156 shellac records · mostly British pressings, 1900s–1950s
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Eugène Ysaÿe was one of the supreme violinists of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, a towering figure in the Belgian school whose influence on violin playing was immense. This Columbia pressing, catalogue 36521, contains his recording of Wieniawski's Mazurkas. Ysaÿe's recordings are scarce and always collected by students of the golden age of violin playing.AI summary
Columbia 36521 Instrumental
F. Fazio on banjo, performing Italian romantic songs for Columbia, a British pressing of the early 1930s.AI summary
Columbia 14415F Instrumental
Frank Banta and Jack Austin recorded 'Bunch of Keys' and 'Kitten on the Keys' for Columbia, novelty piano pieces of the 1920s acoustic era. The high A-series catalogue number places this among Columbia's very early releases.AI summary
Columbia A3687 Instrumental
Frankie Carle was an American pianist and bandleader active from the 1920s onward, known for swing piano and soft pop. 'Stumbling' (at the piano) and 'Estelle' are popular piano pieces. This Columbia 35571 pressing is from the mid-1940s.AI summary
Columbia 35571 Instrumental
Frankie Carle at the piano performing 'Barcarolle' and 'Prelude in C-sharp Minor' on Columbia 35573, a solo piano recording of classical pieces.AI summary
Columbia 35573 Instrumental
Fuller recorded 'Howdy' and 'Russian Rag' on Columbia 2906. These are popular instrumental novelty numbers of the 1920s on a major label.AI summary
Columbia 2906 Instrumental
G Reichberg performing two instrumental pieces on Columbia (catalogue is431), from the acoustic era.AI summary
Columbia is431 Instrumental
G. Reichberg recorded a piano arrangement of Kallinnikov's orchestral suite on Columbia's popular-priced series. The titles suggest light classical-salon material for domestic listening.AI summary
Columbia is430 Instrumental
George Barbere recorded two light classical or ballad items, 'Salut d'Amour' and a piece from 'The Gondoliers', for Columbia; the artist is not widely known.AI summary
Columbia 2664 Instrumental
Gibbons performing a medley selection on Columbia FB1741. The FB-series and unrecognised artist suggest a mid-century British popular release.AI summary
Columbia FB1741 Instrumental
Guido Deiro, an Italian-American pianist and accordionist, performing 'Karavan' and 'Kismet' on Columbia's A series. Deiro was a popular recording artist in the early acoustic era (1900s–1920s), known for his dexterity on both instruments.AI summary
Columbia A2931 Instrumental
Hall performing the novelty instrumental numbers 'Eccentric' and 'Three Brass Bells' on Columbia FB1818, likely from the early 1930s.AI summary
Columbia FB1818 Instrumental
Columbia 4740 Instrumental
An educational or demonstrative recording on Columbia titled 'Instruments of the Orchestra', with separate sides featuring violin and piccolo — likely part of a music-education series from the 1920s or 1930s.AI summary
Columbia 3198 Instrumental
Educational release on Columbia demonstrating orchestral instruments by sound—trumpet and bass trombone solos.AI summary
Columbia 3200 Instrumental
Jacob's Trocaderians recorded two novelty pieces for Columbia (2657) in the late 1920s or early 1930s. The ensemble and their repertoire are not clearly identified from the label information.AI summary
Columbia 2657 Instrumental
John Green, an American composer and pianist, on Columbia DB1262 performing a medley from 'Body and Soul' (a standard composed by Johnny Green himself, among others). Green was a celebrated jazz pianist and composer.AI summary
Columbia DB1262 Instrumental
Jollefsen recorded 'Playful Polka' for Columbia (W563-1). No artist or label detail is provided beyond the name; W series suggests early electrical era Columbia.AI summary
Columbia W563-1 Instrumental
Josef Hofmann, one of the supreme pianists of the early twentieth century, performing a Valse brillante and Berceuse on Columbia L1392 — a 12-inch pressing. Hofmann's recordings are seriously collected by devotees of historical piano playing.AI summary
Columbia L1392 Instrumental
Josef Hofmann, one of the supreme pianists of the early twentieth century, performing Mendelssohn's 'Spring Song' and Schumann's 'Warum?' on Columbia D9701. Hofmann's recordings are seriously collected by devotees of historical piano playing; this is the same disc as id 21572 in this collection.AI summary
Columbia D9701 Instrumental
Josef Hofmann, one of the supreme pianists of the early twentieth century, performing Schubert's 'Erlkönig' (in piano transcription) and Rachmaninoff's Prelude in G Minor on Columbia L1416 — a 12-inch pressing. Hofmann's recordings are seriously collected by devotees of historical piano playing.AI summary
Columbia L1416 Instrumental
Josef Hofmann performing Rachmaninoff's Prelude in C Sharp Minor and Schubert's Marche Militaire on Columbia catalogue 258 — an extremely low catalogue number suggesting one of the very earliest Columbia pressings. A Columbia catalogue number as low as 258 is characteristic of the very first years of the label's operation and warrants close examination.AI summary
Columbia 258 Instrumental
Josef Hofmann, one of the supreme pianists of the early twentieth century, performing Liszt's 'Liebesträume' and Chopin's Waltz in E Minor on Columbia L1082 — a 12-inch pressing. Hofmann's recordings are seriously collected by devotees of historical piano playing.AI summary
Columbia L1082 Instrumental
Josef Hofmann, one of the supreme pianists of the early twentieth century, performing Rachmaninoff's Prelude in C Sharp Minor and Chopin's Polonaise in A Major on Columbia L1092 — a 12-inch pressing. Hofmann's recordings are seriously collected by devotees of historical piano playing.AI summary
Columbia L1092 Instrumental
Josef Hofmann, one of the supreme pianists of the early twentieth century, performing Liszt's 'Liebesträume' and Chopin's Waltz in E Minor on Columbia L1082 — a 12-inch pressing. This is a duplicate of id 17575 in this collection; both copies should be compared for condition before sale.AI summary
Columbia L1082 Instrumental
Josef Hofmann performing Rachmaninoff's Prelude in C Sharp Minor and Chopin's Polonaise in A Major on Columbia L1092 — a duplicate of id 17576 in this collection. Both copies should be compared for condition before sale.AI summary
Columbia L1092 Instrumental
Josef Hofmann was one of the supreme pianists of the early twentieth century, a Polish-born prodigy who became a defining figure of the golden age of piano playing. This Columbia disc, catalogue D9701, contains Mendelssohn's 'Spring Song' and Schumann's 'Warum?' — two of the most characteristic salon pieces in the piano repertoire. Hofmann's recordings are seriously collected by devotees of historical piano playing.AI summary
Columbia D9701 Instrumental
Jules Levy was a prominent cornet soloist and bandmaster of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, celebrated for his virtuoso performances and band recordings. This Columbia side documents his instrumental work from the acoustic era. Columbia 918 is an early catalogue number.AI summary
Columbia 918 Instrumental
Julio Martínez Oyanguren performing Spanish guitar pieces on Columbia's prestigious DB series, which carried orchestral and classical recordings.AI summary
Columbia DB1754 Instrumental
Larry Adler, the great virtuoso harmonica player, recorded for Columbia. Adler was an internationally celebrated musician and remains actively collected; this side dates from the 1940s–1950s.AI summary
Columbia DB1490 Instrumental
Larry Adler (1914–2001) was the world's most celebrated harmonica virtuoso, equally at home in classical transcriptions and popular ballads. This Columbia DB-series pressing of a Genevieve waltz and blues material shows his musical range.AI summary
Columbia DB3327 Instrumental
Larry Adler was the world's most celebrated harmonica virtuoso and a major concert and recording artist from the 1930s onwards. This Columbia DB-series 78 captures two of his characteristic lyrical interpretations, blending popular melody with sophisticated harmonic arrangement.AI summary
Columbia DB3327 Instrumental
Larry Adler, the American harmonica virtuoso, recorded 'A Foggy Day' and 'Remember Me' for Columbia. These instrumentals showcase his refined playing on popular song melodies.AI summary
Columbia FB1886 Instrumental
Leon Goossens, the celebrated British oboist, performed with a piano accompanist (credited as 'Simple Aveu'), recorded for Columbia. Goossens was one of the finest oboists of the mid-20th century and recorded extensively.AI summary
Columbia DB600 Instrumental
Leff Pouishnoff, a pianist, on Columbia 4830 with 'Moment Musicale' and 'Tango', from Columbia's early numerical catalogue.AI summary
Columbia 4830 Instrumental
Len Fillis performing 'Suite Strings' and 'Tamin' the Tenor' on Columbia 4161, a light instrumental recording.AI summary
Columbia 4161 Instrumental
Len Fillis Entertainers on Columbia, light novelty songs of the late 1920s.AI summary
Columbia 5328 Instrumental
Leo Ornstein was a Russian-born American pianist and composer, a radical modernist figure whose early performances of dissonant music caused a sensation in the 1910s. This Columbia disc, catalogue 2449, contains his 'Etude on Black Keys' and a Chopin Impromptu. Ornstein's recordings are uncommon and of interest to collectors of early twentieth-century piano music.AI summary
Columbia 2449 Instrumental
Leo Strokoff recorded 'Minuet' and 'Gavotte' for Columbia, apparently a violinist or pianist performing salon pieces. The artist is not otherwise documented.AI summary
Columbia 2577 Instrumental
Liberace on Columbia DB3834, performing 'I Don't Care' and 'As Time Goes By'. Liberace was an American pianist and entertainer of enormous popularity in the 1950s, known for virtuosic playing and flamboyant showmanship.AI summary
Columbia DB3834 Instrumental
London Radio on Columbia 4556, performing two instrumental dance pieces from the mid-1920s.AI summary
Columbia 4556 Instrumental
Lorenzi on Columbia FB1406 with novelty instrumental items 'Celebratin'' and 'The Whistling Waltz'; an unidentified performer on Columbia's budget FB series.AI summary
Columbia FB1406 Instrumental
Mackey recorded 'Dog on the Piano' and 'Araby' for Columbia, catalogue 3822, in the mid-1920s.AI summary
Columbia 3822 Instrumental
Mackey performs two instrumental pieces, 'Night' and 'Mignonette', on Columbia British 3911, from the early 1920s.AI summary
Columbia 3911 Instrumental
Marimbaphone Band performing 'At the Cotton Pickers' Ball' and a novelty piece on Columbia 2909, a British dance recording from the 1920s.AI summary
Columbia 2909 Instrumental
Mario Harp Lorenzi recorded 'Le Cygne' (Saint-Saëns' 'The Swan') and 'Rendezvous' for Columbia, offering harp performances of salon-classical repertoire; a specialist instrumentalist.AI summary
Columbia FB1994 Instrumental
Mario Lorenzi on Columbia, recorded for the company's FB (12-inch) series; these instrumental pieces exploit the harp's timbre in the interwar period.AI summary
Columbia FB1916 Instrumental
Matt Malneck with C Gibbons recorded 'On the Air' and 'Till Tomorrow' for Columbia; Malneck was an accomplished violinist and composer of the 1930s–40s.AI summary
Columbia DB1001 Instrumental