466 shellac records · mostly British pressings, 1900s–1950s
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A Broadcast pressing of orchestral standards: the Russian March and Delibes' Ballet Égyptien, performed by an unnamed band. Broadcast was a cheap British budget label of the 1920s–30s.AI summary
Broadcast Jr107 Orchestra
Broadcast Jr108 Misc.
Unnamed band performs two novelty selections—'Jolly Tars' and 'Eyes of Rosie O'Reilly'—on Broadcast Jr116.AI summary
Broadcast Jr116 Orchestra
A band recording of two movements from 'The Quaker Girl', a light operetta by Lionel Monckton, on Bell 256, a British label.AI summary
Bell 256 Opera
A dance band on Bell 276 with British patriotic material: marches by the Grenadier and Scots Guards, and 'Rule Britannia'. Bell was a small British label; the recording date and band identity are unclear.AI summary
Bell 276 Orchestra
An unnamed band on Bell Records performs two orchestral concert pieces: the overture to *Les Huguenots* and Ketèlbey's orchestral evergreen 'In a Monastery Garden'.AI summary
Bell 315 Orchestra
A dance band recording of two popular ballroom numbers, one featuring xylophone, on the Bell label, a small British pressing from the 1920s and 1930s.AI summary
Bell 328 Dance
A military tattoo recording on the Bell label. Bell was a small British imprint, and military and ceremonial music on such labels are seldom collected.AI summary
Bell 358 Orchestra
A band performing 'Magic Moments' and 'Barcelona' on Bell 364, from an unknown date on a small British label.AI summary
Bell 364 Dance
An unidentified band on the Bell label, performing 'Wanna go back again blues' and a celeste instrumental titled 'Celestina'. Bell is an obscure or short-lived British imprint.AI summary
Bell 368 Dance
An unnamed band performing two novelty pieces on Bell, a minor British label: 'Lonesome and Sorry' and a xylophone novelty titled 'Manella'.AI summary
Bell 377 Instrumental
An untitled band recording on Bell 388 performing 'That certain Party' and an anonymous 'Whistling Scot'. Bell was a short-lived British label of the early 1920s; the artist and pressing details are obscure.AI summary
Bell 388 Dance
An unidentified dance band recorded 'Black Bottom' and 'Old Airs pt 2' for Mars Records, a small British label. The catalogue number and label suggest an early-to-mid 1920s release.AI summary
Marspen 263 Dance
An unnamed band performing an 'Old Favourites waltz' and 'Cadiz March' on Odeon, a major label, catalogue 44344.AI summary
Odeon 44344 Dance
An unidentified orchestra on Odeon, performing operatic selections; the catalogue number and format suggest 1920s–1930s.AI summary
Odeon 64042 Orchestra
A band recording of 'Whispering of the Flowers' and 'Love's Mystery' on Tower, a small British budget label. The artist credit is generic and the recordings are otherwise undocumented.AI summary
Tower 2010 Orchestra
A band performing a Carmen selection on Duophone, an obscure British label, with the selection split across two sides.AI summary
Duophone A1015 Orchestra
An unidentified band recorded 'My Heart Belongs to the Girl' and 'Forever & Ever' on Film label, catalogue 142; a dance side from a minor British imprint.AI summary
Filmophone 142 Dance
An uncredited band performing two popular songs, 'A Little Love Song' and 'King's Horses', on Film, a minor British film-related label; catalogue 161 places this in the late 1920s or early 1930s.AI summary
Filmophone 161 Dance
A dance band performing 'Peanut Vendor' and 'Just a Gigolo' on Film, an obscure British label. Film was a small imprint of the early-to-mid 1930s; the band is not credited by name.AI summary
Filmophone 188 Dance
An unidentified band recorded "Would You Like to Take a Walk" and "Siboney" for Film catalogue 189. Film was a minor British label, and these appear to be dance or popular material from the interwar period.AI summary
Filmophone 189 Dance
A band plays Laughing at the Rain and I'm Happy When I'm Hiking on Filmophone 215.AI summary
Filmophone 215 Dance
An unidentified band recorded 'Gavotte Mignon' and 'Egyptien Ballet' for Citizen Records, a small British label. The performers and era are unclear.AI summary
Citizen 689 Instrumental
An unidentified band on Citizen label performing light orchestral pieces 'Lovelight in Your Eyes' and 'Dearest' — artist and period uncertain, UK pressing.AI summary
Citizen 723 Orchestra
An unidentified band recorded 'Introduction Act 3 Lohengrin' by Wagner for Citizen Records, a small British label. The performer and era are unclear from the catalogue number alone.AI summary
Citizen 724 Classical
An unidentified band on City (Cit) 725 performing a 'Faust selection', a medley from Gounod's opera, a staple of orchestral and concert recordings. City was a minor British label.AI summary
Citizen 725 Orchestra
A band recording on Cit (Citizen) Records, catalogue 735, performing 'Kilties' Courtship' and 'Canadian Capers', popular dance fare from the early 1930s.AI summary
Citizen 735 Dance
A band plays Last Night on the Back Porch and Midnight Rose on Citizen 772.AI summary
Citizen 772 Dance
A band plays a selection from Gilbert and Sullivan's Iolanthe in two parts on Citizen 775.AI summary
Citizen 775 Orchestra
Citizen 816 Opera
An unnamed band performing a 'Maritana fantasy' on Citizen, a small or ephemeral British label.AI summary
Citizen 831 Orchestra
An unnamed orchestra or band performed these two orchestral light-music pieces—an overture and a song excerpt—for the Cit label, a small British imprint.AI summary
Citizen 834 Orchestra
His Master's Voice Souvenir Dance
A band performs 'The Jolly Coppersmith' on the Leeds label, catalogue 4076. Leeds is an unidentified label and the artist is anonymous; without further identification this is a standard light orchestral pressing of modest value.AI summary
Leeds 4076 Orchestra
An unidentified band recorded the William Tell Overture on Emp (Empire) 1, a British label of uncertain date and pressing.AI summary
Empire 1 Orchestra
A band recording of two waltzes on the Cameo C label, an early American marque. The catalogue number and label suggest a 1920s pressing.AI summary
Cameo C8 Dance
An unidentified band on Citizen 701, performing 'Musical Switch' parts 1 and 2, likely 1920s.AI summary
Citizen 701 Jazz
Anonymous band recording 'Gems of Scotland' and 'Gems of Ireland' on J. Bull, a British budget label of the 1920s–30s. The label is poorly documented and J. Bull catalogue numbers are scarce in collections.AI summary
John Bull 40093 Orchestra
Unidentified band performing light orchestral selections 'Poet and Peasant' and 'Havana Selection' on Stan 1211, a marginal British label.AI summary
Standard 1211 Orchestra
A band plays Noisy Oysters and Impudence on Venus 1602.AI summary
Venus 1602 Dance
Two instrumental or dance pieces—'Sweet Thing' and 'Sheila O'Shay'—credited to 'Band' on Aerial label, catalogue 1, a British imprint.AI summary
Aerial B1 Dance
An unidentified band performing two pieces on Aerial-B, a small or regional British label. The titles 'Back Beats' and 'Birth of the Blues' suggest dance music, but the artist and label have not been identified.AI summary
Aerial B2 Dance
AerialB B3 Dance
An unidentified British band recorded instrumental march medleys 'Under the Double Eagle' and 'March of the Little Pierrots' on Columbia D12, from the very early Columbia catalogue around 1920.AI summary
Columbia D12 Orchestra
An unidentified band on Broadcast 673 recorded 'Oh Donna Clara' and 'Nobody Cares if I'm Blue'; Broadcast was a small British label.AI summary
Broadcast 673 Dance
A band plays Nobody but Fanny and I Want a Lovable Baby on Duophone B5122.AI summary
Duophone B5122 Dance
An unidentified band performing the waltz 'Over the Waves' on the Imperial label, a minor British marque.AI summary
Imperial 45348 Orchestra
An unattributed band performing the "Bridal Chorus" from Wagner's Lohengrin on Imperial, a British label of the early 1920s.AI summary
Imperial 45579 Classical