardsman 765
Guardsman 764
211 1154-x
1158-x
When The Bells Of Peace Are Ringing
The Light That Leads Me Home
Stanley Reeves (= Ralph Killick)
Stanley Reeves (= Archie Nicholson)
Guardsman 802
Guardsman 765
212   Poor Butterfly
If I Could Turn The Clock Back
Edwin Chandos (= Edgar Osborne) Guardsman 763
Guardsman 747
213 1138-x
.
What Do You Want To Make Those Eyes At Me For?
You Gave Me A Red, Red Rose
Messrs. Slade And Romer (= Barrett & Sullivan)
Messrs. Slade And Romer (= Fanning & Fortune)
Guardsman 766
Guardsman 753
214 1148-x
.
It's The Welcome Home That Makes It Home
I Want You To Know I Miss You
Messrs. Slade And Romer (= Barrett & Sullivan) Guardsman 759
Guardsman 753
215 1127-x
1140-x
Take Me Back To Oklahoma
Ain't You Coming Back To Dixie Land?
Slade and Romer (vocal duo)  (= Fanning & Fortune) Guardsman 749
Guardsman 766
216 1142-x
1144-x
Where The Black-Eyed Susans Grow
Hawaiian Butterfly
Slade and Romer (vocal duo)  (= Fanning & Fortune) Guardsman 767
Guardsman 760
217 1160-x
.
Have You Forgotten?
Someday I'll Make You Love Me (Bye And Bye)
Edwin Chandos (= Edgar Osborne) Guardsman 764
Guardsman 763
218 1158-x
.
All The World Will Be Jealous Of Me
Just My Love
Edwin Chandos (= Edgar Osborne) Guardsman 763
Guardsman 768
219   Let The Great Big World Keep Turning
The Sweetest Flower Of All
Edwin Chandos (= Edgar Osborne) Guardsman 747
Guardsman 819
220 1150-x
1155-x
Every Little While
The Roses Have Made Me Remember
Stanley Reeves (= Archie Nicholson) Guardsman 762
221   Prelude In C Sharp Minor
Bee's Wedding
Keith MacKenzie (piano) (= Hilda Bertram) Guardsman
Guardsman 670
222 1235-x
1256-x
Down Texas Way
Sergeant Brown
Slade and Romer (vocal duo)  (= Fanning & Fortune)
Horace Slade (= Harry Cove)
Guardsman 779
Guardsman 786
223 1227-x Roses Of Picardy Sydney Carlton (tenor) (= Geoffrey Ellis) Guardsman 778
224        
225        
226 1249-x
1253-x
I Never Knew I Loved You Till You Said Goodbye
Waiting
Clarence Royce (= Vincent Rogers)
Clarence Royce (= Edgar Osborne)
Guardsman 785
Guardsman 787
227        
228        
229        
230 85
217
The Contest
The Bullfighter
Neptune Military Band (= Grammavox Military Band) Grammavox A-33
Grammavox A-128
231        
232        
233 6089
7000
Here, There And Everywhere
On The Mississippi
Concertina and Banjo [source ?]
234        
235        
236        
237        
238        
239        
240   The Winning Fight, march
The Advance Guard, march
Band Of Hon. Artillery Co. Guardsman 893
241 1311-x
1312-x
Pirates Of Penzance, selection, part 1 (Sullivan)
Pirates Of Penzance, selection, part 2 (Sullivan)
The Guards Band (= H.M. Scots Guards Band) Guardsman 844
242 1399-x
1400-x
H.M.S. Pinafore, selection part 1 (Sullivan)
H.M.S. Pinafore, selection part 2 (Sullivan)
The Guards Band (= H.M. Scots Guards Band) Guardsman 861
243   Yes Uncle, selection part 1
Yes Uncle, selection part 2
The Guards Band (= H.M. Scots Guards Band) Guardsman 837
244 1393-x
1394-x
Roses Of Picardy
The Heart Of A Rose
C. Legett (cornet) Guardsman 834
245 1097-x
1197-x
Begone, Dull Care, waltz
The Awakening, waltz
The Guards Band (= H.M. Scots Guards Band)
Band Of The Hon. Artillery Co.
Guardsman 892
246 1389-x
1390-x
Lone Star
They're Calling Me In Tennessee
Mason & Long (duet) (= Morris & Morgan) Guardsman 832
Guardsman 829
247 1386-x
.
When You're Going Back To Dixieland
In Somerset In Summertime
Mason & Long (duet) (= Morris & Morgan)
Mason & Long (duet) (= Ernest Hunter & Peter Davies)
Guardsman 829
Guardsman 831
248 1391-x
1392-x
Good-Bye Broadway, Hello France
The Heart Of A Rose
Sanders Lloyd (baritone) (= Robert Carr) Guardsman 832
Guardsman 830
249 1373-x
1374-x
I Passed By Your Window
For You Alone
Harold Milton (tenor, with piano accmp) (= W.G. Ellis) Guardsman 838
Guardsman 923
250 1290-x
1292-x
Oh! Johnny, Oh! Johnny, Oh! (Olman)
For Me And My Gal (Meyer)
Slade And Romer (= Barrett & Sullivan)
Slade And Romer (= Fanning & Fortune)
Guardsman 796
Guardsman 794
251 1346
1351
Over There
My Tennessee, Is That You Calling Me?
Frank Tremaine (baritone) (= Percy Roberts)
Raymond & Webb (duet, w/orch)
Guardsman 817
Guardsman 814
252        
253        
254 1441-x Just A Baby's Prayer At Twilight Percival Gordon (baritone) (= Fred Gregory) Guardsman 852
255 1421-x
1440-x
Oh, It's A Lovely War (Long; Scott)
Oh! Oh! Oh! I Want To Go Home
Tommy Lee (comic) (= Bob Welsh) Guardsman 843
256        
257        
258        
259 1467
1470
Weymouth Chimes
The Church Parade
Guards Band (= Band of H.M. Scots Guards) Guardsman 863
Guardsman 905
260        
261        
262        
263 1455-x
1493-x
Way Back Home (H. MacKenzie)
That Li'l Old Home (Geo. Stevens)
Norman Hastings (baritone, with organ accmp [sic] (= Fred Gregory)
Norman Hastings (baritone, with organ accmp [sic] (= Robert Carr)
Guardsman 852
Guardsman 853
264        
265        
266 1490-x
1538-x
The Maxina - round dance
Missouri Waltz
Neptune Dance Orchestra (= J.H. Squire's Karsino Orch) Guardsman 872
Guardsman 886
267        
268        
269        
270        
271 1253-x [title unknown] [?] (= Robert Carr) Guardsman 884
272        
273        
274 1625-x
1694-x
How Yo Gonna Keep 'Em Down On The Farm?
Li'l Liza Jane
Slade & Romer (= Francis & Farringdon)
Slade & Romer (= Davy & Davies)
Guardsman 918
Guardsman 936
275        
276 1723-x
1743-x
Bells And Blue Ribbon (E. Adams)
That Old Fashioned Mother Of Mine (H. Nicholls)
Robert Carr (baritone)
Vernon Carter (Baritone) (= Harold Herrick)
Guardsman 924
Guardsman 948
277        
278        
279        
280