78rpm record labels associated with Retail Stores and the like

78rpm record labels associated with Chain Stores, Mail Order companies and the like

A discussion on 78-l in July 2001 formed the basis for this. Extra items have been culled from the references noted at the bottom of the page.

Records produced for Music Publishers, phonograph companies and religious societies have been generally omitted.

North America

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

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 by
Levy'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 by
Levy'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

Australasia

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

78-l Contributors

David Diehl

Steven Barr

Rainer Lotz

Ross Laird

Joe Moore

Adam Miller

Stephan Eichenberg

Doris Howe

Roxanne O'Connell

References

The English 78 Picture Book, Don Taylor, 1997

American Record Labels and Companies, Allan Sutton & Kurt Nauck, 2000

Corrections and additions welcomed

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
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.

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 by Levy'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 by Levy'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

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

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