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James B Andrews played piano with Bob Smith's Ideal Band, but was also a champion harmonica player who recorded a few 78s in the early 1930s. This discography is based on the sources listed below. I am interested in any other material relating to James Andrews (email me).

KEY
Code	Description
78	78rpm records in my collection
vBO	LP, Better Than An Orchestra Topic Records, 1977. A compilation of recordings from 78rpm records.
vIM	LP, Ideal Music for All the Year Round Topic Records, 1977. A compilation of recordings from 78rpm records.
aTM	Article, Bob Smith's Ideal Band Traditional Music magazine No.7, 1977.
aKC	Article, Beltona Discography Sent to me by Keith Chandler.
cdSB	CD, Sook and Blaw Ythan Music Trust, 2001. A compilation of 78rpm recordings.

JAMES ANDREWS December 1930
M13197	The Bluebells of Scotland	Beltona	1624	aKC
M13198	Auld Robin Gray/A Hundred Pipers	Beltona	1624	aKC
M13200	Liverpool and High Level Hornpipes	Beltona	1618	aKC
M13205	Stirling Castle	Beltona	1618	aKC
M13208	The Middly March	Beltona	1619	aKC
--	Laird o' Drumblair	Beltona	1619	aKC
--	Lord Alexander Kennedy	Beltona	1645	aKC
--	Irish Jigs	Beltona	1645	aKC
--	Happy Hours	Beltona	1680	aKC
--	Phyllis Waltz	Beltona	1680	aKC
--	The Skirl o' the Pipes	Beltona	1707	aKC
--	Hornpipe Medley	Beltona	1707	aKC
BOB SMITH'S IDEAL BAND with James J Hiddlestone
--	Bringing In the New Year Pts 1 & 2	Beltona	1596	aTM
M13127/ M13128	A Record Trip Round the World Pts 1 & 2	Beltona	1615	aKC
--	My Home Town Melodies waltz	Beltona	1600	aTM
TONY CAPALDI with unknown (piano)
M12620	St Bernard's Waltz Believe One If All; Come Back to Erin; Eileen Allanah	Beltona	1515	78
M12625	Highland Schottische Orange and Blue; Kafoozalum	Beltona	1515	78
TONY CAPALDI with BOB SMITH'S IDEAL TRIO Tony Capaldi (accordion)
M12783	Patience Quadrille Fig. 1 & 2	Beltona	1512	78
M12784	Patience Quadrille Fig. 3	Beltona	1512	78
M12785	Patience Quadrille Fig. 4	Beltona	1513	78
M12786	Patience Quadrille Fig. 5	Beltona	1513	78
M12787	Flirtation (Quadrille Fig 6)	Beltona	1514	78
M12788	Blaze Away (Military Two Step)	Beltona	1516	78
M12789	La Varsovienne (La Va)	Beltona	1514	78 vIM
TONY CAPALDI (accordeon solo)
M12790	Mamma Mia, Valse	Beltona	1516	78
TONY CAPALDI with BOB SMITH'S IDEAL TRIO Tony Capaldi (accordion)
M12792	Paul Jones (Medley of Traditional Scottish Airs)	Beltona	1517	78
TONY CAPALDI (accordeon solo)
M12793	Pietro's Return March	Beltona	1517	78
BOB SMITH'S IDEAL TRIO with vocal refrain
M12794	Dreaming Waltz Valeta (Bell and Smith)	Beltona	1542	78
M12801	I Still Love You Waltz Hesitation	Beltona	1542	vBO
BOB SMITH'S IDEAL BAND
M12795/ M12796	The Canal Cruise Parts 1 & 2 (Park and Smith)	Beltona	1541	78 vIM
BOB SMITH'S IDEAL TRIO with vocal refrain
M12801	I Still Love You (Bert Smith)	Beltona	1542	78
TONY CAPALDI with unknown (piano)
--	Farewell to St Kilda	Beltona	1599	aTM
--	Athol Highlanders	Beltona	1599	aTM
MacFARLANE & HIDDLESTONE Hohner harmonica & autoharp duet
--	The Bluebells of Scotland with variations	Beltona	1600	aTM
--	My Home Town Melodies waltz	Beltona	1600	aTM
BOB SMITH AND HIS IDEAL BAND
M13116/ M13117	Wull's Wireless Wails Parts 1 & 2	Beltona	1659	vBO
M13121	Why Worry Fox Trot	Beltona	1607	vBO
M13122	Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders	Beltona	1597	vIM
--	Be a Chum	Beltona	1597	aTM
BOB SMITH'S IDEAL BAND
--	Bringing In the New Year Pts 1 & 2	Beltona	1596	aTM
M13134	Big Reason Blues (Bob Smith & Park)	Beltona	1607	vIM
M13135/ M13136	When the Wife's Awa' Parts 1 & 2 (Bob Smith & Park)	Beltona	1704	78
TONY CAPALDI (accordeon solo)
M13183	Tony Among the Girls	Beltona	1636	78
M13184	O' Sole Mio	Beltona	1636	78
JAMES ANDREWS (hohner harmonica solo)
M13200	Liverpool & High Level Hornpipes	Beltona	1618	vIM
M13208	The Middy March	Beltona	1619	vBO cdSB
JAMES B ANDREWS & BOB SMITH (dulcimer duet)
M13269	Ashcroft's Reel/Londonderry Air/Breakdown	Beltona	1637	vIM
ALEC BISSET (melodeon solo) with Bob Smith (dulcimer) and J B Andrews
M13284	Medley of Irish Waltzes	Beltona	1651	78 vBO
M13286	Medley of Scottish Songs Hundred Pipers; Edinburgh Town; Loch Lomond	Beltona	1651	78
M13288	Medley of Popular Waltzes Let Me Call You Sweetheart/Smile Awhile/Down at the Old Bull and Bush/By the Side of the Zuyder Zee	Beltona	1685	vIM
BOB SMITH'S IDEAL BAND
M13654/ M13655	The Ideal Lancers 1st-4th Figs.	Beltona	1691	vBO
M13656	The Ideal Lancers 5th Fig.	Beltona	1692	vBO
M13657	The Boston Two-Step	Beltona	1692	vIM
M13658	Horseguards Blue	Beltona	1689	vIM
M13673	The Red Flag	Beltona	1700	vBO
M13674	The International	Beltona	1700	vIM
HIDDLESTONE, HIS HOHNER AND BOB SMITH'S IDEAL BAND
M13881	Happy Hours	Beltona	1785	vIM
BOB SMITH'S IDEAL BAND
M13885A/ M13886E	A Scotch New Year Parts 1 & 2 (Park & Smith)	Beltona	1742	78
BOB SMITH AND HIS IDEAL BAND
M13868	Ideal One-Step (arr. Smith)	Beltona	1744	vBO