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The Stars Record was a pre-WWI record made in Germany which mostly used Polyphon masters. Sometimes the label is just a "paste-over", usually on other labels such as Operphone or Scala, but again sometimes on existing Polyphon records.
It is not know who sold the records.

The reference on the label to "Star artists" may be the one of the first references to the word "Star" meaning "celebrity".

 

This is a first attempt at a listing. 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 for this page.
Thanks also to:
Alan Bull, Bill Dean-Myatt, Graham Farnell, Norman Field, Richard Prout, Michael Turley

Page last updated on: June 06, 2022

Cat No Matrix Title Labelled Artists Source Notes
Special   The Way The Wind Blows We'll Go Harry Cove  
1
2        
3        
4        
5 1521
1985
Stars And Stripes Forever
Roses From The South
The Stars Military Band paste-over Polyphon 8519
6        
7        
8        
9        
10        
11        
12 4758
4844
The Bal, waltz
Pretty Polly Barn Dances
The Stars Ideal Orchestra  
13        
14        
15 284 A Coon Band Contest The Band Of The Garde Republicaine  
16        
17        
18        
19        
20        
21        
22        
23        
24 40719
40720
Harry Lauder's Memories, part 1
Harry Lauder's Memories, part 2
The Stars Military Band past-over Operaphone 2522
         
33 4523
4569
Mocking Bird Polka
Love Me And The World Is Mine
The Stars Ideal Orchestra (= Polyphon Military Band) paste-over Polyphon 8587
         
45   "The Girl In The Taxi" - waltz
"The Girl In The Taxi" - two-step
The Stars Ideal Orchestra  
         
57 3011
3017
Boulanger March
Black Forest Clocks
Albert Muller (bells, with orch accmp) [paste-over]
58        
59        
60        
61 2518421 Arrow Gallopp (sic) Bells and Orchestra  
62        
63        
64        
65        
66        
67        
68        
69 40439
40440
Sambo's Picnic
Coonland Memories
Mr. J. Pidoux (banjo)  
70        
71        
72        
73        
74        
75        
76   Old Black Joe Stars Harmony Quartette  
77   They Knew I Saw Them Do It
Nelly Gray
Quartette  
78        
79        
80        
81        
82        
83 10518
10519
The Holy City
An Evening Song
John Jamieson (tenor, with orch accmp) paste-over Polyphon 8689
84        
85        
86        
87        
88        
89        
90        
91        
92 10567
10572
Always Jolly
Billy Whitlock's Wedding
Billy Whitlock (laughing comedian) Polyphon 8694
Polyphon 8644
  Note: It has been reported to me (by Graham Farnell) that the second side above (at least on some copies) plays "Flanagan, Take Me To The Isle Of Man Again" instead of what is labelled.
93        
94 10568
10922
The Aeroplane
Billy's Side-Splitters
Billy Whitlock (laughing comedian) Polyphon 8694
Polyphon 8860
95 B-07b
B-31a
Old Grey Coat
My Girl From London Town
Billy Williams (comedian)  
96        
97 5251
 
Cheer Up, My Highland Lassie
I Must Go Home To-Night
Billy Williams (comedian)  
98        
99        
100 3243
3259
Grizzly Bear
The Turkey Trot
Military Metropole Band  
101 (S-83A)
(S-83B)
The Bogie Walk
The Turkey Trot
The Stars Ragtime Band (= Empire Military Band) paste-over Scala 83
102        
103        
104        
105        
106        
107 10520 / E-52
10540 / E-54
Everybody's Doing It
The Gaby Glide
Terry & Osborn (= Will Terry & ?) Operaphone 100
108        
109        
110 10283
10293 ?
Hitchy Koo
Ragging The Baby To Sleep
The Stars Bobs (= Terry & Osborn ?) paste-over Operaphone 103
111        
112        
113 10396 / E-39
10406 / E-40
Ragtime Cowboy Joe
The Ragtime Goblin Man
Terry and Osborn (= Will Terry & ?) Operaphone 106
114   Dickie Bird
Mysterious Rag
The Stars Bobs  
115 10328 / E-32
10358 / E-35
Ragtime Soldier Man
Puppchen
Terry And Osborn
Orchestra with chorus
Operaphone 108
         
123   I'm Always Doing Something Silly
I Shall Sit In The Corner And Sulk
Robert Barker  
124        
125        
126        
127        
128 10919
10928
Have You Heard John James O'Hara?
The Night I Fought Jack Johnson
Harry Bluff Polyphon 8859
129        
130        
131 10979
10980
Oh, The Indians In The Strand
Don't Go Out With Him To-Night
Jack Charman  
132   Come Again Through Lover's Lane Jack Charman  
133        
134 5231 I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now? Jack Charman (baritone)  
135        
136        
137   Beautiful Garden Of Roses Cornet Solo  
138        
139        
140        
141        
142        
143        
144 10577
10578
O God, Our Help In Ages Past
Abide With Me
Sextette of St Paul's Choir, London Polyphon 8618
145        
146        
147        
148 5098 My God And Father Florence Bruce (mezzo-soprano)  
149        
150        
151        
152 6782 / 24253
7216 / 24363
Moonlight Bay
Ragtime Cowboy Joe
Jack Charman & Harry Cove
Will Thompson & Will Brockton
Polyphon 5566
Polyphon 5604
153        
154 7852 / 24453
8267 / 24544
Hark! It Is The Thunder Man
The Trail Of The Lonesome Pine
Harry Cove
Will Terry
Pilot 5675
Pilot 5680
155 7785 / 24390
7822 / 24423
Way Down To Honolulu
Introductions
Will Thompson & Will Brockton
Ernest Shand (comedian)
Pilot 5644
Pilot 5661
156        
157        
158 7782 / 24388
7820 / 24421
Always Gay (Arch. Joyce)
The Wedding Glide, two-step (Louis A. Hirsch)
London Guards Band Pilot 5657
Pilot 5660
159 7198 / 24345
8013 / 22790
The Fairest Of The Fair, march (Sousa)
Sunbeams (Mayer Francis)
The Royal Horse Guards
Star Military Band
Pilot 5617
Pilot 5691
160 8053 / 22807
8061 / 22815
Barcarolle "Tales Of Hoffmann"
Songe D'Automne
Haydn Instrumental Quartette Pilot 5693
Pilot 5694
161        
162        
163 7833 / 24434
7837 / 24438
The Rosary
I'll Sing Thee Songs Of Araby
Frank Bond (cornet) Pilot 5667
164        
165 7155 / 14301
7156 / 24302
The Coloured Major
A Banjo Oddity
Olly Oakley (banjo) Polyphon 5624
Polyphon 5625
166 7238 / 24385
7240 / 24387
Annie Laurie
Robin Adair
Miranda Male Voice Quartette Polyphon 5626
Polyphon 5627
167        
168 7865 / 24465
7866 / 24467
That Would Never Do For Me
Hold Your Hand Out, Naughty Boy
Rose Hayes Polyphon 5681
Polyphon 5682
169        
170 5333 / 24133
24139
Have A Drop Of Gin, Joe
All For Father's Sake
Alf Willis Polyphon 5532
Polyphon 5535
171 10870 Advertissments [sic] Will Evans (comedian) Polyphon 8840
172 E-772 (E-77)
E-1272 (E-1237)
Snooky Ookums
It's A Long Way To Tipperary
Jack Charman  
173 E-713 (E-71)
E-722 / 20412
Hold Your Hand Out, Naughty Boy
The Trail Of The Lonesome Pine
Jack Charman
master may be E-72 ?
174 E-774 (E-77)
E-1055 (E-105)
Snooky Ookums
On The Mississippi
Jack Charman  
175        
176 7829 / 24430
8220 / 24497
When Love Creeps In Your Heart
You Made Me Love You
Lionel Rothery
Harry Cove
Pilot 5665
Pilot 5708
177 8210 / 24487
8224 / 24501
P.C. 49 (William Hargreaves)
Hear The Ragtime Band Play Dixie (Walter Tewson)
Will Musgrave (comic)
Harry Cove
Pilot 5705
Pilot 5710
178 8230 / 24507
8231 / 24508
Those Ragtime Melodies
The Ragtime Suffragette
Jack Charman & Harry Cove Pilot 5707
179 8271 / 24548 The Kangaroo Hop Jack Charman Pilot 5713
180 8246 / 24523
8247 / 24524
While I Was Licking My Stamp
Nosey Parker
Alf Willis Pilot 5711
181        
182        
183        
184        
185        
186 8233 / 24510
8242 / 24519
The Bullfighters March
Entry Of The Bulgars, march
Band of the Honorable Artillery Company Pilot 5695
187 8132 / 22849
8340 / 24517
Moonshine waltz
Smiles And Kisses
The Stars Military Band
The Band Of The Honorable Artillery Company
Pilot 5717
Pilot 5696
188        
189