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A pretty obscure label, Redwing dates from the early 1930s and was produced by British Homophone using matrices also issued on Sterno.
The trade mark was registered in January 1933 by Gallaghers Ltd, the Belfast cigarette manufacturer. Redwing records could be obtained by exchanging coupons found in Park Drive cigarettes. 175 coupons bought 2 records. Sounds like a lot of smoking was required to get the prize, assuming only one coupon was included in each packet!
From the "Public Performance is prohibited" wording around the foot of the label, the records must date from after March 1934, though the recordings were, by that time, a few years old. However, I believe the records were first mentioned in an advert in late January 1933.
The catalogue numbers started at R-1000, and the highest traced and shown in my listing is R-1023. My guess is that the coupon deal was quite short lived, given that only 24 different records were available.

 

Please e-mail me if you can help me fill in the gaps in any of these series.
Thanks to the following for providing extra information: Greg Butler, Bill Dean-Myatt, Hector Hill, Mick James, Ken Jobling, Colin Mackenzie, Lee Martin.

Page last updated on June 15, 2023

Cat No Matrix Title Artists Original Issue
R-1000 S-2619
S-2596		 Moon
The Old Man Of The Mountain		 The Serenaders (= Sydney Lipton's Grosvenor House Band)
Chick Hall and his Collegians (= Ray Starita and his Ambassadors)		 Sterno 1053
Sterno 1050
R-1001 S-2681
S-2734 ?		 The Old Kitchen Kettle
In A Shanty In Old Shanty Town		 The Merry Music Makers (= Sydney Lipton's Grosvenor House Band)
Chick Hall and his Collegians		 Sterno 1069
Sterno
R-1002 S-2474
S-2598		 Mean Music
How'm I Doin' ?		 The Rhythm Aces (= Ray Starita and his Ambassadors) Sterno 1007
Sterno 1043
R-1003 S-2584
S-2588		 Sweethearts For Ever
Masquerade		 Chick Hall and his Collegians (= Ray Starita and his Ambassadors)
Jean Jacques & his Orchestra (= Les Allen, with Mantovani & his Tipica Orch.)		 Sterno 1041
Sterno 1040
R-1004 S-2559
S-2768		 Shadows On The Window
Let's Put Out The Lights		 Chick Hall and his Collegians (= Ray Starita and his Ambassadors)
The Blue Ramblers (= Rudy Starita and his Band)		 Sterno 1027
Sterno 1097
R-1005 S-2529
S-2634		 Marta
Love Me Tonight		 James Browning (= Les Allen (with Mantovani's Tipica Orch))
James Browning (= Arthur Cavendish)		 Sterno 1024
Sterno 1059
R-1006 S-2755
S-2765		 Moonlight, The Danube And You (waltz)
Ich Liebe Dich, My Dear		 The Serenaders (= Sydney Lipton's Grosvenor House Band)
The Blue Ramblers (= Rudy Starita and his Band)		 Sterno 1093
Sterno 1108
R-1007 S-
S-		      
R-1008 S-2656
S-2713		 We Just Couldn't Say Goodbye
Love Is The Sweetest Thing		 Barney O'Neil and his Band (= Nat Star and his Dance Orchestra)
The Romancers (= Tommy Kinsman and his Band)		 Sterno 1063
Sterno 1082
R-1009 S-
S-		      
R-1010 S-
S-		      
R-1011 S-2269
S-2270		 Tangled Tunes, part 1
Tangled Tunes, part 2		 Jean Stafford (organ) (= Reginald Dixon (Wurlitzer organ)) Sterno 1076
R-1012 S-2788
S-2813		 Just An Echo In The Valley
Please		 The Serenaders (= Sydney Lipton's Grosvenor House Band)
The Ballroom Monarchs (= Sydney Lipton's Grosvenor House Band)		 Sterno 1112
Sterno 1130
R-1013 S-2779
S-2847		 Lying In The Hay
Puss, Puss, Puss (waltz)		 The Ballroom Monarchs (= Tommy Kinsman and his Band)
The Merry Music Makers (= Oscar Rabin and his Romany Band)		 Sterno 1107
Sterno 1127
R-1014 S-2718
S-2735		 Don't Say Goodbye
Round The Bend Of The Road		 The Romancers (= Tommy Kinsman and his Band)
The Merry Music Makers (= Sydney Lipton's Grosvenor House Band)		 Sterno 1084
Sterno 1081
R-1015 S-2819
S-2838		 A Boy And A Girl Were Dancing (waltz)
Wheezy Anna		 The Romancers (= Oscar Rabin and his Romany Band)
The Merry Music Makers (= Nat Star and his Dance Orchestra)		 Sterno 1126
Sterno 1132
R-1016 S-2790
S-2808		 Balloons
What More Can I Ask?		 The Merry Music Makers (= Sydney Lipton's Grosvenor House Band)
The Blue Ramblers (= Rudy Starita and his Band)		 Sterno 1113
Sterno 1128
R-1017 S-2528
S-2829		 Black Eyes (traditional)
Humoreske (Dvorak, arr. Reginald King)		 Magyar and his Gypsy Orchestra (= Jean Goulescu & his Tzigane Orchestra)
The Salon Players (= Reginald King and his Orchestra)		 Sterno 1056
 Sterno 1124
R-1018 S-2967
S-3040		 Under My Umbrella
Stormy Weather		 Eddy Revel and his Orchestra (= Sydney Lipton's Grosvenor House Band)
Jimmy Ferguson and his Band (= Nat Star and his Dance Orchestra)		 Sterno 1184
Sterno 1195
R-1019 S-2979
S-3039		 Moon Song
All Over Italy (waltz)		 The Romancers (= Oscar Rabin and his Romany Band)
Jimmy Ferguson and his Band (= Nat Star and his Dance Orchestra)		 Sterno 1186
Sterno 1195
R-1020 S-2992
S-3013		 Da-Dar, Da Dar (waltz)
When It's Lamp-Lighting Time In the Valley		 Eddie Revel and his Orchestra (= Sydney Lipton's Grosvenor House Band)
Jack Falkland and his Orchestra (= Nat Star and his Dance Orchestra)		 Sterno 1183
Sterno 1188
R-1021 S-2911
S-2912		 Put A Little Springtime In The Winter Of Their Lives
Milano		 Southern Accordion Serenaders (= Gypsy Joe's Novelty Accordion Band) Sterno 1173
Sterno 1158
R-1022 S-2902
S-2996		 A Broken Rosary (waltz)
Farewell To Arms		 The Blue Ramblers (= Rudy Starita & his Band)
Eddy Revel & his Orchchestra (= Syd Lipton's Grosvenor House Band)		 Sterno 1169
Sterno 1181
R-1023 S-3003
S-3006		 The Blue Danube
Come Out Vienna		 The Waltz Kings (= Mantovani & his Tipica Orchestra)
Andre Navarro (tenor, with orch) (= Parry Jones, with Mantovani's Tipica Orch)		 Sterno 1190
Sterno 1192