[78-L] Mimosa and Little Marvel

[David Lennick]

Speaking of little records, I had a call this afternoon from a collector who 
found a batch of English discs like Hit of the Week, apparently dealing with 
aspects of zoo animals. Hans..do these sound familiar?

dl

On 11/14/2010 11:09 PM, Steven wrote:
> From: Tyrone Settlemier
>> I picked up some British discs recently.  Among them were some small
>> diameter records.  Several are on the Mimosa label.  There seems to be no
>> pattern to the size of the disc, other than they're smaller than 7" and
>> larger than a Little Wonder disc.  Many of the dance tunes are quite
>> peppy.
>>
>> There are also several Little Marvel records.  These are of two types, one
>> of a smaller diameter, these have no catalog numbers.  The other type is a
>> little larger, and are designated as electrically recorded, and have
>> catalog numbers assigned.
>>
>> Would someone be so kind as to shed some light on these for me?  Also,
>> there were some 7" Victory discs, which seem to date to about 1930.
>> I really don't know where to begin to seek information about these.
>>
> In the latter 1920's, there developed in the UK a major market for "small"
> 78's; this
> seems to have started with the Broadcast discs pressed by/for Vocalion (UK).
> Mimosa
> records were probably pressed for the Marks&  Spencer store chain; all that
> I own
> are seven-inch (later eight!) records. AFAIK, Mimosa discs were pressed for
> and
> sold by the Marks&  Spencer chain. I also own several "Little Marvel"
> records...but
> I have no idea who sold these...?!
>
> Steven C. Barr