Listing of records used: episodes 11 to 20
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The Sound of 78s: episode 11
John Barrymore: 'Ay, Edward will use women honourably' (Henry VI part 3, Act III Scene 2: Shakespeare)
HMV DB1177, recorded April 13th 1928, New York
Bransby Williams: 'The Green Eye of the Yellow God' (Milton Hayes)
Columbia 388, recorded June 1913, London
John Gielgud and Edith Evans: excerpt from 'The Importance of being Earnest':
'Lady Bracknell interviews John Worthing' (Oscar Wilde)
HMV B8883 recorded 1938
The Sound of 78s episode 12
Nellie Melba (1861-1931), soprano
Le Roi D'Ys (Lalo): Aubade
Gramophone Company 03072 (lilac label) recorded July 1906
Lauritz Melchior (1890-1973), tenor
Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg: Prize Song
HMV DB 1858 recorded 1932
Meta Seinemeyer (1895-1929), soprano
Liebesträume No.3 (Liszt)
Parlophone E 10901 recorded 1929
Mariano Stabile (1889-1968), baritone
Falstaff (Verdi): L'onore! Ladri!
Columbia LX 1081 recorded 1947 The Sound of 78s episode 13
Tom Leamore: 'Hi! Hi! HI!' (Leamore)
Panachord 25359-A recorded in London, 6th May 1932
Ben Albert: 'Three Ages of Women'
'The Twin' serial 40, recorded in London, c. January 1908
The Stars of 'Happidrome' in 'Let Me Tell You' series
No: 7 - 'Out In Indiah' (Eddie Latta)
Mr. Lovejoy (Harry Korris), Enoch (Robbie Vincent), Ramsbottom (Cecil Frederick)
Recorded in the Grand Theatre, Blackpool
Columbia FB2717 recorded 1941
Sandy Powell, assisted by 'Little Percy': 'The Lost Policeman'
Broadcast 429, recorded in London, c. May 20th 1929 The Sound of 78s episode 14
Mr. Arthur Pryor - 'There'll Come a Time' (trombone solo)
Berliner 3309 recorded New York, 27th July 1897
The 7th Ragtime Orchestra - 'The Circus Girl' (excerpt)
Berliner 87, recorded New York, date unknown, probably 1897
H. Scott Russell - 'The Old Brigade'
Berliner E2007 recorded London, 19th August 1898
Miss Harwood - 'Yum-Yum's song' from 'The Mikado' (Sullivan) (excerpt)
Berliner E3025 recorded London, 18th October 1898
Albert Chevalier - 'The Little Nipper' (excerpt)
Berliner 2239 recorded London, 30th December 1898
Miss Beatrice Hart and Chorus from Daly's - 'I'm A Naughty Girl' (excerpt)
Berliner 3078 recorded London, 18th January 1899
Messrs. Morton and Shepard - 'A Good Joke'
Berliner 1176 recorded London c. 1901
Chas. Foster - 'Jolly Little Polly on a Tin Gee Gee'
Berliner 2675 recorded London, 13th February 1901
Edvard Grieg - 'Au Printemps' (To The Spring) (from 'Lyric Pieces' Op.43 no.6) (Grieg)
HMV D 803 (reissue of G&T 35510) recorded Paris, April/May 1903 The Sound of 78s episode 15
Percival Mackey's Band: 'I've never Seen A Straight Banana' (Waite)
Recorded London, November 22nd 1926
Columbia 4151
Jack Hylton & his Orchestra: 'My Brother Makes The Noises For The Talkies'
(Amberg, Raymond & Bernauer)
Recorded June 2nd 1931, Empire Theatre Liverpool
HMV B6024
Jack Payne & His BBC Dance Orchestra: 'Sing Holly, Go Whistle, Hey Hey' (Hulbert & England)
Recorded London, February 17th 1931
Columbia CB232
Henry Hall & his Orchestra: 'Teddy Bear's Picnic' (Kennedy & Bratton)
Recorded London, September 28th 1932
Columbia FB2816 (re-issue of DB955)
Special vinyl pressing for BBC Engineering Department. The Sound of 78s episode 16
Harry Fay: 'I'm Twenty-One Today' (Kendal)
Zonophone 729 recorded 1911.
Tom Clare: 'Where Does Daddy Go to?' (Searson & Gallatly)
Columbia 3978 recorded March 24th 1926
Tommy Handley: 'The Kerb Step' (Knox, Street, Young)
Piccadilly 505 recorded c. February 1930
Elsie and Doris Waters: 'Gert, Daisy and the Blackout' (E & D Waters)
Decca F 7281 recorded October 16th 1939. The Sound of 78s episode 17
'Mivoice' sound recording: A.C.Marston sings 'The Policeman's Lot'
Six-inch copper(?) disk. Recording date unknown.
Message disk: Servicio Fonopostal.
8 inch flexible record made in Rosario, Argentina, 1944.
HMV Private Recording. 'The Slide', read by A. Neave Brayshaw.
12 inch standard pressing, ref. JG1. Recorded 28th March 1935
The Daily Mail Mystery Record (side 1) -' £1950 for naming the artists'.
EMI RO100 recorded 1933
'Forward the Fire Bomb Fighters' (edited excerpt)
The London Transcriptions PG170 - undated but presumably 1939/40
Bow Bells Interval Signal - BBC fill-up record.
BBC Library no. 2 A 23. Recording date not stated but pre-1940
Novachord Fillup - side 1 band 1
BBC Library no. 9842. Recorded 14th November 1946
(Performer not credited but is Charles Smart).
Opening Music for Light Programme - 'Oranges and Lemons' (arr. Spike Hughes)
BBC Theatre Orchestra conducted by Harold Lowe,
BBC Library no 10247 recorded 29th April 1947 The Sound of 78s episode 18
Caspar Reardon, his harp and his Orchestra: Tormented (Hudson)
Liberty Music Shop L193, recorded New York, 23 April 1936
Cab Calloway and his Orchestra: The Man from Harlem (Hudson)
Vocal by Cab Calloway
Rex 8924 recorded New York, 30 November 1932
Hoagy Carmichael (piano & vocal) with Artie Bernstein (bass) & Spike Jones (drums):
Hong Kong Blues (Carmichael)
Brunswick 03752 recorded Los Angeles, 11 May 1942
Glenn Miller and his Orchestra: In The Mood (Garland, Razaf)
HMV BD5565 recorded 1 August 1939 The Sound of 78s episode 19
Gracie Fields: 'Our Avenue' (Weston & Lee)
HMV B2733 recorded 24 May 1928
Milton Hayes: 'The Meanderings of Monty: The General Outlook and All That Sort Of Thing' (Hayes)
Columbia 3233 recorded 1 January 1923
Charlie Higgins: "When I Was Twenty-One' (Hargreaves)
Broadcast 918 recorded c. November 1932
'Betove' (Michel Maurice Lévy): 'Folies Musicales' (side 1)
Parlophone DP116 recorded c. December 1926 The Sound of 78s episode 20
HUNGARIAN:
'Ritka búza, ritka árpa' (Héteny-Heidlberg): Berkes Béla és cigányzenekara (Béla Berkes and his Gypsy Orchestra)
Hungarian Columbia OH15, date unknown, presumably late 1920s or 1930s.
MAORI & ENGLISH:
'Waiata Poi': Ana Hato with piano accompaniment
Parlophone R3557, recorded at Rotorua, New Zealand, during the visit of the Duke & Duchess of York, 1927.
MAORI:
'Haka (War Cry)'
Parlopone R3557 as above (part side)
JAPANESE (TRADITIONAL):
'Entering Formosa' (traditional): Chikufu Tahanine (excerpt)
Orient A998, date unknown, probably early 1920s.
JAPANESE (WESTERNISED)
'Song of soldiers in a Trench': Akira Sasaki (excerpt)
Japanese Columbia 29712, date unknown - probably during World War 2.
BALINESE:
Djangér (Dance): 'Putih putih saput anduk' (excerpt)
Parlophone MO106, 'Music of the Orient' series no. 14 recorded in 1930s.
HAWAIIAN:
'Tomi, Tomi': Kanui & Lula (excerpt)
Parlophone R1614 published 1933
MANDARIN CHINESE:
'Méigui méigui wǒ ài nǐ' (aka 'Rose, Rose, I Love You')(Chen Gexin): 'Miss Hue Lee' (Yao Lee)
Columbia DB2837 (UK), recorded in Shanghai, 1940.
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