[78-L] The Twin record label India

Brian Bashford brianlives at googlemail.com
Sat Jun 25 15:05:09 PDT 2011


Hello All.
Today I bought a collection of, mostly, dance band records from the 1930s and early 1940s brought back from India by a British ex-colonial years ago. It’s mostly unremarkable stuff in average condition apart from 6 records in almost mint, store stock condition. There are 2 each by Joe Loss, Gracie Fields and George Formby Jr. on The Twin record label.

Was Regal Zonophone operating in India in the late 30s / early 40s ? The labels are beige coloured (my wife says butterscotch Angel Delight) with maroon and black lettering and a rough depiction of the two  cherubs that appeared on the origiinal British The Twin / Zonophone labels. 

One example is George Formby – The Window Cleaner / Keep Your Seats Please on The Twin F.T. 8184, matrix no.s  C (in a circle) AR4186-1 and C AR1488-1, 

Can anyone point me to a website that has any information about these?

Brian B.


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