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British Dance Bands

Made in Germany by Homophon and Polyphon (and maybe others), for the Australian market, these records date from immediately before WWI. It is not known for whom they were made. All are 10" records.

The catalogue numbers, according to Frank Andrews, are the same as for the source Homophon issues (in the UK). Certainly, this seems to be the case with all known issues. It is not known if all Homophon issues were also made available as Rondophone records.

Rondophone records have also been reported with no catalogue numbers, just face numbers. These may be early issues.

In actuality, these are outside of my remit, as they are neither manufactured, nor sold in the UK, but it seems right to include them here.

Images: First image courtesy of Adam Miller; second is from Discogs.com.

Please e-mail me if you have any additions or corrections to this page. I have only a few scant details of any of these records from scouting round the internet, so I would be grateful for more!

The following people have sent me information for this page: Paul Buck, John Carmichael, "Discogs.com", Norman Field, Grant Higgins, Derek Kell, David Miller, Adam Parzybok, Nathan W. from Australia

Page last updated on: April 24, 2024

Firstly, the series starting at 1, running into the 1200s.

Cat No	Matrix No	Title	Artist	Date Codes

69	863 .	Merry Widow Waltz Gold And Silver Waltz	Rondophone Orchestra

96	588 652	Dixie Girl (Mils) Camp Meeting (Mils)	Rondophone Orchestra

100

200

249	841 842	Boulanger March The Dreaming Snow Bell	Bell Solo (with orchestra)

305		What A Funny Little Place To Have One Sneezing Song	Fred Daniels (comic)

358	6640 6641	I Can See Red Roses Blooming If Those Lips Could Only Speak	Percy Hamilton (tenor)

381	6649 6654	Largo Nocturne	Alfred Wittenberg (violin)

400

417	6675 6679	Out On The deep The Lost Chord (Sullivan)	Alan Turner (baritone)

429	6701 6702	Rob Roy Mackintosh Mr. John Mackie	Roger Mackie

436	6721 6723	The Sweetest Flower That Blows Genevieve	Phyllis Marsden (contralto)

446	6718 6726	Ailsa Mine Silver Threads Among The Gold	Alfred Heather

454	6757 6758	Because (d'Hartelot) Abide With Me (Little [sic] - should be Liddle)	Phyllis Marsden (contralto)

459	6104 100259	Liberty Bell, march (Sousa) Stars And Stripes, march (Sousa) [516 on label]	Rondophone Orchestra

462	6715 6716	The Deep Blue Sea Entry Of The Gladiators	Robinson's Concertina Band

543	6840 6850	Seashells Put Me On An Island	Burt Weston (comic)

591	6151 6152	Laird Of Drumblair Love's Dreamland	Pamby Dick (accordeon)

615	6193 6194	Traumerei Star Of Eve	J.W. Senior ('cello, with piano accmp)

670	6155 6167	Coringo Schottische Harry Lauder's Songs	Pamby Dick (accordeon)

717	6992 6993	Just As The Brook Flows I Wish I Lived Next Door To You	Alfred Jennings (baritone)

732	6429 6431	Abide With Me Rock Of Ages	Walter Lee (baritone, with organ accmp)

736	11021	Call To Arms March	Orchestra (= Imperial Regimental Band)	E18S / 161111

772	6996 6997	St Kilda Too-Ral-Addie	Billy Williams (comic)
773	6309 6310	I Shall Sulk I'm Shy, Mary Ellen	Jack Pleasants (comic)

803	6461 6463	Sunshine And Shadow (W. Letters) When The Sunset Turns The Ocean Blue To Gold (Petrie)	Alfred Jennings (baritone)
804
805	6328 6331	Take Me Back To My Home, Sweet Home You Ain't Got The Girl Till The Ring Is On Her FInger	Victoria Monks (comedienne)
806
807
808
809	60040 .	The Holy City The Star Of Bethlehem	Sam Hempsall

820	6320 6490	Seagull (Collins) The Light Of Day (Martin)	Frank Reed (tenor)	G9Q / 4912 G2Q / 221110

847	6358 6368	Gypsy's Warning (Goard) The Song That Reached My Heard (Jordan)	Sam Hempsall (tenor, with orch accmp)

857	6371 6372	You Were Coming Thro' The Corn, Molly Dear (Mellor) You Wish Me To Forget You (Donelly)	Sam Hempsall (tenor, with orch accmp)
858
859
860	6362 6366	Roses (Stephen Adams) Comin' Thro' The Rye	Sam Hempsall (tenor, with orch accmp)

879	6261 6262	The Quaker Girl Waltz The Evening News Waltz	Imp. Reg. Band

889	60052 60054	Put On Your Ta-Ta, Little Girlie Standing At The Corner Of The Street	Percy Norman (comic)
890	60055 60056	There's Something Nice About A Girl Clogs And Shawl Parody	Billy Williams (comic)

897	6386 6391	Just Before The Battle, Mother (Root) A Farmer's Boy	Stanley Kirkby (baritone)

906	6346 6357	Because The Bay Of Biscay	Arthur Gibson

931	60155 60157	Don't Go Out With Him To-Night You're The One	Billy Williams
932
933	60151 60152	The English Final The Scottish Final	Sammy Shields
934
935
936	60111 60115	Darktown Dandies Ragtime Frolics	Olly Oakley (banjo) Billy Whitlock (xylophone, with orch accmp)

977	60186 60190	I'm Much Better Looking P.C. Parker On Coronation Day	Charles Austin
978
979
980
981	60181 60182	The Belle Of The Barbers' Ball (Geo. M. Cohan) Tkae Your Girlie On The Steamer (Bennett Scott)	Ida Lister (= Nancy Charman) and Jack Charman (with orch accmp) Jack Charman (with orch accmp)

1002	60188 60189	If I Ever Go Wrestling Again Mr. Perkins	Charles Austin
1003
1004	60259 60260	O'Brien (With The Accent On "Owe") Have You Heard John James O'Hara?	Percy Norman (comic)
1005
1006	60229 60230	No More Stopping Out Late You Can't Judge A Woman By Her Clothes	Andie Andrews (comic)

1031	60287 60293	Old Jim's Christmas Hymn The Hyms My Mother Used To Sing	William Brat (tenor, with chorus) Stanley Kirkby (baritone)

1045	60295 60296	Play Another Before You Go (J. Chas. Moore) Leave A Little Glimmer In The Fanlight, Dear (J. Chas. Moore)	Chas. Lester (comic, with orch accmp) (= Stanley Kirkby)

1094	60379 60380	The Eternal Waltz Alexander's Rag-Time [sic]	Harmony Band

1099	60394 60397	Alexander's Ragtime Band (Irving Berlin) That Mysterious Rag (Berlin, Snyder)	Chas. Lester (comic, with orch accmp) (= Stanley Kirkby) Chas. Lester's Quartette (with orch accmp) (= Stanley Kirkby & q'tette)

1116	60428 60429	Schottische, part 1 (from popular Scottish Airs) Schottische, part 2 (from popular Scottish Airs)	*Rondophone * * Band**

1126	60416 60417	Timothy, Let's Have A Look See What Percy's Picked Up In The Park	Will Arnold (comic)
1127	14578 14579	Hungarian Airs Bravo Fantasia	Franz Kruger (xylophone, with orch accmp)

1138	60467 60468	Casey Jones Jimmy Valentine (Edwards)	The Two Jacks (with orch accmp)

1153	60492 60493	The Fallen Star The Street Watchman's Story	Vernon Lister (monologue)
1154
1155	60481 60482	I Don't Care What Becomes Of Me, march (Bidgood) Grizzly Bear, two-step (Botsford)	The Empire Union Band

1163	60503 60504	Moonlight In Jungleland I'm Going Back To Dixie	Chas Lester (with orch accmp) (= Stanley Kirkby)

1178	60528 60534	Pucker Up Your Lips, Miss Lindy Where You Goin'?	Frank Jones & Bobby Rink
1179	60546 60548	Ragging The Baby To Sleep Hitchy Koo	Rondophone Ragtime Quartette
1180	60547 60549	Waiting For The Robert E. Lee My Little Lovin' Sugar Babe (Marshall)	Rondophone Ragtime Quartette

1187		That Hypnotising Man The Ghost Of The Violin	Chas. Lester & Bobbie Rink

1191	60569 60570	The Lea Rig Isle O' Skye (The Sword Dance; Speed The Plough Reel)	Mackenzie Murdoch (violin, with piano accmp)

1201	60580 60581	Ragtime Jockey Man Ragtime Soldier Man	Frank Jones & Bobby Rink

1213	60533 60535	Put Your Arms Around Me, Honey Take Ma Fingfer Tips, Melinda	Frank Jones & Bobby Rink
1214		The Burglar Rag The Piccadilly Trot	Frank Jones

1225	60637 60653	Silver Threads Among The Gold In The Gloaming	Leslie Ruskin & The Harmony Quartette Leslie Ruskin

Now, the 9000- series, also 10". These are not from Homphon masters - some seem to be from Polyphon.

Cat No	Matrix No	Title	Artist	Source Issue
9001	1639 1648	Turkish Patrol The Jolly Coppersmith	Rondophone Military Band
9002	4836 4889	Birds Of The Forest Old Comrades	Rondophone Military Band
9003
9004	1968 4601	Barataria March The New Colonial March	Rondophone Military Band
9005	1661 1662	VIenna March High School Cadets	Rondophone Military Band
9006	1605 / 10097 4562	Whistling Rufus With Sword And Lance	Rondophone Military Band
9007
9008	22057 22065	The Coloured Major, two-step The Forge In The Forest	Rondophone Military Band	Polyphon ?
9009	3011 3017	Boulanger March Black Forest Clocks	Albert Müller (bells, with orch accmp)
9010
9011
9012
9013
9014	10785 10786	Beautiful Garden Of Roses In The Shadows	Rondophone Military Band	Polyphon
9015
9016	24009 24010	Queen Of Diamonds Frivolity Barn Dance	John Pidoux (banjo, with band accmp)	Polyphon
9017
9018
9019
9020
9021	3105 3106	Berceuse (Tor Aulin) Hungarian Dance No. 3 (Joachim Brahms [sic - label])	Alexander Schmuller
9022	3124 3127	Gaiety Waltz Rainbow	Guido Gialdini (whistling, with band accmp)
9023	3119 3126	At The Bosporus The Whirl Of The Waltz	Guido Gialdini (whistling, with band accmp)
9024
9025
9026
9027	10539 10540	The Butcher Tin Tacks	Will Evans (comic monologue)	Polyphon
9028
9029	10590 10591	Rocked In The Cradle Of The Deep Asleep In The Deep (Petrie)	Tom F. Kinniburgh (basso profundo)	Polyphon 8692
9030	10973 10974	Kitty, Dear You Are My Sunbeam (Lester Barrett)	Stanley Kirkby (baritone)

This next series are in a K-100 series and are from Homophon: The label design is as for the other Homophon series but with a plum-coloured label.

Cat No	Matrix No	Title	Artist	Source Issue
K-101	60406 60485	Rolling Home To Bonnie Scotland Oh! For The Bloom Of My Own	Archie Anderson (baritone, with orch accmp)
K-102
K-103
K-104	60648 60690	When The Mocking Birds Are Singing In The Wildwood When The Bluebirds Nest Again	Stanley Kirkby (baritone, with orch accmp)
K-105
K-106
K-107	60629 60635	What Time To-Morrow Night? She Is My Best Girl Now	Billy Williams (comedian, with orch accmp)
K-108	60630 60634	Mr. John Mackenzie Oh! All The Ladies Fall In Love With Sandy	Billy Williams (comedian, with orch accmp)
K-109	60646 60647	Beautiful Bird, Sing On In The Valley Where The Bluebird Sings	Stanley Kirkby (baritone, with orch accmp)
K-110	60670 60671	The Song That Reached My Heart Just Across The Bridge Of Gold (A.B. Sterling, H. v. Tilzer)	Frank Reed
K-111	60646 60651	Beautiful Bird, Sing On Ring Down The Curtain, I Can't Sing To-Night	Stanley Kirkby (baritone, with orch accmp)

This isolated issue with a T- series catalogue number is from an unknown source.

Cat No	Matrix No	Title	Artist	Source Issue

T-1331	70206 70211	Date Corte! Pretendete De Brazo, Nena!	International Orchestra