Carroll Gibbons band

AMother of pearl
Bditto

Label: Columbia
Catalogue number: CB547
Genre: Dance
Condition: Very good+
Format: 78rpm shellac disc, 10 inch unless noted
Reference: #793

Carroll Gibbons led one of Britain's most popular dance orchestras of the 1920s–1930s, the Savoy Orpheans. 'Mother of Pearl' is a popular song; the catalogue note 'ditto' suggests both sides are the same title or treatment. This Columbia CB547 pressing is from an early or special series, probably mid-1920s.

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