Although Madison is generally thought of as one of the Grey Gull group of labels, it really has a life of its own. For a start, no mention is made on the labels of Grey Gull or Boston, just "Madison Record Co". The main thing is that Madison has its own matrix number ranges and masters which seem to crop up at random between 1927 and 1932. Also Madison continued on for nearly two years after Grey Gull had ceased producing records.       Madison records were produced for Woolworth's (a few are labelled as by 'Woolco Entertainers') and cost a dime. The records themselves appeared in red/orange, brown and black shellac. They tend to be both brittle and gritty similar to other Grey Gull-type records. The recording quality, style and musicians are the same as other Grey Gull labels too, with the bulk of the dance music provided by trumpeter Mike Mosiello and saxophonist Andy Sannella and their friends.        There were two series of 'Madison only' matrix numbers. One started at 5001 in spring 1926 and reached 5043 (the highest I've seen) by late summer 1929. These were issued on catalogue numbers in a 1600 series.        The matrices then changed to start at 101. However many of these sides used the same masters as the rest of Grey Gull and used the 100 series of matrix numbers as a control number (often the genuine matrix number being expunged from the wax). This means that until you compare the recording with the same title on another GG group label, there's no way of knowing whether it is a 'Madison only' master or not. These matrices/control numbers continue to the mid-300s before restarting at 400. All the 400 series are unique Madison masters and all date from after all the other Grey Gull sides. The highest I've seen so far is 438, dating from 1932.       Generally, the 'Madison only' masters are of genuine Tin Pan Alley hits rather than the non-copyright titles which make up much of the Grey Gull repertoire.       The catalogue numbers have many series:  1600 series in the 1920s, also an 8000 series. A 50000 series, some of which may be found with a zero dropped (i.e. as a 5000 series), running to about 5099,  6000-(approx) 6040 (the last series).

 Below is a listing of all unique Madison masters I have traced so far.
 Any information about missing titles will be received gratefully!
 All dance band titles are Foxtrots unless noted otherwise.
I would like to thank Frank Curran, Jim Baldwin, Michael May, Chas. Mulder, Fredrik Tersmeden, Ryan Barna and Michael Jones for providing me with extra details for these listings.

Firstly, the 5000 series.

The vocalists shown are Arthur Fields, Arthur Hall, Irving Kaufman, John Ryan & Tommy Weir.

Now I shall list the 100-350 series - only the ones I know - and only dance band items.
With this matrix series, if enclosed in brackets, they are just control numbers and the master is the same as the Grey Gull one. An Asterix (*) after the number signifies that it has been checked against the Grey Gull title and is definitely a different recording.

Note: Extra vocalists to the above: Paul Small, Jerry White.

Finally, then, the 400 series of matrix numbers, all of which are unique to Madison.
Additional vocalists: Jesters Quartet, Frank Luther.