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Sold by Walter Barber & Co , of 115, Uxbridge Road, Shepherd's Bush, London, there were two types of Barberphone record, both dating from pre-1920. The first used J. Blum & Co's matrices which were in a 1000 and 2000 series. The other Barberphone records are reported to be paste-over labels on Grammavox and Popular records.

Despite the information above, which may have come from Frank Andrews' research, the few items I am listing below seem to be from various series and also seem to be properly pressed in labels, and not pasted over.

The red label design seems to be a J. Blum pressing whereas the white label is from Grammavox.

Thanks to Rainer Lotz for the scan of the second label image.

This is a first attempt at a listing with information from the late Arthur Badrock.
Please e-mail me if you can help me fill in the gaps in any of these series.

Thanks to the following people who hve sent more information: Mike Comber, Bill Dean-Myatt, Norman Field

Cat No	Matrix	Title	Artists	Source
1	E-1081 E-1117	In The Shadows Teddy Bears' Picnic	Royal Guards Band
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3
4
5	4085 4087	There's Something In The Seaside Air We All Go The Same Way Home	Jack Charman	Grammavox E-48
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9
10

40	1474 1480	The Better Land Because	Sergeant Blundell (cornet)
41	1473	The Lost Chord	Sergeant Blundell (cornet)

53/54	53 54	Poet and Peasant, overture part 1 Poet and Peasant, overture part 2	Military Band (= Grammavox Military Band)	Grammavox A-26

A-9	71 72	El Capitan, march Blue Danube, waltz	Royal Military Band	Grammavox A-35

B-6	2087 2093x1	Your Eyes Have Told Me So Beautiful Garden Of Roses	Glandon Lewis (bass) Horace Mather (tenor)	Grammavox D-47

C-1
C-2
C-3
C-4	4074 4077	Bonnie Leezie Lindsay Any Old Iron	Jock McGraw Mack Culley	Grammavox E-38
C-5
C-6	4114 ?	The Spaniard That Blighted My Life	Jack Charman	Grammavox E-49 ?

unkn	4080 ?	One Of The B-Hoys You Mean Someone But You Don't Mean Me	unknown