[78-L] Mimosa and Little Marvel

[Dingo]

From:- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mimosa_(record_label)

Mimosa was a 1920s United Kingdom record label which issued small (5½ - 6 
inch) gramophone records aimed primarily at children.

Mimosa began in 1921 with a series of 5½ inch records. This continued until 
1926 when a separate series of 6 inch records became available; the label 
was discontinued in 1930.

The label was owned by The Crystalate Gramophone Record Manufacturing 
Company Ltd., which also manufactured Imperial records. Some Mimosa records 
contained edited versions of recordings already issued on the Imperial 
label - this was also the case with Mimosa's sister label Kiddyphone.

As with Vocalion's Little Marvel label, Mimosa records were sold exclusively 
in UK Woolworth's chain stores, at a retail price of 6d (sixpence).
~~
John D


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "RUSSELL BARNES" <r.barnes4 at btopenworld.com>
To: "78-L Mail List" <78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
Sent: Monday, November 15, 2010 8:32 PM
Subject: Re: [78-L] Mimosa and Little Marvel


Hello,

As a child I remember these smaller labels on sale in the Woolworth chain 
stores.

I seem to recall some data on them discussed within the pages of the late 
Ernie Bayly's magazine, also the City of London Phonograph and Gramophone 
Society's magazine, 'For the Record' (both UK based).

RB


--- On Mon, 15/11/10, Han Enderman <jcenderman at solcon.nl> wrote:


From: Han Enderman <jcenderman at solcon.nl>
Subject: [78-L] Mimosa and Little Marvel
To: "78-L" <78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
Date: Monday, 15 November, 2010, 14:51


The best general info on UK labels is on mike thomas' website:

http://www.mgthomas.co.uk/Dancebands/IndexPages/labelindex.htm

Not too much on Little Marvel, but enough for Mimosa.

Han Enderman.
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>>> 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.

Many thanks!
Tyrone
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