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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 grandfathers and great-grandfathers might have been enjoying up to a century ago.
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Poppies |
International Novelty Orchestra |
Light music |
3:06 |
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The Polar Bear's Come Back |
Tommy Handley |
Comedy song |
2:51 |
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On A Local Train Journey |
Victor Ricardo and his Orchestra |
German descriptive light music |
3:00 |
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King Charles Gavotte |
Billy Whitlock |
Xylophone solo |
1:33 |
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The Wreck of a Troopship |
Peter Dawson & Company |
Heroic patriotic reconstruction |
3:11 |
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In Ninteen-Ninety-Nine |
Al Bernard |
Humorous song |
3:20 |
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Under the Bed |
Nellie Wallace |
Eccentric comedienne (song) |
3:10 |
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Catch Me If You Can |
Alexander Prince |
Concertina solo |
3:02 |
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Love is Everywhere |
Jenny Howard |
Song (1930s) |
3:06 |
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Florodora : Opening Chorus Act 1; I Want to be a Military Man; The Fellow Who Might; Phrenology Tell me Pretty Maiden; The Shade of the Palm; The Silver Star of Love. |
Columbia Light Opera Company |
Victorian/Edwardian musical comedy. Songs with full chorus & orch. |
7:39 |
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Lancashire Clogs |
Olly Oakley |
Banjo solo |
3:25 |
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Mrs Buggins Makes the Christmas Pudding |
Mabel Constanduros & Michael Hogan |
1920s radio 'family' |
3:21 |
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The Third Alarm March |
The Goldman Band - Dir Edwin Franko Goldman |
Descriptive orchestral |
3:04 |
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The Wedding of the Gigolo |
Stuart Ross & Joe Sargent |
Comedy song with sexual references |
2:55 |
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Flapperette |
J.Paques |
Jazz piano |
2:25 |
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Any Time's Kissing Time - from Chu Chin Chow |
Aileen d'Orme |
Musical comedy solo |
3:49 |
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John Henry's Ghost |
J.Henry & Gladys Horridge |
1920s radio play |
6:30 |
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