New Zealand's First Record
Labels
In 1913-14 E.W. Pidgeon & Co, Edison agents and wholesalers based
in Christchurch, arranged for Edison-Bell (UK) to produce on their behalf
two series of 78 records, which were subsequently imported into New Zealand
and offered for sale through various retail outlets.
These labels were HERALD
and MINSTREL.
To the best of my knowledge,
no complete catalogue exists of what was offered. Partial dealer lists
from The New Zealand Record Herald have added to the items known to exist
today. These list items have their number suffixed by * below.
The rest of this discographical listing is from surviving examples in
collector's hands.
There are two different
label types of HERALD known, and two of the MINSTREL. These are illustrated
below.
Using the control numbers
printed on the label and the matrix data from the run-out, it is usually
possible to determine the original Edison-Bell product (Winner or Velvet-Face).
Occasionally, the artist name was changed. The unusual HERALD 1000 series
looks to have been pressed from BEKA masters while the MINSTREL 2000 series
may have been pressed from Favorite masters.
If you have discographical data for records not already listed
below, please contact me.
HERALD
"POPULAR
- BRIGHT - LOUD - CLEAR - SMOOTHEST AND BEST."
Type 1
Type 2
Type 1 Label - deep green, gold
The words "GRAMOPHONE RECORD"
are in two horizontal lines.
Sold at 3/6 each.
|
Serial |
Label ctrl |
Run-out |
Mtx Date |
Artist |
Type |
Title |
Orig. Issue |
|
4 |
83 |
83H |
Q1/12 |
Royal Military Band |
|
Handel's Largo |
Winner 2043 |
|
|
84 |
84O |
Q1/12 |
Royal Military Band |
|
Hallelujah Chorus |
Winner 2043 |
|
9 |
42 |
42F |
Q1/12 |
Albert Pearce |
Tenor Song |
Love Me and the World is Mine |
Winner 2021 |
|
|
157 |
157P |
Q2/12 |
Royal Military Band |
Intermezzo |
Rainbow |
Winner 2078 |
|
16 |
124 |
124F |
Q2/12 |
Royal Guards Band |
Selection |
Ireland for Ever |
Winner 2061 |
|
|
256 |
3087V |
Q2/12 |
Albert Crawley |
Song |
The Minstrel Boy |
|
|
18 |
71 |
2486P |
Q1/10 |
Royal Military Band |
|
Chocolate Soldier Part 1 |
Winner 2037 |
|
|
72 |
2485Q |
Q1/10 |
Royal Military Band |
|
Chocolate Soldier Part 1 |
Winner 2037 |
|
20 |
121 |
121B |
Q1/12 |
W.W. Whitlock |
|
Johnson's Lauching Song |
Winner 2060 |
|
|
173 |
173B |
Q2/12 |
Olly Oakley |
Banjo solo |
The Darkey's
Awakening |
Winner 2086 |
|
22 |
92 |
92A |
Q1/12 |
W. Whitlock & Orch. |
Xylophone solo |
International Jig |
Winner 2047 |
|
|
247 |
247L |
Q2/12 |
Will Evans |
Talking |
All About Jim |
Winner 2123 |
| 25 |
187 |
187V |
Q2/12 |
Lampriere Pringle |
Song |
I Fear No Foe |
Winner 2093 |
| 138 |
138J |
Q1/12 |
London Regimental Band |
March |
Boys of the Old Brigade |
Winner 2068 |
|
|
42 |
98 |
98B |
Q1/12 |
Pipe-Major Forsyth |
Bagpipe solo |
Cock O' the North |
Winner 2050 |
|
|
225 |
225A |
Q2/12 |
H. Merrylees |
Scotch Song |
Just a Wee Deoch an Doris |
Winner 2112 |
|
46 |
250 |
? |
|
Oakley, Opferman & Kirkby |
Descriptive |
The Buskers |
Winner 2124 |
|
|
? |
? |
|
Kirkby & Oakley? |
|
Ragtime Medley? |
Winner 2124? |
|
51 |
223 |
223J 223H (2) |
Q2/12 |
Robert Carr |
Ballad |
Come sing to me |
Winner 2111 |
|
|
224 |
224N |
Q2/12 |
Miss Vera Moore |
Song |
My Hero (from "Chocolate Soldier") |
Winner 2111 |
|
53 |
423 |
423R |
Q4/12 |
J. Wallis |
Song |
Your eyes say remember, though your lips say forget |
Winner 2213 |
|
|
424 |
424Q |
Q4/12 |
H. Marchmont |
Song |
Only a faded rose |
Winner 2213 |
|
54 |
463 |
3301 |
Q4/12 |
Bransby Williams |
Song |
The Street Watchman |
Winner 2234 |
|
|
464 |
3302 |
Q4/12 |
Bransby Williams |
Song |
The Same Old Game |
Winner 2234 |
|
55 |
333 |
2456E |
Q1/10 |
Alexander Prince |
Concertina Solo |
Hornpipe Medley |
Winner 2167 |
|
|
334 |
334Q |
Q3/12 |
Alexander Prince |
Concertina Solo |
Woodland Flowers |
Winner 2167 |
|
57 |
309 |
309D |
Q3/12 |
C. Penrose |
Comic Song |
I Tried to keep from Laughing |
Winner 2155 |
|
|
310 |
310A |
Q3/12 |
C. Penrose |
Comic Song |
He'd a funny little way with him |
Winner 2155 |
|
63 |
32 |
32O |
Q1/12 |
Alfred Heather |
Song |
Mary |
Winner 2016 |
|
|
146 |
146H |
Q1/12 |
James Lavell |
Song |
In Happy Moments (Mauritania) |
Winner 2072 |
|
67 |
85 |
85N |
|
W. W. Whitlock |
Bell Solo |
Dainty Daisy Dimple |
Winner 2044 |
|
|
86 |
86K |
|
W. W. Whitlock |
Bell Solo |
The Skaters' Waltz |
Winner 2044 |
|
69 |
469 |
469Z |
Q4/12 |
Ted Yorke |
Song |
I'd Like to go on a Honeymoon |
Winner 2237 |
|
|
470 |
470T |
Q4/12 |
J. Wallis |
Song |
Sweetheart's a Pretty Name |
Winner 2237 |
|
71 |
203 |
203J |
Q2/12 |
Stanley Kirkby |
Comic Song |
Joshu-ah |
Winner 2101 & 2202 |
|
|
402 |
402B |
Q3/12 |
Jack Charman |
Ragtime Song |
Oh, You Beautiful Doll |
Winner 2202 |
|
80 |
516 |
516E |
Q1/13 |
American Ragtime Octette |
Ragtime Song |
Hitchy-Koo |
Winner 2261 |
|
|
517 |
3130E |
Q3/12 |
American Ragtime Octette |
Ragtime Song |
Robert E. Lee |
Winner 2261 |
|
85 |
391 |
391C |
|
Royal Military Band |
|
Benediction of the Poignards |
Winner 2196 |
|
|
392 |
392C |
|
Royal Military Band |
|
"Bohemian Girl" Selection |
Winner 2196 |
|
86* |
|
|
|
Robert Evans |
|
Marguerite |
Winner 2182 |
|
|
301 |
|
|
Robert Evans |
|
I’ll sing thee
songs of Araby |
Winner 2150 |
|
87* |
33 |
|
Q1/12 |
Wilson Pembroke |
|
Nirvana |
Winner 2017 |
|
|
34 |
|
Q1/12 |
Wilson Pembroke |
|
My Sweetheart
when a Boy |
Winner 2017 |
|
88 |
514 |
514V |
Q1/13 |
Royal Court Orch. |
Veil Dance |
Mystic Beauty |
Winner 2260 |
|
|
515 |
515A |
Q1/13 |
Royal Court Orch. |
|
The Love Dance from "Madame Sherry" |
Winner 2260 |
|
89* |
|
|
Q4/12 |
Fred Marshall |
Tenor |
You left me for the limelight |
Winner 2235 |
|
|
|
|
Q4/12 |
Fred Marshall |
Tenor |
When the sheep are in the fold, Jenny Dear |
Winner 2235 |
|
90* |
455 |
|
Q4/12 |
Christy Minstrels |
Descriptive |
The Old Folks at Home |
Winner 2230 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Descriptive |
Veteran of the King |
|
|
91* |
243 |
|
Q2/12 |
Dudley Roy |
Xylophone |
British Empire March |
Winner 2121 |
|
|
244 |
|
Q2/12 |
Dudley Roy. |
Xylophone |
Fairyland |
Winner 2121 |
|
92* |
522 |
|
Q1/13 |
Ted Yorke |
|
Pucker Up Your Lips, Miss Lindy |
Winner 2264 |
|
|
523 |
|
Q1/13 |
J. Wallis |
|
Moonlight Bay |
Winner 2264 |
|
93* |
489 |
|
Q1/13 |
Robert Carr |
|
We were Sweethearts |
Winner 2247 |
|
|
252 |
|
Q1/13 |
Stanley Kirkby |
|
When we went to School together |
Winner 2247 |
|
94* |
488 |
|
Q1/13 |
H. Cove & T. Jackson |
|
There’s a Girl in Havana |
Winner 2246 |
|
|
|
|
Q1/13 |
Jack Charman |
|
The Gaby Glide |
Winner 2246 |
|
95* |
519 |
|
Q1/13 |
American Ragtime Octette |
Rag |
That Syncopated Boogie Boo |
Winner 2262 |
|
|
520 |
|
Q1/13 |
American Ragtime Octette |
Rag |
The Ragtime Jockey |
Winner 2262 |
|
96* |
317 |
|
Q3/12 |
London Regimental Band |
|
Coronation Bells |
Winner 2159 |
|
|
|
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