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British Dance Bands

This was a Russian manufactured label made for Export to Britain immediately before the outbreak of WWI, in Spring 1914.
Sometimes spelled "SIRENA", the source for many of the masters is Berolina in Germany, issued usually in Britain on the Invicta label.

Thanks to Bill Dean-Myatt for providing the label photo.

My thanks to Frank Andrews in providing most of the information for this page.
Thanks also to the following for extra information: Dan Crocker, Norman Field, Philip Gordon-Booth, Mike Langridge

Please e-mail me if you can help me fill in the gaps in any of these series.

Page last updated on: February 15, 2024

Cat No	Face No	Master	Title	Labelled Artists	Source
100	X-30000 X-30001		Stars And Stripes, march Highland Patrol, march	Band of HM Irish Guards
101
102
103	X-30006 X-30007	20178 20179	Christmas Carols, part 1 Christmas Carols, part 2	Band of H.M. Irish Guards (cond: Charles Hassell)	Invicta 205
104
105
106	X-9570 X-9572		Chercomialmyi March Cherkpvmyi Parade	Orch L-gv. Petrogradska Polka
107	X-30014 X-30015	20139	Ghosts - two-step The Mountain Gnomes	Band of H.M. Irish Guards (cond: Charles Hassell)	Invicta 182 Invicta 240
108
109
110
111	X-30022 X-30023		Temptation Rag My Hero, waltz	Band of HM Irish Guards
112	X-30024 X-30025	20175 14541	I Am Going Back To Dixie The Chocolate Soldier, selections	Band of H.M. Irish Guards (cond: Charles Hassell)	Invicta 215 Invicta 218
113
114
115	X-30030 X-30031	20137 20187	The Cubanola Glide Valse Septembre	Band of H.M. Irish Guards (cond: Charles Hassell)	Invicta 179 Invicta 217
116
117
118
119	X-1549 X-1550		The Diamond Crown, overture part 1 The Diamond Crown, overture part 2	Band of H.M. Irish Guards (cond: Charles Hassell)
120
121
122
123
124
125
126
127
128
129
130
131
132
133
134
135
136
137	X-1462 X-1559		Gladiator's Farewell, march Cadets Farewell, march	Sirena London Orchestra
138
139
140
141
142
143
144
145	X-1436 X-1437		After The Ball, waltz Monte Cristo, waltz	Syrena London Orchestra
146
147
148
149
150	X-12322 X-12327		Melancholy, waltz The Past Dreams, waltz	Syrena London Orchestra
151
152
153		1007 ?	Waltz Of Merry Widow, part 1 Waltz Of Merry Widow, part 2 ?	Sirena London Orchestra
154
155	X-3068 X-3069		Gri-Gri, waltz Waltz Of The Suffragettes	Syrena London Orchestra

195	X-10960 X-10963		Virtuoso Susanna Waltz Tesoro Mio, waltz	Manti Lea (whistling, with orch accmp)
196
197
198
199	1563 1566		In A Clockmaker's Shop The Rider March	Sirena London Orchestra
200
201	X-1013 X-1058	E-664 ?	The Turkish Patrol A Japanese Romance	London Salon Orchestra Sirena London Orchestra

239	1464 1465		The Mill In The Forest If You Could Love Me	Mr. Sizer (cornet)
240
241	8545 8521		More Softness, More Love Hai-Da Polka	John Pidoux (banjo)

255		20156	Plantation Melodies	Pamby Dick (accordion)
256
257	X-10922		Ragtime Frolics	Billy Whitlock
258
259
260
261
262	X-12534 X-12536		Violetta Solo "Traviata" (Verdi) Serenade (Drdla)	M. Levinger (violin)	orig
263
264
265
266	X-10173 X-10174		Waltz (Chopin) The Nightingale Waltz (Liszt)	Mme Tchernecka (piano)	orig
267
268
269	X-30111 X-30112		Christmas Awaits, part1 Christmas Awaits, part2	Syrena Sketch Company	Invicta 213
270
271	X-30115 X-30116		A Day's Racing A Day At The Seaside	Sirena Humorous Sketch Company

285	X-30140 X-30141	20111 20106	Kitty Dear Do You Remember The Last Waltz?	Albert Prior	Invicta 147 Invicta 148
286
287
288
289
290	X-30150 X-30151	20078 ?	Beautiful Girl Let Me Kiss Those Tears Away	Leonard Rayne (baritone)	Invicta
291
292
293	X-30155 X-30156	2043 2045	Someday I May Forgive You You Came When Life Was Sunshine	Victor King	Invicta 95 Invicta 96
294
295
296	X-30161 X-30162	14570 14571	On Mobile Bay Moonlight Bay	Will Thompson (tenor)	Invicta 97
297	X-30163 X-30164	20229 20230	In The Valley Where The Bluebird Sings Beautiful Bird, Sing On	Will Thompson (tenor) [The Invicta issue is labelled as by Robert Carr)	Invicta 227
298	X-30165 X-30166	20000 20013	Ragtime Violin Paree, That's The Place For Me	Johnnie Black (= Jack Charman) Jack Charman	Invicta 154 Invicta 105
299
300
301	X-30171 X-30172	2081 2082	The Jingle Of The Gold We All Sang Too-Ra-Loo-Ral-Addie	Ben Merry (probably Jack Charman)	Invicta 117
302
303	X-30175 X-30176	2065	We All Went Marching Home Again Meet Me In Kellyland	Jack Charman	Invicta 194
304	X-30177 X-30178	20055 20056	Take Your Girlie On A Steamer She Only Started Jgglind [sic - Giggling]	Jack Charman	Invicta 127 Invicta 133
305	X-30179 X-30180	2059x 2083x	What's The Matter With London? My Ninepence	Jack Charman	Invicta 106 Invicta 118
306	X-30181 X-30182	20017	Stop, Stop, Stop Saturday Afternoon Till Monday Morning	Jack Charman	Invicta 118 Invicta 105
307
308
309	X-30187 X-30188	20051	There's Something In The Seaside Air I Forgot The Number Of My House	Jack Charman	Invicta 123 Invicta 164
310
311
312
313
314	X-30196 X-30197	20122	There Is A Girl In Havana Sandy, Have You Ever Tried Ragtime?	Harry Peake (= Jack Charman)	Invicta 166 Invicta 170
315
316
317
318
319
320	X-30206 X-30207	2071 20049	That Hypnotising Man Ragtime Crazy	Johnnie Black (comedian) (= Jack Charman)	Invicta 112 Invicta 122
321
322	X-30210 X-30211	20075 20091	Ein, Zwei, Drei Yiddle, On Your Fiddle	Johnnie Black (comedian) (= Jack Charman)	Invicta 125 Invicta 122
323
324
325	X-30216 X-30217	20059 20081	You Can Have Such Fun With The Girls Joshu-Ah	Sam Startling (= Jack Charman)	Invicta 134 Invicta 151
326
327
328
329
330
331	X-30226 X-30227		Gotta Sing A Ragtime Song The Night Watchman	George Grenville
332
333
334
335	X-30233 X-30234	2078	I Am Just Nobody I'll Take You To The Ragtime Dance	A.D. Moran (= Jack Charman)	Invicta 115
336	X-30235 X-30236	20212 20236	Robert E. Lee Lead Me To That Beautiful Band	Harry Cove	Invicta 232
337	X-30237 X-30238	20237 20238	Have You Seen Our John? The Same As His Father Did Before Him	Harry M. Pearson (comic)	Invicta 249
338
339
340
341	X-30245 X-30246		Don't All Go To Hear The Band On The Esplanade	Tom Raymond (comic) (= Will Terry)
342	X-30247 X-30248	20053 20113	I Like Your Apron And Your Bonnet In Your Old Sun Bonnet	Fred West (comic) (= probably Jack Charman)	Invicta 155
343
344
345		20208 20210	The Gaby Glide Hitchy Koo	The Two Rags (duet)	Invicta 229 Invicta 230
346	X-30256 X-30257	20209 20211	I'm Going Back To Dixie Baby Rose	The Two Rags (duet)	Invicta 229 Invicta 230
347	X-30256 X-30258	20209 14555	I'm Going Back To Dixie The Ragtime Soldier Man	The Two Rags (duet)	Invicta 229 Invicta 245
348	X-30258 X-30259	20210 14554	Hitchy Koo The Ghost Of The Violin	The Two Rags (duet)	Invicta 230 Invicta 240
349	X-30260 X-30261		Supposing Grizzly Bear	Sady Johnson & Pete Brown (= Nancy & Jack Charman)
350	X-30262 X-30263	20022 20023	That Mysterious Rag Everybody's Doing It	Sady Johnson & Pete Brown (= Nancy & Jack Charman)	Invicta 98 Invicta 99

359	X-30282 X-30283		Blood Of Vienna [sic], waltz Stories From Vienna Woods [sic], waltz	Palais De Danse Orchestra

367	X-30295 X-30299	10026	Wedding Of The Winds Grigi Waltz	Palais De Danse Orchestra	Dacapo 2037
368
369
370
371
372	X-30308 X-30309		Hope (two-step) Detective Dance	Palais De Danse Orchestra
373
374
375
376
377

383	X-30330 X-30331		Ragtime Medley, part 1 Ragtime Medley, part 2	Band of H.M. Irish Guards
389	X-30342 X-30343	20293	Ragtime Violin Your Eyes Have Told Me So	Pamby Dick (accordion)	Invicta 263 Invicta 264

400	X-30364 X-30365		Until (Sanderson) Little Grey Home In The West	Sergt. Hunt (cornet)
401	X-30366 X-30367	20283 20284	That's What The Rose Said To Me Coon Medley	Pamby Dick (accordion)	Invicta 270 Invicta 278
402
403	X-30370 X-30371		The Wedding Glide How D'Ye Do, Miss Ragtime?	The Two Rags (duet)	Invicta 302 ? Invicta 280
404	X-30372 X-30373	20339 20340	Toddling Home Back Street Door	Jack Charman (baritone)	Invicta 281