153 shellac records · mostly British pressings, 1900s–1950s
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Miss Ninja Victor Tobing, credited on a Columbia GJ (colonial or Eastern) series disc, performing Indonesian or tropical music, likely 1930s.AI summary
Columbia GJ352 Instrumental
P. Green Gob Music performing 'Sadie's Shawl' and 'March Hare' on Columbia DB3796.AI summary
Columbia DB3796 Instrumental
P. Green Gob Music performing 'Sadie's Shawl' and 'March Hare' on Columbia DB3796.AI summary
Columbia DB3796 Instrumental
Columbia 7255 Instrumental
Percival Mackey at the piano on Columbia 3230, performing 'My Pet' and 'Greenwich Witch', likely light piano pieces or novelty numbers from the early 1920s.AI summary
Columbia 3230 Instrumental
Percy Grainger performing Chopin's Scherzo Op. 31 No. 2 across two sides on Columbia catalogue 2025M. Grainger was a distinctive and accomplished pianist; Columbia pressings of his Chopin playing are of moderate collector interest.AI summary
Columbia 2025M Instrumental
Percy Grainger performing his own fantasy on Strauss's Der Rosenkavalier across two sides on Columbia DB28. The DB-series Columbia is a 12-inch pressing series; Grainger's own fantasy arrangement of the Rosenkavalier waltzes is a distinctive and characteristic piece of his piano writing, and a Columbia DB-series pressing is moderately uncommon.AI summary
Columbia DB28 Instrumental
Percy Grainger performing Liszt's Hungarian Fantasy across two sides on Columbia A6115. Grainger was a distinctive and accomplished pianist as well as a composer; the A-series Columbia suggests an American-market pressing of his piano work.AI summary
Columbia A6115 Instrumental
Percy Grainger performing Chopin's Polonaise in E Major across two sides on Columbia A6205. Grainger was a distinctive and accomplished pianist; Columbia A-series pressings of his Chopin playing are of moderate collector interest.AI summary
Columbia A6205 Instrumental
Percy Grainger performing Liszt's Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 on Columbia L1302, a 12-inch pressing. Grainger was a distinctive and technically accomplished pianist as well as a composer; his Columbia piano recordings are collected by enthusiasts of early keyboard playing. A 12-inch Grainger Columbia pressing is moderately uncommon.AI summary
Columbia L1302 Instrumental
Percy Grainger performing Chopin's Polonaise in A Flat Major and Prelude in A Flat on Columbia L1352 — a 12-inch pressing. Grainger was a distinctive and accomplished pianist; Columbia L-series 12-inch pressings of his Chopin playing are moderately uncommon.AI summary
Columbia L1352 Instrumental
Percy Grainger performing Liszt's Hungarian Fantasy on Columbia L1368, a 12-inch pressing. Grainger was a distinctive and accomplished pianist as well as a composer; his Columbia piano recordings are collected by enthusiasts of early keyboard playing.AI summary
Columbia L1368 Instrumental
Percy Grainger performing Liszt's Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 on Columbia L1302 — a duplicate of id 15084 in this collection. Both copies should be compared for condition before sale.AI summary
Columbia L1302 Instrumental
Prof Kriesman's readings of 'Ave Maria' and 'Reverie' on Columbia IS 1318, a British pressing from the 1920s or early 1930s.AI summary
Columbia is1318 Instrumental
A ukulele novelty credited to Ralton on Columbia, performing "Tune Up the Uke" and "Could I? I Certainly Could".AI summary
Columbia 4041 Instrumental
Raymond Scott was an American composer and bandleader known for avant-garde novelty pieces; this Columbia recording pairs two of his most celebrated orchestral comedies, 'Reckless Night on Board an Ocean Liner' and 'Dinner Music for a Pack of Hungry Cannibals'.AI summary
Columbia 36258 Instrumental
Reginald Foort, a noted theatre organist of the 1920s and 1930s, recorded 'Whistling in the Dark' and 'Thrill Me' for Columbia DB612.AI summary
Columbia DB612 Instrumental
Harry Reser recorded 'Say It Again' and Lanin's 'Goodnight' for Columbia, instrumental novelty work of the 1920s.AI summary
Columbia 3962 Instrumental
Reser recorded novelty piano numbers for Columbia in the early 1920s.AI summary
Columbia 4380 Instrumental
Harry Reser, an American ukulele and banjo soloist and popular dance-recording artist, recorded 'Ukulele Lady' and 'Yes Sir That's My Baby' (with the Brigode orchestra) for Columbia in the mid-1920s.AI summary
Columbia 3730 Instrumental
Harry Reser, an American banjo and ukulele soloist, recorded 'Craving' and 'When Eyes of Blue Are Fooling You' for Columbia in the mid-1920s; Reser was a popular dance and novelty recording artist of the period.AI summary
Columbia 3755 Instrumental
Reser (likely Harry Reser, an American banjo virtuoso) performing 'I'd rather be alone' and 'Rhythm of the Day' (credited to Gorman) on Columbia 3958.AI summary
Columbia 3958 Instrumental
Reser, recorded 'Somebody's Lonely' and 'Lonesome and Sorry' for Columbia 4023 in the early 1920s, likely a dance ensemble or solo pianist.AI summary
Columbia 4023 Instrumental
Rudolf Friml, the celebrated operetta composer and pianist, performs two of his own songs—'Song of the Vagabonds' and 'Only a Rose'—on this Columbia electrical recording from the late 1920s.AI summary
Columbia 4377 Instrumental
Rudy Starita was a virtuoso xylophonist, and this Columbia recording features his playing on 'Dance of the Raindrops' and 'Punch and Judy Show', typical novelty numbers for the instrument. The DB series places it in the late 1920s or early 1930s.AI summary
Columbia DB90 Instrumental
Szymon Goldberg — one of the most distinguished violinists of the twentieth century, concertmaster of the Berlin Philharmonic — and Paul Hindemith performing Mozart's Duet in B Flat Major on Columbia LX292. Hindemith was both a major composer and a skilled viola player; a disc of Mozart with Goldberg and Hindemith is a primary document of chamber music performance and of exceptional collector interest.AI summary
Columbia LX292 Instrumental
Sandy MacPherson was a celebrated organist who broadcast regularly on BBC Radio. These Columbia pressings from the mid-1930s capture the light instrumental pieces he was famous for, recorded at atmospheric London locations.AI summary
Columbia FB2894 Instrumental
Sascha Jacobsen performs two melodic instrumental songs on Columbia A2753: "Dear Old Pal of Mine" and the Herbert operetta air "Serenade," likely from the 1920s. Jacobsen was a known instrumental soloist of that era; early Columbia A-series pressings are uncommon.AI summary
Columbia A2753 Instrumental
Sascha Jacobsen, violinist, performs two popular songs on Columbia A-series, a major British label's early electrical-era catalogue.AI summary
Columbia A2912 Instrumental
Scott Wood was a British guitarist and entertainer; this Columbia FB1325 pressing is from a selection or compilation relating to the British film 'She Shall Have Music' from 1935.AI summary
Columbia FB1325 Instrumental
Scott Wood recorded 'Hot Pie' for Columbia, catalogue FB1503—part of Columbia's mid-price 'Floating Label' series. Wood was a Scottish accordionist and bandleader, popular in variety and film.AI summary
Columbia FB1503 Instrumental
Scott Wood on Columbia FB1520, 'Tiger Rag' and 'Basin Street Blues'; Wood was a British harmonica virtuoso and composer, and these jazz standards showcase his melodic style from the 1940s.AI summary
Columbia FB1520 Instrumental
Scott-Wood was a Scottish musician known for accordion and harmonica; this Columbia DX two-sided set presents a medley from Walt Disney's film catalogue, a popular novelty item of the late 1930s or 1940s.AI summary
Columbia DX666 Instrumental
Sidney Torch, a prolific British organist and composer, recorded "I Want to Be Snappy" for Columbia's FB-series, likely in the 1930s.AI summary
Columbia FB1261 Instrumental
Sidney Torch was a British organist and composer known for light orchestral and cinema-organ music. 'Hotter Than Ever' is typical of his swing-flavoured material from the 1930s–40s. This Columbia DB-series pressing preserves his orchestral style.AI summary
Columbia DB1210 Instrumental
Sidney Torch at the theatre organ playing 'When East Meets West' in two parts on a Columbia FB disc from the 1930s, before he made his name as a conductor and composer of light music.AI summary
Columbia FB1312 Instrumental
Sidney Torch at the theatre organ playing 'Hot Pipes' across both sides of a late-1930s Columbia FB disc, before he moved on to conducting and composing light music.AI summary
Columbia FB1970 Instrumental
Sidney Torch, the cinema organist who went on to become a leading conductor and composer of British light music, plays 'Hotter than Ever' across both sides of a Columbia FB disc from his theatre-organ years.AI summary
Columbia FB1158 Instrumental
Silvester recorded two waltzes for Columbia JX-series; the artist is not identified and the catalogue suggests an unusual or special series.AI summary
Columbia JX62 Instrumental
Somers on Columbia YBX48, credited with 'Stealing Thro' the Classics' and 'Ballad Concert Memories' (attributed to Q. MacLean). YBX series context and dating are unclear.AI summary
Columbia YBX48 Instrumental
Somers performing two light instrumental pieces, 'Dance of the Blue Danube' and 'Somewhere down in Brittany', on Columbia 4870, a catalogue number suggesting the early 1920s.AI summary
Columbia 4870 Instrumental
Specht on Columbia 3300 with instrumental dance pieces 'Spanish Moon' and 'Mome Tango' from the early 1930s. Specht is not a recognized name in standard discographies.AI summary
Columbia 3300 Instrumental
Stanelli's 'Hornchestra', a novelty instrumental recorded for Columbia. Stanelli was a Swiss harmonica virtuoso and bandleader active in the 1930s–40s; this side showcases the kind of light-music entertainment that dominated popular radio.AI summary
Columbia FB1328 Instrumental
Stanelli and others performing 'Stanelli's Stag Party' on Columbia's cheap FB series. Stanelli was a British novelty performer and accordeon player.AI summary
Columbia FB1309 Instrumental
Steve Race recorded 'Cavaquinho Samba' and 'Mambo Jambo' for Columbia DB-series. Race was a British pianist and light music composer of the 1950s.AI summary
Columbia DB2746 Instrumental
Toscha Seidel, a celebrated Russian-American violinist, recorded this salon-piano piece on Columbia. Seidel was a concert artist of international standing active in the 1920s–1930s. The Valse Bleue is a concert encore typical of the salon-violin repertoire.AI summary
Columbia 78760 Instrumental
Van Phillips, the noted British light-music composer, with oboist Leon Goossens, performing Phillips's own "Nicolette" and "Salut d'Amour" on Columbia DB1440. Phillips was a major figure in British film and light orchestral music, and this pairing of two elegiac pieces is a rare collaboration with one of the country's finest oboists.AI summary
Columbia DB1440 Instrumental
Vaughan Cornish recorded this extended instrumental piece on Columbia's popular-priced series. The unusual title and two-part structure suggest descriptive or programmatic instrumental music, though the artist is not widely documented.AI summary
Columbia D40073 Instrumental