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Sam Mayo, the music-hall comedian, on the Jumbo label, catalogue 199 — a low catalogue number suggesting an early Jumbo pressing — with 'A Terrible Tale' and 'Little by Little and Bit by Bit'. Jumbo was a cheap British budget marque; a very low catalogue number suggests an earlier pressing than most surviving Mayo-on-Jumbo copies.AI summary
Jumbo 199 Music Hall
Sam Mayo, a Cockney music-hall comedian popular in the Edwardian era, recorded 'Baby' and 'Johnnie' on Piccadilly 540. Piccadilly was a cheap British budget label of the late 1920s–1930s, widely pressed for retail; Mayo's recordings on such imprints are plentiful and of modest collector value.AI summary
Piccadilly 540 Music Hall
Sam Mayo was a popular music-hall comedian known for his character songs; Mark Sheridan, credited on the B-side, was another well-loved hall performer famous for 'I Do Like to Be Beside the Seaside'. This Pathé pressing couples Mayo's 'Chinaman' with Sheridan's 'Goodnight'. Pathé issued many British music-hall sides and pressings are not unusual.AI summary
Pathé 77740 Music Hall
Sam Mayo, the music hall comedian, with I Played My Concertina and I Feel Very Bad I Do on Popular 470.AI summary
Popular 470 Music Hall
Sam Mayo performing 'I Ran Straight Home with the News' and 'The Wind Blew Hard' on the Imperial label, catalogue 937. Imperial was a British label that pressed music-hall material in the early recording era; Mayo sides on Imperial are moderately uncommon.AI summary
Imperial 937 Music Hall
Sam Mayo, the music-hall comedian, performing 'I Was Having My Breakfast in Bed' and 'Things Are Worse in Russia' on Zonophone catalogue 2365. Zonophone pressings of Mayo's work in the 2000-series are moderately uncommon.AI summary
Zonophone 2365 Music Hall
Sam Mayo, the deadpan music-hall comedian, sings 'I'll Prove I'm Right' and 'The Toreador' on Ariel.AI summary
Ariel 1837 Music Hall
Sam Mayo, the deadpan music-hall comedian, sings 'I've Only Come Down for the Day', backed by Jack Charman's 'Lead Me to That Beautiful Band', on Ariel.AI summary
Ariel 4237 Music Hall
Sam Mayo was an Edwardian music-hall comedian known for his wistful, gentle comedy style, quite different from the louder knockabout tradition. This Zonophone pressing (2268) — 'Johnny' and 'The Night Began to Fall' — is a typical example of his recorded output. Mayo is a modestly collected music-hall name; Zonophone was a widely used British label.AI summary
Zonophone 2268 Music Hall
Sam Mayo, the deadpan music-hall comedian, with 'Mirth Mixture' and 'The Policeman' on Ariel.AI summary
Ariel 1835 Music Hall
Sam Mayo performing 'Rabbit & Pickled Pork' and 'Gravy' (the latter composed by G Crowther) on Piccadilly, catalogue 438. An unidentified or minor performer on Piccadilly, a cheap British label of the 1930s.AI summary
Piccadilly 438 Music Hall
Sam Mayo, the music-hall comedian, on the DipC label — possibly Diploma or a similar small imprint — catalogue 46, with 'The Toreador' and Charmans's 'Belle of the Barber's Ball'. The DipC label is not identified in standard references; a Mayo pressing on an obscure label warrants investigation.AI summary
Diploma C46 Music Hall
Sam Mayo, the music-hall comedian, on the Bell label — an obscure British imprint — catalogue 84, with 'The Toreador' and Williams's 'Put a Bit of Powder on It Father'. The Bell label is not identified in standard references; a Mayo pressing on this imprint warrants investigation.AI summary
Bell 84 Music Hall
Sam Mayo recorded two songs for Bell, a small British label: 'The Toreador' and '(Williams) Put a Bit of Powder on It'.AI summary
Bell 84 Voice
Sam Mayo performing two comic and sentimental songs on Zonophone 2233, a small-label British pressing from the early shellac era.AI summary
Zonophone 2233 Music Hall
Sam Mayo recorded the novelty comic songs 'Things Are Worse in Russia' and 'Ha Ha' for Zonophone, a British label owned by the Gramophone Company.AI summary
Zonophone 2308 Comic