9 shellac records · mostly British pressings, 1900s–1950s
9 records matching
Alf Gordon recorded 'He Started in a Very Small Way' and 'They All Lived Happily Afterwards' for Pathé, a British pressing house. The titles suggest comic or novelty material from the 1920s–30s.AI summary
Pathé 60623 Comic
Burt Shepard performs 'The Boy and the Cheese' and 'Nonsense' on Pathé 60440. Shepard was a prolific early recording artist in the comic novelty genre; his Pathé pressings are less common than his Odeon equivalents and are of period interest to collectors of early comic recordings.AI summary
Pathé 60440 Comic
Charles Penrose, a British comedian and music-hall entertainer, recorded 'I Couldn't Help Laughing (Part 13)' and 'A Merry Family' for Pathé, catalogue 5344. Penrose was best known for his long-running novelty laugh, and his recordings were popular in the 1920s and 1930s.AI summary
Pathé 5344 Comic
Fred Vernon recorded 'Wedding of Jack and Jill' and 'Village Choir' for Pathé 77448, a novelty-vocal record from the acoustic era.AI summary
Pathé 77448 Comic
Jack Charman recorded for Pathé, the wax-cylinder and early-disc label, in the late 1920s. This comic sketch in two parts is typical of the spoken-word comedy that Pathé recorded alongside music.AI summary
Pathé 1430 Comic
JP Ling on Pathé with comic spoken-word pieces—'How Little Mary Recited Little Jim' and 'Burlesque Lecture'. This is a novelty spoken-word or comedy record, likely from the 1920s–30s era of the music hall.AI summary
Pathé 8865 Comic
JP Ling on Pathé 8755, performing two comic or character songs.AI summary
Pathé 8755 Comic
Russell Hunting, an early comedic and novelty recording artist, on Pathé Records with two comic monologue pieces ('Casey & his Fiddle', 'Casey's Concert Party'); Hunting was a pioneer of the comedy record in the 1890s-1910s and is of historical interest to early recording enthusiasts.AI summary
Pathé 77714 Comic
Russell Hunting and Michael Casey recorded the 'Casey' comic monologue series for Pathé in the acoustic era. 'Casey at the Wake' and 'Casey Taking the Census' are two-part novelty pieces typical of early 1900s vaudeville; Pathé acoustics of early American monologue comedy are historically significant.AI summary
Pathé 93885/93886 Comic