The Fairy Record

Shellac label from the 1920s made for use on children's gramophones. Both 5½" and 6" sizes known. 1000 series of 6" discs was produced for EXPORT by British Vocalion and consisted of a wide variety of pop & standard material (sold only in Australia & New Zealand in the early to late 1920s despite "British Made" appearing on the labels and "MADE IN ENGLAND" stamped in the runouts of most releases). These were derived from the Little Marvel label and in most cases do not show artist credits. The labels usually show some generic credit such as "Song" or "Dance Band" but the real artists were those which appeared on 10" Vocalion labels such as Aco or Broadcast. F-xxx series of 6" discs produced by British Vocalion (sold in the UK in the 1920s). A 300 series of 5 1/2" discs from 350 to around 370 was produced by Edison Bell and consisted of nursery rhymes & children's stories (sold in the UK in the early to mid 1920s) - this is a different label The Fairy