MELODISC
RECORDS

Melodisc Records Limited was based in 12 Earlham Street, London WC2.There were many African bands active in London during the '50s and '60s, mainly from West Africa, and frequently mixing musicians from different coutries. The result was a distinctive highlife sound, frequently quite different from what you would have expected to hear back in Nigeria or Ghana. Many of these bands recorded for the Melodisc label. Melodisc issued an incredibly wide range of music on singles, from merengue by Enrique Aviles to calypso by Mighty Sparrow, from R&B by Louis Jordan to the theme from the Thunderbirds puppet series.

    
 
A FULL DISCOGRAPHY OF MELODISC 78s & 45s 1000 SERIES 1950-1969 CAN BE FOUND HERE
 
55 Sidney Bechet With Humphrey Lyttleton And His Band Who'S Sorry Now MELODISC EPM 7 51
55 Buck Johnson Buck Johnson MELODISC EPM 7 52
55 Christie Brothers Stompers Christie Brothers Stompers  MELODISC EPM 7 53
55 TIto Rodrigues Orchestra Mambo Time MELODISC EPM 7 54
55 Lizzie Miles Latin American MELODISC EPM 7 55
55 Tony Parenti And His Basin Street Quartet I Use To Love You MELODISC EPM 7 56
55 Armand Hug Quartet I'm Sorry I Made You Cry MELODISC EPM 7 57
55 Eddie Calvert And His Rumba Band  Eddie Calvert Plays Latin American MELODISC EPM 7 58
55 Ken Colyer Ken Colyer & Crane River Jazz Band MELODISC EPM 7 59
55 Raymond Burke Raymond Burke New Orleans Jazz Band MELODISC EPM 7 60
55 Lennie Lewis Five Modern Party Sound MELODISC EPM 7 61
56 Bechet-Spanier Big Four  China Boy MELODISC EPM 7 62
56 Leadbelly The Music Of Huddie Ledbetter MELODISC EPM 7 63
56 John Runge English Minstrel Songs MELODISC EPM 7 64
56 Big Bill Broonzy Big Bill Broonzy Sings Big Bill Blues MELODISC EPM 7 65
56 Louis Jordan And His Tympany Five  Louis Jordan  MELODISC EPM 7 66
57 Lord Kitchener  Calypso Time  MELODISC EPM 7 67
57 Sidney Bechet With Humphrey Lyttelton Bechet-Spanier Big Four MELODISC EPM 7 68
57 Beryl Bryden & Fatty Georges Jazz Band Beryl Sings - Fatty Plays MELODISC EPM 7 69
57 George Webb Dixielanders  George Webb Dixielanders MELODISC EPM 7 70
57 Cy Laurie Jazz Band Cy Laurie Jazz Band MELODISC EPM 7 71
57 Soho Skiffle Group I Shall Not Be Moved MELODISC EPM 7 72
57 Wally Peterson Twelve Mintes Withwally Peterson  MELODISC EPM 7 73
58 Rosita Rasano A Little Bit Of Spice MELODISC EPM 7 74
58 Caribbean Swing Band Caribbean Swing Band MELODISC EPM 7 75
58 Dick Charlesworth Jazz Band Dick Charlesworth Jazz Band MELODISC EPM 7 76
58 Leadbelly Leadbelly MELODISC EPM 7 77
58 Pete Seeger Tribute To Leadbelly MELODISC EPM 7 78
58 Sidney Bechet Sidney Bechet In Meringue Mood MELODISC EPM 7 79
58 Baby' Dodds  Drum Solos MELODISC EPM 7 80
58 Cy Laurie Jazz Band Cy Laurie Jazz Band MELODISC EPM 7 81
58 Leadbelly  Blues By Leadbelly  MELODISC EPM 7 82
59 Brownie Mcghee Me And My Dog MELODISC EPM 7 83
59 Woody Guthrie Woody Guthrie Sings MELODISC EPM 7 84
59 Woody Guthrie Woody Guthrie Sings MELODISC EPM 7 85
59 Cuban Cha Cha Orchestras Let's Dance The Cha Cha Cha MELODISC EPM 7 86
59 Leadbelly    Party Songs  MELODISC EPM 7 87
59 Alan Lomax Sings Songs From Texas MELODISC EPM 7 88
59 Cy Laurie Jazz Band Old Miss Rag MELODISC EPM 7 89
59 Various Artists Gbonimawo / Najugbe / Ominira / Iwa Lewa MELODISC EPM 7 90
59 Woody Guthrie Hey Lolly Lolly MELODISC EPM 7 91
59 Gabor Radics and his Family Orchestra Wandering Gypsies Gypsy Serenade MELODISC EPM 7 92
59 Mister Acker Bilk And His Paramount Jazz Band Volume 1 MELODISC EPM 7 93
59 Mister Acker Bilk And His Paramount Jazz Band Volume 2 MELODISC EPM 7 94
59 Enrique Aviles & His Orchestra Let's Dance The Merengue MELODISC EPM 7 95
59 Les Perry And His Sequence Orchestra Volume 1 MELODISC EPM 7 96
59 Les Perry And His Sequence Orchestra Volume 2 MELODISC EPM 7 97
59 Les Perry And His Sequence Orchestra Volume 3 MELODISC EPM 7 98
59 Butlin'S Square Dancers Virginia Reel MELODISC EPM 7 99
59 The Jazzopators Jazzin' International With Paddy Lightfoot MELODISC EPM 7 100
59 Mister Acker Bilk And His Paramount Jazz Band Volume 3 MELODISC EPM 7 101
59 Clifton Bill Blue River Hoedown MELODISC EPM 7 102
59 Los Trovadores Ay Chevala MELODISC EPM 7 103
59 Muggsy Spanier & Pee-Wee Russell Ragtime Jazz  MELODISC EPM 7 104
59 Ken Colyer Jazz At It's Best: Ken Colyer MELODISC EPM 7 105
59 Mister Acker Bilk And His Paramount Jazz Band  Volume Four MELODISC EPM 7 106
59 Meade Lux Lewis Boogie Woogie And Blues MELODISC EPM 7 107
59 Art Tatum Trio Soft Winds MELODISC EPM 7 108
59 George Jones Country Song Hits MELODISC EPM 7 109
60 Burl Ives The Blue Tail Fly MELODISC EPM 7 110
60 Harry And Jeanie West Southern Mountain Folk Songs MELODISC EPM 7 111
60 Steve Benbow Steve Benbow Sings English Folk Songs MELODISC EPM 7 112
60 Inez Cavanagh and the Jazzopators Do You Know What It Means MELODISC EPM 7 113
60 Sydney Bechet Sister Kate MELODISC EPM 7 114
60 The Country Gentlemen The Best Of Blue Grass MELODISC EPM 7 115
60 Bob Wallis Meets Mr. Acker Bilk At The New Orleans Jam Session MELODISC EPM 7 116
60 The Joe Harriott Quartet Cool Jazz With Joe MELODISC EPM 7 117
60 Isy Geiger and his Orchestra Romantic Love Songs MELODISC EPM 7 118
60 Not Traced MELODISC EPM 7 119
60 S.W. German Light Broadcasting Orchestra Dernier Cri MELODISC EPM 7 120
62 Les Perry Sequence Orchestra Les Perry And His Sequence Orchestra Vol. IV MELODISC EPM 7 121
62 Les Perry Sequence Orchestra Tangos For The "Tango Quadrilles" Volume IV MELODISC EPM 7 122
62 Les Perry Sequence Orchestra Volume VI MELODISC EPM 7 123
62 Les Perry Sequence Orchestra Vol vii MELODISC EPM 7 124
62 Billie Holiday  Memorial Album  MELODISC EPM 7 125
62 Trinidad All Star Steel Band Federation MELODISC EPM 7 127
62 Trinidad All Star Steel Band  Tattle Tale  MELODISC EPM 7 128
62 Not Traced MELODISC EPM 7 129
65 Les Perry Sequence Orchestra Correct Tempo Old Time Dancing MELODISC EPM 7 130

63 Lord Beginner Calypso Rhythm Kings  Cricket Lovely Cricket  MELODISC CAL 1
63 Lord Kitchener Rock'N'Roll Calypso MELODISC CAL 2
63 Lord Kitchener Kitch MELODISC CAL 3
63 Lord Kitchener Muriel And The Bug MELODISC CAL 4
63 Lord Kitchener Kitch Take It Easy MELODISC CAL 5
63 Lord Kitchener Drink Of Rum MELODISC CAL 6
63 Lord Kitchener Too Late Kitch MELODISC CAL 7
63 Charmers  Stone Cold Man  MELODISC CAL 8
63 Charmers  Back To Back  MELODISC CAL 9
63 Lord Kitchener Wife And Mother MELODISC CAL 10
64 Lord Kitchener Kitch Mambo MELODISC CAL 11
64 Lord Kitchener Life Begins At Forty MELODISC CAL 12
64 Lord Kitchener Romeo MELODISC CAL 13
64 Lord Kitchener Federation MELODISC CAL 14
60 Sparrow [ Jamaica ] Leading Calypsonians MELODISC CAL 15
60 Lord Melody Happy MELODISC CAL 16
60 Sparrow [ Jamaica ] Clara Honey Bunch MELODISC CAL 17
60 Sparrow [ Jamaica ] Goaty MELODISC CAL 18
64 Lord Kitchener Black Pudding MELODISC CAL 19
64 Talbot Brothers Bloodshot Eyes  MELODISC CAL 20
64 Lord Kitchener Come Back In The Morning MELODISC CAL 21
64 Lord Kitchener Jamaica Turkey MELODISC CAL 22
64 Lord Kitchener Carnival MELODISC CAL 23



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