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The Melograph Record Company, formed in August 1907 was based in Liverpool, but all the known examples of the records were manufactured in Germany, by Hess & Co, from masters which they had available to them, including 'Star'. I have seen rumours that the company had their own manufacturing plant in Liverpool, but this may be a confusion from the fact they are reported to have a recording studio in Liverpool, from January 1908.

Although regional recording companies are very unusual in England at this time, it is notable that the artists' names on the later issues are not familiar and could well be local performers, recorded in Liverpool. As the records are all manufactured in Germany, they will all date from before 1914.

It has been reported to me that some copies of the ones shown in the listing below sometimes turn up without any catalogue number common to both sides.

The colourful label shown here is a 12" issue. The Title "Torch Dance" was issued on No. 9. Although highly pictorial labels like this are usually associated with German-only issues, it should be noted that Dacapo did something similar, with their attractive 12" record labels. The quality of my image here is poor, taken from a tiny photo shown in "For The Record" No 22. Obviously a better scan would be greatly appreciated, along with any details to add to my listing below.

Label scan (first image) kindly sent to me by Ian McPherson.

 


12" issue

This is a first attempt at a listing, showing the few records I know so far!  Almost all the information is from Frank Andrews.

Others who have helped are: Peter Andrews, Mike Atkins, Graham Farnell, Norman Field, Robert Girling, Adrian Hindle-Briscall,

Please e-mail me if you can help with more information.

Page last updated on: October 03, 2024

First, the 10" series

Cat No Matrix Title Labelled 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 part 1
The Merry Widow, selection part 2
Melograph Symphony Orchestra
8 1029
1503
The Merry Widow - Waltz
The Merry Widow - Vilja's Song
Melograph Symphony Orchestra
Melograph 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      
21 925
2403
The Old Soldier
Carnival Of Venice
Arthur Webber (bass)
Albert Miller (xylophone)
22 962
1028
The Diver
La Craquette
Arthur Weber (bass)
Melograph Orchestra (cond: Fred Holliday)
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 1506
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
46 548
1108
Father Of Victory March
Liberty Polka
The Empire Military Band
The Emipre Orchestra
47      
48 1519
2258
Cavalleria Rusticana - Intermezzo
On The Rhine
Kaiser Franz Grenadier Guards Band
J. Hatton (cornet)
49      
50 1025
1030
Old Time Melodies, Nos. 1 & 2 The Melograph Orchestra
51 1109
2256
Spanish Dance
Jolly Good Fellows
Price's Concert Orchestra
J. Hatton (cornet)
52      
53      
54 562
2017
Vienna For Ever
The Mill In The Black Forest
Kaiser Franz Garde Gren. Reg. [sic]
55      
56      
57 560
1432
Russian March
Village Revelry
The Empire Military Band
The Empire Band
58      
59      
60      
61 1103
Hiawatha
Sorella
Empire Orchestra
62      
63 587
1020
Maxim March ("Merry Widow" - Lehar)
The Sirens Waltz (Waldteufel)
(anon English Orchestra)
Melograph Orchestra
64      
65      
66      
67      
68      
69      
70      
71      
72      
73      
74      
75      
76      
77 1042
1046
The Bay Of Naples (waltz) (Guardia)
Happy Days In Dixie (cake walk)
Melograph Concert Orchestra
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 (bass)
89 01042
01045
Serenade (Gounod)
Carmena (H. Lane Wilson)
Miss Florence 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 2411
2477
William Tell - Fantasia (Kruger)
Sweet Annie, polka
Melograph Orchestra and Zylophone (sic)
Melograph Orchestra and Tubaphone
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   Florodora - 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      
       

Now the 12" ones:

Cat No Matrix Title Labelled 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 1556
1557
Torch Dance
Reminiscences Of Wagner
Melograph Concert Orchestra
10 The Wave, waltz
Die Fledermaus, waltz
Melograph Concert Orchestra
11   "Fra Diavolo" - overture
Fantasia On Bocaccio
Melograph Concert Orchestra