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An Introduction to the Wonderful World of 78s A selection of recorded gems from the past covering a wide range of musical styles and novelty material.The Phonofossils series is intended as an introduction to the music, songs, stories and novelty items which abounded in the early gramophone catalogues. With specialist techniques, these gems have now been transferred to a modern digital format and made accessible to researchers, musicians, singers, performers or anyone who is just interested to know what sorts of records their grandparents and great-grandparents might have been enjoying up to a century ago.
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Children's Toy March |
Regal Orchestra |
Novelty orchestra with effects |
1922 |
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Romping Rossie |
Mr. Fred Turner |
Banjo solo |
1909 |
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I'm an Old Norman Castle |
Annette Mills, comedienne |
Saucy humorous song |
1940 |
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Wiggle Woggle |
Mlle. Elgar |
Virtuoso piccolo solo |
1909 |
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Laughing Song |
Burt Shepard |
Minstrel laughing song |
1903 |
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Fatinitza Quick March |
Black Diamonds Band |
Brass band march |
1930 |
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The Blue Mazurka - Vocal Gems Intro: The Blue Mazurka; When She's Yours at Last; Love's the Richest Prize; I'm a Shy Young Chap; Shine Bright Moon. |
Light Opera Company |
Light opera by Franz Lehar |
1927 |
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Pan and the Wood Goblins |
International Novelty Orchestra |
Novelty light orchestra |
1931 |
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Maisey Lou |
Mr Jack Charman, comic |
Sentimental minstrel song |
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To A Water Lilly |
The Victor Olof Sextet |
Descriptive music |
1926 |
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Dance of the Icicles From suite: The Wooing of the Snowflakes |
Leslie Jeffries & his Orchestra at the Grand Hotel, Eastbourne |
Descriptive light music |
1933 |
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Ye Catte |
Gresham Singers |
Humorous part sog |
1921 |
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The Tanks that Broke the Ranks |
Mr Will Strong with band accompaniment |
Patriotic song |
1916 |
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Anita Polka |
Fairy Bells w orchestra (Albert Müller ?) |
Light music |
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Entrance of the Little Fauns |
Jack Payne and his BBC Dance Orchestra |
Dance band playing ballet music by Peirné |
1931 |
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Too Many Tears |
Durium Revellers |
Song with dance band accompainment |
1932 |
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When Yuba Plays the Rumba on the Tuba |
Durium Revellers |
Humorous tongue-twister song |
1932 |
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The Roman Road |
Malcolm McEachern |
Bass singer with orchestra |
1931 |
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La Fille de Madame Angot (Selection) |
The Home Guards Band |
Brass band light opera selection |
1909 |
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The Marriage Will Not Take Place |
Ronald Frankau with Monte Crick at the piano |
Humorous innuendo song |
1937 |
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The Adventures of Mr. Penny - Mr. Penny on Government Service |
Richard Goolden, Doris Gilmore, |
Radio play |
1937 |
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I Wish I had Died in my Cradle Before I Grew Up to Love You |
Talbot O'Farrell |
The "Worst Song in the World" |
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