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A short-lived label
available in the early 1930s, Simcha drew its masters from Piccadilly,
including some American Grey Gull items. Simcha is a Hebrew word meaning
Joy or Gladness and is pronounced "Sim-ka" (i.e. with the -ch-
pronounced as a -k-.). The records were presumably made for a shop or store, but I don't know which one. The catalogue numbers are in a 10000-series and about 60 were issued. It seems the first few were dance band ones and the rest were light music and operatic vocal, at least based on the information I have so far. There was also a Hebrew series with A-100- catalogue numbers. The records often show a false matrix number. |
Please
e-mail
me if you can help me fill in the gaps
in any of these series.
Thanks to the following for their help:
Arthur Badrock, Richard Bloomfield,
Duncan Brand, Bill Dean-Myatt, George Foxon, Keith
Hubbard, Mike Jones, Mike Langridge, Graham Meachen, Richie Turner.
Page last updated on: October 10, 2024
Cat No |
Matrix (control) | Title | Artists |
10000 |
4338-2 (104338) 4352-2 (104352) |
When The Guards Are On
Parade I'm Happy When I'm Hiking (6/8) |
Steve Haddon's
Bohemians (= Percy Chandler & his
Band) Jerome Joy and his Band (= Jack Leon and his Band) (some copies labelled correctly) |
10001 |
4363-2 4365 |
Bell Bottom Trousers Walking My Baby Back Home |
Jerome Joy and his Band (= Jack Leon and his Band) |
10002 |
4360-1-2 4386-2 |
My Canary Has Circles
Under His Eyes Thank You Most Sincerely |
Cosmopolitan Syncopators (= The Waldorfians, directed by Howard Godfrey) |
10003 |
4230-1-2 4246-1-2 |
Ten Cents A Dance Drink, Brothers, Drink (taltz) |
Jerry Hoey and his Band |
10004 |
4266-1 4319-2 |
Walking Lover's Lane
Alone (waltz) Were You Sincere? |
Al Clarkson and his Band
(= Jerry Hoey and his Band) Jack Hay and his Scala Dance Band (= Vic Filmer & his Bd) |
10005 |
4224-2 4239-2 |
The Peanut Vendor When Your Hair Has Turned To Silver (waltz) |
Alan Green and his Band |
10006 |
4201-2 4288-1 |
Reaching For The Moon
(waltz) Girl Of A Million Dreams (waltz) |
Al Clarkson and his Band (= Jerry Hoey and his Band) |
10007 |
4267-1 4304-1 |
Alone And Afraid Laughing At The Rain |
Jerry Hoey and his Band |
10008 (AB) |
4133-2 (5149) 4132 (5148) |
Sweet Jennie Lee Old New England Moon (waltz) |
Tivoli Dance Orchestra (= Jock McDermott and his New Carlton Players) |
10008 |
4133-2 4147-2 |
Sweet Jennie Lee Down The River Of Golden Dreams (waltz) |
Jock McDermott and his New Carlton Players |
10009 |
4184-2 (5151) 4194 (5150) |
Choo Choo Okay Baby |
Percy Grant and his Band
(= Blue Pacific Dance Band) Times Square Syncopators (= Jock McDermott's band) |
10010 |
4144-2 4148-2 |
Beyond The Blue Horizon I'm Yours |
Jerome Joy and his Boys (= Jock McDermott and his
New Carlton Players) (some copies as Montmartre Mad-Hatters) |
10011 |
4109
(5155) 4147 (5154) |
Bye Bye Blues Down The River Of Golden Dreams (waltz) |
Bohemian Dance Band
or Cosmopolitan Syncopators
(= Grey Gull Studio Band) Bohemian Dance Band or Cosmopolitan Syncopators (= Jock McDermott's Band) |
10012 |
4034-1 4072-1 |
Don't Tell Her What's Happened To Me With My Guitar And You |
Fifth Avenue Dance Band (= Jock McDermott and his New Carlton Players) |
10013 |
4073 (5136) 4077 (5137) |
I'd Like To Find The
Guy Who Wrote The Stein Song My Baby Just Cares For Me |
Metropole Dance Orchestra (= Jock McDermott and his New Carlton Players) |
10014 |
3956-1 (5132) 3959-1 (5133) |
Cupid On The Cake Soldier On The Shelf |
Montmartre Mad-Hatters (= Jock McDermott and his New Carlton Players) |
10015 |
3957-2 4076-2 |
Let's Have A Sing-Song (6/8) Oh! Donna Clara |
Montmartre Mad-Hatters (= Jock McDermott and his New Carlton Players) |
10016 | |||
10017 |
3830 3833 (5109) |
The Love Waltz My Lonely Heart (waltz) |
Fifth Avenue Dance Band (= Julius Kantrovich & his Band) |
10018 |
M-29
(1029) 1870 |
Ave Maria (Gounod) Jewel Song ("Faust" - Gounod) |
Samehtini And trio Suzanne Bertin (soprano) |
10019 |
M-91-2 (1091) M-92 (1092) |
Valse Caprice Rosenkavalier waltz |
Alfred
Saunders' Octet (= The Casano Octet) Berlin Symphony Orchestra (= The Casano Octet) |
10020 |
1203 1406 |
Serenade (Schubert) Raymond, overture (Thomas) |
Hotel
Majestic Orchestra (= Leonardo Kemp & the
Piccadilly Hotel Orch.) Newport Brass Band (= Metropolitan Police Band "A" Division) |
10021 |
1160 1200-2 |
Liebestraume Nocture Ich Liebe Dich (Grieg) |
Orchestre de Paris
(= George Haeck & his Orchestra) Hotel Majestic Orchestra (= Leonardo Kemp & the Piccadilly Hotel Orch.) |
10022 |
1441 1442 |
String Quartet in F
Major (1st mvt) (Mozart) String Quartet in F Major (3rd mvt) (Mozart) |
The Terrell String Quartet (= Winifred Rowley String Quartette) |
10023 |
1497 1499 |
Wiegenlied (Zika) Humoreske (Dvorak) |
The Lido String Quartette (= Zika String Quartette) |
10024 | |||
10025 |
3218
(5006) 3219 (5007) |
Manon, selection part
1 (Massenet) Manon, selection part 2 (Massenet) |
Queen's Orchestra (= Roloff Ensemble) |
10026 |
1454 1540 |
Serenade ("Don Juan" -
Tchaikowsky) O Star Of Eve ("Tannhauser" - Wagner) |
Kernoff (baritone, with
orch) (= Henry Luscombe) Frederick Ranalow (baritone, w orch) |
10027 |
1542 3762 (5103) |
Hungarian Dance (Brahms) First Waltz (Durand) |
Lewis Rubenstein (violin
with piano) (= Harold Fairhurst) Serge Kalnoff (piano solo) (= Winifred Rowley) |
10028 |
1796 1988 |
Largo Al Factotum
("The Barber Of Seville" - Rossini) O Sole Mio (di Capua) |
Joseph Farrington,
baritone) Nicolas Amato (baritone) |
10029 |
1496 1942 |
Waltz in A, op. 54 No. 1
(Dvorak) Andante Cantabile (Tchaikovsky) |
The Zika String Quartet The Stratton String Quartet |
10030 |
1868 1869 |
Romeo Et Juliette (waltz song) (Gounod) (in French) Caro Nome ("Rigoletto" - Verdi) (in Italian) |
Suzanne Zarbardi (soprano, with orch accmp) |
10031 |
1389 3666 |
Blue Danube, valse
(Strauss) Overture Trieste (Pietro) |
Gellin & Bagstrom (accordeons) Macari Brothers (accordions) |
10032 | |||
10033 |
101914 101915 |
Spring Song Forging Song |
Eric Ederlain (tenor) (sung in German) |
10034 |
1813 2033 |
La Donna E Mobile ("Rigoletto" -
Verdi) E Lucevan Le Stelle ("Tosca" - Puccini) |
Laro Zarido (tenor) (with orchestra)
(= G. Lenghi=Cellini) Laro Zarido (tenor) (with orchestra) (= Jan Zalski) |
10035 |
3683 (3994-B) 3874 |
Sea Songs (arr. Charles Touchelle) Carmen, prelude (Bizet) |
Jerome Singers (with piano accmp) (= The Selsey Quartet) New Symphony Orchestra (= Athenaeum Symphony Orch) |
10036 |
1885 1886 |
Nightbirds, selection
part 1 ("Die Fledermaus" - J. Strauss jr.) Nightbirds, selection part 2 ("Die Fledermaus" - J. Strauss jr.) |
New Symphony Orchestra (= Viennese Orchestra) |
10037 |
2076 3731 |
Meditation ("Thais" -
Massenet) Prelude (Rachmaninoff) |
Lewis Rubenstein
(violin, w piano) (= Arschensky) Serge Kalnoff (piano) (= Winifred Rowley) |
10038 |
3762 4163 |
First Waltz Minuet in D Major |
Frank Cantwell (violin) Winifred Rowley (piano) |
10039 |
1809 1810 |
Una Vergine ("La
Favorita" - Donizetti) Addio Mignon ("Mignon" - Thomas) |
Laro Zarido (tenor, with orch accmp) (= Giuseppe Lenghi-Cellini) |
10040 |
104179 105140 |
Morgenblatter (waltz) (Strauss) Voices Of Spring (waltz) (Strauss) |
New Symphony Orchestra |
10041 |
1804-2 4098-2 |
Annie Laurie (trad, arr. St Denis) Walther's Prize Song ("The Meistersingers" - Wagner) |
Sheila
Gray (contralto, with orch accmp) (= Dorothy Gill ) John Cootes (tenor, with orch accmp) (= David Leslie) |
10042 |
3266 3269 |
Russian Folk Song And Dance (trad.) Spanish Dance (Andrayaf) |
Salvati Orchestra (= Ther Neva Balalaika Players) |
10043 |
3828 3989 |
Over The Waves (Rosas) Stradella - overture (Flotow) |
Scala Grand Orchestra
(= Julius Kantrovitch & his Band) New Symphony Orchestra (= Athenaeum Symphony Orchestra, dir Fred Adlington) |
10044 |
3868 3869 |
Ruy Blas, overture
part 1 (Mendelssohn) Ruy Blas, overture part 2 (Mendelssohn) |
The Welsh Symphony Orchestra (= Athenaeum Light Orchestra, dir Fred Adlington) |
10045 |
3589 3664 |
La Paloma (Yradier) Lorentina Waltz (arr. A Macari) |
American Hawaiian
Guitar Band (= Koloa Guitar Band) The Accordionists (= The Macari Brothers) |
10046 | |||
10047 | 3583 ? (3871) | Two Hearts | Bohemian Dance Band (= Grey Gull Studio Band) |
10048 |
1482 1819 |
Finlandia, part 1 (Sibelius) Finlandia, part 2 (Sibelius) |
Athenaeum Orchestra (cond: Fred Adlington) |
10049 |
1812-2 1814-1 |
Questa
O Quella (from "Rigoletto" - Verdi) Here's To The Sparkling Cup ("Cavalleria Rusticana" - Mascagni) |
Enrico Benini (tenor, with orch)
(= Giuseppe Lenghi-Cellini)
(some labelled correctly) Laro Zarido (tenor, with orch) |
10050 | |||
10051 |
3761 4004-2 |
Rustle Of Spring (Sinding) Rondo Capriccioso (Mendelssohn) |
Serge Kalnoff (piano) (= Winifred Rowley) |
10052 |
1820 1821 |
Peer Gynt Suite: No. 1 - Morning (Grieg) Peer Gynt Suite: No. 4 - In The Hall Of The Mountain King (Grieg) |
Scala Light Orchestra (= Athenaeum Symphony Orchestra, dir Fred Adlington) |
10053 |
1745-1 1761 |
Amoretten Tanze (waltz)
(Gung'l) Pizzicato ("Sylvia" - Delibes) |
Salon Orchestra
(= Jack Leon and his Band) New Symphony Orchestra (= Viennese Orchestra) |
10054 |
3411
(2647-B) 3412 (2716-A) |
Old Time Jigs And Reels Turkey In The Straw |
Bertini Three
(= Wabash Trio) Bertini Three (= Joseph Samuels (violin). Larry Briers (piano) |
10055 |
1582 1621 |
Old Comrades March Hungarian Dance No. 1 in G minor (Brahms) |
Newport Brass Band (= Metropolitan
Police Band "A" Division) New Symphony Orchestra (= Viennese Orchestra) |
10056 |
M-1612 2003-2 |
Song Of The Toreador ("Carmen" -
Bizet) I'm A Roamer ("Son & Stranger" - Mendelssohn) |
John Phillips (baritone, with orch)
(= Bernard Dudley) Ronald Mentmore (bass, with orch) (= Joseph Farrington) |
10057 |
3680
(3955-A) 3679 (3956-A) |
O Dem Golden Slippers Climbing Up Those Golden Stairs |
Leslie Gray (with banjo) (= Frank Luther) |
10058 |
2038-2 2039-1 |
Good Old Songs, selection part 1 Good Old Songs, selection part 2 |
The Ever-Bright Boys (?) (= Percival Mackey and his Band) |
10059 |
4344-2 4345 |
Patiently Smiling
("The Land Of Smiles" - Lehar) You Are My Heart's Delight ("The Land Of Smiles" - Lehar) |
John Cootes (tenor, with orch accmp) (= David Leslie) |
10060 |
Just to make things even more complicated, there was a
Hebrew series with an A-100- catalogue; see Below. GIven the meaning of the
label's name, this may actually be the "proper" series and the 10000-series the
odd one. The label design is the same as the 10000 series.
Information from
www.russian-records.com. Go and visit the site!
Cat No |
Matrix | Title | Artists |
A-100 |
3944 3946 |
Mozel Tov (Pront-Brown) Moderne Zures |
Simkhe Fostel |
A-101 | |||
A-102 | |||
A-103 | |||
A-104 |
4013-2 4014-2 |
Mach Es Noch Amohl Dus Shtrikele |
Simkhe Fostel |
A-105 | |||
A-106 |
4476-2 4477-2 |
Ziese Mommenten Schwartze Oigen |
Julius Nathanson (acc. by Jack Leon's Orchestra) |
A-107 | |||
A-108 | |||
A-109 | |||
A-110 |