965 shellac records · mostly British pressings, 1900s–1950s
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J Baxter on the Valse (Val) label, performing two classical/instrumental pieces: 'Broken Melody' and Rubinstein's 'Melody in F'. Valse was a small British label.AI summary
Valkyrie 533 Instrumental
J Black performing instrumental trombone solos on the Invicta label, a small British imprint of the 1920s.AI summary
Invicta 125 Instrumental
J. Moskowitz performing 'Operatic Rag' and 'Panama Pacific Drag' on Victor catalogue 17978. The operatic rag was a short-lived novelty form combining ragtime with operatic melody, popular in the 1910s.AI summary
Victor 17978 Instrumental
J Samuels and L Briers performing 'In and Out' and 'A Fiddlers Contest' on Emer 1063, a novelty or fiddle recording on an obscure British label.AI summary
Emerson 1063 Instrumental
J Shilkret (likely Nathaniel Shilkret or a member of the Shilkret family, prominent orchestra and arrangement personnel of the 1920s–1930s) recorded two popular instrumental pieces on HMV's B-series. The titles suggest light orchestral arrangements.AI summary
His Master's Voice B1894 Instrumental
J Weintraub recorded 'Intermezzo' and 'Le Cygne' (The Swan by Saint-Saëns) on JBull, a minor marque.AI summary
John Bull 11108 Instrumental
A Belgian accordion player recording in French for the Odeon label; little is known of J Willekens or the reach of Odeon's continental catalogue in Britain.AI summary
Odeon 33287 Instrumental
J & W Hatton recorded 'Zampa' (a classical overture by Hérold) and 'Jovial polka' for Melograph, catalogue 40; Melograph was a very early British label and the low catalogue number suggests a pioneering issue from the acoustic era.AI summary
Melograph 40 Instrumental
Jack Charman on Best 313, credited with 'Keep on Swinging Me' and 'Rum tum Tiddle'. Best was a small British label; Charman appears elsewhere in the collection.AI summary
Best 313 Instrumental
Jack Charman performing 'The Ragtime Jockey Man' and 'Hear that Orchestra Rag' on Fam 253, a minor British ragtime-era label.AI summary
Famous 253 Instrumental
Jack Charman recorded 'Oh You Beautiful Doll' and 'Ragtime Violin' for Victor C46, an extremely early catalogue number suggesting a British or American pressing from around 1905 or earlier. This is one of Victor's earliest releases.AI summary
Victor C46 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
Jacques Benavente performing 'Barcarolle' and 'Intermezzo' on the Scala label, catalogue 7007. Scala is a small and obscure British or continental imprint not readily found in standard references; Benavente is also not identifiable from general discographies. An unrecognised artist on an obscure label with a low catalogue number warrants investigation.AI summary
Scala 7007 Instrumental
Jacques Thibaud was one of the most celebrated French violinists of the early twentieth century, a member of the famous Cortot-Thibaud-Casals trio. This HMV DA440 disc contains a Slavonic Dance No. 1 and a 'Sérénité'. Thibaud's recordings are moderately collected by golden-age violin enthusiasts.AI summary
His Master's Voice DA440 Instrumental
James Brown, credited on Zonophone 116, recorded two instrumental pieces: 'Jack's the Lad' and 'Favourite Hornpipe'.AI summary
Zonophone 116 Instrumental
James Levy plays Romance and Fantaisie hongroise on Guardsman 2032.AI summary
Guardsman 2032 Instrumental
James MacPhee, a Scottish performer, recorded the traditional tune 'Deidre's Farewell to Scotland' for the Joint Broadcasting Committee label, catalogue 58.AI summary
Joint Broadcasting Committee 58 Instrumental
Jan August with Jamboree and Rhumba Bells on Oriole CB1211.AI summary
Oriole CB1211 Instrumental
Jan August and the Harmonicats with Bewitched and Blue Prelude on Mercury 5399.AI summary
Mercury 5399 Instrumental
Jan Kubelik, the renowned Czech violinist, performing 'Romanza Andaluza' on His Master's Voice 2-07904, a solo instrumental recording from the early 78 era.AI summary
His Master's Voice 2-07904 Instrumental
Jan Rudenyi on Zonophone 968, performing 'Traumerei' and 'The Wren Polka'. Zonophone was a budget British label active from the 1900s through the 1930s; this pressing likely dates from the 1920s-30s.AI summary
Zonophone 968 Instrumental
Jan Rudenyi recorded 'Annie Laurie' and 'Love's Old Sweet Song' for Silvertone, a budget British label of the 1920s–30s; neither artist nor recording is well documented.AI summary
Silvertone 192 Instrumental
Jas Brown on Zonophone Records with two Scottish reels: 'Stirling Castle and Speed the Plough' and 'Flowers O Edinburgh', likely a bagpipe or fiddle recording.AI summary
Zonophone 845 Instrumental
Jean-Pierre Rampal, the French flautist who did much to revive the instrument as a solo voice, plays Honegger's Danse de la chèvre and Roussel's Andante and Scherzo on Esquire 3-005.AI summary
Esquire 3-005 Instrumental
Vocalion 0244 Instrumental
The Jerry Murad Harmonicats, a 1950s harmonica novelty group, with 'My gal Sal' and 'I love you' on Universal 4.AI summary
Universal 4 Instrumental
Jesse Crawford, organist and one of the biggest organ stars of the 1920s–30s, performs two popular songs of the era on His Master's Voice B5664.AI summary
His Master's Voice B5664 Instrumental
Jesse Crawford, an American organist famous for his theatre-organ improvisations, on Decca. Crawford was enormously popular in the 1920s–1930s but has fallen out of fashion.AI summary
Decca F5221 Instrumental
Jesse Crawford was an American organist of the silent-film and early sound era; this His Master's Voice side features him in two sentimental ballads.AI summary
His Master's Voice B1992 Instrumental
Jock Mills performing Scottish instrumental pieces 'McGregor's Trip to London' and 'McIntosh' on Zonophone 1143. Zonophone was a British label active from the 1900s through the 1920s; Mills cannot be placed with confidence, though these appear to be pipe or fiddle music.AI summary
Zonophone 1143 Instrumental
Johannes Herskind, a Danish musician, recorded these waltzes from *Klokken fra Corneville* (a Danish operetta) on Odeon; the catalogue number suggests a 1920s–1930s pressing.AI summary
Odeon 144253//4 Instrumental
John Barbirolli, who became one of the most celebrated British conductors of the twentieth century, performing here as a cellist — 'The Broken Melody' and the Adagio from Beethoven with a quartet — on Winner catalogue 2148. This is a duplicate of id 20961 in this collection; early Barbirolli cello recordings predate his conducting career and are significant historical documents.AI summary
Winner 2148 Instrumental
John Barbirolli performing 'The Broken Melody' and the Adagio from Beethoven with a quartet on Winner catalogue 2148 — a duplicate of id 19705. Both copies should be compared for condition; early Barbirolli cello recordings are significant historical documents of his playing career before conducting.AI summary
Winner 2148 Instrumental
The John Bull Military Band play two selections from H.M.S. Pinafore on John Bull 63022.AI summary
John Bull 63022 Instrumental
John Duxbury credited on DuxD 3/4, apparently a home or vanity label, with two instrumental pieces.AI summary
Duxbury? D3/4 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
John Watt's Songs from the Films, a collection from animated or film material on Decca. Watt was a British composer and songwriter of light music; this side represents the commercial film-music market of the 1940s–50s.AI summary
Decca F5462 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
The Jolly Orchestra recorded two pieces of African music for Parlophone; 'Agbonmagbe' and 'Esinma Agbaja' are West African titles, likely recorded in the late 1920s or early 1930s.AI summary
Parlophone PO549 Instrumental
Jose Soler Gomez performing two pieces on the JBull label, catalogue 64018 — the same disc as id 21847 in this collection. JBull (John Bull Records) is a small and obscure British imprint; the artist is not widely documented in standard references. Both copies should be compared for condition.AI summary
John Bull 64018 Instrumental
A second copy of the Jose Soler Gomez JBull disc, catalogue 64018 — identical to id 7614 in this collection. Both copies should be compared for condition; the JBull label is obscure and the artist is not widely documented.AI summary
John Bull 64018 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