Sam Mayo

AThings are worse in Russia
BHa ha

Label: Zonophone
Catalogue number: 2308
Genre: Comic
Condition: Very good
Format: 78rpm shellac disc, 10 inch unless noted
Reference: #6825

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.

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More by Sam Mayo 16 other records

Sam Mayo
1. AA terrible Tale
2. BLittle by little and bit by bit
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
1. ABaby
2. BJohnnie
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
1. AChinaman
2. B(Mark Sheridan)Goodnight
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
1. AI played my Concertina
2. BI feel very bad I do
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
1. AI Ran Straight home with the News
2. B(Cowan)The Wind blew hard from the NSW
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
1. AI was having my breakfast in bed
2. BThings are worse in Russia
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
1. AI'll prove I'm right
2. BToreador
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
1. AI'll prove that I'm right
2. B(Orch)Dreams of Ragtime
Bell 94 Music Hall
Sam Mayo
1. AI've only come down for the Day
2. B(J Charman)Lead me to that Beautiful Band
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
1. AJohnny
2. BThe night began to fall
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
1. AMirth Mixture
2. BThe Policeman (08)
Sam Mayo, the deadpan music-hall comedian, with 'Mirth Mixture' and 'The Policeman' on Ariel.AI summary

Ariel 1835 Music Hall
Sam Mayo
1. ARabbit & Pickled Pork
2. B(G Crowther)Gravy
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
1. AThe Toreador
2. B(Charmans) Belle of the Barber's Ball
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
1. AThe Toreador
2. B(Williams) Put a bit of Powder on it Father
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
1. AThe toreador
2. B(Williams)Put a bit of powder on it
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
1. AThe Widow's Song(15)
2. BI've only come down for the Day
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