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i was wondering how rae is george formby o zonophone twin singing lucky jim and those happy days as i have been unale to locate a date or catalogue listing .

This will be George Formby Senior (1875-1921) who was famous in his day, but not as well remembered now as his son George (1904-1961) who still has a strong following in the UK.

Formby Senior was contracted to Zonophone in 1907 and made about 200 recordings. I have no idea as to value, but if you can post a picture of your label I may be able to date it.

thank you i will soon just have to work out how to do post a pic as i am new on this site.[ebay][/ebay] serial is 2014 then x-4-42171 written by hyde and formby . :lol:http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Old-Phonogra ... true&rt=nc
i bought this can,t wait to get it

Zonophone Serial 2014 was released in about 1919, making it one of the last to bear "The Twin" label. From about 1920 the label was simplified to "Zonophone".

thank you i,m looking forwards to listening to it .are his recordings rare ive not seen any of his material and i have 2000records. ive just finished restoring a zonophone portable,just for fun.

Recent "sold" listings on UK eBay ranged between £9 and £16 which surprised me, but then I am not a collector of music hall records.