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The complete session for the Coldstream Guards Band on 11th December 1903 in Kelly's matrix listings are as follows:

7" matrices
5750a 397 Die Walküre: The ride of the Valkyries (Wagner)
5751a 398 The Mikado: Selection 1 (Sullivan)
5752a 2-316 do: Finale
5753a 40004 The Pirates of Penzance: The Pirates’ song (Sullivan)
5754a 399 do: The Policemen’s song
5755a destr do: Poor wand’ring one
5756a destr do: Finale
5757a destr do: Finale

10" matrices
4671b Tannhäuser: Grand march (Wagner)
4672b destr The Walkyrie: Ride of the Valkyries (Wagner)
4673b 2-23 Belphagor, Tarantelle
4674b The Mikado: Selection No. 3 (Gilbert & Sullivan)
4675b destr do: do, No. 4
4676b 2-11 do: do, No 5
4677b 2-24 do: The flowers that bloom in the spring
4678b 2-20 The Pirates of Penzance: Selection (Sullivan)
4679b 2-16 ’A Frangesa, March (Costa)
4680b The Pirates of Penzance: When the foeman bares his steel

I note that a Pirates of Penzance selection is listed with the preceding matrix num,ber, 4678b and a nearby issue number. It's possible that the issues were wrongly entered in the HMV ledgers, or Kelly miscopied.

Thank you all. Most interesting.

Does anyone else own this record?