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I am doing some cataloguing, and I am having difficulty in pinning this Florrie Forde recording down to an approximate date.

It is a Canadian His Master's Voice/Victor/Berliner disk, catalogue/matrix number 120071, with the songs Love and We're Here To-day and Gone To-morrow on the A and B sides respectively.

I cannot find another copy of this record listed anywhere, nor can I find a Forde recording of these particular tunes on any other label to try and get close to a recording date.

Any help? Thanks.

"Here Today" is in the CHARM database: https://charm.rhul.ac.uk/discography/se ... ton/Flynne

It gives as its source the Kelly HMV database, also accessible online, but I can't get it to open for some reason right now.

drh wrote: Sun Jun 11, 2023 9:45 pm "Here Today" is in the CHARM database: https://charm.rhul.ac.uk/discography/se ... ton/Flynne

It gives as its source the Kelly HMV database, also accessible online, but I can't get it to open for some reason right now.

Many thanks. I added the CHARM database to my bookmarks.

The Kelly HMV database is working for me, but I foolishly did not think to look there, having only recently been introduced to it and having used it only once before.

drh wrote: Sun Jun 11, 2023 9:45 pm ... CHARM database ....

... Kelly HMV database ....

Thank you again.

After massaging the search terms a bit, I found the other title, Love, in both the CHARM database and the Kelly HMV database with Kelly as the source for CHARM.

Forde recorded both tunes on the same day in 1911.

Lah Ca wrote: Mon Jun 12, 2023 10:05 am

drh wrote: Sun Jun 11, 2023 9:45 pm ... CHARM database ....

... Kelly HMV database ....

Thank you again.

After massaging the search terms a bit, I found the other title, Love, in both the CHARM database and the Kelly HMV database with Kelly as the source for CHARM.

Forde recorded both tunes on the same day in 1911.

Glad I could help. I had a hunch something like that might be the case, but I figured once pointed to CHARM and Kelly you could chase things out to their conclusion. Happy listening!