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The first Triumph Record was manufactured in Germany, uning Invicta (Berolina) masters. The catalogue numbers are the same as the Invicta issues, but with 20 in front of the number, hence the one shown here, Triumph 20342 is the same issue & coupling as Invicta 342. It is not known who the Triumph records were produced for, but they will all pre-date the outbreak of WWI in 1914, and most likely stopped well before then. They are even scarcer than the Invicta issues, which are by no means common themselves.

I don't like to assume that all Invictas were also issued on Triumph, so I will only list the Triumphs I have seen or that are reported to me.

At some point in early 1914, most likely after the German Triumphs had ceased, a British-made Triumph Record was launched. These were made by the Disc Record Company at Harrow, for Joseph Blum & Co, using original masters recorded by Blum. The labels can be found in either dark blue, black or red, with gold printing. Again these, like the German ones, were quite short-lived (and hence scarce today) as both the Disc Record Company and Joseph Blum's company went out of business in 1915.

In addition, some of the second series of Triumphs can be found as paste-over labels on other records.

So there are still some mysteries about Triumph Records to solve, but that is what I have come of expect from record labels of this period. The more Triumphs that are reported and listed, the more likley I am able to solve these mysteries!

Thanks to Bill Dean-Myatt for providing the label photos.

My thanks to Frank Andrews and Norman Field for providing most of the information for this page.
Thanks also to the following who have provided more information:
Bill Dean-Myatt, Graham Farnell, Robert Girling, Mike Jones, Jonathan Krull, Chris McDonald, Ian McPherson, Richard Prout, Robert Walker

Please e-mail me if you can help me fill in the gaps in any of these series.

Now, the second series. The majority of the labels show a prefixed '8' in front of the true matrix number. All those seen state British Manufacture; they were made by the Disc Record Company.

Cat No	Matrix	Title	Labelled Artists

2041	1944 (M4O) 1945 (M4O)	Asleep In The Deep (Petrie) When The Ebb Tide Flows (Garden)	Thomas Howell (baritone)

2047	1900 (N26P) 1901 (N26P)	When The Fields Are White With Daisies There's No Home Like The Old Home	Harry Trevor (baritone)

20133	20056 20103	She Only Started Giggling (von Tilzer) The Spaniard That Blighteds My Life (Billy Merson)	Jack Charman

20211	1908 20213	For Auld Lang Syne The Miner's Dream Of Home	Harry Trevor (baritone) (= Robert Carr)

20217	20183 20187	In The Shadows (Finck) Valse Septembre (Godin)	H.M. Irish Guards Band

20223	20220 20231	The Rosary (Nevin) The Lost Chord (Sullivan)	W. Sizer (cornet)

20235	20200 20201	"Poet And Peasant", overture (Suppe)	H.M. Irish Guards Band

20253	20170 20171	Onward, Christian Soldiers The Church's One Foundation	Lionel Carlyle (tenor)

20292	20250 20350	I Must Go Home To-Night My Old Grey Coat	Billy Williams
20293	20318 20319	Where Are You Goin' ? Row, Row, Row	Harry Cove & Thomas Jackson

20337		You're My Baby Those Ragtime Melodies	Jack Charman & Harry Cove
20338	20409 20410	When The Midnight Choo-Choo Leaves For Alabam The Trail Of The Lonesome Pine	Jack Charman & Harry Cove
20339	20411 20412	Take Me In Your Arms And Say You Love Me Ring Out Those Bells	Jack Charman & Harry Cove
20340
20341
20342	20417 20418	A Soldier's Song Nazareth	Edmund Lucas
20343	20419 20420	I'm Coming Back To Bonnie Bonnie Scotland Someone Is Coming To My House	Harry Cove
20344
20345		It's Nice To Get Up In The Morning We've Got A Parrot In Our House	Harry Cove
20346
20347		Anywhere In Maryland (Worton David) Hold Your Hand Out, Naughty Boy (Worton David)	Jack Charman
20348		On The Mississippi Snookey Ookums [sic]	Jack Charman
20349
20350		My Girl From The Emerald Isle The Way The Wind Blows We'll Go	Jack Charman
20351
20352
20353		Dixie Dan Let's Have A Chorus We Can Sing	Jack Charman
20354
20355
20356
20357	20447 20448	If I Could Only Make You Care The Little Grey Home In the West	Harry Trevor (baritone) (= Robert Carr)

Cat No	Matrix	Title	Labelled Artists	Notes

280	41496 41585	I Don't Like Music I Don't Care If The Mormons Come	Flora Cromer (comedienne) (= Georgia Golden) [over stuck on Coliseum 266]	Beka 552 Beka 549

375	102	It's a Long Way To Tipperary	Jack Charman

380	1831 1832	Irish Jigs, part 1 Irish Jigs, part 2	The Irish Band

393	1910 1912	William Tell Overture (Rossini) I Hear You Calling Me (Marshall)	Symphony Trio

400	1596 2474	The Rosary That's How I Need You	Robert Carr (baritone) Walter Bishop

405	238 268	If I Could Only Make You Care Little Grey Home In The West	Harry Trevor (baritone) Lily Gregory (contralto)

410	1872 1894	The Yeoman's Wedding The Toreador's Song ("Carmen")	Alan Turner (baritone, with orch.)

427	2509	Semper Fidelis Trafalgar March	The Royal Military Band
428	1821 1829	Les Patineurs, waltz (Waldteufel) Nights Of Gladness, waltz (Chas. Ancliffe)	Royal Military Band
429
430
431	1611	The Rosary [label: 82460]	Jack Glover (cornet)
432	2105 2109	When Evening's Twilight My Old Kentucky Home	Oxford Minstrels
433	2542 2543	The Departure Of The Troopship The Wreck Of The Troopship	The Triumph Company
434
435	1632 1857	Annie Laurie The Magic Of Your Voice	Madame Jomelli Miss Jessie Broughton
436
437
438
439
440	249gg	Hey Ho, Can't You Hear The Steamer?	Jack Charman & Harry Cove
441	2551 2579	I've Got My Eye On You Hold Your Hand Out, Naughty Boy	Jack Charman	British Manf.
442
443
444
445
446	2623 2626	The Sunshine Of Your Smile To Have, To Hold, To Love	Arthur Collins (baritone) (= Stanley Kirkby)
447
448
449	2616 2618	In My Little Cabin Home Out West Tennessee Moon	Harry Cove & Jack Charman Harry Cove	British Manf.
450
451	2644 2645	I'm Trying So Hard To Be Good For You I Wish We'd Never Met	Richard Williams (vocal)
452
453
454	2595 2607	Napoleon And The Marsellaise Hornpipe Medley	The Yorkshire Knuts (concertina duet)
455
456	2685 2695	The Marseillaise It's A Long, Long Way To Tipperary [sic]	Triumph Military Band	British manf
457
458
459	2672	Your King And Country Need You (E. Pether, Huntley Trevor)	Arthur Lawrence	British manf
460	2048 2670	It's A Long Way To Tipperary Sons Of The Sea	Jack Charman Harry Stuart	British Manf
461
462
463
464	2671 2690	Motherland Call Us And We'll Soon Be There	Arthur Lawrence Godfrey Barrington
465	2678 2693	Departure Of The Troops For France Arrival Of The Troops In France	Descriptive	British Manf
466
467	2686 2699	God Bless The Prince Of Wales God Save The King	Triumph Military Band
468	2685 2687	The Marsellaise Servia's Royal Salute & The Japanese National Anthem	Triumph Military Band [sic?]
469
470	2670 2671	Sons Of The Sea Motherland	Harry Stewart (baritone) (= Harry Cove) Arthur Lawrence (= "Lawrence Perry")
471
472
473
474	2547 2548	The Christmas Party, parts 1 & 2	Triumph Concert Party	British Manf.
475
476
477
478	2541 2549	My Lady Dainty Weymouth Chimes	Bell Solo	British Manf.
479