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This is a listing of the JF-series (10") and below, the JH-series.

Please e-mail me if you can help me fill in the gaps in any of these series.
My thanks to the following for their assistance with this listing: Terry Brown, Bill Dean-Myatt

 Page last updated: November 14, 2010

Cat No. Matrix No. Title Artist Recording dates
JF-1 49760-2
82527-1		 The Minor Drag
I Wish I Were Twins		 "Fats" Waller and his Buddies
"Fats" Waller and his Rhythm		 NY, Mar 1, 1929
NY, May 16, 1934
JF-2        
JF-3        
JF-4 49496-1
49497-2		 Gladyse
Valentine Stomp		 "Fats" Waller (piano solo) Camden, Aug 2, 1929
JF-5 82394-1
82395-1		 Sendin' The Vipers
25th and Calumet		 "Mezz" Mezzrow and  his Orchestra NY, May 7, 1934
JF-6 82218-2
82221-1		 Swingin' Uptown
Remember When		 Jimmy Lunceford and his Orchestra NY, Mar 20, 1934
JF-7 82528-1
82529-1		 Armful O' Sweetness
Do Me A Favour		 "Fats" Waller and his Rhythm NY, May 16, 1934
JF-8 84417-1
84419-1		 Serenade For A Wealthy Widow
Sweetie Pie		 "Fats" Waller and his Rhythm NY, Sep 28, 1934
JF-9 82392-1
82393-1		 Old Fashioned Love
Apologies		 "Mezz" Mezzrow and his Orchestra NY, May 7, 1934
JF-10 45619-2
48435-3		 Georgia Swing
Deep Creek		 "Jelly-Roll" Morton and his Red Hot Peppers NY, Jun 11, 1928
NY, Dec 6, 1928
JF-11 84420-1
84422-1		 Mandy
You're Not The Only Oyster In The Stew		 "Fats" Waller and his Rhythm NY, Sep 28, 1934
JF-12 83699-1
84107-1		 Georgia May
Don't Let It Bother You		 "Fats" Waller and his Rhythm NY, Aug 17, 1934
JF-13 84106-1
84108-1		 Then I'll Be Tired Of You
Have A Little Dream On Me		 "Fats" Waller and his Rhythm NY, Aug 17, 1934
JF-14 84418-1
84421-1		 How Can You Face Me?
Let's Pretend There's A Moon		 "Fats" Waller and his Rhythm NY, Sep 28, 1934
JF-15 84922-1
84925-1		 Believe It, Beloved
If It Isn't Love		 "Fats" Waller and his Rhythm NY, Nov 7, 1934
JF-16 53802-2
53805-1		 Market Street Stomp
Missouri Moan		 The Missourians NY, Jun 3, 1929
JF-17 42929-1
42931-2		 Kansas City Breakdown
Hot Water Blues		 Bennie Moten and his Kansas City Orchestra Camden, Sep 7, 1929
JF-18        
JF-19 53803-2
53805-1		 Ozark Mountain Bluies
Missouri Moan		 The Missourians NY, Jun 3, 1929
JF-20 80144-2
80149-1		 Delta Serenade
Solitude		 Duke Ellington and his Orchestra Chicago, Jan 9, 1934
Chicago, Jan 10, 1934
JF-21 59173-2
59174-2		 Two Hundred Squabble
Swingin' Dem Cats		 The Missourians NY, Feb 17, 1930
JF-22 80632-1
80642-1		 Shine
Running Wild		 Red Nichols and his Word-Famous Pennies Chicago, Jun 18, 1934
JF-23 77806-1
77807-1		 I Want To Ring Bells
I Would If I Could But I Can't		 Williams' Washboard Band Camden, Sept 12, 1933
JF-24 64006-3
64608-1		 Hullabaloo
Never Swat A Fly		 McKinney's Cotton Pickers Camden, Jul 30, 1930
NY, Nov 4, 1930
JF-25 80635-1
80638-1		 Jungle Fever
Rockin' In Rhythm		 Red Nichols and his World-Famous Pennies Chicago, Jun 18, 1934
JF-26        
JF-27 87265-1
87267-1		 Throwing Stones At The Sun
A Viper's Moan		 Willie Bryant and his Orchestra NY, Jan 4, 1935
JF-28        
JF-29 89817-1
89819-2		 Rigmarole
The Sheik		 Willie Bryant and his Orchestra NY, May 8, 1935
JF-30 92908-1 The Voice Of Old Man River Willie Bryant and his Orchestra NY, Aug 1, 1935
JF-31 58581-2
58582-1		 Sugar Hill Function
You Might Get Better But You'll Never Get Well		 Henry Allen Jr. and his Orchestra NY, Feb 18, 1930
JF-32 88778-1
88785-1		 I AIn't Got Nobody
What's The Reason?		 "Fats" Waller and his Rhythm NY, Mar 6, 1935
JF-33   I Can't Give You Anything but Love
New Jig Rhythm		 The Four Crochets (vocal group)  
JF-34        
JF-35 86209-1
86211-1		 Clothes-Line Ballet
Viper's Drag		 "Fats" Waller (piano solo) NY, Nov 16, 1934
JF-36 48333-2
48334-1		 Call OF The Freaks
The Trumpet's Prayer		 "King" Oliver and his Orchestra NY, Feb 1, 1929
JF-37 89818-1
89820-1		 'Long About Midnight
Jerry The Junker		 Willie Bryant and his Orchestra NY, May 8, 1935
JF-38        
JF-39        
JF-40 92546-1
92547-1		 Sometimes I'm Happy
King Porter		 Benny Goodman and his Orchestra NY, Jul 1, 1935
JF-41 86208-2
86210-1		 African Ripples
Alligator Crawl		 "Fats" Waller (piano solo) NY, Nov 16, 1934
JF-42        
JF-43        
JF-44        
JF-45 87083-3
88780-1		 Baby Brown
Who's Honey Are You?		 "Fats" Waller and his Rhythm Camden, Jan 5, 1935
NY, Mar 6, 1935
JF-46 88989-1
88997-1		 Dinah
Somebody Stole My Gal		 "Fats" Waller and his Rhythm Camden, Jun 24, 1935
JF-47 89760-1
89761-1		 Lulu's Back In Town
Sweet And Slow		 "Fats" Waller and his Rhythm NY, May 8, 1935
JF-48 89566-1
89569-1		 Japanese Sandman
Always		 Benny Goodman and his Orchestra NY, Apr 19, 1935
JF-49        
JF-50 92910-1 Long Gone From Bowling Green Willie Bryant and his Orchestra NY, Aug 1, 1935
JF-51 63361-3
79212-2		 That Lindy Hop
My Old Flame		 Duke Ellington and his Orchestra NY, Oct 2, 1930
Hollywood, May 9, 1934
JF-52 92909-1
92911-1		 Steak And Potatoes
Liza		 Willie Bryant and his Orchestra NY, Aug 1, 1935
JF-53 OM-543-2
OM-544-2		 Canzoni Napoletane - pot-purri, parts 1 & 2 F.Orlando (tenor) and E. Fancini (soprano) with chorus & orchestra dir: M.O. Tagliaferri  
JF-54 48373-2
79211-2		 Japanese Dream
Troubled Waters		 Duke Ellington and his Orchestra NY, Feb 18, 1929
Hollywood, May 9, 1934
JF-55 95142-1
98101-1		 Weary Blues
Don't Give Up The Ship		 Tommy Dorsey and his Orchestra NY, Sep 26, 1935
MY, Nov 7, 1935
JF-56 36285-3
49459-2		 Steamboat Stomp
Tank Town Bump		 "Jelly-Roll" Morton and his Red-Hot Peppers Chicago, Sep 21, 1926
Camden, Jul 12, 1929
JF-57 55852-2
55853-2		 Make A Country Bird Fly Wild
Funny Feathers		 Henry Allen Jr. and his Orchestra NY, Sep 24, 1929
JF-57 51299-2 Hot Bones And Rice Charlie Johnson and his Orchestra NY, May 8, 1929
JF-58        
JF-59        
JF-60        

Here is a start on the JH-series which are custom pressings by EMI. My thanks to members of the British Dance Band discussion group for the inspiration to do this and for some of the information.

Cat No Matrix No. Rec. Date Title Artist
JH-1 TTP-67
TTP-68-1		 mid 1935 Keep Moving, selection parts 1 & 2 Laurie Brewis (piano)
JH-2        
JH-3 14563
14565		 Dec. 1932 Trust The Regulo (vocal: Sylvia Welling)
What The Chefs Saw
 		 The Gainsborough Orchestra.
From the Radiation Film "What The Chefs Saw"
(Edison Bell recordings)
         
JH-9     Amuri, Amuri (Sadero)
Thy Hand, Belinda (Purcell)		 Blanche Marchesi (soprano), with Agnes Bedford (piano)
         
JH-12 CTP-4148
CTP-4149		   Butlin's Holiday Camp Songs: Hi-De-Hi
Butlin's Holiday Camp Songs: Penny On The Drum		 Stanley Holloway (with Percival Mackey's Band)
(as featured in the film "Sam Small Leaves Town")
         
JH-15     Meet Mr. Therm (vocalist: Ernest Butcher) Fred Hartley & his Orchestra
         
JH-23 CTP-9795
CTP-9796		   Regimental Marches Of The Corps Of Royal Engineers
Hurrah For The C.R.E.		 Band of the Corps Of Royal Engineers. Director of music: Capt D.W. Jones, LRAM, ARGM psm.
JH-24        
JH-25 CTP-10152-1
CTP-10153-1		 c. May 1938 Happy In The Morning
Whispering		 Phil Green and his Orchestra
         
         
JH-31 CTP-11721-1
CTP-11724-1		   Heigh-Ho / Every Day Is One Day Nearer
Being The Beguine (vocal: Cpl E. Gurey)		 The Amponians
JH-32 CTP-11722-1
CTP-11723-1		   Reveille In Swingtime
Vienna, City Of My Dreams (violin: Sgt I Cobb; vocal: Sgt H. Dalby)		 The Amponians
JH-33        
JH-34 CRP-2185-1
CRP-2189-1		   Oh, Lady Be Good
Dinah		 Witley Court Music Box
JH-35 CRP-2186-1
CRP-2187-1		   Truckin'
The Japanese Sandman		 Witley Court Music Box
JH-36 CRP-2188-1
CRP-2190-1		   Patty Cake, Patty Cake
You're In Kentucky, Sure As You're Born		 Witley Court Music Box
JH-37 CTP-11737-1
CTP-11738-1		 Mar 18 1941 I Got Rhythm
Crazy Rhythm		 Witley Court Music Box
JH-38 CTP-11733-1
CTP-11736-1		 Mar 18 1941 Some Of These Days
I Cover The Waterfront		 Witley Court Music Box
JH-39 CTP-11734-1
CTP-11735-1		 Mar 18 1941 Blue Skies
From The Top Of Your Head		 Witley Court Music Box
JH-40 CTP-11732-1
CTP-11751-1		 Mar 18 1941
Apr 11 1941		 Sweet Sue
Have you Met Miss Jones?		 Witley Court Music Box
JH-41 CTP-11750-1
CRP-2183-1		 Mar 18 1941
unkn.		 I Can't Love You Anymore / We Three / I Can't Give You Anythng But Love
When Day Is Done		 Witley Court Music Box
JH-42 CTP-11797-1
CTP-11799-1		 Jul 25 1941 Johnny Pedlar
I'm An Old Cowhand		 Witley Court Music Box
JH-43 CTP-11796-1
CTP-11798-1		 Jul 25, 1941 Yes, My Darling Daughter
Ain't It A Shame About Mame?		 Witley Court Music Box
JH-44 0EA-9559-1
0EA-9560-1		   Kujawiak - selection (trad.)
Krakowiak - selection (Trad)		 Spiewakowski (Spiewakowski - Czerny - Kubiak; 2 male vocals with piano-accordion)
         
JH-54     Salute The Soldier, march
Raise The Standard, march		  
JH-55 CTP-12484
CTP-12485		 c. 1944 National Savings Campaign - Stamp Collection
National Savings Campaign - S-A-V-E		 Raymond Newell, with orchestra
         
JH-60   c. 1944 Six Hundred And Twenty Mill (May) Clarence Wright (vocal) with the Mastersingers and orchestra
JH-61        
JH-62        
JH-63   c. 1947 Wyjezdzai - Ze Z Nami (folk song, arranged Szopski)
Tam W Krakowie (traditional) / Usnijzi Mi. Usnij (Polish) - arranged Szopski		 Charles Ernesco Orchestra
         
JH-69   c. 1947 For The British Council: Seven American Poems;
Gone, Gone Again Is Summer (Bliss / Millay)
Siege (Bliss / Millay); Feast (Bliss / Millay)		 Janet Fraser (soprano), with Gerald Moore (piano)
JH-70   c. 1947 For The British Council: Seven American Poems;
Little Elegy (Bliss / Wiley); Rain Comes Down (Bliss / Millay)
Fair Anne's Song (Bliss / Wiley); Being Young And Green (Bliss / Millay)		 Janet Fraser (soprano), with Gerald Moore (piano)
         
JH-75   c. 1947 Bracia Patrzcie Jeno Polish Army Choir (unacc male voices)
         
JH-137 CTP-16771-1
CTP-16772-1		 1950s? Serenade For Strings (Elgar), second movement, parts 1 & 2 String of the Birmingham Philharmonic Orchestra, leader: Maurice Gilbert; cond: E. David Ludlow