Records produced for music publishers, phonograph companies and religious societies have been generally omitted.
United States
ALL-STAR | Standard Mail Order Co. |
AURORA | T. Eaton Co (Canada) |
BELL RECORDS | W.T. Grant dime stores |
BELVEDERE | Hochschild, Kohn & Co, Baltimore |
BINGOLA | Bing Corporation, NY |
BUCKEYE | Buckeye Merchandise Co, Newark, OH |
CAMEO | Macy’s NYC |
CARNIVAL | John Wanamaker New York |
CENTRAL | Central Camera Co, Chicago |
CHALLENGE RECORDS | Sears Roebuck & Co. |
CLICO DISC RECORD | The Clinton Close Co. Toledo, Ohio |
CONQUEROR RECORDS | Sears Roebuck & Co. |
COPLEY | O’Byrne De Witt, Boston. 1945+ |
CORT RECORD | Cort Sales Co, NY |
CROWN | Woolworth’s |
DAVEGA | S.B. Davega Co. New York |
DIVA RECORD | W.T. Grant |
DOMINO | Metropolitan Stores |
FAULTLESS CONCERT | John M. Smyth Company Chicago Ill. |
GOLDEN JUBILEE | R.A. McWhirr Co |
HARVARD | Sears Roebuck & Co |
HOCHSCHILD, KOHN & CO. | Hochschild, Kohn & Co, Baltimore |
HOMESTEAD | The Chicago Mail Order Co, IL |
HUDSON | J.L. Hudson Co, Detroit department store |
LAKESIDE DISC RECORD | Montgomery Ward mail order sales |
LIBERTY MUSIC SHOP | 795 Madison Ave. 450 Madison Ave. 10 East 59 St. N.Y. |
LYRATONE | Abraham and Straus Brooklyn, N.Y. |
MAC-LEVIN | Mac-Levin Shops, Inc. |
MADISON | F.W. Woolworth (in UK) |
MAJESTIC | The Ross Stores (1923) |
MANHATTAN | Siegal Cooper Chicago; Simpson Crawford Co. N.Y.; Henry Siegel Co. Boston |
MASTER TONE | Kaufman & Baer Co. Pittsburgh, PA |
MAY’S | Earl E. May Seed & Nursery Co, Shenandoah, Iowa |
METEOR | Meteor Car Co, Piqua, Ohio |
MINERVA | T. Eaton Co (Canada) |
MONTGOMERY WARD | Store of same name |
MUSE PHONOGRAPH RECORD | Kress Stores |
NADSCO | National Department Store Co |
NASSAU | R. H. Macy & Company, New York |
NATIONAL RECORD, THE | Siegal Cooper & Co, Chicago |
NATIONAL | National Record Exchange Co, Iowa (1922-24) |
NEW IMPROVED SILVER TONGUED | Englewood Co, Chicago mail order |
NEW PHONIC | Carl Henry Inc., N.Y. |
NIGHTINGALE PARLOR GRAND RECORD | Englewood Co, Chicago mail order |
O’BYRNE DEWITT IRISH RECORD | E. O’Byrne DeWitt & Sons, NY |
O’DOWD RECORDS | Thomas O’Dowd, NY |
OGREN & UHE ARTIST SERIES | Ogren & Uhe, Inc Rockford, IL |
ORIOLE RECORDS | McCrory’s |
OXFORD | Sears Roebuck & Co |
PEERLESS DISC RECORD | W. S. Simpson (1903-5) |
PEERLESS DISC RECORDS | Albaugh Bros., Dover & Co, Chicago |
PENNINGTON | L. Bamberger & Co. Newark N.J. |
PHILHARMONIC | Firestone Tyre & Rubber Co. (1939-44) |
POLK | James K. Polk Inc, Atlanta, GA |
PURITONE | Straus & Schram Co., Chicago (1928-31) |
REGINA | L.L. Goodman, Philadelphia |
REPUBLIC DISC RECORD | Burton H. Corbett & Co., Chicago |
RESONA RECORDS | The Charles Williams Stores Inc. N.Y.C. |
RIALTO | The Rialto Music House 330 S. State St. Chicago |
ROMEO | S.H. Kress |
ROSS STORES | The Ross Stores |
SAVOY | Melrose & Montgomery (1930-31) |
SCHIRMER | Schirmer |
SCHUSTER’S MUSIC DEPARTMENT | Schuster’s, Milwaukee-area department store |
SHAMROCK STORE | Shamrock Store 1334 Third Ave. N.Y.C. |
SIEGEL COOPER CO | Siegel Cooper Co, NY (unassociated with S.C. & Co., Chicago) |
SILVERTONE | Sears Roebuck & Co. |
SQUARE DEAL DISC | A.D. Matthews‘ Sons, Brooklyn |
STERLING | W.J. Dyer & Bro., St. Paul, Minnesota (c.1905) |
SUPERTONE | Sears Roebuck & Co., then to .. |
SUPERTONE | Straus & Schram Chicago |
SYMPHONOLA | Larkin Co. Inc. |
TALK-O-PHOTO | Talking Photo Co, NY |
THE THOMAS RECORD | Shayne Distributing Co |
THE THOMAS RECORD | John M. Smythe Merchandising Co. |
TREMONT | S.H. Kress (thence to ROMEO) |
UNIVERSAL | Elion Brothers Furniture Co., El Paso TX (1928-30) |
VIM RECORD | The Vim Co., Chicago Illinois |
WISE | The Wise Company New York N.Y. |
Great Britain
ADELPHI | pressed by the Aeolian Co. for an unknown music store in the Midlands. About 20 issues known. |
APOLLO | Pressed by Edison Bell for Constantin Craies & Co, London |
ARIEL | J.G. Graves, Sheffield |
BALLITO | Ballito Hosiery Mills Ltd |
BELTONA | pressed by Aeolian initially for Murdoch Trading Co, a Piano firm. |
BOOTS | The Good Health Army-the Men from Boots! (The Chemists) |
BROADCAST JUNIOR | 6″ for Woolworths |
BUTLIN | Holiday Camps, Hi-De-Hi! |
CHAMPION-GAMAGE | pressed by Homochord for the A.W. Gamage store in London. |
COLISEUM | pressed by Aeolian for William Cooper Bros. of London. |
CURRY’S | pressed for the cycle firm of that name. Later issues are simply Piccadilly issues with Currys labels pasted over. |
ECLIPSE | produced for Woolworths by Crystalate. |
EMBASSY | produced for Woolworths by Oriole |
(THE) EMPIRE | Metropolitan Chain Stores Ltd |
(THE NEW) EMPIRE RECORD | Manufacturers‘ Accessories Co Ltd |
EXCELDA | Bornand Freres, London |
EXO | Moorhouse Ltd, Lancashire |
FORCE WHEAT FLAKES | tiny records for which one collected tokens-but only in UK. |
FOYLOPHONE | Foyle’s Music Co, London |
GAMAGE | pressed by Homochord for the A.W. Gamage store in London. |
GUARDSMAN | possibly pressed for (but certainly distributed by) Messrs Lugtons of London. Another label from the Aeolian „stable“. |
HUNTING BY EAR | Hunting calls for H.F. & G. Witherby Ltd, London |
KEY | pressed for the London department store, Selfridge’s. |
KILDARE | Apparently only sold through Selfridges |
LEVAPHONE | produced byLevy’s of London for sale in their own shop |
LEWIS’S LONG LIFE | For Lewis’s Ltd |
LITTLE MARVEL | Another for Woolworths |
LUDGATE | pressed for Dollond and Aitcheson (?), a London firm. |
LYONS CORNER HOUSE | A chain of Tea Shops |
MARSPEN | Marks and Spencer |
MAYFAIR | pressed for Ardath cigarettes |
MIMOSA | pressed for Woolworths |
MY RECORD | Louis Marks & Co Ltd (Swansea), in 1978 no less, 6″ vinyl. |
OGDEN SMITH | For the same |
OLYMPIC RECORD | For Levy’s Phono & Cycle Stores, Whitechapel |
ORIOLE | produced byLevy’s of London for sale in their own shop |
PEACOCK | produced for Peacock’s, a Midlands department store. |
PEROPHONE | Lockwoods, London |
PORTLAND | pressed by Edison Bell for Currys |
REX | Pressed by Crystalate for Marks & Spencer |
ROBEYPHONE | G. Robey, Coventry |
SELFRIDGES | Various labels including Selfridges Crown Perfect Record and Selfridges Souvenir Record. |
SIEMENS | Advertising record for the same |
SILVER KING | Golf tips for the India Rubber, Gutta-Percha and Telegraph Works. |
SONGS OF WILD BIRDS | Bird calls for H.F. & G. Witherby Ltd, London |
VALKYRE | Catesby’s Ltd, London department store |
VICTORY (7″) | pressed by Crystalate Co for Woolworths |
WESTPORT | pressed by Edison Bell for Curry’s |
WHITEHEADS | A store? |
WHITLEY | W. Whitely Ltd, London |
WITHERBY’S SOUND GUIDE TO BRITISH BIRDS | Bird calls for H.F. & G. Witherby Ltd, London |
WYKES BLUE SEAL | R.P. Wykes, Northampton |
Asia & Australia
ARCADIA | Edments Ltd. |
BEEDA | Allen & Co., Melbourne (records pressed in Canada & U.S.) |
BON MARCHE | Payne’s Bon Marche, Melbourne (records pressed in Britain & U.S.) |
CAMDEN | Sydney (pasted over British Vocalion) |
BUCKINGHAMS | Sydney (pasted over British Vocalion) |
ELECTRON | Coles Stores |
EMBASSY | Coles Stores |
FOSSEY’S | Fossey’s Stores (pasted over U.S. Regal & Oriole) |
GAIETY | Craig Williamson Ltd., Melbourne |
GIBSONA | Gibson’s, Sydney |
GOLDEN TONGUE | Craig Williamson Ltd., Melbourne |
HERALD | E W Pidgeon & Co, N.Z. |
KALOPHONE | Beale & Co. (records pressed in Germany) |
KISMET | Woolworth’s |
LILY OF THE VALLEY | McWhirter’s, Brisbane (records pressed in Germany) |
MASTERPIECE | Franklin’s, Melbourne (pasted over U.S. Cameo) |
MELOTONE | Foy & Gibson’s (no connection with later U.S. label) |
MINSTREL | E W Pidgeon & Co, N.Z. |
MUSIPHONE | Craig Williamson Ltd, Melbourne (pasted over British Duophone) |
PALING’S | W.H. Paling & Co., Sydney (records pressed in Canada) |
POSSUM | Allan & Co., Melbourne (records pressed in Britain) |
REALTONE | Sydney Jackson, Melbourne (pasted over British Beltona) |
REGENT | Selridge’s, Sydney |
SERENOLA | Anthony Horden & Sons, Sydney (pasted over U.S. Gennett) |
SIMOLIAN | Mick Simmons Stores, Sydney (pasted over U.S. Banner & Gennett and Canadian Apex) |
STARR | Coles Stores (not the Canadian Starr) |
STERLING | Farmers Stores, Sydney |
THE CAPITOL | Mockler Bros, Bathurst (MOCKLERS SPECIAL) |
WORTH | Woolworth’s Stores |
Europe
ALBERTI SPEZIAL RECORD | Germany, sold by Musik- und Schallplattengeschäft Alberti, Berlin |
BU-SCHA | Germany, Bund deutscher Schallplattenfreunde, a subscription mail-order business, Berlin |
CLANGOR | Germany, Schallplatten-Volksverband, a subscription mail-order business, Berlin |
CTC | Cape-to-Cairo Bazaar |
DE-GE-BE | Germany, Deutsche Buchgemeinschaft, a subscription mail-order business, Berlin |
ELTAG | Germany, Leonard Tietz department store label, Berlin |
HERTIE | Hermann Tietz |
KADEWELT | Germany, Kaufhaus des Westens department store label, Berlin |
SCHWEIZER MUSIKHAUS | Germany, for record store of same name, Berlin |
TELEVOX | Germany, made for record store of same name, Berlin |
V.d.M. | Germany, Volksverband der Musikfreunde, a subscription mail-order business, Berlin |
WOOLCO | Germany, label of the Woolworth department store chain |