JC Scatter

ATyneside Soldier Song
BTyneside Policeman

Label: Imperial
Catalogue number: 2147
Genre: Music Hall
Format: 78rpm shellac disc, 10 inch unless noted
Reference: #20006

J C Scatter performs two Tyneside dialect comic songs — 'Tyneside Soldier Song' and 'Tyneside Policeman' — on Imperial 2147. Scatter was a regional Tyneside comedian recording in the Edwardian or early acoustic era; Imperial was a British label that issued both licensed American material and domestic artists. Regional dialect comedy on minor British labels is often pressed in small quantities and seldom surfaces.

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JC Scatter

ANeighbours below
BKeep your Feet still Geordie Henney

JC Scatter, credited on Imperial Records, performing two regional or novelty songs, likely from the early 1930s.AI summary

Imperial 2148 Music Hall

JC Scatter

ANeighbours below
BKeep your Feet still Geordie Henney

JC Scatter performs two comic or dialect songs on Imperial: 'Neighbours Below' and the north-country standard 'Keep Your Feet Still, Geordie Hinny.' Imperial was a modest British label active in the early decades of the twentieth century. The Geordie dialect song, originally associated with Joe Wilson, suggests a northern music-hall repertoire.AI summary

Imperial 2148 Music Hall

JC Scatter

AThe Orange Lass

J C Scatter performs 'The Orange Lass' on Zonophone 42866. The 42000-series Zonophone number is a Continental or export series rather than the standard British domestic series; Scatter was a Tyneside dialect comedian and this is a companion to his other pressings in this collection.AI summary

Zonophone 42866 Music Hall