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Melograph (GB)
There are reported to be two distinct Melograph records, both from the pre-WWI period. One was manufactured in Liverpool in about 1907, and one is an all-German product of probably a year or two later.    Things are never as simple as they seem, however. The label shown in Don Taylor's book is a German-made one with a catalogue number in a 2000-series. However, the label scan shown here (kindly sent to me by Ian McPherson) shows a record which is also German-made, but with a 2-digit catalogue number .

 

This is a first attempt at a listing, showing the few records I know so far!              Page last updated on: December 27, 2011
Almost all the information is from Frank Andrews.
Others who have helped are: Norman Field
Please e-mail me if you can help with more information.

First, the 10" series

Cat No Matrix Title Labelled Artists Actual Artists
No Number 1034
1512		 When The Band Plays - selection
Lohengrin - Bridal March		 Melograph Orchestra
Empire Orchestra		  
1 1416
2405		 La Petite Tonkinoise
The Circus Rider		 Albert Muller (tubaphone, with orch)  
2   The Woodchoppers OF Tyrol
Sunflowers Mazurka		 Empire Band
Melograph Symphony Orchestra		  
3 551
2102		 Entry Of The Gladiators
The Bells Of St Malo		 Empire Band  
4   La Mattchiche
The Skaters' Waltz		 Empire Orchestra  
5 2105
2455		 The Jolly Coppersmith
Spanish Serenade		 Kaiser Franz Grenadier Guards Band
Albert Muller (bells)		  
6 518
562 or 566		 Stars And Stripes Forever, march
Carmen - Grand March		 Kaiser Franz Grenadier Guards Band  
7   The Merry Widow, selection parts 1 & 2 Melograph Symphony Orchestra  
8   The Merry Widow - Vilja's Song
The Merry Widow - Waltz		 Melograph Symphony Orchestra  
9 1413
2456		 Waltz Menuette
Mayflowers Polka		 Empire Orchestra
Albert Muller (bells)		  
10 557
1510		 La Marseillaise
Le Prophete - Coronation March		 Empire Band  
11 502
529		 Old Comrades, march
Our Navy, march		 Kaiser Franz Grenadier Guards Band  
12   Dancing Hussars, waltz
Butterfly Gavotte		 Empire Orchestra
Albert Muller (bells)		  
13   Faust Waltz
Luna, waltz		 Empire Orchestra  
14 1008
1018		 DonauWellen, waltz
Santiago waltz		 Empire Orchestra
Melograph Symphony Orchestra		  
15 1512
 		 Lohengrin - Bridal March
Lohengrin - selection		 Empire Orchestra
Melograph Symphony Orchestra		  
16 5006 ?
 		 The Bedouin Love Song
King Cotton March		 Oswalde Earle (baritone)
Kaiser Franz Grenadier Guards Band		  
17   If Those Lips Could Only Speak
Boulanger March		 Oswalde Earle (baritone)
Albert Muller (xylophone, with orch)		  
18   The Bandolero
The Cadets, march		 Oswalde Earle (baritone)
Kaiser Franz Grenadier Guards Band		  
19        
20        
21        
22        
23   The Little Beauty - Mazurka
The Storm Fiend		 Melograph Orchestra (cond: Fred Holliday)
Arthur Weber (bass)		  
24 917
1505		 Carmen - Song Of The Toreador
The Thieving Magpie, overture		 W. Atkinson (baritone)
Price's Concert Orchestra		  
25        
26        
27        
28        
29        
30 960
2454		 The Dear Little Shamrock
Lily Of The Valley, polka		 Ida Phillips (contralto)
Albert Miller (tubaphone)		  
31 1532
1536		 William Tell - Overture
The Mikado - selection		 Price's Concert Orchestra  
32 573
1534		 Tannhauser - Grand March
Tannhauser - Pilgrims' Chorus		 Empire Orchestra  
33 1430
2211		 Spring Song
Martha - selection		 Melograph Symphony Orchestra  
34   Spring Air - whistling song
The Turkish Patrol		 Empire Orchestra  
35 571
574		 El Capitan, march
Liberty Bell, march		 Empire Orchestra  
36 2402
 		 Katchen, polka
Campaign March		 Albert Muller (xylophone)
Kaiser Franz Grenadier Guards Band		  
37 417
1009 ?		 Anona, intermezzo
The Geisha - Waltz		 Price's Concert Orchestra  
38   Parliament March
The Suffragettes' March		 Empire Orchestra  
39 570
1517		 Aida - Triumphal March
Mignon - Overture		 Melograph Symphony Orchestra  
40 1508
2255		 Zampa - overture
Jovial Polka		 Empire Military Band
J & W Hatton (cornet duet)		  
41 1535
1537		 Overture To Norma (Bellini)
Jubilee Overture (Weber)		 Melograph Orchestra  
42 2404
2452		 The Madrilenean
Moonlight Shadows		 Albert Muller (xylophone)
Kaiser Franz Grenadier Guards Band		  
43 1526
1531		 A Waltz Dream - Ni Ki March
A Waltz Dream - Waltz		 Muller's Viennese Orchestra  
44 1528
1530		 A Waltz Dream - The Merry Polka
A Waltz Dream - Tsin, Tsin, Tsin		 Muller's Viennese Orchestra  
45 566
1006		 The Emperor's Fanfare
Viennese Forest, waltz		 Kaiser Franz Grenadier Guards Band
Muller's Viennese Orchestra		  
46        
47        
48 1519
2258		 Cavalleria Rusticana - Intermezzo
On The Rhine		 Kaiser Franz Grenadier Guards Band
J. Hatton (cornet)		  
49        
50        
51 1109
2256		 Spanish Dance
Jolly Good Fellows		 Price's Concert Orchestra
J. Hatton (cornet)		  
52        
53        
54        
55        
56        
57        
58        
59        
60        
61        
62        
63 587
1020		 "Merry Widow" - Maxim March (Lehar)
The Sirens Waltz (Waldteufel)		 Melograph Orchestra  
64        
65        
66        
67        
68        
69        
70        
71        
72        
73        
74        
75        
76        
77        
78        
79        
80        
81        
82        
83 1401
1442		 Polish Dance
Russian National Dance		 Price's Concert Orchestra  
84        
85        
86        
87        
88 1000
1009 ?		 There Is A Green Hill Far Away
The Messiah - Why Do The Nations?		 Samuel Mann (abass)  
89   Carmena
Serenade		 Miss Hall (soprano)  
90 1033
1038		 Cavalleria Rusticana - Siciliana
I Pagliacci - On With The Motley		 G. Renier (tenor)  
91   The Skipper
The Trumpeter		 George Platt (baritone)  
92   A German At The Telephone
Bargain Tales		 A. Frame (comedy monologue)  
93   O'Brien
They're All Single At The Seaside		 Darby West (comic)  
94 1012
1022		 Breakfast In Bed On Sunday Morning
Put On Your Ta-Ta Little Girlie		 Fred Bentinck (comic)  
95   Shirts
Meet Me In Kellyland		 Fred Bentinck (comic)
Bob Fawcett (comic)		  
96   I Like Your Apron And Your Bonnet
Yiddle On Your Fiddle		 Harry Smith
Darby West (comic)		  
97        
99        
100        
101        
102        
103 622
2103		 The Guards' Parade (The Passing Regiment)
The Village Smithy		 Melograph Orchestra  
104        
105        
106        
107        
108        
109        
110        
111   God My Father
Turn Thou To Me		 Samuel Mann (bass)  
112   In Morning's Garden
Smiles		 Miss Hamblett (soprano)
Miss McMahon (contralto)		  
113   Because
The Rosary		 Harry Smith (tenor)  
114   Floradora - In The Shade Of The Palm
La Poupee - A Jovial Monk Am I		 G. Day (baritone)  
115   Phil The Fluter's Ball
Zummersetshire		 Samuel Mann (bass)  
116   The Arcadians - My Mother
Hi! Hi! Mr. McKie		 Fred Bentinck (comic)  
117        
118        
119        
120        
121        
122        
123   For You Alone
Your Eyes Have Told Me So		 George Renier (tenor)  
124   The Gondoliers - Take A Pair Of Sparkling Eyes
I Hear You Calling Me		 Harry Smith (tenor)  
125   The Arrow And The Song
The Corporal's Ditty		 George Edwards (baritone)  
126   Richard Of Taunton Dene
Young Tom O'Devon		 Samuel Mann (bass)  
127   Ivanhoe - Ho! Jolly Jenkin
Glorious Devon		 George Platt (baritone)  
128        
129        
130        
         
2102   The Bells Of St. Malo Empire Band  
         

Now the 12" ones:

Cat No Matrix Title Labelled Artists Actual Artists
1        
2        
3        
4        
5        
6        
7   For God, King & Country, march
The German Eagle, march		 Melograph Military Band  
8   Russian Polka
The Swallows, waltz		 Melograph Orchestra  
9   Reminiscences Of Wagner
Torch Dance		 Melograph Concert Orchestra  
10   The Wave, waltz#
Die Fledermaus, waltz		 Melograph Concert Orchestra  
11   "Fra Diavolo" - overture
Fantasia On Bocaccio		 Melograph Concert Orchestra