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British Dance Bands

Dating from pre-WWI, these were made in Germany. Catalogue numbers are not always shown, but when they are, are in a 3-digit series. Some of the labels show the titles and artists in both English and German.

The label appears to use various sources for the masters. The only ones I've identified are the British-recorded ones for Globophon. These are in a 6000-series and when shown in the wax (i.e. in the surface of the record) they are followed by "kv". On the label, they are generally, if not always, prefixed by the number 8.

Other matrix numbers are shown in the wax with a 3000-series, but on the label are embedded within a 10- prefix and a single-number suffix to make a 7-digit code.

The later examples seen have a plum-coloured label instead of green. I have not seen enough of these records to be sure that this was a permanent colour change from a particular catalogue number, or whether it applied as a temporary measure.

Thanks to Rainer Lotz for the label scan of the green label.

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 in providing most of the information for this page. I've also added information from a trade magazine, which didn't give details of the performers!
Thanks also to: Greg Butler, Mike Comber, Graham Farnell, Norman Field, Robert Girling, Mike Jones, Mike Langridge, Richard Prout

Face No	Matrix No.	Title	Labelled Artists	Coupling	Source

10139		Dollar Princess Waltz	Orchestra	10750

10750		Count Of Luxembourg Waltz	Orchestra	10139

10778	77	Watch On The Rhine	Orchestra	102009 & 102664	My copy is a German issue (MGT)

102009	200	American Patrol	Orchestra	10778

102045	204	Tobogan	Orchestra	102774

102050	1051 ?	Gipsy Camp March	Orchestra	1030271

102113		Roller Staking Girls - Dance	Orchestra	102673

102524		Cavalry Trumpets - High Pride	Orchestra	102873

102664		Gaiety Waltz	Orchestra	10778

102774		Whispering Of The Flowers	Orchestra	102045

102873		Cavalry Trumpets - Fair Riders	Orchestra	102113 & 102524

102980	793	Mixture Of Waltzes	Orchestra	1031249

103290		Dreaming Lillies	Bells & Orchestra

107961	796	Poet And Peasant Overture, Part 1	Orchestra	107972

107972	797	Poet And Peasant Overture, Part 2	Orchestra	107961

1030271	3027	The Black Gentleman	Orchestra	102050

1030839	3083	A Nigger's Dream		1031278

1031083	3108	Meditation (from "Thais") (Massenet)	Violin Solo	1031112
1031095	3109	Charming Serenade	Violin Solo	1031104
1031104	3110	Hungarian Dance - Czardas	Violin Solo	1031095
1031112	3111	Ave Maria (Gounod)	Violin Solo	1031083
	3112
	3113
1031147	3114	Newest Two Step from "Auto Lovers"	Orchestra	1031158
1031158	3115	Waltz from "Auto-Lovers"	Orchestra	1031147

1031249		Viennese Gems	Stringed Orchestra	102980

1031278	3127	Red Wing		1030839

Cat No	Matrix / other	Title	Labelled Artists	Notes
400
401
402		The Forge In The Forest The Mill In The Forest
403	10248 / 1307 1030147 / 3014 / 546	"Carmen" - March "Aida" - March	Orchestra
404
405
406	10306 / 3430 10337 / 10033	The Bells Of St. Malo Monastery Bells	Orchestra with chimes
407
408
409
410
411		Old Comrades, march Hail To The Spirit Of Liberty, march
412
413	107797 / 2562 1030938 / 3093 / 1149	Bells Of Corneville Amoureuse	Orchestra
414
415		Merry Widow Waltz Mikado Waltz
416
417
418	1030955 / 3095 1030966 / 3096	"Rigoletto" - selection "Traviata" (sic) - selection	Orchestra
419	1030388 / 3038 1040377 / 4037	Second Mazurka (Winiawski) Nocturno (Chopin)	Violin Solo
420
421
422
423
424
425
426		Viennese Gems Mixture OF Waltzes	String Orchestra
427
428	103228 / 1138 1030821 / 3082 / 1177	La Mattichiche Spring Song (Mendelssohn)	Orchestra
429
430	103104 / 3102 1031025	Bits From Musican Comedies, part 1 Bits From Musican Comedies, part 2	Band
431
432
433	1030928 / 3092 104359	Cuckoo And Nightingale Laurels And Roses	Descriptive Flute, Cornet and Piano
434	1030477 / 3047 1030986 / 3098	At Home, waltz Mimosa, waltz (from "The Geisha")	Orchestra
435
436
437		Ave Maria Meditation ("Thais")	violin solo
438
439
440
441
442	10601 / 1207 10602 / 10066	The Jolly Coppersmith A Jolly Life - march	Descriptive Orchestra
443
444	10348 / 1057 1030940 / 1131	Jolly Woodcutters - march Oriental March	Orchestra
445
446	4431716 / 3171	Mysterius Ragtime (sic)	Grand Metropole Band	Green label
447
448	3259 3260	Turkey Trott [sic] (Oskar Hasse) Peaceful Henry (H. Kelly)	Grand Metropole Band	Green label
449		Moss Rose (very pretty) Gibson Girl
450
451
452
453
454
455
456
457
458
459
460		Come Sing To Me The Lost Chord	cornet solo
461	6285 6288	Killarney Home Sweet Home	Robert Everson (cornet) of the Scots Guards	plum label
462
463		In The Shadows My Hero ("The Chocalate Soldier")
464	86188 / 6188 86189 / 6189	"The Arcadians" - selection part 1 (Monckton) "The Arcadians" - selection part 2 (Monckton)	The Playwell Orchestra
465	86191 / 6191 86192 / 6192	Reminiscences Of Sullivan, part 1 (Sullivan) Reminiscences Of Sullivan, part 2 (Sullivan)	The Playwell Orchestra	plum label
466	8450	Silver Heels - two-step (Moret)	The Playwell Orchestra
467
468		The Quaker Girl, selection part 1 The Quaker Girl, selection part 2
469		Our Miss Gibbs, selection part 1 Our Miss Gibbs, selection part 2
470
471
472		Waltz From The Marriage Market Rainbow Intermezzo
473
474
475
476		Longing For Home Tales Of The Forest	Accordeon solo
477		Berceuse Canzonetta	violin solo
478
479
480
481
482		Humoreske Simple Aveu	violin solo
483		Gipsy Airs Tarantella	violin solo
484		Bridal March ("Lohengrin" - Wagner) Firm And True, march
485	573 / 7024 574 / 7023	"Queen Of Spades" - overture part 1 (Suppe) "Queen Of Spades" - overture part 2 (Suppe)	The Playwell Orchestra
486		Tango Argentino Hunters Joy
487		Blue Danube, waltz Monte Cristo, waltz
488		Songe D'Automne, waltz Cleo De Merode, waltz
489	4834019 / 3401 4834029 / 3402	"Polish Vivacity" - Waltz (Nedball) "Polish Vivacity" - Two-Step (Nedball)	The Playwell Orchestra
490
491
492
493
494
495
496
497
498
499
500
501	86214 / 6214	Why Can't We Have The Sea In London?	Will Terry (with orch accmp)	plum label
502
503
504
505
506		Alexander's Rag Time Band That Mysterious Rag	Band
507	86302 / 6302 86303 / 6303	Everybody's Doing It Now [sic] Oh! You Beautiful Doll	G. Dixon (vocal, with orch.)
508	86260 86263	Roaming In The Gloaming Tobermory	J.M.C. Gregor [sic - probably J. McGregor]
509
510	6118 6165	Down The Vale Boys Of The Old Brigade	R. Park (vocal)
511
512
513		Meet Me To-Night In Dreamland By The Light Of The Silvery Moon
514		Do You Remember The Last Waltz? Ho! Jolly Jenkin
515
516	86001 / 6001 86002 / 6002	Since Poor Father Joined The Territorials The Cubanola Glide	Jack Bryant Billy Witall
517		I'm Twenty-One Today Paper Bag Cookery
518
519
520
521	86027 / 6027 86121 / 6121	I'm Proud Of My Old Bald Head P.C. Green	N. Paterson (with orch accmp)	Plum label
522	6151	Here We Are Again	N. Paterson
523
524
525
526
527		Little Billy's Woodbines Two Dirty Little Hands
528	6082 6163	I'd Like To Spend My Holydays With You When Father Papered The Parlour	Will Deller
529
530		The Green Isle Of Erin The Yeomen Of England
531		Mother Of Mine Maire My Girl
532
533		Thora Eileen Alannah
534
535
536
537		All That I Ask Is Love I Like Your Apron And Your Bonnet
538	6019 6153	Wallah Wallah Wallaperoo If You Should See A Dandy Coon	B. Witall N. Paterson
539
540
541		My Wife Has Gone To The Country You Do Love My Wife (?)
542		You Tak-a-da Steamboat On The Old Garden Wall
543
544
545