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The first Triumph Record was manufactured in Germany, uning Invicta (Berolina) masters. The catalogue numbers are the same as the Invicta issues, but with 20 in front of the number, hence the one shown here, Triumph 20342 is the same issue & coupling as Invicta 342. It is not known who the Triumph records were produced for, but they will all pre-date the outbreak of WWI in 1914, and most likely stopped well before then. They are even scarcer than the Invicta issues, which are by no means common themselves.

I don't like to assume that all Invictas were also issued on Triumph, so I will only list the Triumphs I have seen or that are reported to me.

At some point in early 1914, most likely after the German Triumphs had ceased, a British-made Triumph Record was launched. These were made by the Disc Record Company at Harrow, for Joseph Blum & Co, using original masters recorded by Blum. The labels can be found in either dark blue, black or red, with gold printing. Again these, like the German ones, were quite short-lived (and hence scarce today) as both the Disc Record Company and Joseph Blum's company went out of business in 1915.

In addition, some of the second series of Triumphs can be found as paste-over labels on other records.

So there are still some mysteries about Triumph Records to solve, but that is what I have come of expect from record labels of this period. The more Triumphs that are reported and listed, the more likley I am able to solve these mysteries!
 

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

 

 

My thanks to Frank Andrews and Norman Field for providing most of the information for this page.
Thanks also to the following who have provided more information:

    Bill Dean-Myatt, Graham Farnell, Robert Girling, Mike Jones, Jonathan Krull, Chris McDonald, Ian McPherson, Adam Miller, Richard Prout, Robert Walker

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

Page last updated on: July 03, 2024

First, the "Invicta" series:

Cat No Matrix Title Labelled Artists
       
2041 1944 (M4O)
1945 (M4O)
Asleep In The Deep (Petrie)
When The Ebb Tide Flows (Garden)
Thomas Howell (baritone)
       
2047 1900 (N26P)
1901 (N26P)
When The Fields Are White With Daisies
There's No Home Like The Old Home
Harry Trevor (baritone)
       
20133 20056
20103
She Only Started Giggling (von Tilzer)
The Spaniard That Blighteds My Life (Billy Merson)
Jack Charman
       
20211 1908
20213
For Auld Lang Syne
The Miner's Dream Of Home
Harry Trevor (baritone) (= Robert Carr)
       
20217 20183
20187
In The Shadows (Finck)
Valse Septembre (Godin)
H.M. Irish Guards Band
       
20223 20220
20231
The Rosary (Nevin)
The Lost Chord (Sullivan)
W. Sizer (cornet)
       
20235 20200
20201
"Poet And Peasant", overture (Suppe) H.M. Irish Guards Band
       
20253 20170
20171
Onward, Christian Soldiers
The Church's One Foundation
Lionel Carlyle (tenor)
       
20292 20250
20350
I Must Go Home To-Night
My Old Grey Coat
Billy Williams
20293 20318
20319
Where Are You Goin' ?
Row, Row, Row
Harry Cove & Thomas Jackson
       
20337   You're My Baby
Those Ragtime Melodies
Jack Charman & Harry Cove
20338 20409
20410
When The Midnight Choo-Choo Leaves For Alabam
The Trail Of The Lonesome Pine
Jack Charman & Harry Cove
20339 20411
20412
Take Me In Your Arms And Say You Love Me
Ring Out Those Bells
Jack Charman & Harry Cove
20340      
20341      
20342 20417
20418
A Soldier's Song
Nazareth
Edmund Lucas
20343 20419
20420
I'm Coming Back To Bonnie Bonnie Scotland
Someone Is Coming To My House
Harry Cove
20344      
20345   It's Nice To Get Up In The Morning
We've Got A Parrot In Our House
Harry Cove
20346      
20347   Anywhere In Maryland (Worton David)
Hold Your Hand Out, Naughty Boy (Worton David)
Jack Charman
20348   On The Mississippi
Snookey Ookums [sic]
Jack Charman
20349      
20350   My Girl From The Emerald Isle
The Way The Wind Blows We'll Go
Jack Charman
20351      
20352      
20353   Dixie Dan
Let's Have A Chorus We Can Sing
Jack Charman
20354      
20355      
20356      
20357 20447
20448
If I Could Only Make You Care
The Little Grey Home In the West
Harry Trevor (baritone) (= Robert Carr)
       

Now, the second series. The majority of the labels show a prefixed '8' in front of the true matrix number. All those seen state British Manufacture; they were made by the Disc Record Company.

Cat No Matrix Title Labelled Artists Notes
         
280 41496
41585
I Don't Like Music
I Don't Care If The Mormons Come
Flora Cromer (comedienne) (= Georgia Golden)  [over stuck on Coliseum 266] Beka 552
Beka 549
         
375 102 It's a Long Way To Tipperary Jack Charman  
         
380 1831
1832
Irish Jigs, part 1
Irish Jigs, part 2
The Irish Band  
         
393 1910
1912
William Tell Overture (Rossini)
I Hear You Calling Me (Marshall)
Symphony Trio  
         
400 1596
2474
The Rosary
That's How I Need You
Robert Carr (baritone)
Walter Bishop
 
         
405 238
268
If I Could Only Make You Care
Little Grey Home In The West
Harry Trevor (baritone)
Lily Gregory (contralto)
 
406 82524
82624
When The Christmas Bells Are Ringing
I Was Dreaming Of You Last Night
Huntley Trevor
Arthur Collins
 
         
410 1872
1894
The Yeoman's Wedding
The Toreador's Song ("Carmen")
Alan Turner (baritone, with orch.)  
         
427 2509
 
Semper Fidelis
Trafalgar March
The Royal Military Band  
428 1821
1829
Les Patineurs, waltz (Waldteufel)
Nights Of Gladness, waltz (Chas. Ancliffe)
Royal Military Band  
429        
430        
431 1611 The Rosary                          [label: 82460] Jack Glover (cornet)  
432 2105
2109
When Evening's Twilight
My Old Kentucky Home
Oxford Minstrels  
433 2542
2543
The Departure Of The Troopship
The Wreck Of The Troopship
The Triumph Company  
434        
435 1632
1857
Annie Laurie
The Magic Of Your Voice
Madame Jomelli
Miss Jessie Broughton
 
436        
437        
438        
439        
440 249gg Hey Ho, Can't You Hear The Steamer? Jack Charman & Harry Cove  
441 2551
2579
I've Got My Eye On You
Hold Your Hand Out, Naughty Boy
Jack Charman British Manf.
442        
443        
444        
445        
446 2623
2626
The Sunshine Of Your Smile
To Have, To Hold, To Love
Arthur Collins (baritone) (= Stanley Kirkby)  
447        
448        
449 2616
2618
In My Little Cabin Home Out West
Tennessee Moon
Harry Cove & Jack Charman
Harry Cove
British Manf.
450        
451 2644
2645
I'm Trying So Hard To Be Good For You
I Wish We'd Never Met
Richard Williams (vocal)  
452        
453        
454 2595
2607
Napoleon And The Marsellaise
Hornpipe Medley
The Yorkshire Knuts (concertina duet)  
455        
456 2685
2695
The Marseillaise
It's A Long, Long Way To Tipperary [sic]
Triumph Military Band British manf
457        
458        
459 2672 Your King And Country Need You (E. Pether, Huntley Trevor) Arthur Lawrence British manf
460 2048
2670
It's A Long Way To Tipperary
Sons Of The Sea
Jack Charman
Harry Stuart
British Manf
461        
462        
463        
464 2671
2690
Motherland
Call Us And We'll Soon Be There
Arthur Lawrence
Godfrey Barrington
 
465 2678
2693
Departure Of The Troops For France
Arrival Of The Troops In France
Descriptive British Manf
466        
467 2686
2699
God Bless The Prince Of Wales
God Save The King
Triumph Military Band  
468 2685
2687
The Marsellaise
Servia's Royal Salute & The Japanese National Anthem
Triumph Military Band  [sic?]  
469        
470 2670
2671
Sons Of The Sea
Motherland
Harry Stewart (baritone) (= Harry Cove)
Arthur Lawrence (= "Lawrence Perry")
 
471        
472        
473        
474 2547
2548
The Christmas Party, parts 1 & 2 Triumph Concert Party British Manf.
475        
476        
477        
478 2541
2549
My Lady Dainty
Weymouth Chimes
Bell Solo British Manf.
479