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Citizen records are rare and rather mysterious. They first appeared in 1916 and were a Crystalate product using a 3000 catalogue series (see first pic). By 1920 they were being produced by Vocalion and the label changed to a light & dark mauve design (see second example) before changing to the red and gold label seen here (third scan). The Vocalion-produced Citizen records used a 3-digit series starting at 501 and running into the late 800s before ceasing in the mid 1920s.
As you can tell, little is known about the label, the size of the catalogue, or for whom they were produced. The Vocalion period used the usual masters, apart from UK recorded Vocalion matrices, there are Gennett and Vocalion masters from the U.S.




 

Here is a listing of the Citizen issues. This was produced by the late Arthur Badrock and much of the information came from Dave Lomax who, some years ago, turned up a whole boxful of Citizen records.

If you can add anything to this listing, please email me, also let me know which label design it is on (if known).
Thanks to the following for providing more information: Norman Field

First the early 3000- series. These seem to be using Guardsman masters.

Page last updated on: December 29, 2011

Cat No Matrix Title Artists as Labelled Information
3001 609
611		 A Drop Of Scotch
Two OF Irish		 Billy Whitlock (bells) from Guardsman 655 & 554
3002 610
612		 DAncing Dan Jig
Jolly Jock Jig		 Billy Whitlock (bells)  
3003        
3004 620
621		 When You Come Home (Squire)
In An Old-Fashioned Garden (Harris & Squire)		 Clay Thomas (baritone) possibly Robert Howe (Guardsman 638)
3005        
3006        
3007        
3008        
3009        
3010 589
608		 On The Trail To Santa Fe
There's a Little Baby Up In The Moon		 Reynold & Weston (ragtime duet)  
3011        
3012 629 We'll Have  A Jubilee In My Old Kentucky Home (Donaldson) Messrs. Adams and Moore  
3013        
3014 617
 		 Lovers Lane
On The Trail To Santa Fe		 Reynolds and Weston  
3015        
3016        
3017        
3018        
3019 646
 		 Lantern Land
In Tulip Time		 Mr. Walter Reynolds and quartette
Mr. Herbert Grant and quartette		  
3020        
3021        
3022        
3023        
3024        
3025        
3026        
3027        
3028   Namur March
Paris To Brussels, march		 Third Scots Guards Reserve Battalion Drum and Fife Band Guardsman 668
3029 675
676		 St. Patrick's Day; Echoa and Green Hills
Men Of Harlech; The Cadet; Cameron Men		 Third Scots Guards Reserve Battalion Drum and Fife Band Guardsman 669
3030 705
709		 Miserere (from "Il Trovatore") (Verdi)
Barcarolle (from "Tales Of Hoffman") (Offenbach)		 Violin, Flute and Harp trio Guardsman 692 as Mozart Trio
3031   Where My Caravan Has Rested (Lohr)
Little Grey Home In The West		 Gwilym Richards (baritone) Guardsman 666
 
3032   Until
Somewhere A Voice Is Calling		 Ethel Toms (contralto) Guardsman 667
3033   Brave Women Who Wait
My Heart Is In The Homeland		 Miss Edna Humphries
Ian Colquhoun (baritone)		  
3034   I Love A Piano
Ragtime Temple Bells		 Reynolds and Weston  
3035 724
725		 British Empire March (Whitlock)
Shuffle Along (Whitlock)		 Billy Whitlock (xylophone) Guardsman 895
 
3036   M.O.T.H.E.R.
Forget-Me-Not		 Ian Colquhoun (baritone)
Charles Leonard
poss Guardsman 744 as Francis Sullivan
3037        
3038        
3039        
3040        
3041        
3042 798
799		 Heart's Desire (J. Romanoff)
A Watteau Picture (L. Sturdy)		 The Citizen Orchestra
Guardsman 769 (National Citizen Orch)
3043        
3044        
3045 769
770		 Two eyes Of Grey
I Know Of Two Bright Eyes		 Gerald Holbrook (tenor) Guardsman 751 as Dale Fortie
3046        
3047        
3048        
3049 839
843		 They Called It Dixieland
Down Home In Tennessee (W. Donaldson)		 Messrs. Cole & Maynard  
3050        
3051        
3052        
3053        
3054 840
841		 If You Were The Only Girl In The World
A Broken Doll		 Vera Oliphant & V. Wallace Guardsman 641 by Julia Ross and Harry Cove
3055        
3056        
3057        
3058        

Now the more familiar (?) series.

Cat No Matrix Title Artists as Labelled Actual Artists and source
501 2261
2262		 Why Did You Choose Me To Play With? (Gibson)
Silver Star (Nicholls)		 Robert Ashton (baritone) Guardsman 1130  as Campbell Carr
502        
503 2161
2162		 Bluebird (H. Nicholls)
The Memory Of A Song (H. Nicholls)		 Ed. Bernard (tenor) Guardsman 1129 as Leonard Lovesey
504        
505 2061
2066		 Whispering
The Lisp Of A Baby's Prayer		 Harry Raymond Robert Carr (Guardsman 1097)
506        
507        
508        
509        
510        
511 7117
7135		 Golden Gate
Lullaby Land		 Fox & Farley Charles Hart & Elliott Shaw (US Gennett 9007 & 9009)
512        
513        
514        
515   City Of Laughter, City Of Tears
Let The Rest Of The World Go By		 Harry Raymond possibly Robert Carr (Guardsman 1064, mx 2003)
maybe Charles Hart & Elliott Shaw (US Gennett 1503)
516 (7128)
 		 Peggy
Rosie		 San Francisco Jazz Orchestra Cordes Orchestra (US Gennett 9010)
Joe Coleman Orchestra (US Gennett 4662)
517        
518        
519        
520        
521        
522 2057 (7361)
2058 (7362)		 Avalon
Whispering		 American Saxophone Orchestra Harry Raderman's Orchestra (from Gennett 4643)
523 1916 (7076) Sweet Hawaiian Moonlight Empire Dance Orchestra Gennett Orchestra ( from Gennett 9003)
524        
525        
526        
527 726
727		 Erin's Pride
The Messanger March		 Max White (bells / xylophone) Billy Whitlock (from Guardsman 562)
528 927
928		 Poppies And Wheat
Coloured Major March		 Harold Hepworth (banjo) Olly Oakley (from Guardsman 646)
529        
530 891 Boston Commandery March Empire Military Band Hon. Artillery Co. Band (from Guardsman 681)
531        
532        
533        
534 2346
2347		 It's A Windy Night, To-Night
Would I Like To See My Old Home Town		 Andrew Norton Jack Charman (from Guardsman 1142)
535        
536        
537        
538        
539        
540        
541 14546
14635		 The Broken Melody
Traum Der Sennerin		 Violin, Flute & Harp from Invicta / Guardsman 139
542        
543 223 / 169
224 / 170		 Voyage On A Troopship, parts 1 & 2 Empire Military Band British Guards Band (from Grammavox A-100)
544 233 / 2066
234 / 2043		 Bonnie Banks Of Loch Lomond
Land Of Hope And Glory		 Henry Galmont (baritone) Tom Kinniburgh (Grammavox ? / D-13)
545        
546        
547        
548        
549        
550        
551 501
502		 Le Cygne (Saint-Saens)
Humoreske (Dvorak)		 Vincent Harrison (violin) Guardsman 496 as Frederick Gray
552        
553        
554 752
753		 The Gondoliers - selection parts 1 & 2 (Sulivan) Empire Military Band Guardsman 572 as Guardsman Military Band
555        
556 1474
1475		 The Mikado - selection parts 1 & 2 (Sullivan) Empire Military Band H.M. Scots Guards Band (Guardsman 906)
557        
558 1737
1738		 Paddy's Reel
Sailor's Hornpipe		 Thomas Cranston (piccolo) Robert Murchie (Guardsman 945)
559 1659
1660		 Gentle And Low
Love Song		 Viennese String Quartet Guardsman 935 as Bryant Quintette (Lilian Bryant?)
560        
561        
562 (7481)
(7486)		 My Lady Of The Lamp
Pucker Up And Whistle		 San Francisco Jazz Orchestra Harry Raderman's Orchestra (Gennett 4718)
Merry Melody Men (Gennett 4720)
563        
564        
565        
566        
567        
568        
569        
570        
571        
572 2356 (7461)
2404		 Somebody's Mother
The Ring Your Mother Wore		 S. Dickinson
Stanley Nelson		 George Wilton Ballard (Gennett 4694)
untraced (Gennett)
573        
574        
575        
576        
577        
578        
579        
580        
581 484 / 473
485 / 474		 Because
Until		 Stanley Logan Guardsman 482 (as Alec Laing)
582        
583 748
749		 Patience, selection parts 1 & 2 Empire Military Band Guardsman 590 as Guardsman Military Band
584        
585        
586 693
694		 Where My Caravan Has Rested
Little Grey Home In The West		 Richard Morton Gwilym Richards (Guardsman 666)
587        
588        
589 1373
1375		 I Passed By Your Window
Through The Sunrise		 Vincent Romney (tenor) Gwilym Richards (Guardsman 838 as W.G. Ellis)
590 1311
1312		 The Pirates Of Penzance, selection parts 1 & 2 Empire Military Band H.M. Scots Guards Band (Guardsman 844)
591        
592        
593        
594        
595        
596 2281
2282		 Happy Hours
Clear The Room, mazurka		 George Grover (accordion) poss Louis Rowie (Guardsman 1133 as Enrico Manzi)
597        
598        
599        
600 1060
1064		 Baby's Sweetheart
Hearts And Flowers		 Bohemian Orchestra Hon. Artillery Co.'s Dance Orch (Guardsman 727)
601        
602        
603 2460 (7607)
2462 (7589)		 When The Honeymoon Is Over
Honolulu Honey		 Robert Ashton (tenor)
Duet with Hawaiian Guitars Accomp.		 Sam Ash (Gennett 4772)
Charles Hart & Elliott Shaw (Gennett 4766)
604        
605 1836
1878		 Because Of You
Tell Me		 Henry Raymond (baritone) Robert Carr (Guardsman 986 ? / Guardsman 1001 ?)
606        
607 1937 (7260)
1938 (7264)		 Cuddling Arms
I'm Always In Love With The Other Fellow's Girl		 Fox & Farley
Stanley Logan		 Charles Hart & Elliott Shaw (Gennett 9033)
George Wilton Ballard (Gennett 9034)
608        
609        
610        
611 2129 (7427)
2471 (7636)		 Bright Eyes
Tuck Me To Sleep		 The American Saxophone Orchestra Joe Coleman's President Orch (Gennett 4677)
Harry Raderman's Orchestra (Gennett 4778)
612        
613        
614 2071 (7349)
2072 (7348)		 One, Two, Three, Four Medley
Kamchamcha		 The Hawaiian Trio
Xylophone & Hawaiian Guitars		 Honolulu Trio (Gennett 4645)
Ferera & Franchini (Gennett 4645)
615 2455 (7487)
2463 (7623)		 Sunflower Dance (with whistling)
Peggy O'Neill (waltz)		 Empire Dance Orchestra Margaret McKee, acc Merry Melody Men (Gnt 4761)
Waldorf-Astoria Dance Orch (Gennett 4775)
616 2124 (7429)
2458 (7581)		 Answer Saying You Love Me
When The Sun Goes Down		 Empire Dance Orchestra
Eccentric Coons Orchestra		 Harry Yerkes Dance Orchestra (Gennett 4678)
Green Bros. Xylophone Orchestra (Gennett 4763)
617        
618 2020 (7314)
2115 (7411)		 Any Time, Any Day, Any Where
Now And Then		 American Saxophone Orchestra Harry Raderman's Orchestra (Gennett 9059)
Harry Yerkes' Orchestra (Gennett 4662)
619        
620        
621 614 ?
932 ?		 Fairy Kisses
Nigger Town		 Peter Bryan (bell solo)
J. A. Morgan (banjo solo)		 Billy Whitlock (prob. Guardsman 554)
Olly Oakley (prob guardsman 691)
622 992
993		 Canzonetta (Godard)
Meditation (from "Thais")		 Robert Sandford (violin) James Levy (from Guardsman 710)
623        
624        
625        
626        
627 640
700		 Friend
In An Old Fashioned Town		 Julie Russell (contralto) Gladys Palmer (Guardsman 556 / 576 as Julia Ross)
628 736
2502 (01430)		 A Perfect Day (Bond)
Bells Of St. Mary's (A. E. Adams)		 Alec Nicholls (baritone)
Margaret Bamber (contralto)		 Robert Carr (Guardsman 576 as Archie Nicholson)
Sybil Goodchild (Vocalion X-9090)
629        
630 2493
2494		 Lull Me To Sleep
Sweet Bells Of San Jose		 The Empire Quartet (vocal) The Shannon Four (Vocalion 14236 / 14167)
631 2495
2496		 The Sheik
J'En Ai Marre		 Erco Jazz Orchestra The California Ramblers (Vocalion 14275)
untraced (Chantal 1198 as Jazz Band Chantal)
632        
633   Granny
Just A Little Love Song		 Rialto Dance Orchestra Bar Harbor Society Orchestra (Vocalion 14289)
Ben Selvin's Dance Orchestra (Vocalion 14277)
634        
635        
636 2540
2555 (8390)		 Sally
Carolina Rolling Stone		 Sydney Lennox
The Melody Trio (vocal)		 Guardsman 1177 as E. Stanley (Arthur Pickford (Scala))
The Gotham Trio (Vocalion 14283)
637        
638 (7939)
 		 Ilo
Leave Me With A Smile		 Empire Dance Orchestra Newport Society Orchestra (Vocalion 14240)
Ben Selvin's Dance Orchestra (Vocalion 14233)
639        
640        
641 2539
2542		 Shufflin' Along
All By Myself		 Harry Raymond
The Melody Quartette (vocal)		 (Guardsman 1176 as Gilbert Raynor (Lionel Rothery?))
probably The Shannon Four (Vocalion 14189)
642 750
751		 Raymond, overture parts 1 & 2 Empire Military Band Guardsman 589 as Guardsman Military Band
643        
644 2632
2633		 Drifting Down The Stream To You (J. Eltinge)
Wake Me Up When I Get To Alabamy 		Ronald Chambers (baritone)
Burroughs & Peterson (duet)		 probably Robert Carr (Aco G-15079)
untraced
645        
646        
647        
648        
649        
650        
651        
652        
653        
654        
655        
656        
657 2635 (C-5232)
2639 (C-5239)		 Stumbling
Rainbow (waltz)		 The Empire Dance Orchestra Venetian Dance Orchestra (Aco G-15056 / G-15084)
658        
659        
660        
661 2636 (C-5255)
2637 (C-5269)		 Spooney Waltz
Tippy Canoe (waltz)		 Empire Dance Orchestra probably Venetian Dance Orchestra (Aco G-15073)
662 2532
2560 (8316)		 Remember The Rose
Ty-Tee		 San Francisco Dance Orchestra probably Selvin's Dance Orchestra (Vocalion 14233)
probably Yerkes' SS Flotilla Orch (Vocalion 14278)
663        
664        
665        
666   Toreador's Song (from "Carmen" - Bizet)
The Sweetest Flower That Grows		 C. Spencer (baritone)
Elsie Holman		 unidentified
Probably Dorothy Hayward-Webb (Aco G-15014)
667 2662
2627		 Julius
I Want Some Money		 Charles King Probably Jack Charman (Aco G-15095 / G-15068)
668 2612 (8589)
2614 (8846)		 Honey Lou
Bamboo Bay		 Erco Novelty Orchestra prob.  Bar Harbor Society Orch (Voc 14334 / 14349)
669        
670        
671        
672 2711 (C-5385)
2740 (02692)		 Caravan
Dawn In The East (waltz)		 Empire Dance Orchestra Victor Vorzanger's Broadway Band (Aco G-15127)
prob Vocalion Dance Orchestra (Vocalion M-1028)
673 (8930)
(8609)		 Mr Gallagher And Mr Shean
Mr And Mrs		 Erco Novelty Orchestra prob Bar Harbor Society Orch (Vocalion 14334)
prob Rudy Wiedoeft's Californians (Vocalion 14320)
674        
675 2643
2680		 Tell Me The Story Of Old Missouri
Can't Yo' Hear Me Callin' Caroline?		 Charles King (baritone)
Duncan Vaine (tenor)		 probably Jack Charman (Aco G-15093)
probably Vernon Dalhart (Vocalion 14368)
676 1759 / 1760
638		 Come To The Fair
Synpathy		 C. Williams (baritone)
Julia Russell (contralto)		 Guardsman 957 as C. W. Grant
Gladys Palmer (Guardsman 557 as Julia Ross)
677 1399
1400		 H.M.S. Pinafore, selection parts 1 & 2 (Sullivan) Empire Military Band H.M. Scots Guards Band (Guardsman 861)
678 944
943		 William Tell, overture, parts 3 & 4 (Rossini) Empire Military Band H.M. Scots Guards Band (Guardsman 683)
679 2074 (7351)
2765		 Old Pal
Smiling Through		 Millar Lovell (tenor)
Richard Gordon (baritone)		 Charles Hart (Gennett 4644)
maybe Archie Hill (Aco G-15086, mx C-5356)
680 2766
2767		 Ten Little Fingers, Ten Little Toes
Evergreen Eve		 Charles King (baritone) probably Jack Charman (Meloto S-1277 / Gmn 1281)
681 2682
2768 (C-5419)		 Oh! That Mistletoe Bough (Mark Strong)
Oh, Star Of Eve (David)		 Charles Robbins (baritone)
Charles King (baritone)		 Robert Carr (Aco G-15111)
Jack Charman (Aco G-15152)
682 2725
2769		 Nightingale's Song
Nancy Lee		 Winifred West (contralto)
Leonard Ellis (tenor)		 maybe Grace Kerns (Vocalion 14225, mx 7695)
maybe Charles Harrison (Vocalion 14375, mx 9278)
683        
684 2693
2738		 Little Grey Sweetheart Of Mine (Fisher)
We'll Build A Dear Little Cute Little Love Nest		 Cyril Hope (tenor)
Montague Phillips (baritone)		 probably Charles Harrison (Vocalion 14297)
untraced
685 2729 (C-5256)
(9729)		 Blondinette
Homesick		 Empire Dance Orchestra
Erco Dance Orchestra		 Venetian Dance Orchestra
Emil Coleman's Orchestra (Vocalion 14445)
686 2730
2754 (9561)		 Sing-A-Loo
Stuttering		 Erco Dance Orchestra Emil Coleman's Montmatre Orchestra (Voc 14370)
California Ramblers (Vocalion 14411)
687        
688 2750 (9588)
2746 (9422)		 'Way Down South
Bonnie Briar Bush (Sousa)		 Empire Dance Orchestra
Empire Military Band		 Emil Coleman's Montmatre Orch (Vocalion 14417)
Lt. F.W. Sutherland & his 7th Regt Band (Voc 14400)
689 2671 (9172)
2731 (C-15)		 Egyptien Ballet
Gavotte (from "Mignon") (Thomas)		 Empire Dance Band Yerkes' S.S. Flotilla Orchestra (Vocalion 14377)
Grosvenor Orchestra (Aco G-15006)
690 2800 (C-5432)
2804 (C-5435)		 Ka-Lu-A
When The Leaves Come Tumbling Down		 Empire Dance Orchestra Aco Dance Orchestra (No Aco issue)
Victor Vorzanger's Broadway Band (Aco G-15158)
691        
692 2803 (C-5439)
2807 (C-5437)		 Hot Lips
Carolina In The Morning		 Empire Dance Orchestra Vorzanger's Broadway Band (Aco G-15162 / G-15161)
693 2798 (C-5430) Dancing Time Empire Dance Orchestra Aco Dance Orchestra (no Aco issue)
694        
695 724
2690		 Empire March
Dance Of The Goblins		 Will Bentley (xylophone / bells) Billy Whitlock (Guardsman 895 / 1225)
696        
697        
698        
699 2626
2739 (C-5389)		 I'm Getting Better Every Day (Mark Strong)
La La La (Hargreaves)		 Charles King (baritone)
Cyril Hope (baritone)		 Jack Charman (Aco G-15080)
only issue found is Beltona 367 as Michael Johnson
700 2676
2681		 My Little Jenny
Jealous Of You		 Charles King (baritone)
Charles Robbins (baritone)		 Jack Charman (Aco G-15138)
Robert Carr (Guardsman 1220)
701 28770
2871		 A Musical Switch, parts 1 & 2 Empire Orchestra Guardsman Orchestra (Gmn 1290) poss Aco G-15251
702        
703   Wana Empire Dance Orchestra probably Aco G-15195 (C-5566) Vorzanger's Band
704        
705   Kitten On The Keys Erco Dance Orchestra probably Aco G-15163 (C-5440) Vorzanger's Band
706        
707 2709
2888		 California
Sheba		 Charles King (baritone)
Charles Robbins (baritone)		 probably Jack Charman (no Aco issue found)
probably Robert Carr (Aco G-15168 as George Scott)
708        
709 2883 (C-5477)
2884		 A Dream O' Hame
At Dawning		 Douglas McIntyre
Jessie Lawrence		 untraced; test pressing found as by J. McLean
prob Edith Furmedge ( Aco G-15164 (C-5547))
710        
711        
712
2926 (C-5510)		 Lady Of The Rose - Mariana
Just Because The Violets		 Lawrence Lovell (tenor)
Charles Robbins (baritone)		 probably Eric Lloyd ( Aco G-15167 (C-5475) )
Robert Carr (Aco G-15166)
713        
714 2928 (10247)
2929		 Asthore
Love's Dream Is O'er		 Terence Connolly (tenor)
Leonard Ellis & Sylvia Brooke		 possibly Charles Harrison (Vocalion 14483)
poss. Charles Hart & Esther Nelson (Vocalion 14382)
715        
716 2903 Swanee River Moon (waltz) Empire Dance Orchestra Guardsman 1296 (Guardsman Dance Orchestra)
717        
718 2865 (10463)
2931 (10337)		 Burning Sands
I'm Through (Shedding Tears Over You)		 Erco Novelty Orchestra Broadway Syncopators (Vocalion 14475)
Selvin's Boardwalk Orchestra (Vocalion 14477)
719        
720        
721 G-107
2932		 Granny's Song At Twilight
I Lost The Best Pal I Had		 Kenneth Chambers (baritone) John Thorne (Aco G-15224 / G-15210 as Billy Desmond)
722 G-103 (C-5769)
G-105 (C-5767)		 Chicago
Fate		 Erco Novelty Orchestra Vorzanger's Famous Broadway Band (Aco G-15234 / G-15220)
723 2939 (10723)
2955 (10559)		 Dearest (You're The nearest To My Heart)
The Lovelight In Your Eyes		 Empire Dance Orchestra Bar Harbor Society Orchestra (Vocalion 14510
Ben Selvin's Boardwalk Orchestra (Vocalion 14493)
724 G-136 (9612)
2953		 Prelude to "Carmen" (Bizet)
"Lohengrin" - Introduction to Act II (Wagner)		 Empire Military Band possibly Metropolitan Dance Players (Voc 14416)
untraced
725 2949
2950		 "Faust" - selection parts 1 & 2 (Gounod) Empire Military Band possibly Grosvenor Orchestra (Aco G-15231)
726 G-117 (C-5737)
G-137		 With Sword And Lance - march (Starke)
El Abanico - march		 Empire Military Band Royal Artillery Band (Aco G-15276)
untraced
727