RECORDS
London-based Strict Tempo Music label. It seems to have issued its first records in 1960. Its 7" products were EPs, and they were all by bands led by Ernest Wilson. Numbering started off at SD-139, with 'Dancing Time No. 1', and continued in an odd way, with the first number rather than the last changing - the second issue, 'Dancing Time No. 2', was SD-239, and so on. This changed after ten issues, the eleventh being numbered SD-3911. From then on the numbering remained the same, though there were variations in the prefix, which became 'SDX' in or around 1964. An 'SDV' prefix indicated that the EP had vocals on it, while 'SDP' seems to have been kept for records by Ernest Wilson's Pop Sequence All Stars. 1963 saw a separate STEP-4400 series, which was handled by Saga Records. Silver Dollar continued to release records until at least 1971, though the 'Silver Dollar (Northern)' series, which had a different label design and a separate 'SDN' prefix, may be from later. The few examples that I have seen of the Northern EPs have been reissues, some straight, using the new prefix with the old number and having the old date on the label, at least one combining sides from different EPs and combining the old catalogue numbers - SDN-3922-42 has one side from SDX-3922 and one from SDX-3942. There may well be many more issues than the three that I have listed. The sleeve of SDP-3949 states that the record was distributed by BCM/UK of London WC1V 6XX. At least one EP, SDX-3918, appeared on the Standard label, with a Silver Dollar catalogue number; there may well have been others. The discography below contains several conjectures, which are marked as such: the EPs went under the general title of 'Dancing Time', and catalogue numbers usually corresponded with the second half of the catalogue number - for example, 'Dancing Time No. 24' was SDX-3924. However, EPs which had five minutes' worth of continuous music rather than two shorter tracks were given a different numerical series, SDX-x399, where again the first number changed rather than the last - 'Dancing Time No. 27' was SDX-7399, not SDX-3927. The tracks were invariably medleys; because of the restrictions of space, Thank to Robert Lyons for the info.
| 60 | Ernest Wilson Trio | Quickstep blue room | SILVER DOLLER | SD | 139 |
| 60 | Ernest Wilson Trio | Quickstep best things in life are free | SILVER DOLLER | SD | 239 |
| 60 | Ernest Wilson Trio | Dancing time no 3 | SILVER DOLLER | SD | 339 |
| 61 | Ernest Wilson Trio | Quickstep the lady is a tramp | SILVER DOLLER | SD | 439 |
| 61 | Ernest Wilson Trio | Dancing time no 5 | SILVER DOLLER | SD | 539 |
| 61 | Ernest Wilson Trio | Slow foxtrot blue moon | SILVER DOLLER | SD | 639 |
| 61 | Ernest Wilson Trio | Quickstep three little word's | SILVER DOLLER | SD | 739 |
| 61 | Ernest Wilson Trio | Dancing time no 8 | SILVER DOLLER | SD | 839 |
| 61 | Ernest Wilson Trio | Slow foxtrot the very thought of you | SILVER DOLLER | SD | 939 |
| 61 | Ernest Wilson Trio | Dancing time no 10 | SILVER DOLLER | SD | 1039 |
| 61 | Ernest Wilson Trio | Quickstep let yourself go | SILVER DOLLER | SD | 3911 |
| 61 | Ernest Wilson Trio | Waltz dancing with tears in my eyes | SILVER DOLLER | SD | 3912 |
| 61 | Ernest Wilson Trio | The very thought of you slow foxtrot | SILVER DOLLER | SD | 3913 |
| 61 | Ernest Wilson Trio | Dancing time no 14 | SILVER DOLLER | SD | 3914 |
| 61 | Ernest Wilson Trio | Old time waltz nights of gladness | SILVER DOLLER | SD | 3915 |
| 64 | Ernest Wilson Trio | Dancing time no 16 | SILVER DOLLER | SD | 3916 |
| 64 | Ernest Wilson Trio | Dancing time no 17 | SILVER DOLLER | SD | 3917 |
| 65 | Ernest Wilson Trio | Dolly dance hello dolly | SILVER DOLLER | SD | 3918 |
| 66 | Ernest Wilson With Rhythm Quintet | I've got my eyes on you (medley) | SILVER DOLLER | SDX | 3919 |
| 66 | Ernest Wilson With Rhythm Quintet | Waltz i gave my heart | SILVER DOLLER | SDX | 3920 |
| 67 | Ernest Wilson With Rhythm Quintet | Quickstep music music music | SILVER DOLLER | SDX | 3921 |
| 67 | Ernest Wilson With Rhythm Quintet | Slow foxtrot theme from dr zhivago | SILVER DOLLER | SDX | 3922 |
| 67 | Ernest Wilson With Rhythm Quintet | Quickstep just one of those things | SILVER DOLLER | SDX | 3923 |
| 67 | Ernest Wilson Sextet | Tango o sole mio | SILVER DOLLER | SDX | 3924 |
| 67 | Ernest Wilson | Quickstep california here i come | SILVER DOLLER | SDV | 3925 |
| 68 | Not Traced | SILVER DOLLER | SDV | 3926 | |
| 68 | Not Traced | SILVER DOLLER | SDV | 3927 | |
| 68 | Not Traced | SILVER DOLLER | SDV | 3928 | |
| 68 | Not Traced | SILVER DOLLER | SDV | 3929 | |
| 68 | Ernest Wilson | Slow foxtrot i'm coming home | SILVER DOLLER | SDV | 3930 |
| 69 | Ernest Wilson & His Modern Sequence Orchestra | Slow foxtrot blue eyes | SILVER DOLLER | SDX | 3931 |
| 69 | Ernest Wilson & His Modern Sequence Orchestra | Old time waltz greensleeves | SILVER DOLLER | SDX | 3932 |
| 69 | Ernest Wilson & His Modern Sequence Orchestra | Quickstep those were the days | SILVER DOLLER | SDX | 3933 |
| 69 | Ernest Wilson & His Modern Sequence Orchestra | Quickstep little arrow's | SILVER DOLLER | SDX | 3934 |
| 69 | Ernest Wilson | Quickstep cockles and mussel's | SILVER DOLLER | SDV | 3935 |
| 69 | Ernest Wilson | Quickstep a spoonful of sugar | SILVER DOLLER | SDX | 3936 |
| 69 | Ernest Wilson | Slow foxtrot bye bye blues | SILVER DOLLER | SDX | 3937 |
| 70 | Ernest Wilson & His Modern Sequence Sextet | Cha cha i could have danced all night | SILVER DOLLER | SDX | 3938 |
| 70 | Ernest Wilson | Quickstep swannee | SILVER DOLLER | SDX | 3939 |
| 70 | Ernest Wilson | Cha cha never never | SILVER DOLLER | SDX | 3940 |
| 70 | Ernest Wilson & His Modern Sequence All Stars | Quickstep softly awakes my heart | SILVER DOLLER | SDX | 3941 |
| 70 | Ernest Wilson & His Modern Sequence All Stars | Slow foxtrot drifting and dreaming | SILVER DOLLER | SDX | 3942 |
| 70 | Ernest Wilson & His Hawaiian Quintet | Quickstep moscow nights | SILVER DOLLER | SDX | 3943 |
| 70 | Ernest Wilson | Tango albinez tango | SILVER DOLLER | SDX | 3944 |
| 71 | Ernest Wilson | Waltz moon of manakoora | SILVER DOLLER | SDX | 3945 |
| 71 | Ernest Wilson | Dancing time no 46 | SILVER DOLLER | SDX | 3946 |
| 71 | Ernest Wilson | Dancing time no 47 | SILVER DOLLER | SDX | 3947 |
| 71 | Ernest Wilson | Dancing time no 48 | SILVER DOLLER | SDX | 3948 |
| 71 | Ernest Wilson & His Pop Sequence All Stars | Quickbeat mrs robinson | SILVER DOLLER | SDP | 3949 |
| 63 | Ernest Wilson & His Ballroom Orchestra | Strict tempo waltzes | SILVER DOLLER | STEP | 4401 |
| 63 | Ernest Wilson & His Ballroom Orchestra | Slow foxtrot | SILVER DOLLER | STEP | 4402 |
| 63 | Ernest Wilson & His Ballroom Orchestra | Tangos | SILVER DOLLER | STEP | 4403 |
| 63 | Ernest Wilson & His Ballroom Orchestra | Rumbas and cha cha | SILVER DOLLER | STEP | 4404 |
| 63 | Ernest Wilson & His Ballroom Orchestra | Madison special | SILVER DOLLER | STEP | 4405 |
| 63 | Ernest Wilson & His Ballroom Orchestra | Let's twist | SILVER DOLLER | STEP | 4406 |
| 63 | Ernest Wilson & His Ballroom Orchestra | Strict tempo waltz time | SILVER DOLLER | STEP | 4407 |
| 63 | Ernest Wilson & His Ballroom Orchestra | Strick tempo quicksteps | SILVER DOLLER | STEP | 4408 |
| 63 | Ernest Wilson & His Ballroom Orchestra | Strick tempo tango tango | SILVER DOLLER | STEP | 4409 |
| 63 | Ernest Wilson & His Ballroom Orchestra | Four slow foxtrots | SILVER DOLLER | STEP | 4410 |
| 63 | Ernest Wilson & His Ballroom Orchestra | Four bossa novas | SILVER DOLLER | STEP | 4411 |
| 63 | Ernest Wilson & His Ballroom Orchestra | Four cha cha cha | SILVER DOLLER | STEP | 4412 |
| 63 | Ernest Wilson & His Ballroom Orchestra | Slow foxtrot | SILVER DOLLER | STEP | 4413 |
| 65 | Ernest Wilson | Dancing time no 26 | SILVER DOLLER | SDX | 6399 |
| 65 | Ernest Wilson | Slow foxtrot sweet and lovely | SILVER DOLLER | SDX | 7399 |
| 65 | Ernest Wilson | Dancing time no 28 | SILVER DOLLER | SDX | 8399 |
| 65 | Ernest Wilson | Dancing time no 29 | SILVER DOLLER | SDX | 9399 |
| 60s | Ernest Wilson & His Modern Sequence All Stars | Slow foxtrot drifting and dreaming | SILVER DOLLER | SDN | 3922-42 |
| 60s | Ernest Wilson | Quickstep cockles and mussel's | SILVER DOLLER | SDN | 3935 |
| 60s | Ernest Wilson | Slow foxtrot bye bye blues | SILVER DOLLER | SDN | 3937 |
| 68 | Les Rawlings | Spingo | SILVER DOLLER | SPG | 90 |
