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A short-lived label available in the early 1930s, Simcha drew its masters from Piccadilly, including some American Grey Gull items. Simcha is a Hebrew word meaning Joy or Gladness and is pronounced "Sim-ka" (i.e. with the -ch- pronounced as a -k-.).
The records were presumably made for a shop or store, but I don't know which one. The catalogue numbers are in a 10000-series and about 60 were issued. It seems the first few were dance band ones and the rest were light music and operatic vocal, at least based on the information I have so far. There was also a Hebrew series with A-100- catalogue numbers.  The records often show a false matrix number.

 

Please e-mail me if you can help me fill in the gaps in any of these series.
Thanks to the following for their help:
Arthur Badrock, Richard Bloomfield, Duncan Brand, Bill Dean-Myatt, George Foxon, Keith Hubbard, Mike Jones, Mike Langridge, Graham Meachen, Richie Turner.

Page last updated on: January 30, 2024

Cat No

Matrix (control) Title Artists
10000 4338-2 (104338)
4352-2 (104352)
When The Guards Are On Parade
I'm Happy When I'm Hiking (6/8)
Steve Haddon's Bohemians (= Percy Chandler & his Band)
Jerome Joy and his Band (= Jack Leon and his Band)
(some copies labelled correctly)
10001 4363-2
4365
Bell Bottom Trousers
Walking My Baby Back Home
Jerome Joy and his Band (= Jack Leon and his Band)
10002 4360-1-2
4386-2
My Canary Has Circles Under His Eyes
Thank You Most Sincerely
Cosmopolitan Syncopators (= The Waldorfians, directed by Howard Godfrey)
10003 4230-1-2
4246-1-2
Ten Cents A Dance
Drink, Brothers, Drink (taltz)
Jerry Hoey and his Band
10004 4266-1
4319-2
Walking Lover's Lane Alone (waltz)
Were You Sincere?
Al Clarkson and his Band (= Jerry Hoey and his Band)
Jack Hay and his Scala Dance Band (= Vic Filmer & his Bd)
10005 4224-2
4239-2
The Peanut Vendor
When Your Hair Has Turned To Silver (waltz)
Alan Green and his Band
10006 4201-2
4288-1
Reaching For The Moon (waltz)
Girl Of A Million Dreams (waltz)
Al Clarkson and his Band (= Jerry Hoey and his Band)
10007 4267-1
4304-1
Alone And Afraid
Laughing At The Rain
Jerry Hoey and his Band
10008
(AB)
4133-2 (5149)
4132 (5148)
Sweet Jennie Lee
Old New England Moon (waltz)
Tivoli Dance Orchestra (= Jock McDermott and his New Carlton Players)
10008 4133-2
4147-2
Sweet Jennie Lee
Down The River Of Golden Dreams (waltz)
Jock McDermott and his New Carlton Players
10009 4184-2 (5151)
4194    (5150)
Choo Choo
Okay Baby
Percy Grant and his Band (= Blue Pacific Dance Band)
Times Square Syncopators (= Jock McDermott's band)
10010 4144-2
4148-2
Beyond The Blue Horizon
I'm Yours
Jerome Joy and his Boys (= Jock McDermott and his New Carlton Players)
(some copies as Montmartre Mad-Hatters)
10011 4109 (5155)
4147 (5154)
Bye Bye Blues
Down The River Of Golden Dreams (waltz)
Bohemian Dance Band or Cosmopolitan Syncopators (= Grey Gull Studio Band)
Bohemian Dance Band or Cosmopolitan Syncopators (= Jock McDermott's Band)
10012 4034-1
4072-1
Don't Tell Her What's Happened To Me
With My Guitar And You
Fifth Avenue Dance Band (= Jock McDermott and his New Carlton Players)
10013 4073 (5136)
4077 (5137)
I'd Like To Find The Guy Who Wrote The Stein Song
My Baby Just Cares For Me
Metropole Dance Orchestra (= Jock McDermott and his New Carlton Players)
10014 3956-1 (5132)
3959-1 (5133)
Cupid On The Cake
Soldier On The Shelf
Montmartre Mad-Hatters (= Jock McDermott and his New Carlton Players)
10015 3957-2
4076-2
Let's Have A Sing-Song (6/8)
Oh! Donna Clara
Montmartre Mad-Hatters (= Jock McDermott and his New Carlton Players)
10016      
10017 3830
3833 (5109)
The Love Waltz
My Lonely Heart (waltz)
Fifth Avenue Dance Band (= Julius Kantrovich & his Band)
10018 M-29 (1029)
1870
Ave Maria (Gounod)
Jewel Song ("Faust" - Gounod)
Samehtini And trio
Suzanne Bertin (soprano)
10019 M-91-2 (1091)
M-92   (1092)
Valse Caprice
Rosenkavalier waltz
Alfred Saunders' Octet (= The Casano Octet)
Berlin Symphony Orchestra (= The Casano Octet)
10020 1203
1406
Serenade (Schubert)
Raymond, overture (Thomas)
Hotel Majestic Orchestra (= Leonardo Kemp & the Piccadilly Hotel Orch.)
Newport Brass Band (= Metropolitan Police Band "A" Division)
10021 1160
1200-2
Liebestraume Nocture
Ich Liebe Dich (Grieg)
Orchestre de Paris (= George Haeck & his Orchestra)
Hotel Majestic Orchestra (= Leonardo Kemp & the Piccadilly Hotel Orch.)
10022 1441
1442
String Quartet in F Major (1st mvt) (Mozart)
String Quartet in F Major (3rd mvt) (Mozart)
The Terrell String Quartet (= Winifred Rowley String Quartette)
10023 1497
1499
Wiegenlied (Zika)
Humoreske (Dvorak)
The Lido String Quartette (= Zika String Quartette)
10024      
10025 3218 (5006)
3219 (5007)
Manon, selection part 1 (Massenet)
Manon, selection part 2 (Massenet)
Queen's Orchestra (= Roloff Ensemble)
10026 1454
1540
Serenade ("Don Juan" - Tchaikowsky)
O Star Of Eve ("Tannhauser" - Wagner)
Kernoff (baritone, with orch) (= Henry Luscombe)
Frederick Ranalow (baritone, w orch)
10027 1542
3762 (5103)
Hungarian Dance (Brahms)
First Waltz (Durand)
Lewis Rubenstein (violin with piano) (= Harold Fairhurst)
Serge Kalnoff (piano solo) (= Winifred Rowley)
10028 1796
1988
Largo Al Factotum ("The Barber Of Seville" - Rossini)
O Sole Mio (di Capua)
Joseph Farrington, baritone)
Nicolas Amato (baritone)
10029 1496
1942
Waltz in A, op. 54 No. 1 (Dvorak)
Andante Cantabile (Tchaikovsky)
The Zika String Quartet
The Stratton String Quartet
10030 1868
1869
Romeo Et Juliette (waltz song) (Gounod) (in French)
Caro Nome ("Rigoletto" - Verdi) (in Italian)
Suzanne Zarbardi (soprano, with orch accmp)
10031 1389
3666
Blue Danube, valse (Strauss)
Overture Trieste (Pietro)
Gellin & Bagstrom (accordeons)
Macari Brothers (accordions)
10032      
10033      
10034 1813
2033
La Donna E Mobile ("Rigoletto" - Verdi)
E Lucevan Le Stelle ("Tosca" - Puccini)
Laro Zarido (tenor) (with orchestra) (= G. Lenghi=Cellini)
Laro Zarido (tenor) (with orchestra) (= Jan Zalski)
10035 3683 (3994-B)
3874
Sea Songs (arr. Charles Touchelle)
Carmen, prelude (Bizet)
Jerome Singers (with piano accmp) (= The Selsey Quartet)
New Symphony Orchestra (= Athenaeum Symphony Orch)
10036 1885
1886
Nightbirds, selection part 1 ("Die Fledermaus" -  J. Strauss jr.)
Nightbirds, selection part 2 ("Die Fledermaus" -  J. Strauss jr.)
New Symphony Orchestra (= Viennese Orchestra)
10037 2076
3731
Meditation ("Thais" - Massenet)
Prelude (Rachmaninoff)
Lewis Rubenstein (violin, w piano) (= Arschensky)
Serge Kalnoff (piano) (= Winifred Rowley)
10038 3762
4163
First Waltz
Minuet in D Major
Frank Cantwell (violin)
Winifred Rowley (piano)
10039 1809
1810
Una Vergine ("La Favorita" - Donizetti)
Addio Mignon ("Mignon" - Thomas)
Laro Zarido (tenor, with orch accmp) (= Giuseppe Lenghi-Cellini)
10040 104179
105140
Morgenblatter (waltz)  (Strauss)
Voices Of Spring (waltz) (Strauss)
New Symphony Orchestra
10041 1804-2
4098-2
Annie Laurie (trad, arr. St Denis)
Walther's Prize Song ("The Meistersingers" - Wagner)
Sheila Gray (contralto, with orch accmp) (= Dorothy Gill )
John Cootes (tenor, with orch accmp) (= David Leslie)
10042 3266
3269
Russian Folk Song And Dance (trad.)
Spanish Dance (Andrayaf)
Salvati Orchestra (= Ther Neva Balalaika Players)
10043 3828
3989
Over The Waves (Rosas)
Stradella - overture (Flotow)
Scala Grand Orchestra (= Julius Kantrovitch & his Band)
New Symphony Orchestra (= Athenaeum Symphony Orchestra, dir Fred Adlington)
10044 3868
3869
Ruy Blas, overture part 1 (Mendelssohn)
Ruy Blas, overture part 2 (Mendelssohn)
The Welsh Symphony Orchestra (= Athenaeum Light Orchestra, dir Fred Adlington)
10045 3589
3664
La Paloma (Yradier)
Lorentina Waltz (arr. A Macari)
American Hawaiian Guitar Band (= Koloa Guitar Band)
The Accordionists (= The Macari Brothers)
10046      
10047 3583 ? (3871) Two Hearts Bohemian Dance Band (= Grey Gull Studio Band)
10048 1482
1819
Finlandia, part 1 (Sibelius)
Finlandia, part 2 (Sibelius)
Athenaeum Orchestra (cond: Fred Adlington)
10049 1812-2
1814-1
Questa O Quella (from "Rigoletto" - Verdi)
Here's To The Sparkling Cup ("Cavalleria Rusticana" - Mascagni)
Enrico Benini (tenor, with orch) (= Giuseppe Lenghi-Cellini) (some labelled correctly)
Laro Zarido (tenor, with orch)
10050      
10051 3761
4004-2
Rustle Of Spring (Sinding)
Rondo Capriccioso (Mendelssohn)
Serge Kalnoff (piano) (= Winifred Rowley)
10052 1820
1821
Peer Gynt Suite: No. 1 - Morning (Grieg)
Peer Gynt Suite: No. 4 - In The Hall Of The Mountain King (Grieg)
Scala Light Orchestra (= Athenaeum Symphony Orchestra, dir Fred Adlington)
10053 1745-1
1761
Amoretten Tanze (waltz) (Gung'l)
Pizzicato ("Sylvia" - Delibes)
Salon Orchestra (= Jack Leon and his Band)
New Symphony Orchestra (= Viennese Orchestra)
10054 3411 (2647-B)
3412 (2716-A)
Old Time Jigs And Reels
Turkey In The Straw
Bertini Three (= Wabash Trio)
Bertini Three (= Joseph Samuels (violin). Larry Briers (piano)
10055 1582
1621
Old Comrades March
Hungarian Dance No. 1 in G minor (Brahms)
Newport Brass Band (= Metropolitan Police Band "A" Division)
New Symphony Orchestra (= Viennese Orchestra)
10056 M-1612
2003-2
Song Of The Toreador ("Carmen" - Bizet)
I'm A Roamer ("Son & Stranger" - Mendelssohn)
John Phillips (baritone, with orch) (= Bernard Dudley)
Ronald Mentmore (bass, with orch) (= Joseph Farrington)
10057 3680 (3955-A)
3679 (3956-A)
O Dem Golden Slippers
Climbing Up Those Golden Stairs
Leslie Gray (with banjo) (= Frank Luther)
10058 2038-2
2039-1
Good Old Songs, selection part 1
Good Old Songs, selection part 2
The Ever-Bright Boys (?) (= Percival Mackey and his Band)
10059 4344-2
4345
Patiently Smiling ("The Land Of Smiles" - Lehar)
You Are My Heart's Delight ("The Land Of Smiles" - Lehar)
John Cootes (tenor, with orch accmp) (= David Leslie)
10060      

Just to make things even more complicated, there was a Hebrew series with an A-100- catalogue; see Below. GIven the meaning of the label's name, this may actually be the "proper" series and the 10000-series the odd one. The label design is the same as the 10000 series.
Information from www.russian-records.com. Go and visit the site!

Cat No

Matrix Title Artists
A-100 3944
3946
Mozel Tov (Pront-Brown)
Moderne Zures
Simkhe Fostel
A-101      
A-102      
A-103      
A-104 4013-2
4014-2
Mach Es Noch Amohl
Dus Shtrikele
Simkhe Fostel
A-105      
A-106 4476-2
4477-2
Ziese Mommenten
Schwartze Oigen
Julius Nathanson (acc. by Jack Leon's Orchestra)
A-107      
A-108      
A-109      
A-110