Melodisc Records

Melodisc Records was a record label founded by Emil E. Shalit in the late 1940s. It was one of the first independent record labels in the UK and the parent company of the Blue Beat label.

History

Melodisc records was founded by Austrian-born American citizen Emil Edward Shalit and his business partner Jack Chilkes. Melodisc began trading in London, England, in August 1949 and soon became established as one of the first—and, at the time, the largest—independent record labels in the UK. Its offices were in Earlham Street, Covent Garden.
The company was founded in 1949 when Shalit was still living in New York City, with the initial purpose of licensing American jazz for release in the UK. In London, Melodisc was managed by Jack Chilkes until a disagreement with Shalit led to his departure and a subsequent lawsuit in late 1952; According to Chilkes, Shalit had tricked him into believing that he owned the rights to material actually owned by other companies. In the early 1950s, Melodisc focused on licensing and releasing American jazz and folk records in the UK and had a production and distribution arrangement with Decca Records. After Chilkes was replaced by Trinidadian Rupert Nurse, who became Melodisc's musical director, the label also released rhythm and blues, West Indian, and African recordings. Calypso and mento music was also released to cater to the growing Afro-Caribbean community in Britain. Early Melodisc releases in the UK included 78 rpm and later 45 rpm records, EPs, and LPs by artists such as Big Bill Broonzy, Louis Jordan, Josh White, Woody Guthrie, Lead Belly, and Charlie Parker.
From the early 1950s, Melodisc started recording musicians in London, particularly at the Esquire studios in Bedford Court Mansions in Covent Garden. Early recordings were supervised by Denis Preston. Among the musicians recorded were Jamaican-born jazz musician Joe Harriott, pianist Russ Henderson, and the Trinidadians Lord Beginner and Lord Kitchener, whose song "Birth of Ghana" was recorded in London in late 1956. Melodisc was actively involved in exporting records from Britain to the emerging record-buying markets in West Africa and the Caribbean including Guyanese singer Terry Nelson.
From the mid- to late 1950s, Melodisc sought out Jamaican-produced records to distribute in Britain and made deals with producers such as Coxsone Dodd, Prince Buster and Duke Reid. It released Laurel Aitken's "Lonesome Lover" in the UK in 1960. Following its success, Shalit employed Sigimund "Siggy" Jackson to set up a subsidiary label, Blue Beat, which focused on Jamaican blues and ska music. For several years, the label name became synonymous with Jamaican music in the UK and became associated with the mod and later skinhead sub-cultures of the 1960s and early 1970s.
In 1966, Melodisc set up a new sub-label, Fab Records, to release rocksteady music. The Melodisc label continued to release LPs through the 1960s and into the early 1970s. Artists included Prince Buster, Ambrose Campbell, Ginger Johnson, Ravi Shankar, and Lord Kitchener.
Emil Shalit died in Slough, England, in 1983, at the age of 73.

Discography

Singles

Number	Artist	Titles	Notes
P201	Delia Murphy with the Kerry Band	"The Wake in Kildare" / "The Wild Colonial Boy"
P202	Delia Murphy with the Kerry Band	"Connemara Cradle Song" / "A Trip Over the Mountain"
P203	Delia Murphy with the Kerry Band	"County Tyrone" / "The Captain with the Whiskers"
P204	Butlin's American Square Dancers - Danny Levan's Tennessee Rakers	"Virginia Reel" / "Soldier's Joy"
P205	Butlin's American Square Dancers with Caller - Danny Levan's Tennessee Rakers	"Butlins Reel" / "Rakes of Mallow
P206	Tito Burns Sextet	"Over a Bottle of Wine" / "Undecided"
P207	Jack Fallon's Red River Boys	"The Girl I Left Behind Me" / "Wagoners Reel"
P208	Jack Fallon's Red River Boys	"Duck for the Oyster" / "Plough Jockeys Ball"
P209	Varsity String Orchestra	"Nelly Bly" / "Red River Valley"	Featuring authentic American square dancers with calls
P210	Dickie Valentine with Chorus and Orchestra	"Lorelei" / "Never"	Directed by Maurice Taylor –
P211	Dennis Lotis with the Maurice Taylor Orchestra	"Tell Me Why" / "Please Mr. Sun"
P212	Annette Klooger with the Teddy Foster Orchestra	"I Wanna Love You" / "I'm Lucky I Have You"
P213	Frank Deniz, Hermanos Deniz' Cuban Rhythm Band	"Mambo No.5" / "Mi Botecito"
P214	Hermanos Deniz' Cuban Rhythm Band	"O Tic Tac Do Meu Coracao - Samba" / "Luna Lunera - Rhumba"
P215	Butlin's American Square Dancers, Danny Levan's Tennessee Rakers	"Ragtime Annie" /"Up Town Down Town"
P216	Four Sensations	"Raindrops" / "When Honeymoon Lane Becomes Memory Lane"
P217	Annette Klooger with Teddy Foster & His Orchestra	"Tell Me You Love Me" / Start Singing A Song
P218	The Three Monarchs	"Cock-A-Hoop" / "Blow Blow Boogie"
P219	Little Diana Day and The St. Trinian Kids, Reg Tilsley Orchestra	"I'm Goin' To Hang Up Mummy's Stocking" / "Funny Little Snowman"
P220	Archie Lewis, Bruce Campbell Orchestra	"Hold My Hand" / "I Still Believe"
P221	Diana Day	"Susan And The Pixies"
P222	Archie Lewis	"Au Revoir" / "Silent Holy Night"
P223	The Mack Triplets with Sonny Rossi & His Mambo Orchestra	"What's Next" / Sonny Rossi & His Mambo Orchestra, "Harlem Nocturne"
P224	George Browne Band	"Hajji Baba" / "Mambo Sevilliano"
P225	George Clarkson with The Melomaids	"Drigo's Serenade" / "Valse Brilliante"
P226	Janet Gordon With Billy Reid Orchestra	"It's Such A Long Time" / "I Won't Tell My Momma"
P227	Lucille Mapp, Jeff Mustin Orchestra	"I'll Be There" / "Yesterday"
P228	The Four Ramblers	"I Dreamed About Tomorrow Last Night" / "The Wheels Of Love"	Music directed by Jeff Mustin
P229	Lucille Mapp, Jeff Mustin Orchestra	"I Live Every Day" / "My Heart's Delight"
P230	Johnny Franks Rhythm	"Shake, Rattle & Roll" /"Tweedle Dee"
P231	Irene King and Harry Bolton, Syd Dean Orchestra	"Sunshine Bus" / "The Snake"
P232	Johnny Franks & His Rhythm	"Two Hearts, Two Kisses" / "Fiddling Rhythm Blues"
P233	The Four Ramblers	"The Spinning Wheel" / "A One-sided Love Affair"
P234	The Honey Dreamers	"Irish Mambo" / "Five Minutes To Twelve"
P235	Dorita y Pepe	"Babalu" / "Triana Morena"
P236	Lenny Angelo with Jan Ralfini Orchestra	"Show Me The Way" / "Broken Hearted Shadow"
P237	Merrick Farran Concert Orchestra with Julie Dawn	"Jeremy Make-Believe" / "The Telephone Waltz"
P238	John Runge	"Farmer's Boy" / "Snuff Box Sue" / "Clucking Hen"
P239	Dorita y Pepe	"Pobre/Tabu"
P240	Jan Ralfini & His Orchestra	"Baby Girl Of Mine" / "Anywhere Is Heaven"
8001	Bechet-Spanier Big Four	"China Boy" / "Four Or Five Times"	Sidney Bechet-sop sax Muggsy Spanier-clnt Carmen Mastran-gtr Wellman Bruad-bass
8002	Bechet-Spanier Big Four	"If I Could Be With You" / "That's A Plenty"
8003	Lester Young & Charlie Parker	"Blues for Norman pt 1 /pt 2"	Lester Young-tenor sax Charlie Parker, Willie Smith-alto saxes Howard McGhee, Al Killian-tpts Arnold Ross-pno Billy Hadnott-bass Lee Young-dms
8004	Lester Young & Charlie Parker	"I Can't Get Started pt1/pt2"
8005	Bechet-Spanier Big Four	"Sweet Lorraine" / "Lazy River"
8006	Bechet-Spanier Big Four	"Squeeze Me" / "Sweet Sue, Just You"
8007	Lester Young & Charlie Parker	"Oh, Lady Be Good! pt 1 /pt 2"
8008	Josh White	"Mean Mistreatin' Woman" / "Baby Baby"
8009	Lester Young, John Birks, Charlie Ventura, Willie Smith, Shoeless Joe Jackson.	"Crazy Rhythm, Part 1" / "Crazy Rhythm, Part 2",
8010	Lester Young & Charlie Parker	"Sweet Georgia Brown pt 1/pt 2"
8011	King Cole Quintette	"Heads" / "It Had To Be You"	Nat King Cole Shad Collins Illinois Jacquet Gene Englund J. C. Heard
8012	King Cole Quintette	I Can't Give You Anything But Love" / "Pro-Sky"
1001	Slim Gaillard and Bam Brown	Opera in Vout Introduzione Pianissimo / Recitativo E Finale	Slim Gaillard Bam Brown, bass & vocal
1002	Slim Gaillard and Bam Brown	Opera in Vout Andante Contabile in Modo de Blues /Presto con Stomp
1003	Illinois Jacquet	Illinois Jacquet Blues	Illinois Jacquet, Jack McVea J.J. Johnson "Shorty" Nadine Les Paul Johnny Miller Lee Young
1004	Illinois Jacquet, Lester Young	Blues / "Lester Leaps In "	Illinois Jacquet, Jack McVea J.J. Johnson Shorty Nadine Johnny Miller Les Paul Lester Young
1005	Lester Young	"Lester Leaps In "
1006	Meade Lux Lewis	"Fast Boogie" / "Medium Boogie"
1007	Meade Lux Lewis	"Slow Boogie" / "Honky Tonk Train Blues"
1008	Illinois Jacquet, etc.	Rosetta	Illinois Jacquet, Jack McVea Shorty Sherock Shorty Nadine Les Paul Johnny Miller Lee Young
1009	Illinois Jacquet, etc.	"Body and Soul"	Illinois Jacquet, Jack McVea J.J. Johnson "Shorty" Nadine Johnny Miller Lee Young Les Paul
1010	Illinois Jacquet, etc.	"Body and Soul "	Illinois Jacquet, Jack McVea J.J. Johnson "Shorty" Nadine Johnny Miller Les Paul Lee Young
1011	Illinois Jacquet, etc.	"How High The Moon "	Illinois Jacquet, Charlie Ventura Joe Guy, Howard McGhee Willie Smith Garland Finney Ulysses Livingstone Red Callender
1012	Illinois Jacquet, etc.	"How High The Moon " / "Lady Be Good "	Personnel as 1011
1013	Illinois Jacquet etc.	"Lady Be Good "	Personnel as 1011
1014	Lester Young	"After You've Gone "	Al Killian & Howard McGhee Charlie Parker, Willie Smith Lester Young Arnold Ross Billy Hadnott and Lee Young
1015	Enso Toppano	"Atrevido" / "Deep Purple"	Italian/Australian accordion player, father of actress Peta Toppano
1016	Enso Toppano	"Tea for Two" / "Hora Staccato"	Accordion Solo with Bass Acc.
1017	Mary Burns and her Boy Friends	Do I Worry ? / "My Christmas Wish"
1018	Doina et ses Tziganes	"Hora Staccato" / "Pastorale Tzigane"
1019	Doina et ses Tziganes, Typica Orchestra	"Desillusion" / "Nuit Noire"
1020	Doina et ses Tziganes, Typica Orchestra	"Chispazo" / "El Mac Mahon"
1021	Doina etses Tziganes, Typica Orchestra	"Danse Hongroise No 5" / "Czardas"
1022	Eddie Calvert & His Rumba Band	" Miserlou" / "Hora Samba"	Eddie Calvert band cuts four sides for Melodisc.
1023	Eddie Calvert & Orchestra, Rumba Band, Ricardo	"Gypsy Lullaby" /, - "Son Mambo"
1024	Gabor Radics & his Tzigane Orchestra	"Come Gypsy" / "Serenade Gitane"
1025	Gabor Radics & his Tzigane Orchestra	Iablotchko/Stenka
1026	Gabor Radics & his Tzigane Orchestra	"The Roumanian Swallow" / "Old Hungarian Dances"
1027	Crane River Jazz Band	"Eh, La-Bas!" / "Just A Closer Walk With Thee"
1028	Roy Sturgis	Elite Syncopations /Easy Winners
1029	Howard McGhee Sextet	"Leave My Heart" / "Bean Stalking"
1030	Crane River Jazz Band	"Just A Little While To Stay Here" / "Dauphin St Blues"
1031	Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five	"Dad Gum Ya Hide Boy" / "Is My Pop In There?"
1032
1033	Mighty Terror & His Calypsonians	"The Queen Is In" / "Chinese Children"
1034	Lester Young	"After You've Gone" / "No Eyes Blues"	Lester Young Willie Smith Wesley Jones Curtis Counce Johnny Otis
1035	Lord Beginner, Calypso Rhythm Boys	"Mama me belly hurt me" / "Louise"
1101	Sister Ernestine B. Washington, Bunk Johnson Jazz Band	"Where Could I Go But To The Lord" / "God's Amazing Grace"
1102	Sister Ernestine B. Washington, Bunk Johnson Jazz Band	"Does Jesus Care?" / "The Lord Will Make A Way Somehow" –	According to Hayes/Laughton, the Ernestine Washington platters were recorded in NYC on either 2 or 4 January 1946 with Bunk Johnson's Jazz Band, and are: Jubilee 2501: "Does Jesus Care?" / "The Lord Will Make a Way Somehow" Jubilee 2502: "Where Could I Go But to the Lord" / "God's Amazing Grace" The discography goes on to say, however, that the Jubilee records were never issued. They were issued on the Disc label instead after the purchase of the matrices by Mo Asch.
1103	Sidney Bechet with Humphrey Lyttelton's Band	"Some of These Days" /"Black And Blue"	Recorded in London, 13 November 1949, by Melodisc Records. This record is rare because Sidney Bechet did not have the necessary papers to play in London, so this was illegally recorded.
1104	Sidney Bechet with Humphrey Lyttelton's Band	"Who's Sorry Now" / "Sleepy Time Down South"
1105	Sidney Bechet with Humphrey Lyttelton And His Band	"I Told You Once, I Told You Twice" /"Georgia "	Recorded in London, 13 November 1949
1106	Two Gospel Keys / Thrasher Wonders	"Charity" " Motherless Child"
1108	Warren "Baby" Dodds	"Spooky Drums" / "Rudiments with Drumstick Nerve-Beat"
1109	Stan Getz, Tenor Sax Stars	"Four And One Moore" / "Five Brothers"	Stan Getz tenor sax with Allen Eager, Al Cohn, Brew Moore, Zoot Sims & Rhythm Section
1110	Lennie Tristano Quintet	"Subconscious-lee" / "Judy"	Lennie Tristano Lee Konitz Billy Bauer Shelly Manne Arnold Fishkind
1111	Lee Konitz Quintet	"Fishin' Around" / "Marshmallow"	Lee Konitz Warne Marsh Sal Mosca Denzil Best Arnold Fishkind
1112
1113
1114
1115	Doc Evans Dixieland Band	"Fidgety Feet" / "Clarinet Marmalade"	Doc Evans Ed Hubble Tony Parenti Joe Sullivan George Wettling New York, 25–26 April 1947] see 1142/3 below
1116	Doc Evans Dixieland Band	"Sensation Rag" / "At The Jazz Band Ball"	Features Doc Evans, Ed Hubble, Tony Parenti, Joe Sullivan, George Wettling
1117	Kai Winding Sextette	"Sid's Bounce" / "A Night on Bop Mountain"	Kai Winding Brew Moore Gerry Mulligan George Wallington Curly Russell Roy Haynes
1118	Ralph Sharon Sextet	"Burman's Bauble" /"Boptical Illusion"	Ralph Sharon Pete Chilver Jimmy Skidmore, Victor Feldman Jack Fallon Martin Aston
1119	Ralph Sharon Sextet	"I've Got You Under My Skin" / "There's a Small Hotel"	Ralph Sharon Sextet as above, MEL3 -Skidmore
1120	Fats Navarro Quintet	"Go" / "Stop"	Fats Navarro Don Lanphere Al Haig Tommy Potter Max Roach
1121	J.J. Johnson All Stars/ Don Lanphere Quartet	"Teapot" / "Spider's Webb" –	J.J. Johnson Sonny Stitt John Lewis Nelson Boyd Max Roach Don Lanphere, Duke Jordan, Tubby Phillips & Roy Hall
1122	J.J. Johnson Allstars / Stan Getz & Terry Gibbs New Jazz Stars	"Afternoon In Paris" / "Cuddles" –	"Afternoon in Paris": J.J. Johnson Sonny Stitt John Lewis Nelson Boyd Max Roach "Cuddles" Stan Getz Terry Gibbs Shorty Rogers Earl Swope, George Wallington Shadow Wilson Curley Russell
1123	Lu Watters Yerba Buena Jazz Band	"At A Georgia Camp Meeting" / "Original Jelly Roll Blues" –	Lu Watters Bob Scobey Turk Murphy Ellis Horne Wally Rose Clancy Hayes Russ Bennett Dick Lammi Bill Dart Recorded 19–20 December 1941.
1124	Lu Watters Yerba Buena Band	"Daddy Do" / "Millenberg Joys" –	Recorded 29 March 1942.
1125	Lu Watters Yerba Buena Jazz Band	"Muskrat Ramble" / "Smokey Mokes" –	Recorded 19–20 December 1941.
1126	Lu Watters Yerba Jazz Band	"Tiger Rag/Come Back, Sweet Papa" –	Recorded 29 March 1942.
1127	Brownie McGhee	"Me And My Dog" / "Secret Mojo Blues" –
1128	Wardell Gray Quartet	"Twisted" / "Easy Living"	Wardell Gray Al Haig Tommy Potter Roy Haynes
1129	Ralph Sharon Sextet	"A Nightingale Sang In Berkeley Square" / "The Very Thought of You"
1130	Meade "Lux" Lewis	"Boogie Tidal" / "Yancey's Pride" –
1131	Lord Beginner, Calypso Rhythm Kings	"The Joe Louis Calypso" / "Trinidad Blues"
1132	Lennie Tristano Quartet	"Speculation" / "Through These Portals"	Lennie Tristano John La Porta Billy Bauer Arnold Fishkind
1133	Lord Beginner, Calypso Rhythm Kings	"Victory Test Match " /"Sergeant Brown"
1134	Lord Beginner, Calypso Rhythm Kings	"Straight Hair Gal" / "Boul've se"	John Cowley, "I Been Down In The Circle Before Black music, topicality and social history", 6 March 2007.
1135	Erroll Garner	"Lady Be Good" / "Don't Blame Me"
1136	Meade Lux Lewis	"Denapas Parade" / "Glendale Glide"
1137	Pee-Wee Russell's Rhythmakers and Ruby Braffococa	"Baby, Won't You Please Come Home?" / "Dinah" –	John Davis
1139	Louise Bennett, The Caribbean Serenaders feat. Leslie Hutchinson, trumpet	"Linstead Market" / "Bongo Man"
1140	Leadbelly with Sanders Terry	"Good Morning Blues" / "How Long, How Long Blues"	Leadbelly Sanders Terry
1141	Woody Guthrie	"Ramblin' Blues" / "Talkin' Columbia Blues"
1142	Doc Evans Dixieland Band	"Original Dixieland One Step" / "Barnyard Blues"
1143	Doc Evans Dixieland Band	"Bugle Call Rag" / "Tin Roof Blues"
1144	James P. Johnson Trio	"Everybody Loves My Baby" / "I Found A New Baby"	James P. Johnson Pee Wee Russell Zutty Singleton
1145	Josh White	"Fare Thee Well" / "Outskirts Of Town"
1146	Josh White	"The House I Live In" / "When I Lay Down And Die, Do Die"
1147
1148	Lu Watters Yerba Buena Jazz Band	"Creole Belles" / "Chattanooga Stomp"	Lu Watters Bob Scobey Turk Murray Ellis Horne Wally Rose Clancy Hayes Russ Bennett Dick Lammi Bill Dart
1149	Lu Watters Yerba Buena Jazz Band	"Working Man's Blues" /"Big Bear Stomp"
1150	Lu Watters Yerba Buena Jazz Band	"Copenhagen" / "Jazzin' Babies Blues"
1151	Leadbelly with Sanders Terry	"Goodnight Irene" / "Ain't You Glad"	Leadbelly Sanders Terry
1152	Meade Lux Lewis	"Randini's Boogie" / "Lux's Boogie"
1153	Elton Hayes	"The Phantom Stage Coach" / "Just a-wearyin' for you"
1154	Elton Hayes	"The Wild Colonial Boy" /"Back to Hilo"
1155	Josh White	"Dupree" / "Miss Otis Regrets"
1156	Ralph Sharon Sextet	"Two Sleepy People" / "Stalking the Stork"
1157	Art Tatum	"Fine & Dandy" / "Ja Da"
1158	Lu Watters Yerba Buena Jazz Band	"1919 Rag" / "Ostrich Walk"
1159	Lord Kitchener, Vincent Street Six	"Pirates Of Paria " / "Cold In The Winter"
1160	Lord Kitchener, Vincent Street Six	"Kitch " / "Food From The West Indies"
1161	"Ralph Sharon Sextet	Sloppy Joe" / "You Go to My Head"
1162	Lord Kitchener, Freddy Grant's Caribbean Rhythm	"Kitch's Bebop" / "Kitch's Cricket Calypso"	Alwyn "Lord Kitchener "Roberts, acc. by Freddy Grant's Caribbean Rhythm: Freddy Grant Bertle King Mike McKenzie Fitzroy Coleman Neville Boucarut Clinton Maxwell Recorded 15 March 1951. London.
1163	Lord Kitchener, Freddy Grant's Caribbean Rhythm	"Festival of Britain Calypso" / "London Is The Place For Me"
1164	Lord Kitchener	"Dividing the Cricket Spoils "	Brothers Chrisofer and Batson talk about 1950s cricket and cash.
1165	Crane River Jazz Band	"Down By The River" / "Blanche Touquatouz"
1166	Joe Saye Trio	"Pink Champagne" / "Three of a Mind"	Recorded 12 April 1951, Joe Saye Johnny Wiltshire Lawrence Anthony
1167	Lord Beginner	Calypso Rhythm Kings	"Family Scandal" / "Gold Coast Champion "
1168	Mona Baptiste, Freddy Grant's Caribbean Rhythm	"Amatine - Beguine" / "Clementine - Castillene"
1169	Ralph Sharon Trio	"Slightly Oliver" / "A Bachelor Gay"
1170	Lu Watters Yerba Buena Jazz Band	"South" / "Richard M. Jones Blues"
1171	Trio Donaldo	"Bongo Train" / "The Gatehouse"
1172	Lord Kitchener, Freddy Grant's Caribbean Rhythm	"The Denis Compton Calypso" / "No More Taxi"
1173	Christie Brothers Stompers	"Creole Song" / "Heebie Jeebies"
1174	Joe Saye Trio	"Harlem Nocturne" / "Forte"	Recorded 12 April 1951, Joe Saye Johnny Wiltshire Lawrence Anthony
1175	Tony Johnson, Caribbean Serenaders	"Mango Walk" / "Me Donkey Want Water"
1176	Ralph Sharon Trio	"Heart and Soul" /"You Are My Lucky Star" /
1177	Lord Kitchener, Freddy Grant's Caribbean Rhythm	"Saxophone" / "Randolph Turpin's Victory Calypso"
1178	Eddie Calvert, His Trumpet and His Orchestra	"With a Song in My Heart" / "Kiss Me Again"
1179	Tito Burns Sextet	"I Can't Get Started" / "Euphoria"
1180	Lu Watters Yerba Buena Jazz Band	"Friendless Blues" / "I'm Going Huntin'"
1181	Mona Baptiste, Freddy Grant's Caribbean Rhythm	"Calypso Blues" / "Ba Mwe Un Ti Bo'"	"Calypso Blues" with Billy Sholanke Calypso - Afro / Martiniquean Beguine in French patois
1182	Tony Johnson, Caribbean Serenaders	"Swine Lane Gal" / "Iron Bar"
1183	Lord Beginner, Calypso Rhythm Kings	"Jamaica Hurricane" / "Pretty Woman"
1184	Roaring Lion, Freddy Grant's Caribbean Rhythm	"Royal Wedding - Calypso" / "Spanish Calypso"
1185	Trinidad Steel Band/Fitzroy Coleman Quintet	"Caroline" / "Six String Calypso"
1186	Lonnie Johnson with John Davis	"Blues For Everybody" / "In Love Again"	John Davis
1187	Leadbelly with Sonny Terry / Leadbelly with Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee	"John Henry" /"On a Monday" –	Leadbelly Sonny Terry
1188	Mike McKenzie's Habaneros	"Al Momento" /"The Peanut Vendor"
1189	Calypso Rhythm Kings with The Duke	"L'annee Passee" / "Sans l'eau"	Vocal in French Patois with Orchestra
1190	Thrasher Wonders	"Blind Old Barnabus" / "Jesus I Love You"
1191	Chicago Bill	"Keep Your Hands Off" / "Stump Blues"	Recorded for Melodisc in Britain, 1951.
1192	Lord Kitchener, Freddy Grant's Caribbean Rhythm	"Carnival Road March" / "Jingle Bells -Calypso"
1193	Lord Beginner, Calypso Rhythm Kings / The Lion, Freddy Grant's Caribbean Rhythm	"John Goddard" / "Some Girl Something"
1194	Mona Baptiste, Freddy Grant's Caribbean Rhythm	"Tabu" / "Blendeena "
1196	Christie Brothers Stompers	Salutation Stomp/Bogalusa Moan	Ken Colyer Keith Christie Ian Christie Pat Hawes Ben Marshall Denny Coffey
1197	Tommy Whittle Group	"All The Things You Are" / "Sam's Say"	Quartet-Tommy Whittle Ronnie Ball Frank Donnison Tony Kinsey ] Septet - Bobby Pratt Roy Willox Tommy Whittle George Hunter Frank Horrox Johnny Hawksworth Ronnie Verrell
1198	Bertie King's Jamaicans and Tony Johnson / Bertie King's Jamaicans	"Donkey City" / "Sweetie Charlie"	"Donkey City": Tony Johnson
1199	Barretto Brothers Famous Cuban Orchestra	"El Mamboleo" / "Quiereme De Una Vez"	Featuring Don Marino Barretto at the piano
1200	Ralph Sharon Sextet	"Someone to Watch Over Me" / "Don's Dilemma"
1201	Ralph Sharon Sextet	"I Get a Kick Out of You" / "Skylark "	Keith Bird Martin Slavin Ralph Sharon Alan Metcalfe Bert Howard Leon Roy
1202	Crane River Jazz Band	"Sheik Of Araby" / "Sobbin' Blues"
1203	Chicago Bill	"Five Foot Seven" / "Plough Hand Blues"	Recorded for Melodisc in Britain, 1951
1204	Christie Brothers Stompers	"Black Cat" / "Hiawatha Rag"
1205	Tommy Whittle Sextet / Tommy Whittle Group	"Portland Place" /"Perhaps, Perhaps, Perhaps"	George Hunter Bobby Pratt Roy Willox Frank Horrox Johnny Hawksworth Ronnie Verrell
1206	Lord Kitchener	"Life In England "	Dark Argument See Also Below
1206	Tito Burns and his Sextet	Over a bottle of wine /Undecided	Recorded 9 January 1952. Leon Calvert Jimmy Chester Rex Morris Tito Burns Ronnie Price Johnny Hawksworth Derek Price Terry Devon
1207	Mike McKenzie's Habaneros	"Mama Inez" / "Maria, My Own"
1208	Lord Kitchener, Freddy Grant's Caribbean Rhythm	"Africa My Home" / "My Landlady"
1209	Young Tiger, Russell Henderson's Calypso Band	"Monkey - Calypso" / "Single Man - Calypso"	Young Tiger also known as George Browne.
1210	Ricardo, Russell Henderson's Calypso Band	"Banana Song" / "Grenada "
1211	Lord Beginner, Calypso Rhythm Kings/ Lord and Lady Beginner, Calypso Rhythm Kings	"Australia v West Indies Calypso" / "One Morning"
1212	Christie Brothers Stompers	"Down in Jungle Town" / "Farewell to Storyville"
1213	Ralph Sharon Sextet	"Zing Went the Strings of My Heart"/"Serenade In Blue"	Keith Bird, Martin Slavin, Ralph Sharon, Alan Metcalfe, Bert Howard, Leon Roy
1214	The Ticklers and Harold Richardson	"Glamour Gal" / "Don't Fence Her In"	Harold Richardson
1215	Four Deuces and Kingsley Swan / Four Deuces	"People in the West Indies" / "Soldiers Song"	"People in the West Indies": Kingsley Swan
1216	Kenny Baker & His Orchestra	"The Very Thought Of You" / "The Night Is Young And You're So Beautiful"	Recorded 3 March 1952. Kenny Baker, Harry Lethman, Allen Franks, Freddie Clayton Harry Roche, Don Lusher Dougie Robinson, Bill Jackson, Keith Bird, Harry Klein Stan Tracey Alan McDonald Johnny Flanagan
1217	Frank Ross, the Human Trumpet	"Why Should I Cry Over You"/ "Sugar Blues"
1218	Victor Feldman All Stars	"Lullaby in rhythm" / "Serenity"	Recorded London, 3 March 1952. Jummy Deuchar Ken Wray Derek Humble Harry Klein Victor Feldman Stan Tracey Lennie Bush Martin Ashton
1219	Joe Saye Trio	"Unison We" / "There's A Small Hotel"	Recorded 27 April 1952. Joe Saye Johnny Wiltshire Lawrence Anthony
1220	Christie Brothers Stompers	"You Always Hurt The One You Love" / "I'm So Glad"	K Christie D Hawden I Christie P Hawes B Marshall D Coffey B Saward
1221	Lonnie Johnson	"Blues In My Soul" / "Keep What You Got"	John Davis accompanies on guitar
1222	Lord Kitchener, Freddy Grant's Caribbean Rhythm	"Two Timing Josephine" / "Tie Tongue Mopsie"
1223	Sterling Bettancourt, Wizard of the Ping Pong with Russell Henderson's Calypso Band	"Ping Pong Samba" / "Ping Pong Lullaby"
1224	Tony Johnson, Mike McKenzie's Habaneros	"Without You" / "Cuban Love Song"
1225	Arnold Ross Quintet	"Janie" / "Twelve to Four"	Arnold Ross Jimmy Deuchar Tommy Whittle Joe Benjamin Jack Parnell / Arnold Ross Jimmy Deuchar Tommy Whittle Joe Benjamin Tony Kinsey
1226	Arnold Ross Trio/Arnold Ross Quintette	"Darn That Dream" / "Speechless"	Arnold Ross Joe Benjamin Jack Parnell / Arnold Ross Jimmy Deuchar Tommy Whittle Joe Benjamin Tony Kinsey
1227	Ralph Sharon Sextet	"Bill" / "Where Or When"	Keith Bird, Jimmy Skidmore Martin Slavin Ralph Sharon Alan Metcalfe, Roy Plummer Bert Howard, Joe Mudele Leon Roy, Harvey Bond Alan Graham
1228	Crane River Jazz Band	"Careless Love" / "Spicy Advice"	S. Morris R. Orpwood M. Sunshine P. Dearle L. Page J. Davies P. Appleby
1229	Lord Beginner, Calypso Rhythm Kings /Lord and Lady Beginner, Calypso Rhythm Kings	"Don't Tickle Me, Dorothy" / "Mix Up Matrimony"
1230	Lord Beginner, The Melodisc Calypso Boys	"Nice Woman, Ugly Man" / "BG Bargee" - Shanto/"	Featuring Rannie Hart and Mike McKenzie
1231	Tony Johnson and Bertie King's Jamaicans / Bertie King's Jamaicans	"Sly Mongoose " - Mento/"Imogene" - Mento	Featuring Bertie King "Sly Mongoose": Tony Johnson
1232	Victor Feldman All Stars	"Just Friends" / "Euphony"	Recorded London, 3 March 1952. Jimmy Deuchar Ken Wray Derek Humble Harry Klein Victor Feldman Stan Tracey Lennie Bush Martin Ashton
1233	Tommy Whittle Group	"Night And Day" / "Wits End"	23 October 1951 Bobby Pratt Roy Willox Tommy Whittle George Hunter Frank Horrox Johnny Hawksworth Ronnie Verrell
1234	Christie Brothers Stompers	"Old Fashioned Love" / "Fly Cat Boogie"
1235
1236	The Lion, Freddy Grant's Caribbean Rhythm	"The Coronation of Elizabeth II" / "Crosby Cavalcade"
1237	The Ticklers and Harold Richardson	"Four Days Love" / "Healing In the Balm Yard" –	Harold Richardson
1238	The Ticklers and Harold Richardson	"What a Hard Time" / "Advice to Men"	Harold Richardson
1239	The Ticklers and Harold Richardson	"Parish Gal" / "Hard Hearted Lover"	Harold Richardson
1240	Lord Kitchener	"Liebling Kitch" / "Rockabye Kitchie"
1241	Lord Beginner, the Calypso Rhythm Kings	"Young Boys Scandal" / "Woman Going Up"
1242	Tony Johnson, Cyril Jones' Calypso Boys	"Marilyn Monroe Calypso" / "Nosey Joe"
1243	Young Tiger, Cyril Jones' Calypso Boys	"Black Coffee" / "Take Me"
1244	Young Tiger, Cyril Jones' Calypso Boys / Tony Johnson and Young Tiger, Cyril Jones' Calypso Boys	"Flying Enterprise Mystery" / "Brown Skin Gal"
1245	Lord Kitchener, Fitzroy Coleman and his Sunny Boys	"My Mistress Maria" / "Swing High Swing Low"
1246	Lord Beginner, The Melodisc Calypso Boys	"Fed- a -Ray"/ ?
1247	King Tim's Calypso Boys	"Gerrard Street" / "Nylon"	King Timoth on label
1248
1249	Lord Beginner, The Melodisc Calypso Boys	"Tommy Do The Jive" / "I Got It Already"
1250	Lord Kitchener, Fitzroy Coleman's Sunny Boys	"Muriel And The Bug" / "Norma And The Yankee"
1251	Barreto Brothers Famous Cuban Orchestra	Cecilia / Flamenco Cubana	Piano Solo Don Marino Barretto
1252	Mona Baptiste, Freddy Grant's Caribbean Rhythm	"Amour Pedido" / "Planting Rice"
1253	Lord Kitchener, Fitzroy Coleman's Trinidad Ragers	"Kitch Take It Easy" / "Redhead"
1254	Lord Kitchener, Fitzroy Coleman's Trinidad Ragers	"Drink A Rum" / "Your Wife And My Wife"
1255
1256	Eric Hayden, the Gulf Stream Calypso Band	"Montego Bay" / "Give Her The No. 1"
1257	Four Deuces, Fitzroy Coleman's Trinidad Ragers	"Emelda" / "Uncle Joe"
1258	Duke Of Iron & The Four Deuces	"Nora" / "Parakeets"
1259	Duke Of Iron, Calypso Troubadours	"Creole Gal" / "Music Lesson"
1260	Lord Kitchener, Fitzroy Coleman's Trinidad Ragers	"If You're Not White, You're Black" / "Old Lady Walk A Mile And A Half"
1261	Little Nora, "Hot Lips" Pete's Band	" Tomato" / "Nora's Blues"
1262	Ronnie Meede	"Don't Take Your Love From Me" / "What is the weather like in Paris?"
1263	Joe Saye and His Music	"Love Walked In" / "These Foolish Things"
1264	Fitzroy Coleman Band	"Asi yo siemto" / "Mambo mood"
1265	Eric Hayden, the Gulf Stream Calypso Band	"Belly Lick" / "Fan Me, Soldier, Fan Me"
1266	Lord Beginner, Rupert's Calypso Band	The Queen' Visits Her People /After The Bachanal
1267	King Tim's Calypso Boys	"Football Calypso" / "Ju Jujitsu - Calypso"	King Timoth on label
1268	Fitzroy Coleman's All Stars	"Off Limits" / "Crossing The Bridge"
1269	The Lion, Caribbean Calypso Band	"La Familia Lopez" / "Sanga Branga"
1270	Lord Kitchener, Fitzroy Coleman's Trinidad Ragers	"When The Baby's Born" / "Rhumba Anna"
1271	Lord Kitchener, Fitzroy Coleman's Trinidad Ragers	"Too Late, Kitch" / "Saxophone No. 2"
1272	Helen Davis, Jack Newman Orchestra	"We'll Always Remember / "Once In Ev'ryone's Life"
1273	Lord Beginner, Caribbean Calypso Band	"The Cricket Champions Joe Harriott Jack Fallon Phil Seaman Dill Jones
1279	Harry Bence Orchestra	"IBirth of the Blues" / "Flamingo"
1280	Lord Kitchener, Fitzroy Coleman's Calypso Band	"Nosey mother-in-law" / "Elsie's River"
1281	Harry Bence Orchestra	"I May Be Wrong" / "Apropos"	Harry Bence and Joe Harriott have both recorded for Melodisc in February 1954. Harry Bence Orchestra made its recording at a Melodisc session in February 1954.
1282	Archie Lewis, Malcolm Lockyer & His Orchestra	"Make Her Mine" / "To Be Or Not To Be"
1283
1284	Lee Young, Woolf Phillips & His Orchestra	"I'm Gonna Rock, Rock, Rock" / "Merci Beaucoup"
1285	Hedley Ward Trio	"Too Long" / "Just To Be With You"
1286	Vic Ash All Stars	"Softly As In A Morning Sunrise" / "Blue Room"	Vic Ash Allan Ganley Derek Smith Gerry McLoughlin Johnny Hawkesworth
1287	The Lion, Caribbean Calypso Band	"Your shirt tail outside" / "Come punksie"
1288
1289	Tom van Elst conducting The Amsterdam Symphonic Orchestra	"Jealousy" / "Spindrift"
1290	Lord Kitchener, Caribbean Calypso Band	"Mango Tree" / " Wife And Mother"
1291	Lord Kitchener, Coleman's Calypso Boys	"Courting Cats" / "Cricket Umpire"	Featuring Sterling Bettancourt on "Ping Pong"
1293
1294	Hedley Ward Trio	"The Man With The Banjo" / "Do, Do, Do, Do, Do It Again"
1295	Bobby Collins with Johnnie Gray & His Band	"Whistling Guy" / "Wolf On The Prowl"
1296	Ronnie Meede with The York de Sousa Trio	"Cuddle Me" / "Long Time Ago"
1297	Geraldine Farrar	"Make Love To Me" / "Love, Tears And Kisses"
1298	Hedley Ward Trio	"A Sky Blue Shirt and a Rainbow Tie" / "Somebody Loves Me"
1299	Mighty Terror, Rupert Nurse Calypso Band	"Life In London" / "I'd Walk A Million Miles For Mammy"
1300	Lord Kitchener, Fitzroy Coleman's Calypso Band	"Marjorie's Flirtation" / "My Wife Went Away With A Yankee"
1301
1302	Kwamalah Quaye Sextetto Africana	"Son of Africa" / "Don't You Go Away"
1303	Reg Tilsley And His Orchestra	"Midnight Tango" / "Boulevard Waltz"
1304
1305	Lord Beginner, Caribbean Calypso Band	"Colonials In England" / "Camilla"
1306
1307
1308	Rosita Rosano, San Juan Rhythm Boys	"Down In The Indies" / "Admiral's Daughter"
1309	Ronnie Pleydell & His Concert Orchestra	"To be your love" / "On Fifth Avenue"
1310	Lord Kitchener, Fitzroy Coleman's Calypso Band	"Is Trouble" / "St. Agnes"
1311	Young Tiger, The Gulf Stream Band	"Chicken and Rice" / "African Dream"
1312
1313
1314
1315	Vic Ash All Stars	"Ain't misbehavin'" / "Lullaby of the leaves"	Vic Ash Allan Ganley Derek Smith Gerry McLoughlin Johnny Hawkesworth
1316	Duke Of Iron, Trinidad Calypso Troubadours	"Big Bamboo" / "Last Train To San Fernando"
1317	Joe Harriott Quartet	"Summertime" /" April In Paris"
1318	Lord Kitchener, Calypso Rhythm Kings	"A Man In The Wardrobe, Vio" / "Constable Joe"
1319	The Mighty Terror, Fitzroy Coleman Calypso Band	"The Hydrogen Bomb" /"The Emperor of Africa"
1320	Rosita Rosano, San Juan Rhythm Boys	"Pull Down The Shade, Marie" / "Cutest Little Dinghy"
1321	Lord Kitchener, Fitzroy Coleman Calypso Band	"The Ashes " / "Utilda"
1322	Ambrose Campbell, West African Rhythm Brothers	"Iwa D' Arekere" / "Ero Ya Kewawo"
1323	Roaring Lion, Calypso Rhythm Boys	"Highway Code" / "Out De Fire"
1324	Joe Saye Trio	"What Is This Thing Called Love?" / "Quiet Rhythm Blues"
1325	Lord Kitchener, Fitzroy Coleman Band	"My Wife's Nightie" / "Sweet Home"
1326	Lord Kitchener's African Jungle Boys, Fitzroy Coleman Band	"My Fancy" / "Kitch In The Jungle"
1327	Ginger Foloronso Johnson	"Mambo Africana Batucada" / "Nightingale"	Afro Cuban and Latin American Rhythm from the Club Contemporain, London
1328	The Mighty Terror, Rupert Nurse's Calypso Band	"No Carnival In Britain" / "Chopping Wood"
1329	King Fighter, Carib-Airs Calypso Band with the Millionairs Trio	"Fast Mouth Men" / "Ah Dream A Dead"
1330	Eric Hayden, The Four Tune Tellers	"Love Me Anywhere" / "Dippy Dip"
1331	Tony Johnson and His Carousel Band	"Man Smart, Woman Smarter" / "Give Her Banana"
1332	Tunji Sowande's African Spiritual Rhythm Band	"Ihin Rere" / "Igi T'olorun "
1333	Lord Beginner, Rupert Nurse Calypso Band	"Sir Winston Churchill " / "Calypso Rhythm Dance "
1334	Roaring Lion, Caribbean Calypso Rhythm Boys	"Tamborina" / "She Walks Like You And Talks Like You"
1335	Lord Kitchener	"Professor Kitchener" / "Mamie Water"
1336	Lili Verona, Rupert Nurse Calypso Boys	"Caribbean Moon" / "The Big Instrument"
1337	George Browne and His Latin Calypso Band	"Sir Winston-Not Out" / "Hernando's Hideaway"
1338	Ambrose Campbell, West African Rhythm Brothers	"Geneva Conference" / "Late Ojo Davies"
1339	Dai-Dai Simba	"My Coloured Women" / "Modern Telephone"
1340	The Charmer with The Johnny McCleverty Calypso Boys / Ricardo Rico	"Stone Cold Man" / "Bailen Todos Merengue"
1341	Eric Hayden, Rupert Nurse Calypso Band	"Malumbo" / "Susie"
1342	West African Rhythm Brothers	"Calabao" / "Y.B Club"	Abiodun Oke,
1343	Ginger Foloronso Johnson and His Afro-Cuban Latin American Band	"African Highlife" / "Oriental Star"
1344	Hedley Ward Tri