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There were three records of this name. The first was a 7" and 10" disc dating from about 1907. It was made by the Disc Record company of Harrow and used Nicole masters; the 7" being made of the same sort of material as Nicole records and the 10" being standard shellac. (see first example).
Thanks to F. Finnigan of Holland for the label image.

The second label may only have been sold in Australia. These were pressed by Homophon in Germany prior to WWI and it had a 2000- catalogue series (see second example).

The third label, actually "Universal Double Disc" was also manufactured by Homophon in Germany for the Australian market prior to WWI, sometimes the label is just a paste-over. The catalogue ran from 8000 to just over 8400. (See third example).

Thanks to Adam Miller and Bill Dean-Myatt for providing the second and third label scans.

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.

Thanks to the following for providing information: Paul Cleary, Mike Comber, David Kent, Paul Kilmartin, Adam Miller, Bruce Watt

Page last updated on: July 16, 2024

Cat No	Matrix	Title	Labelled Artists	Rec. Date / other
2000

2010	10B 380810	March Du Drapeau Fends L'Air, march	English Orchestra	7-12-10 / M 11 V (2598) 25-09-08 / M 11 V

2100

2135		U.S.A. Patrol	English Orchestra

2189	365880 366160	The Deathless Army Yes, Let Me Like A Soldier Fall	Tenor	1119A (1-11-09) / F 21 T 2999A (29-9-09) / F 26 T

2200

2262	367010 / 6701 .	Rob Roy Mackintosh Ma Ain Wee Dearie	Roger Mackie Jock Mills	D 10 S J 4 S

2300

3107	370310 370320	Chateau Margaux - cancion del Callego (Caballero) Una Vieja - romanza (Gaztambide)	Rafael Diaz (tenor)	799A / F 28 U 11110A / F 28 U

The 8000-series is labelled "Universal Double Disc"; thought to be sold only in Australia.

Cat No	Matrix	Title	Labelled Artists	Rec. Date
8001	6370 100104	They Were Singing "Home Sweet Home" Don't Go Down In the Mine, Dad	Sam Hempsall	10-10-13 26-8-13

8010		Mumblin' Moss	Northumberland Hussars Band

8054		The Taximeter Car	Billy Williams

8059	6752 6754	Put A Bit Of Powder On It Picture Post Cards	Billy Williams	8-9-13 22-10-13

8089	6175 6176	Intermezzo ("Cavalleria Rusticana" - Mascagni) Irish Jigs	Fred Barkley (concertina)	14-2-13 7-4-13

8099	60485 60558	O For The Bloom Of My Own Native Heather I Shall Wear Your Sprig Of Heather	Wallace Cameron	9-10-13 2-8-13

8103		Rule Britannia; God Save The King	Imperial Military Band

8116	6327 6330	I Do Feel So Lonely You Might Shake Hands	Victoria Monks	16-6-13 / G 12 O 9-9-10 / G 12 O

8128	6756 6856	In Serves You Right [sic - title should be It Serves You Right] All Coons Look Alike To Me (parody)	Billy Williams (The man in the velvet suit) (comic)	13-9-13 / D 16 S 17-4-13 / C 4 R
8129
8130		A Coon Band Contest	Imperial Regimental Band

8146	6753 6997	Put Me Amongst The Girls Too-Ral-Addie	Billy Williams	29-12-13 15-10-13
8147		That Honolulu Rag	Jack Charman

8200
8201
8202	60275 60276	Police March I'm Afraid To Come Home In the Dark	Imperial Regimental Band

8260		When The Midnight Choo Choo Leaves For Alabam'	Harry Cove & Tom Jackson
8261
8262		Those Ragtime Melodies (Gene Hodgkins)	Harry Cove & Jack Charman

8300

8400