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Kalliope (pronounced Kal-eye-oh-pee) records were originally made in Germany for local consumption, where they were successful for 30 years. The British equivalent was not so successful, however. It was introduced in 1913 by the Anchor (Anker) Gramophone Company and cost 1/-. The catalogue numbers were in a 6000-series and German masters were derived from Anker & Kalliope.

The British recordings, with 1000- series matrix numbers were recorded by Joseph Blum & Co at their recording rooms in Old Street, London. This was understood to be an exclusive agreement, but when Blum discovered Kalliope was using the recordings to press other record labels, he terminated the agreement and went elsewhere to get his records pressed.
Kalliope then had to find another supplier of English recordings, which can be seen here with matrix numbers in an 06800- series starting at catalogue number 6230. This series was used by Anker, who presumably recorded these for Kalliope, but athough the labels state "recorded in London", I have not determined if this were so, or if the performers travelled to Germany to make these recordings.

The British issues ceased production with the outbreak of World War I in 1914.

 

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.

My thanks to Frank Andrews for providing most of the initial information for this page.
Thanks also to the following for providing extra information: Peter Andrews, Robin Bratchley, Dennis Davies, Graham Farnell,
Norman Field, Robert Girling, Mike Langridge, Albert Pattison

Page last updated on: October 03, 2024

Cat No Matrix Title Artist Notes
6000        
6001
6002        
6003        
6004        
6005 1025
1452
Army And Navy, march (Blankenburg)
Action Front, march (Blankenburg)
Band of H.M. Royal 12th Hussars  
6006        
6007 1157
1320
The Loyal Legion, march (J.P. Sousa)
The Cossacks (A. Sperber)
Band of H.M. Royal 12th Hussars  
6008        
6009        
6010        
6011 1155
1167
Washington Post, march (J.P. Sousa)
Stars And Stripes, march (J.P. Sousa)
Band of H.M. Royal 12th Hussars  
6012 1168
1321
Roaming In The Gloaming
The Jolly Coppersmith
Band of H.M. Royal 12th Hussars  
6013 1443
1477
The Gaby Glide
Ginger, two-step
Royal Military Band  
6014 1073
1221
Red Pepper
Teddy Bears' Picnic
Royal Military Band  
6015 1116
1445
Alexander's Ragtime Band
The Grizzly Bear
Royal Military Band  
6016 1482 The British Empire Royal Military Band  
6017 1115
1120
La Mattchiche (Borel-Clerc)
The Dance Of The Apaches (J. Offenbach)
Royal Military Band  
6018 1075
1254
Amoretten Waltz (J. Strauss)
Skater's Waltz (Waldteufel)
Royal Military Band  
6019        
6020        
6021 1080
1258
Torch Dance (Henry VIII dances - German)
Ballet Russe, No. 5
Royal Military Band  
6022        
6023 1074
1076
Regrets, waltz
Passing Of Salome
Royal Military Band  
6024        
6025 1216
1257
Ballet Russe - Czardas, part 1
Ballet Russe - Czardas, part 2
Royal Military Band  
6026        
6027 1119
1322
March Past Of The Brigade
The Wee MacGregor
Royal Military Band  
6028        
6029        
6030 1173
1400
The Policeman's Holiday (M. Ewing)
Mariette Polka
Band of H.M. Royal 12th Hussars  
6031 1391
1479
Lovely Day For A Sail
Venus On Earth
Band of H.M. Royal 12th Hussars  
6032        
6033 1024
1081
Marsinah - valse orientale
In The Shadows (H. Finck)
Royal Military Band
Band of H.M. Royal 12th Hussars
 
6034 1082
1267
Christchurch Call
"Die Walkurie" - Ride Of The Valkyrie
Band of H.M. Royal 12th Hussars  
6035        
6036 1060 Waltz Solita Royal Symphony Orchestra  
6037 4060
4062
Tesoro Mio, waltz
Moss Rose, waltz
Palais de Danse Orchestra  
6038        
6039        
6040        
6041 1052
1055
Lohengrin: Introduction to Act III (Wagner)
Rienzi, overture (Wagner)
Imperial Concert Band  
6042 1030
1031
Morning Noon And Night, overture part 1
Morning Noon And Night, overture part 2
Imperial Concert Band  
6043 1045
1046
Zampa. overture, part 1
Zampa. overture, part 2
Imperial Concert Band  
6044 1450
1451
Princess Caprice, selection part 1
Princess Caprice, selection part 2
Imperial Concert Band  
6045 1263
1264
The Pink Lady, selection
The Pink Lady, waltz
Imperial Concert Band  
6046 1261
1262
The Gondoliers - selection part 1
The Gondoliers - selection part 2
Imperial Concert Band  
6047        
6048        
6049        
6050        
6051        
6052 1249
1250
Anitra's Dance ("Peer Gynt" - Grieg)
In The Hall Of The Mountain King ("Peer Gynt" - Grieg)
Royal Military Band  
6053   O Dry Those Tears
Softly Awakes My Heart
Jack Glover (cornet)  
6054 1448
1522
Berceuse De Jocelyn
You Came To Me
John Glover (cornet)  
6055 1473
1474
The Lost Chord (Sullivan)
The Better Land (Cowen)
J. Glover (cornet)  
6056 1449
1450
Asthore
Because
J. Glover (cornet)  
6057        
6058        
6059 1516
1521
Sweet Jasmine
In The Camp
Olly Oakley (banjo)  
6060 1517
1518
Toronto Jig
Queen Of The Burlesque
Olly Oakley (banjo)  
6061        
6062 295
2269
Bells, polka
Sylvia Ballet - Pizzicato
Albert Miller (bells)  
6063 2270
2310
"Mignon" - entr'acte (Thomas)
"Coppelia" - mazurka (Delibes)
Albert Miller (bells)  
6064        
6065 317
318
Carnival Of Venice
Concert Galopi
Albert Miller (xylophone)  
6066 269
296
Circus Galop
Serenade Espagnole
Albert Miller (xylophone)  
6067        
6068 862
2847
Traumerei (Schumann)
Ave Maria (Gounod)
Miss Nora Brunell (violin)  
6069        
6070        
6071        
6072        
6073        
6074 1124
1125
Rose Of My Heart (Hermann Lohr)
Take A Pair Of Sparkling Eyes (Sullivan)
Henry Turnpenny (tenor)  
6075 1122
1126
Down The Vale (F.L. Moir)
The Thorn (Shield)
Henry Turnpenny (tenor)  
6076        
6077        
6078 1288
1289
Sombre Words
The Cuckoo
Madame Jomelli (soprano)  
6079        
6080        
6081        
6082 1332
1333
"La Tosca" (Puccini)
"Il Trovatore" (Verdi)
Madame Jomelli (soprano)  
6083        
6084 1244
1272
Sympathy
In Sweet September
Jessie Broughton (contralto)  
6085        
6086        
6087        
6088        
6089        
6090        
6091        
6092 1096
1460
I Want To Live In Brittany
Yesterday You Called Me Sweetheart
Robert Carr (baritone)  
6093        
6094 1203
1299
Until
Two Eyes Of Grey
Robert Carr (baritone)  
6095 1301
1313
With All My Heart
Some Day I May Forgive You
Robert Carr (baritone)  
6096        
6097 1087
1088
Little Shepherdess Of Devon
When The Convent Bells Are Ringing
Robert Carr (baritone)  
6098 1205
1207
Meet Me Tonight In Dreamland
Your Eyes Have Told Me So
Robert Carr (baritone)  
6099 1094
1206
Because
The Rosary
Robert Carr (baritone)  
6100 1292
1452
The Hymns Mothers Used To Sing
The Volunteer Organist
Robert Carr (baritone)  
6101        
6102        
6103 1129
1355
Beyond The Dawn
Little Gret Home In The West
T. F. Kinniburgh (bass)  
6104 1127
1128
Drake Goes West
The Sea Road
Tom Kinniburgh (bass)  
6105        
6106        
6107 1531
1532
Excelsior, part 1
Excelsior, part 2
Robert Carr & Albert Watson (duet)  
6108 1529
1530
All's Well
The Larboard Watch
Robert Carr & Albert Watson (duet)  
6109 1175
1176
Watchman, What Of The Night?
The Battle Eve
Henry Turnpenny & Tom Kinniburgh (duet)  
6110        
6111 1358
1361
Nazareth
Lead, Kindly Light
Robert Carr (baritone)  
6112 1306
1359
The Old Hundredth
A Few More Years Shall Rose
Robert Carr (baritone)  
6113        
6114        
6115 1295
1363
O Come All Ye Faithful
Christians Awake
Robert Carr (baritone, w/organ)  
6116        
6117        
6118        
6119        
6120        
6121 1440
1442
For Unto Us A Child Is Born
Worthy Is The Lamb
Christchurch Choir of  50 voices  
6122        
6123        
6124 1225
1280
La Donne E Mobile
Questa O Quella
Signor Giovanni Caracurla  
6125        
6126        
6127        
6128        
6129 1285
3409
La Paloma (in Spanish)
Toreador's Song ("Carmen" - Bizet)
Signor Bacardi
Signor Giovanni Cora (baritone)
 
6130 1378
1379
The Spaniard That Blighted My Life
The Gay Cavalier
Billy Merson (comedian)  
6131        
6132        
6133        
6134 1374
1376
Georgie Took Me Walking In The Park
I Want A Girl With The Glad Eye
Rose Hayes (comedienne)  
6135        
6136 1366
1367
Ragtime Violin
Oh You Beautiful Doll
Jack Charman  
6137        
6138 1138
1139
Hello! Susie Green
I've Had My Fortune Told
Jack Charman  
6139        
6140        
6141        
6142        
6143        
6144        
6145        
6146 1004
1404
Yiddle On Your Fiddle
Silver Bell
Jack Charman  
6147 1002
1137
We All Go The Same Way Home
What's Become Of The Girls I Used To Know?
Jack Charman  
6148        
6149 1001
1489
Hush! Here Comes The Dream Man
There's a Girl In Havana
Jack Charman  
6150        
6151 1496
1504
Waltz Me Willie In Ragtime
Anna, Bang The Pianner
Harry Cove  
6152        
6153 1199
1469
He Played On His Fiddle-Dee-Dee
By The Watermelon Vine
Claude Graham (= Jack Charman)  
6154        
6155 1184 or 1188
1187
Don't Keep Grumbling About The Weather
Maloney
Claude Graham (= Jack Charman)  
6156 1185
1186
We'll Have A Night Out Together To-Night
When Mother Dropped A Halfpenny On The Bus
Claude Graham (= Jack Charman)  
6157 1064
1066
Tickle Me, Timothy
I Never Heard Father Laugh So Much Before
Billy Melville (= Jack Charman)  
6158 1065
1202
Don't Go Out With Him Tonight
Jean From Aberdeen
Billy Melville (= Jack Charman)  
6159 1182
1183
Here We Are Again
Why Can't We Have The Sea In London?
Billy Melville (= Jack Charman)  
6160 1231
1337
We All Sang Too-Ra-Loo-Ral-Addie
Let's Go Where All The Crowd Goes
Billy Melville (= Jack Charman)  
6161        
6162 1110
1111
On The Old Garden Wall
My Ninepence
Will Thomas  
6163        
6164        
6165        
6166        
6167        
6168 1178
1179
What Do We Pay The Rates For?
I've Got Something To Tell You
Charles Penrose (comedian)  
6169        
6170 1113
1114
I Tried To Keep From Laughing
The Laughing Family
Charles Penrose (comedian)  
6171        
6172        
6173        
6174 1270
1316
Stop Yer Tickling Jock
I Love A Lassie
Vernon Watson  
6175 1194
1268
Just A Wee Deoch And Doris
The Same As His Father Did Before Him
Vernon Watson  
6176 1195
1273
It's Just Like Being At Home (Harry Lauder)
The Message Boy (Harry Lauder)
Vernon Watson  
6177 1193
1209
Roaming In the Gloaming
Bonnie Leezie Lindsay
Vernon Wataon  
6178        
6179        
6180        
6181 1276
 
I Want To Sing In Opera
The Doorkeeper At Frightley's
Vernon Watson  
6182 1198
1277
More In Sorry Than In Anger
Tempt Me Not
Vernon Watson  
6183 1315
 
I'd Like To Go On A Honeymoon
You Mean Somebody But You Don't Mean Me
Vernon Watson  
6184        
6185 1222
1224
Round The World In An Aeroplane
Up From The Country
Jack Charman & Company  
6186 1235
1237
Scene In The Gallery
A Day's Fishing
Jack Charman & Company  
6187        
6188 1100
1101
Alexander's Ragtime Band
That Mysterious Rag
Jack & Nancy Charman  
6189 1090
1091
All Alone
Will You Love Me Just The Same?
Jack & Nancy Charman  
6190        
6191        
6192 1018
1533
Dorner March
Ye Gods And Little Fishes (Ketelbey)
Band Of H.M. Irish Guards  
6193        
6194 1032
1399
Coronation Bells
The Bells Of Auld Lang Syne
Royal Military Band  
6195        
6196 1149
1150
Imperial Edward March
The Crusader March
Band of H.M. Royal 12th Hussars  
6197        
6198        
6199        
6200 1251
1252
Ballet Egyptien, No. 1 (Luigini)
Ballet Egyptien, No. 3 (Luigini)
Imperial Concert Band  
6201 1519
1520
Darkey's Patrol
The Darkey's Awakening
Olly Oakley (banjo)  
6202 1427
1428
Whistling Rufus
A Ragtime Episode
The Osmond Brothers (banjos)  
6203 1429
1430
A Georgian Breeze
The Mountaineers
The Osmond Brothers (banjos)  
6204 1431
1432
Fun In Dahomey
Darktown Dandies
The Osmond Brothers (banjos)  
6205        
6206     Mose Tapiero (ocarina)  
6207        
6208        
6209        
6210 1371
1372
The Minstrel Boy
Killarney
Gerald O'Brien (tenor)  
6211 1502
1506
A Chip Off The Old Block
The Trumpeter
Conway Dixon (baritone)  
6212        
6213        
6214        
6215 1411
1416
When The Swallows Built Their Nest
Take Me Back to The Garden Of Love
Robert Carr (baritone)  
6216        
6217 1485
1486
On The Banks Of Allan Water
In Absence
R. Carr, T.F. Kinniburgh, R. Jackson & A. Watson  
6218        
6219        
6220        
6221 1336
1368
Let's Go Where All The Crowd Goes
Moonlight In Jungleland
Jack Charman  
6222 1407
1408
Duck Pond
Who's Coming To The Carnival?
Ben Lawes (comic)  
6223 1414
1424
Ten Little Fingers, Ten Little Toes
The Countryman's Holiday
Bert Courtney (= Will Terry)  
6224 1369
1370
Uncle Billy Was A Foreman
My Young Man Has Joined The Territorials
Rose Hayes (comedienne)  
6225 1487
1490
Mother's Had A Row With Father
Mother's Put A Card In The Window
Rose Hayes (comedienne)  
6226        
6227        
6228        
6229 1401
1403
That Hypnotising Man
I'm Going Back To Dixie
The Two Quids (vocal duet)  
6230 06868
06869
Nights Of Gladness
Valse Septembre
Royal Military Band  
6231   Oh! Oh! Delphine - Venus Waltz
Oh, Ye Gods And Little Fishes
Royal Military Band  
6232 06871
06872
El Abanico March (Javaloyes)
The Stilton Parade Two-Step (Warwick Williams)
Royal Military Band  
6233 06885
06886
"Rienzi" - fantasia (Wagner)
"The Meistersiger" - selection (Wagner)
Royal Military Band  
6234 06887
06888
The Bells Of St. Malo
The Voice Of The Bells
Royal Military Band  
6235 06890
06891
Hello Bill, march
The Wedding Glide, two-step
Royal Military Band with Jack Charman  
6236 06889
06892
We All Go Marching Home Again
Paree, That's The Place For Me
Royal Military Band with Jack Charman  
6237   Puppchen - selection
Puppchen - waltz
Royal Military Band  
6238   The Girl In The Taxi - selection
The Girl In The Taxi - waltz
Royal Military Band  
6239 06916
06917
Hullo Ragtime, selection part 1 (Louis A Hirsch)
Hullo Ragtime, selection part 2 (Louis A Hirsch)
Royal Military Band  
6240        
6241 06874
06878
Somehow, Sometime, Someplace
Take Me In Your Arms And Say You Love Me [label: 06876]
Jack Charman  
6242 06875
06880
Snooky, Ookums (Irving Berlin)
That Mellow Melody (S. Lewis & G.W. Meyer)
Jack Charman  
6243        
6244 06879
06881
Who Are You With To-Night?
Mister Cupid
Jack Charman  
6245        
6246 06902
06903
Moonlight Bay
The Trail Of The Lonesome Pine
Will Thompson  
6247 06893
06894
On The Mississippi (Carroll & Fields)
How Do You Do, Miss Ragtime? (Louis A. Hirsch)
Harry Cove & Jack Charman  
6248 06896
06897
Waiting For The Robert E. Lee
Hitchy Koo
Jack & Nancy Charman  
6249 06895
06898
The Ghost Of The Violin
Baby Rose
Harry Cove & Jack Charman
Jack & Nancy Charman
 
6250 06899
06900
The Ragtime Goblin Man
Ragging The Baby To Sleep
Harry Cove & Jack Charman  
6251        
6252        
6253   March Lorraine
Sambre Et Meuse
Royal Military Band  
6254   Amina - Egyptian Serenade
On The Bosphorus
Royal Military Band  
6255   Over The Waves, waltz
Artist's Life, waltz
Royal Symphony Orchestra  
6256   Donau Wellen, waltz
Valse Bleue
Royal Symphony Orchestra  
6257 876-3XPD
1933
My Dream (Waldteufel)
Loin Du Bal, waltz (Gillet)
Royal Symphony Orchestra  
6258   Theresa, waltz
Le Frere, waltz
Royal Symphony Orchestra  
6259 2672
3026
Estudiantina, waltz
Pas D'Espagne
Royal Symphony Orchestra  
6260 3625
3626
The Swan
Lullaby
Alfred Newman (cello)  
6261   Invitation to The Waltz, part 1 (Weber)
Invitation to The Waltz, part 2 (Weber)
Max Verner (piano)  
6262   Wien Bluit Wien (march)
The First Ball (mazurka)
Will Bishop (accordeon)  
6263   Tango - Youpla Youpla
Tango - La Bailedora
Imperial Symphony Orchestra  
6264 07134
07135
Gaucho - Brazil tango
Extra Gedao - tango
Imperial Symphony Orchestra  
6265   Tango Trot De Dindon
Paraguay Spanish Danse
Imperial Symphony Orchestra  
6266   You Made Me Love You
My Southern Maid
Robert Weston  
6267   When The Midnight Choo-Choo Leaves For Alabam
On the Mississippi
Bert Clifford  
6268 07386
07387
Pucker Up Your Lips Miss Lindy
Hold Your Hand Out - Naughty Boy
Bert Clifford  
6269 07383
07388
It's A Long, Long Walk
Ragtime Cowboy Joe
Bert Clifford  
6270   What A Game It Is, Wow! Wow!
Popsy Wopsy
Will Terry  
6271 07408
07409
Tommy Won't Teach Me How To Tango ?
The International Rag
Will Terry  
6272   Argentine Tango - El Finchago
Argentine - Original Tango
Imperial Symphony Orchestra  
6273   Argentine Tango - El Sabo
Odysseus Us
Imperial Symphony Orchestra  
6274   Pique Dame, overture part 1
Pique Dame, overture part 2
Imperial Symphony Orchestra  
6275        
6276        
6277        
6278        
6279        
6280