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Robeyphone Grand records were sold by Chas. T. Robey of Coventry along with Gramophones and needles of the same make.
The records used "Jumbo" (i.e. Odeon) masters in the Lxo- series.

Although the label mentions no country of manufacture, they were almost certainly made by Crystalate in Tonbridge, Kent and date from pre-WWI.  As you can see from the listing below, knowledge of the catalogue is very scant,
though the catalogue numbers match those of "Jumbo".
However, it seems unlikely, given how scarce Robeyphone records have always been, that the whole "Jumbo" catalogue was also pressed up as "Robeyphone Grand" records. Hence this listing.




Thanks to Adam Miller for providing the label scan.

 

This is a listing still in progress! Please e-mail me if you can help me fill in the gaps in any of these series.

My thanks to Frank Andrews for providing most of the information for this page.
Thanks also to
Duncan Brand, Greg Butler, Dean Carroll, Ian Carruthers, Bill Dean-Myatt, Graham Farnell, Norman Field

Page last updated on: August 11, 2025

Cat No Matrix Face No. Title Labelled Artists
         
40 Lxo-202
Lxo-204
A-20051
A-20053
The Lobsters' Promenade (steele)
Poppies (Moret)
Robeyphone Military Band
         
198 Lxo-388
Lxo-389
A-23176
A-23173
Merry Christmas
Funicula
George Formby (Lancashire's Leading Comedian)
         
336 Lxo-635
Lxo-638 ?
A-28025
Z-28027
Spooning With My Girl
Jean From Aberdeen
Billy Williams (comedian, with orch accmp) (The man in the velvet suit)
         
350 Lxo-574 A-23300 Since Daddy's Been Taken Away Arthur Blackwell (baritone) (= Robert Howe)
         
403 Lxo-577
Lxo-578
A-23284
A-23282
I've Just Come Up For A Day
McDougall's Ball
Jack Lorimer (Scotch comedian)
         
500
Lxo-963
Lxo-964

A 20183
A-20176
Regimential Marches of The Brigade Of Guards:
Irish Guards; Coldstream Guards
British Grenadiers; Scots Guards
British Infantry Drum & Fife Band
         
515 Lxo-1045
Lxo-1046
A 22105
A 22106
A Darkey's Romance
A Gay Gossoon (Vess Ossman)
Bert Bassett (banjo, with piano accmp)
         
604 Lxo-1258
Lxo-1259
A 28173
A 28174
Roamin' In The Gloamin'
The Message Boy
Roderick McLaughlan (Scotch comedian)
         
657 Lxo-1476
Lxo-1478
A 28204
A 28206
I Wish I Were A Ladies' Man
My Lass From Glasgow Toon
Billy Williams (comedian)
         
800 Lxo-1731



Lxo-1733


A 28234



A 28236


"Some Of The Best" By "One Of The Best", part 1
   (intro. We're all Waiting for a Girl; Save a Little One for Me; Put a Bit of   
   Powder on it Father; Soap and Water; Jean frae Aberdeen; Tickle me Timothy;
   I don't Care.)

"Some Of The Best" By "One Of The Best", part 2
   (intro. Why can't we have the Sea in London?; Oh: Mr.McPherson; I must go
   Home Tonight; Come and have a Look at what I've got; I'll Meet you One   
   Dark Night; I Wish it was Sunday Night.
Billy Williams (comedian)
         
804 Lxo-1843
Lxo-1844
A 20268
A 20269
Temptation Rag March
Alexander's Ragtime Band
Robeyphone Military Band
         
891 Lxo-1583
Lxo-1584
A 23521
A 23519
The Song That Reached My Heart
Down The Vale
John Roberts (tenor)
         
914 Lxo-1975
Lxo-1990
A 20290
A 20298
Forget Me Not (Macbeth)
Nights Of Gladness, waltz
Robeyphone Military Band
         
948 Lxo-2184
Lxo-2185
A 28326
A 28327
I'm Going Back To Dixie
You're My Baby
The Three Rascals
         
1037 Lxo 2274
Lxo-2275
A 20329
A 20330
A Southern Wedding, part 1
A Southern Wedding, part 2
Robeyphone Military Band
         
1049 Xbo-5512
Xbo-5515
A 21738
A 21739
A Thousand Kisses, waltz
Golden Shower, waltz
Cattani's Dance Orchestra
         
1062 Lxo-
Lxo-1694
A 25257
A 25270
Aunt Matilda
Let's Make A Night Of It To-Night
Vesta Tilley (the London Idol, with orch accmp)
         
1066 Lxo-2260 A 20314 The Wedding Glide Robeyphone Military Band
         
1067 Lxo-2342
A 25369 Ragtime Goblin Man The Three Rascals
         
1071 Lxo-2344
Lxo-2347
A 28371
A 28375
Snooky Ookums
Hello! Hello! London Town
The Three Rascals
         
1078 Lxo-2340
Lxo-2347
A 28367
A 28375
When The Midnight Choo-Choo Leaves For Alabam
Hello! Hello! London Town   [this may be a mis-reporting - see 1071 above]
The Three Rascals
         
         
A-23 Lxo-553
Lxo-558
A 20089
A 20096
Reminiscences Of Ireland
Reminiscences Of Scotland
Band Of H.M. King's Colonials (conducted by Mr. Peter Anderson)