466 shellac records · mostly British pressings, 1900s–1950s
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A band plays You Know You Belong to Someone Else and Three o'Clock in the Morning on Homochord H440.AI summary
Hom H440 Dance
Grammavox A85 Orchestra
A band performs 'Tickling Love Taps' and 'By Heck' on His Master's Voice C602. HMV's C-series suggests an acoustic recording from around 1912–1918.AI summary
His Master's Voice C602 Dance
An unidentified band recorded 'Chin Chin' and 'Tonight's the Night Waltz' for His Master's Voice C604, an acoustic-era dance side.AI summary
His Master's Voice C604 Dance
An unidentified band recorded 'Have a Heart' and '(McKee) Riverside Bells' for His Master's Voice C875, a catalogue number from the acoustic era.AI summary
His Master's Voice C875 Dance
Band performing 'On the Level you're a little Devil' and 'Hindustan' on His Master's Voice C921, a very early HMV catalogue number suggesting an acoustic-era recording from around 1920 or earlier.AI summary
His Master's Voice C921 Dance
A dance band recording 'Yankyana' and 'Chong he came from Hong Kong' on His Master's Voice. The titles suggest early-to-mid 1920s dance novelties.AI summary
His Master's Voice C941 Dance
A military or march recording of "Stars and Stripes" issued by Zonophone in their early days (catalogue 40000 series), likely a Sousa piece or a similar patriotic march.AI summary
Zonophone 40053 Instrumental
An unnamed band performing two popular pieces on early Columbia: '3 O'Clock in the Morning' and 'Destiny'. The is4535 catalogue number indicates an early popular-music issue.AI summary
Columbia is4535 Dance
An orchestra performing two classical overtures and entr'actes on Columbia IS93: the Maid of Orleans Overture and the Rosamund Entr'acte (from Schubert's *Rosamunde*); the IS prefix indicates a very early Columbia series, probably 1900–1910.AI summary
Columbia is93 Orchestra
A band plays the Raymond Overture in two parts on Citizen 642.AI summary
Citizen 642 Orchestra
A band plays a selection from H.M.S. Pinafore in two parts on Citizen 677.AI summary
Citizen 677 Orchestra
An unnamed band recorded two waltzes—'Sumurun Waltz' and 'Empire Waltz'—for Winner, a cheap British pressing house of the early 20th century. No artist credit is given.AI summary
Winner 2116 Instrumental
Unidentified band performing 'Valerie Waltz' and 'Evening News Waltz' for Winner, a small British label of the 1920s–30s.AI summary
Winner 2122 Dance
An unnamed band performing two operetta selections (from *Tales of Hoffmann* and *Thaïs*) on Winner Records, a British budget label of the 1920s-30s.AI summary
Winner 2131 Orchestra
An unidentified band on Winner, a cheap British label, playing waltz selections; catalogue number and format suggest 1920s–1930s.AI summary
Winner 2158 Dance
An unnamed band performing two Gilbert and Sullivan selections on Winner Records, a British budget label.AI summary
Winner 2192 Orchestra
An unnamed band recorded 'Charlie Chaplin Fox Trot' and 'He's a Ragpicker' for Zonophone 1528, likely 1920s or early 1930s novelty or dance material inspired by the famous silent-film comedian.AI summary
Zonophone 1528 Dance
An instrumental band recording on Zonophone Records, catalogue number 997, performing 'Tickled to Death' and 'Alexander's Ragtime Band'. Zonophone was an early British label with a substantial catalogue from the acoustic era through the 1920s.AI summary
Zonophone 997 Instrumental
Emerson 747 Dance
An unnamed band on Winner playing ragtime and novelty instrumentals, typical of the 1920s dance and novelty catalogues.AI summary
Winner 2199 Dance
An uncredited band on Imperial Records performing 'Chevalier March' and 'In a Persian Market' — salon-style orchestral material of the kind widely recorded for budget labels in the early 1930s.AI summary
Imperial 1312 Orchestra
A band on Imperial 1313, performing "In a Monastery Garden" and "I passed by your Window", sentimental orchestral selections.AI summary
Imperial 1313 Orchestra
'Pantomime Plums', parts 3 and 4, a novelty or sketch recording on Columbia 2824, a British Columbia pressing from the early era of the label.AI summary
Columbia 2824 Comic
A band recording of Wagner's 'Rienzi Overture' in two parts on the Winner label, a budget British imprint. Classical arrangements for dance or light orchestras were common filler material.AI summary
Winner 2360 Orchestra
Band recording a selection from "Maritana", a 19th-century operetta, on Winner records in the early 1930s.AI summary
Winner 2385 Orchestra
Military or ceremonial band on Winner performing Gilbert and Sullivan's "Yeomen of the Guard" across two parts.AI summary
Winner 2413 Orchestra
A band arrangement of the William Tell Overture on Winner, a cheap British label of the early 1930s. These orchestral arrangements were routine repertoire for dance and light orchestras of the period.AI summary
Winner 2596 Orchestra
A band recording on Imperial 820, featuring a march and classical arrangement.AI summary
Imperial 820 Instrumental
A British Imperial Records orchestra performance of classic concert overtures, typical of the repertory recordings produced by this minor label.AI summary
Imperial 821 Orchestra
A band performance of Elgar's 'Pomp and Circumstance' and 'Blaze Away' on Imperial 826, a small British or European label from the 1920s–1930s era.AI summary
Imperial 826 Orchestra
An unnamed band performing opera selections from 'Carmen' and 'Coppélia' on Imperial 827, an early British label.AI summary
Imperial 827 Orchestra
A band performing 'Soldiers' Grand March' and 'Bullfighters' on Imperial (832), military and novelty marches from the acoustic era.AI summary
Imperial 832 Orchestra
A band recording of 'Jolly Coppersmith' and 'Post Horn Galop', two Victorian-era light orchestral favourites, pressed on Imperial, an obscure British label of the 1920s or early 1930s.AI summary
Imperial 834 Orchestra
Credited only to "Band" on Imperial 837, two instrumental selections from an unknown ensemble on an obscure British label.AI summary
Imperial 837 Instrumental
A band performing orchestral selections — 'Bohemian Girl Overture' and 'Yeomen of the Guard' — on Imperial 845, an early and obscure label.AI summary
Imperial 845 Orchestra
Credited only to "Band" on Imperial 852, two instrumental selections from an unknown ensemble on an obscure British label.AI summary
Imperial 852 Instrumental
An unnamed band performing 'Merry Widow Waltz' and 'Pink Lady Waltz' on Imperial 854, an early British imprint.AI summary
Imperial 854 Orchestra
Band performing 'Policeman's Holiday' and 'Post Horn Galop' on Imperial 856, light instrumental and novelty pieces on a cheap British marque.AI summary
Imperial 856 Instrumental
An unattributed band recording on Imperial label 875, performing patriotic or military marches 'On to Victory' and 'The Great Little Army'.AI summary
Imperial 875 Orchestra
An unidentified band performing two famous marches—'Washington Greys' and 'Colonel Bogey'—on Imperial, catalogue 895; Imperial was a British budget label of the early 1920s.AI summary
Imperial 895 Orchestra
An unnamed band on Imperial 936, Tchaikovsky's '1812 Overture'; Imperial was a minor British label and copies are scarce.AI summary
Imperial 936 Orchestra
A band performing operatic overtures — Ruy Blas and Der Fliegende Holländer — on Imperial (962), standard concert-band repertoire of the acoustic era.AI summary
Imperial 962 Orchestra
An unattributed band on Imperial label 964, performing 'Smithy in the Wood' and 'Mill in the Black Forest', atmospheric or descriptive instrumental pieces.AI summary
Imperial 964 Orchestra
Imperial 966
An Imperial dance band recording of light orchestral selections from Gilbert and Sullivan operettas (*Pirates of Penzance* and *The Gondoliers*) from the late 1920s.AI summary
Imperial 967 Orchestra
An unnamed band performing two orchestral selections—"Barcarolle" from Offenbach's *Tales of Hoffmann* and the "Mazurka" from Delibes' *Coppelia*—on Bell 196, a small British label.AI summary
Bell 196 Orchestra
An unattributed band recorded the William Tell Overture for Bell 28, an obscure early label—the catalogue number suggests an acoustic-era pressing.AI summary
Bell 28 Orchestra