Cinch

51 records in the collection· mostly Billy Williams, Will Terry, Alf Gordon (Bob Cannon)

Cinch was a short-lived British budget label operated anonymously by the Gramophone Company, the company behind His Master’s Voice, between 1913 and 1916. Sold very cheaply and often drawing on Zonophone recordings, it was deliberately positioned at the inexpensive end of the market while still offering well-known music-hall and popular performers.

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Records on Cinch

Billy Williams
1. AA Lover up in Scotland
2. BPostcards
Billy Williams, a British music-hall and comic singer, recorded 'A Lover Up in Scotland' and 'Postcards' for Cinch, a budget British label of the late 1920s.AI summary

Cinch 5108 Music Hall
J Farrington
1. AAsleep in the Deep
2. BSkipper
J. Farrington on Cinch 5073, credited with two traditional items: 'Asleep in the Deep' (a Victorian standard) and 'Skipper'. Cinch was a British budget label.AI summary

Cinch 5073 Voice
Billy Williams
1. AChanticler
2. BYou're the One
Billy Williams recorded 'Chanticler' and 'You're the One' for Cinch, a small British label. Little is known of this artist or the label's history.AI summary

Cinch 5112 Music Hall
Bob Cannon
1. ADance your troubles away
2. BJerry Jeremiah
Bob Cannon performing 'Dance Your Troubles Away' and 'Jerry Jeremiah' on Cinch 5162, a British budget label from the 1920s or early 1930s.AI summary

Cinch 5162 Dance
Will Terry
1. ADance your Troubles away
2. BJerry Jeremiah
Will Terry singing 'Dance Your Troubles Away' and 'Jerry Jeremiah' on Cinch 5162, from a small British label of the early 1900s.AI summary

Cinch 5162 Voice
Will Terry
1. ADon't go Home until Morning
2. BGobble'ums will get you
Will Terry performs 'Don't go Home until Morning' and 'Gobble'ums will get you' on the Cinch label, catalogue 5338.AI summary

Cinch 5338 Voice
B ASHTON
1. ADon't sing in Ragtime
2. BMy Bill from Louisville
B Ashton credited on Cinch 5240, performing ragtime comedy numbers 'Don't sing in Ragtime' and 'My Bill from Louisville'; Cinch was an obscure British label.AI summary

Cinch 5240 Comic
B Courtney
1. AEverybody's doing it at the Seaside
2. BThey all walk the wibbly wobbly Walk
B Courtney performing music hall novelties 'Everybody's Doing It at the Seaside' and 'They All Walk the Wibbly Wobbly Walk' on Cinch 5103.AI summary

Cinch 5103 Music Hall
C Penrose/B Whitlock
1. AFather & Son
2. Bpart 2
C. Penrose and B. Whitlock performing 'Father & Son' (parts 1 and 2) on Cinch, a budget British label of the 1920s.AI summary

Cinch 5374 Music Hall
Kate Willey
1. AHail Caledonia
2. BSong that reaches Irish Hearts
Kate Willey, recorded on Cinch 5083, a marginal British label of the 1920s–30s, performed 'Hail Caledonia' and 'Song that reaches Irish Hearts,' traditional and sentimental pieces. Willey was likely a music-hall or concert performer of the period.AI summary

Cinch 5083 Voice
B Courtney
1. AHey ho can't you hear the Steamer
2. BThere's Something merry & bright about a Sailor
B. Courtney recorded music-hall novelty songs on the Cinch label, a minor British marque of the 1920s–30s.AI summary

Cinch 5136 Music Hall
A Jack
1. AHitchy Koo
2. BWaiting for the Robert E Lee
A Jack recorded two Tin Pan Alley standards, 'Hitchy Koo' and 'Waiting for the Robert E Lee', for Cinch Records, catalogue 5055. Cinch was a small British label.AI summary

Cinch 5055 Dance
Will Terry
1. AI do love my Wife
2. BShe pushed me into the Parlour
Cinch 5105 Music Hall
Billy Williams
1. AI don't care
2. BLet's all go mad
Billy Williams, credited to Cinch Records 5052, a marginal British label of the 1920s–30s, performing 'I don't care' and 'Let's all go mad.' Cinch was a cheap marque with limited output.AI summary

Cinch 5052 Voice
Billy Williams
1. AI never heard Father laugh so much before
2. BTake me where there are no Eyes
Cinch 5114 Music Hall
Will Terry
1. AI shan't go back to Aldershot
2. BWhen George the Fourth was king
Will Terry performing 'I Shan't Go Back to Aldershot' and 'When George the Fourth Was King' on Cinch, a British budget label — comic or novelty songs, likely from the 1920s or 1930s.AI summary

Cinch 5054 Comic
Alf Gordon (Bob Cannon)
1. AI want to see the War all over
2. BI'm silly Dick
Alf Gordon, credited here as Bob Cannon, recorded two novelty songs ('I Want to See the War All Over' and 'I'm Silly Dick') for Cinch, a minor British label. These appear to be comic or topical novelties from the World War I era.AI summary

Cinch 5359 Comic
Billy Williams
1. AI wish I were a Lady's Man
2. B(H Fay)Take me down Piccadilly
Billy Williams recorded 'I Wish I Were a Lady's Man' and 'Take Me Down Piccadilly' (credited to Harry Fay) for Cinch, catalogue 5189, a small British budget label.AI summary

Cinch 5189 Music Hall
Billy Williams
1. AI'll meet you one dark Night
2. BDaylight Bill
Billy Williams performing two comic numbers on Cinch, a short-lived British label: 'I'll meet you one dark Night' and 'Daylight Bill'.AI summary

Cinch 5045 Comic
Billy Williams
1. AI'm wearing my Heart away for you
2. BAll Coons look alike to me
Billy Williams on Cinch, early 1920s, with repertoire including a piece in period-offensive language typical of that era.AI summary

Cinch 5048 Voice
Billy Williams
1. AI've found Kelly
2. BI'm the Man that buried Flanagan
Billy Williams recorded two comic Irish songs for Cinch 5040 in the early 1920s. Cinch was a short-lived, minor British label. No further information is available on this artist or recording.AI summary

Cinch 5040 Music Hall
Billy Williams
1. AIf the World belonged to me
2. BWhen Father tried to kill the Cock a Doodle Doo
Billy Williams recorded two comic or novelty songs on Cinch, a small British label, in the 1920s or early 1930s.AI summary

Cinch 5050 Comic
Billy Williams
1. AIn the Land where there are no Girls
2. BSoap & Water
Billy Williams for Cinch, a cheap British label, performing 'In the Land Where There Are No Girls' and 'Soap & Water'. The artist is unrecognised.AI summary

Cinch 5036 Voice
Billy Williams
1. AIt serves you right
2. BHobnailed Boots that Father wore
Billy Williams on Cinch catalogue 5043, a comic or novelty music hall number. Cinch was a British budget label active in the 1920s-30s.AI summary

Cinch 5043 Music Hall
Billy Williams
1. ALand where the Women wear the Trousers
2. BJohn put your Trousers on
Billy Williams on Cinch with two music-hall comic songs: 'Land where the Women wear the Trousers' and 'John put your Trousers on', both exploiting the cheeky title humour common to British variety.AI summary

Cinch 5042 Music Hall
Billy Williams
1. ALittle Wooden Hut
2. BCome into the Garden John
Billy Williams, a British music hall and comic singer, recorded 'Little Wooden Hut' and 'Come into the Garden John' for Cinch, a budget British label of the late 1920s.AI summary

Cinch 5035 Music Hall
Fred Earle
1. AMeat Meat
2. BIn the Morning
Fred Earle recorded for Cinch, a small budget British label of the late 1920s–early 1930s, with novelty titles like "Meat Meat" and "In the Morning". Cinch labels are scarce in collections today.AI summary

Cinch 5064 Music Hall
Fred Earle
1. AMeat Meat
2. BIn the Morning
Fred Earle recorded 'Meat Meat' and 'In the Morning' for Cinch Records 5064. Earle cannot be identified; Cinch was a minor British label active in the 1920s–early 1930s.AI summary

Cinch 5064 Music Hall
Billy Williams
1. AMy Ballooning Girl
2. BOld Grey Coat
Billy Williams was a singer active in the early 1920s. This Cinch pressing is one of several Williams discs in the collection; Cinch was a cheap British marque of the period.AI summary

Cinch 5049 Voice
Billy Williams
1. AMy Lass from Glasgae Toon
2. BTake me back to USA
Billy Williams performing 'My Lass from Glasgow Toon' and 'Take Me Back to USA' on Cinch, a British budget label — a Scottish novelty or emigrant-themed side, likely from the 1920s or 1930s.AI summary

Cinch 5053 Voice
Fred Douglas
1. AOh I do love my Orange Girl
2. BYou made me love you
Fred Douglas on Cinch, a minor British label of the 1920s–30s, with music-hall song titles typical of the period.AI summary

Cinch 5158 Music Hall
Will Terry
1. AOh you must have had a Night last Night
2. BIt was a jolly good Job that I was married
Will Terry on Cinch 5348 recorded 'Oh You Must Have Had a Night Last Night' and 'It Was a Jolly Good Job That I Was Married'; Cinch was a small British label.AI summary

Cinch 5348 Music Hall
Billy Williams
1. AOne Girl's as good as any other Girl
2. BAll the Houses are going round
Billy Williams singing on Cinch, a small British label of the early 1920s.AI summary

Cinch 5134 Voice
Royal Guards Band
1. ARaggedy rags
2. B(2 parts)
The Royal Guards Band, likely a British military or ceremonial ensemble, recorded 'Raggedy Rags' on Cinch 5023, a minor British label.AI summary

Cinch 5023 Orchestra
Royal Guards BAnd
1. ARaggedy Rags pt 3
2. Bpt 4
Royal Guards Band on Cinch 5024, a ragtime piece. Cinch was a minor British label; this is a band recording from the early acoustic era or shortly after.AI summary

Cinch 5024 Orchestra
KATE WILLEY
1. ARide a Cock Horse to dreamy Town
2. BDaddy has a Sweetheart
Kate Willey singing nursery-rhyme titles 'Ride a Cock Horse to dreamy Town' and 'Daddy has a Sweetheart' for Cinch, a small British imprint.AI summary

Cinch 5151 Voice
George Lashwood
1. ASend for a P'liceman(09)
2. B(Williams) We all came into the World
George Lashwood, a British music-hall entertainer of the early 20th century, recorded "Send for a P'liceman" and a song by Williams on Cinch 5153. Lashwood was a star of the variety and comic-song tradition.AI summary

Cinch 5153 Music Hall
Billy Williams
1. AShe does love a little scotch
2. BGive my love to Scotland Maggie
Billy Williams was an American R&B and pop singer; this Cinch pressing offers two Scottish-themed novelty songs from a cheap British budget label.AI summary

Cinch 5156 Voice
Billy Williams
1. AShe's coming Home tonight
2. B(S Kirkby)You are my Girlski
Billy Williams was a singer active in the early 1920s. This Cinch pressing is one of several Williams discs in the collection; Cinch was a cheap British marque of the period.AI summary

Cinch 5155 Voice
Billy Williams
1. ASince Father joined the Territorials
2. BLittle Willies Woodbines
Billy Williams performing music hall comedy songs 'Since Father joined the Territorials' and 'Little Willies Woodbines' on Cinch 5034, a small British label.AI summary

Cinch 5034 Music Hall
Billy Williams
1. AThe Collier(08)
2. BSave a little one for me
Billy Williams on Cinch 5047, with vaudeville or novelty material from the 1920s. Williams is not a major-label recording artist; Cinch was a minor American label.AI summary

Cinch 5047 Voice
Jack Charman (As Arizona Jack)
1. AThere ain't going to be any ragtime
2. BRagtime navvy
Jack Charman, credited as Arizona Jack, performing two ragtime numbers—"There ain't going to be any ragtime" and "Ragtime Navvy"—on Cinch, a small British label of the acoustic era.AI summary

Cinch 5135 Music Hall
Will Terry
1. AThere's a Gentleman here tonight
2. BBeware of the Widow
Two comic novelty songs by Will Terry on Cinch, a short-lived British label of the 1920s and early 1930s.AI summary

Cinch 5129 Comic
Alf Gordon (Bob Cannon)
1. AThey all did the Goose Step Home
2. BWe're in Meredith
Alf Gordon (pseudonym Bob Cannon) recorded 'They All Did the Goose Step Home' and 'We're in Meredith' for Cinch 5422, likely a novelty or topical song from the 1940s. Cinch was a small British label.AI summary

Cinch 5422 Music Hall
Billy Williams
1. AToddling along
2. BI wish it was Sunday Night
Billy Williams was a singer active in the early 1920s. This Cinch pressing is one of several Williams discs in the collection; Cinch was a cheap British marque of the period.AI summary

Cinch 5132 Voice
Billy Williams
1. AToo ral oor al laddie
2. BMatrimonial Chimes
Billy Williams was a singer active in the early 1920s. This Cinch pressing is one of several Williams discs in the collection; Cinch was a cheap British marque of the period.AI summary

Cinch 5046 Voice
Descriptive
1. ATrafalgar
2. B(Band)Our Sailor King
Descriptive ('tone picture') recordings on Cinch, a small British label of uncertain date.AI summary

Cinch 5300 Instrumental
Will Terry
1. AWhat a Game it is wow wow
2. BIt's a long Way to Tipperary
Will Terry on Cinch, a small British label, with novelty and music-hall material from the 1920s or early 1930s.AI summary

Cinch 5160 Music Hall
Billy Williams
1. AWhen father painted the parlor
2. BClogs and shawl
Billy Williams, a British vocalist, performs 'When Father Painted the Parlor' and 'Clogs and Shawl' on Cinch 5039, a small British label.AI summary

Cinch 5039 Music Hall
Billy Williams
1. AWhen Father tried to kill the Cockadoodle doo
2. BIf the World belonged to me
Billy Williams, a British music-hall singer, recorded 'When Father Tried to Kill the Cockadoodle Doo' and 'If the World Belonged to Me' for Cinch, a budget British label of the late 1920s.AI summary

Cinch 5050 Music Hall
Alf Gordon (Bob Cannon)
1. AWife comes Home on Friday
2. BBubble and Squeak
Alf Gordon (credited as Bob Cannon) on Cinch catalogue 5361, a comic or novelty recording. Cinch was a British budget label of the 1920s-30s.AI summary

Cinch 5361 Music Hall