244 shellac records · mostly British pressings, 1900s–1950s
244 records matching · page 1 of 6
'Hobo' Jack Turner sings 'I'm Glad I'm a Bum' and the 1929 song 'When It's Springtime in the Rockies' on Diva, a cheap American label pressed by Columbia for sale in W. T. Grant stores.AI summary
Diva 3128-G Country
Texas Bill Strength with The Yellow Rose of Texas and Cry Cry Cry on Capitol CL14357.AI summary
Capitol CL14357 Country
Anonymous recording on High Society Records 507 of the cowboy ballad 'Strawberry Roan' and 'Hosannah'.AI summary
High Society Records 507 Country
Arkie Shibley was an American country and western musician of the 1940s–50s; this Maple Leaf label recording suggests a country or Western swing novelty, though Maple Leaf pressings in UK collections are rare.AI summary
Maple Leaf G201 Country
Ben Malone, a country or vaudeville entertainer, performs two American folk or novelty songs on Decca F2826, likely 1930s.AI summary
Decca F2826 Country
Big Bill Lister with There's a Tear in My Beer and Give It Back to the Indians on Capitol 2148.AI summary
Capitol 2148 Country
Bill Clifton, a bluegrass and folk guitarist from Kentucky, recorded these popular standards for Columbia in the early 1950s during the post-war folk revival.AI summary
Columbia 39177 Country
Bill Cox's topical ballad The Trial of Bruno Richard Hauptmann on Conqueror 8454, about the 1935 trial for the Lindbergh kidnapping.AI summary
Conqueror 8454 Country
Bill Monroe, the father of bluegrass music, recorded 'Wheel Hoss' and 'Put My Little Shoes Away' for Decca in the early 1940s, representing the birth of the bluegrass sound.AI summary
Decca 29645 Country
The Blue Mountaineers performing 'Can't We Talk It Over' and 'There's Another Empty Saddle' on Broadcast, a British label of the 1930s.AI summary
Broadcast 3190 Country
A Western or cowboy song recorded by Bob and Monte for Vocallion, a British-pressed label. The artists are not well known from standard reference, and may be a pseudonym or regional act of the 1920s–1930s.AI summary
Vocalion 5279 Country
Bob Miller and his Hinky Dinkers recorded 'Dangerous Nan McGrew' and 'They're hanging old Jonesy tomorrow' for Brunswick, American hillbilly or novelty songs from the late 1920s or early 1930s.AI summary
Brunswick 01156 Country
Bob Willis recording 'Never No More Hard Time Blues' and 'San Antonio Rose' on Regal ME79, a mid-to-late 1930s British pressing. Willis led a Western Swing band and was a major figure in American country-swing music.AI summary
Regal ME79 Country
Bobby Helms, an American country and rockabilly singer, on Brunswick 05721. Helms was active in the 1950s and recorded for Decca.AI summary
Brunswick 05721 Country
Bobby Helms recorded "My special angel" and "Standing at the end of my world" for Brunswick 05721 in the late 1950s. Helms was a minor country or pop vocalist of the era.AI summary
Brunswick 05721 Country
Bonnie Lou was an American country and pop singer of the 1950s. 'Tweedle Dee' and 'The Finger of Suspicion Points at You' are novelty pop songs from 1954–1955. This Parlophone R3989 pressing is from that period.AI summary
Parlophone R3989 Country
Bud and Jo Billings were performers in the American country and folk idiom; these Regal sides from the 1930s reflect the early recording of rural and novelty material in Britain.AI summary
Regal MR756 Country
Bud Billings and Carson Robison recorded 'Carry Me Back to the Mountains' and 'Oklahoma Charlie' for Zonophone; Robison was a prolific American country and folk-influenced performer, and Billings was a frequent duet partner.AI summary
Zonophone 5900 Country
Bud Hobbs Trail Herders on MGM 245, singing 'Matrimony Mama' and 'Right on Down the Line', likely 1950s.AI summary
MGM 245 Country
Burl Ives on Columbia DC 470, with two American folk and blues numbers. Ives was a successful American folk singer, actor, and entertainer of the 1940s–1950s era.AI summary
Columbia DC470 Country
Burl Ives recorded 'Mr. Froggie Went A-Courtin'' and 'Worried Man Blues' for Columbia DC470; Ives was an American folk singer, actor and songwriter who became famous for his warm baritone voice and his interpretations of traditional and contemporary American songs.AI summary
Columbia DC470 Country
Burl Ives, the American folk singer and actor, on Asch Records (the New York folk label founded by Moses Asch) performing four traditional American folk songs; Ives was a major popularizer of American folk music from the late 1930s onward.AI summary
Asch 345 Country
Burl Ives, an American folk and popular singer, recorded for Columbia on this folk-song medley. Ives was a successful crossover artist; however, this Columbia DC series pressing suggests a budget or special issue.AI summary
Columbia DC507 Country
Burl Ives recorded 'Mr. Froggie Went a-Courtin'' and 'Worried Man Blues' for Columbia DC470. Ives was an American folk singer and actor; this appears to be an early folk recording, possibly from the 1940s.AI summary
Columbia DC470 Country
Burl Ives performs 'I Know an Old Lady' and 'Hen Is in the Haymow' on Decca, the American folk singer's recordings from the 1940s–1950s.AI summary
Decca 88125 Country
Burl Ives, the American folk singer and actor, recorded 'I Know an Old Lady' and 'Hen is in the Haymow' for Brunswick, catalogue 05148. Ives was a major figure in the American folk-music revival of the 1940s–50s.AI summary
Brunswick 05148 Country
Burl Ives was an American folk singer, actor and storyteller. 'Ballad of Davy Crockett' and 'Goober Peas' are folk and popular songs of the American tradition, recorded for Brunswick in the 1950s.AI summary
Brunswick 05510 Country
A folk duet between Burl Ives and the Andrews Sisters, "Blue Tail Fly" and "I'm Goin' Down the Road", on Brunswick; both artists were commercial stars, and the pairing reflects the post-war folk-pop trend.AI summary
Brunswick 03971 Country
Carson Robison with Ev'rybody's Going but Me and Get Away Old Man on Durium 25. Durium records were thin resin-coated discs, not shellac.AI summary
Durium 25 Country
Carson Robison with Come Along with Me and Coming Round the Mountain on Durium 35. Durium records were thin resin-coated discs, not shellac.AI summary
Durium 35 Country
Carson Robison was an American country and folk guitarist and singer, active from the 1920s onward. This St. 1001 pressing of "Why Ain't I Got No Sweetheart" and "Smoky Mountain Bill" represents his rural and hillbilly material on an obscure label.AI summary
Sterno 1001 Country
Carson Robison, the prolific American country and folk-influenced recording artist, recorded 'Sing Another Line' and 'Home on the Range' for Brunswick; Robison recorded for numerous labels and was a major figure in early country music.AI summary
Brunswick 3254 Country
Curly Williams and the Georgia Peach Pickers recorded "Georgia Steel Guitar" and "Grandma's Turned Over Again" for Columbia, capturing the American rural string-band and novelty styles of the early 1930s.AI summary
Columbia 37083 Country
Vernon Dalhart and Carson Robison, early country-music pioneers. Perfect P420 records 'Shine on Harvest Moon' and 'Oh Susanna'. Perfect was a budget label; UK copies are uncommon.AI summary
Perfect P420 Country
Del Wood, the American pianist who scored a huge hit with her boogie-woogie arrangement of 'Down Yonder', appears here on the US Republic label, an unusual find in a British collection.AI summary
Republic 7036 Country
Alton and Rabon Delmore, the Delmore Brothers, with 'Fast Express' and 'I've Found an Angel' on King, the Cincinnati label they recorded for in the later 1940s. American King 78s are uncommon in British collections.AI summary
King 525 Country
The Delmore Brothers, American country and blues musicians, on King Records 1158 with two pieces from their repertoire.AI summary
King 1158 Country
The Delmore Brothers performing 'Gamblers Yodel' and 'Brown's Ferry Blues' on Bluebird; the Delmore Brothers were influential American country and blues performers of the 1930s–1940s.AI summary
Bluebird 8230 Country
The Delmore Brothers were an American country and blues duo of the 1930s and 1940s; this King record of 'I let the freight train carry me on' and 'Please be my Sunshine' captures their blend of blues, country, and folk traditions.AI summary
King 927 Country
The Delmore Brothers with 'Boogie Woogie Baby' and 'Born to Be Blue' on King, from their Cincinnati years in the later 1940s. Their hillbilly boogie sides from this period are prized as forerunners of rockabilly.AI summary
King 599 Country
Dick Thomas recording 'They'll Never Take the Texas Out of Me' on National 5004, a British label. The Western-themed title and period pressing suggest 1920s–30s issue.AI summary
National 5004 Country
Dub Dickerson recorded "Sweet Bunch of Bitterweeds" and "The Bells of Monterey" for Capitol (CapCL 13957). Dickerson was a minor country or Western swing musician active in the 1940s–1950s but remains poorly documented in standard discographies.AI summary
Capitol CL13957 Country
Dude Martin recorded 'Bronco Buster' and 'Rodeo Rose' on Eagle, an obscure British label. The artist name and rodeo-themed titles suggest American Western or novelty material, though the label and pressing location are unclear.AI summary
Eagle 701 Country
Ed Lloyd recorded "Throw Another Log on the Fire" and "In the Little White Church on the Hill" for Rex (8142), a minor American label of the 1920s–1930s. Lloyd was likely a country or novelty singer.AI summary
Rex 8142 Country
Eddie Ross on Victor 19213 performing 'Ju Ju Man' and 'Florida Cracker', suggesting novelty or regional folk material. Ross is not documented as a major artist; Victor 19000-series pressings are moderately scarce in the UK.AI summary
Victor 19213 Country
Eddy Arnold, the American country singer, on His Master's Voice with two country novelty or sentimental numbers, 'There's No Wings on My Angel' and 'Little Angel With the Dirty Face'—early recordings from his prolific career.AI summary
His Master's Voice MH121 Country
Eddy Arnold, a country musician who became one of the most successful recording artists of the 1940s–50s, recorded 'Condemned Without Trial' and 'Eddy's Song' for His Master's Voice.AI summary
His Master's Voice MH175 Country
Eddy Arnold was a hugely successful American country and pop vocalist of the 1940s and 1950s, often called the 'King of Country Music'. This HMV pressing, 'If I Never Get to Heaven' and 'Free Home Demonstration', reflects his crossover appeal between country and mainstream pop.AI summary
His Master's Voice JO385 Country