1926 - 1929 Issues
Price - 3d / 6d
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Editor - Edgar Jackson
Production with - P Matheson Brooks
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Published - Monthly
Listed below are the issues of
Melody Maker that came out in 1926 - 1929.​
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1926 Issues
Volume: 01 - Number: 01
Issue 01
Price - 3d
Numbered Pages - 32
Actual Pages - 36
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First Issue
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Pages 4-5 Damaged
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January 1926
Front Cover - Horatio Nicholls
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Articles
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Over The Footlights
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Syncopation and Dance Band News
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The Prophets of Doom
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Gramophone Record Making
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The Banjo in Modern Dance Orchestra
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How To Read Music At Sight
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About Ukuleles
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America's Idea of British Jazz
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Military and Brass Band News
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The Gramophone Review
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Songs
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​My Girls Got Long Hair
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Volume: 01 - Number: 02
Issue 02
Price - 3d
Numbered Pages - 36
Actual Pages - 40
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February 1926
Front Cover - Arthur Lange
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Articles and interviews:
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Fight Between Leading Record Makers​
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More Work For Musical Directors
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A Treatise On Arranging
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A Tonic Talk
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Arthur Lange
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The Charleston
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Over The Footlights
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Syncopation and Dance Band News
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Military and Brass Band News
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Mr Debroy Somers
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The Progress of the Mute
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Gramophone Record Making
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The Original Havana Band
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The Bango and the Tenor-Banjo in the Modern Dance Orchestra
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The Gramophone Review
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Clap Hands (Here Comes Charley)
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Echoes Of Ireland
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April 1926
Volume: 01 - Number: 03
Issue 03
Price - 6d
Numbered Pages - 00
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This issue had a 3d Price Increase
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March 1926
Front Cover - Mr W F De Mornys
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Articles and interviews:
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New World Symphony
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A Tonic Talk
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The Wright Pianoforte Tutor
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Syncopation and the Dance Band News
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Saxophone Queries
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The BBC and the Music Publishers
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The Art Of Broadcasting
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Military and Brass Band News
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Leicester brass Band Festival
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Hints For Trumpet Players
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The Skin Game
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The Banjo and the Tenor Banjo
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How Music Rolls are Made
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Running Cinema Orchestra
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The Gramophone Review
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Carolina
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Volume: 01 - Number: 04
Issue 04
Price - 00p
Pages - 00
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Volume: 01 - Number: 05
Issue 05
Price - 00p
Pages - 00
Issue 05
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May 1926
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Volume: 01 - Number: 06
Issue 06
Price - 00p
Pages - 00
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June 1926
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Volume: 01 - Number: 07
Issue 07
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Pages - 00
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July 1926
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Volume: 01 - Number: 08
Issue 08
Price - 00p
Pages - 64
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August 1926
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Volume: 01 - Number: 09
Issue 09
Price - 00p
Pages - 00
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September 1926
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Volume: 01 - Number: 10
Issue 10
Price - 00p
Pages - 00
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October 1926
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Volume: 01 - Number: 11
Issue 11
Price - 00p
Pages - 00
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November 1926
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Volume: 01 - Number: 12
Issue 12
Price - 00p
Pages - 00
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December 1926
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1927 Issues
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January 1927
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Volume: 02 - Number: 02
Issue 14
Price - 00p
Pages - 00
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February 1927
Volume: 02 - Number: 03
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March 1927
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April 1927
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Volume: 02 - Number: 05
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May 1927
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June 1927
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Volume: 02 - Number: 06
Price - 00p Pages - 64
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July 1927
August 1927
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September 1927
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October 1927
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November 1927
December 1927
Volume: 02 - Number: 11
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Volume: 02 - Number: 12
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1928 Issues
Volume: 03 - Number: 01
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January 1928
Volume: 03 - Number: 02
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February 1928
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April 1928
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May 1928
June 1928
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July 1928
August 1928
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September 1928
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October 1928
November 1928
December 1928
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1929 Issues
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January 1929
Volume: 04 - Number: 02
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February 1929
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March 1929
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April 1929
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May 1929
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June 1929
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July 1929
Volume: 04 - Number: 08
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August 1929
Volume: 04 - Number: 09
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September 1929
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October 1929
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November 1929
December 1929
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