95 shellac records · mostly British pressings, 1900s–1950s
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Albert Wynn, a Chicago jazz trombonist, with 'She's Crying for Me' from 1928, backed by Jimmy Wade's band playing 'Gates Blues', on British Vocalion.AI summary
Vocalion V1029 Jazz
Alex Hill, the pianist and arranger, with 'Let's Have a Jubilee' from 1934, coupled with 'Swingin' for the King' by Haynes, in British Vocalion's Swing Series.AI summary
Vocalion S70 Jazz
Artie Shaw and his New Music play 'The Blues' in two parts on American Vocalion.AI summary
Vocalion 4401 Jazz
Artie Shaw with 'Same Old Line' and 'Thou Swell' in British Vocalion's Swing Series.AI summary
Vocalion S54 Jazz
Artie Shaw, clarinet virtuoso and bandleader of the swing era. Vocalion S131 ('Fee Fi Fo Fum' and 'Sweet Adeline') is from a scarce series.AI summary
Vocalion S131 Jazz
Artie Shaw with 'Free for All' and 'Monsoon' in British Vocalion's Swing Series.AI summary
Vocalion S140 Jazz
Artie Shaw's The Blues in two parts on Vocalion S124, a UK issue of one of the clarinettist's early recordings.AI summary
Vocalion S124 Jazz
Artie Shaw with 'Copenhagen', and Mildred Bailey singing 'Trust in Me' on the reverse, in British Vocalion's Swing Series.AI summary
Vocalion S67 Jazz
B Jones and E Hare for Vocalion, performing the jazz novelties 'How She Loves Me Is Nobody's Business' and 'Flamin' Mamie'. Both are unrecognised jazz performers.AI summary
Vocalion X9772 Jazz
The Beale Street Washboard Band with 'Forty and Tight' and 'Piggly Wiggly' from 1929 on British Vocalion.AI summary
Vocalion V1016 Jazz
Benny Carter, one of the greatest jazz musicians, an alto saxophonist, composer, arranger and bandleader. Vocalion S58 ('There's a Small Hotel' and 'Gin and Jive') is from a scarce series.AI summary
Vocalion S58 Jazz
Benny Carter, alto saxophonist and swing arranger, with 'New Street Swing' and 'I'll Never Give In' on Vocalion.AI summary
Vocalion C13 Jazz
Benny Carter, saxophone virtuoso and composer. Vocalion S5 ('These Foolish Things' and 'Swingin' the Blues') is from a scarce series.AI summary
Vocalion S5 Jazz
Benny Carter, saxophonist, arranger and bandleader central to the swing era, on a UK Vocalion "S" series issue of two of his 1930s sides, "Just a Mood" and "When Day Is Done".AI summary
Vocalion S11 Jazz
Benny Carter, alto saxophonist and one of the great swing arrangers, with 'There'll Be Some Changes Made' and 'Royal Garden Blues' in British Vocalion's Swing Series.AI summary
Vocalion S46 Jazz
Benny Carter, alto saxophonist and swing arranger, with 'Big Ben Blues' and 'I've Got Two Lips' in British Vocalion's Swing Series, from his years in Europe in the mid-1930s.AI summary
Vocalion S7 Jazz
Benny Goodman with 'Solitude' and 'I'm Getting Sentimental Over You' in British Vocalion's Swing Series.AI summary
Vocalion S187 Jazz
Billie Holiday is among the most significant jazz vocalists of the century; this UK Vocalion pressing carries two of her classic 1930s recordings, 'A Fine Romance' and 'Billie's Blues'.AI summary
Vocalion S38 Jazz
Billy Banks was a Jamaican-born swing vocalist. Vocalion S20 ('Yellow Dog Blues' and 'Mean Old Bed Bug Blues') is from a scarce series and an uncommon performer.AI summary
Vocalion S20 Jazz
Billy Banks and his Rhythmakers with 'Bald Headed Mama' and 'Who's Sorry Now?' from 1932, sessions celebrated among collectors for their hot, swinging small-band playing, in British Vocalion's Swing Series.AI summary
Vocalion S9 Jazz
Billy Cox and Cliff Hobbs recorded 'Electric Chair blues' and 'Hobo's Lullaby' for Vocalion, catalogue 04924. The title 'Electric Chair blues' is associated with obscure or folk blues material from the American repertoire, and Vocalion was a significant label for blues and race records in the 1920s–30s.AI summary
Vocalion 04924 Jazz
Bobby Hackett, cornet virtuoso and swing musician. Vocalion 5375 records 'Bugle Call Rag' and 'Dardanella'.AI summary
Vocalion 5375 Jazz
Bunk Johnson, the New Orleans trumpeter rediscovered in the 1940s, with 'You Always Hurt the One You Love' and 'Maryland, My Maryland' on British Vocalion.AI summary
Vocalion V1036 Jazz
Bunk Johnson was a New Orleans trumpeter rediscovered in the 1940s and central to the trad-jazz revival; this is a UK Vocalion reissue of his American Music Records sides, part of a small series aimed at British jazz enthusiasts.AI summary
Vocalion V1036 Jazz
Bunny Berigan, the swing trumpeter of 'I Can't Get Started', with 'Big Boy Blue' and 'I'm Gonna Kiss Myself Goodbye' on Vocalion.AI summary
Vocalion 547 Jazz
Bix Beiderbecke's only solo piano recording, his own 'In a Mist', coupled with 'Wringin' an' Twistin'', a 1927 trio with Frankie Trumbauer and Eddie Lang, on Vocalion.AI summary
Vocalion 3150 Jazz
Coleman Hawkins, the greatest jazz tenor saxophonist. Vocalion S222 ('I Know That You Know' and 'Swinging in the Groove') is from a scarce series and a canonical recording.AI summary
Vocalion S222 Jazz
Count Basie's 'Shoeshine Swing' and 'Lady Be Good' are prized early sides from the debut period of his band in the mid-1930s, issued here on UK Vocalion.AI summary
Vocalion S68 Jazz
Dick McDonough, the New York jazz guitarist, with 'Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea' and 'Dardanella' on Vocalion.AI summary
Vocalion C4 Jazz
Dick McDonough, the New York jazz guitarist, with 'Dear Old Southland' and 'Way Down Yonder in New Orleans' on Vocalion.AI summary
Vocalion C0012 Jazz
Don Redman, the pioneering jazz arranger and bandleader, on a UK Vocalion "S" series pressing of two of his 1930s big-band sides.AI summary
Vocalion S10 Jazz
A Vocalion pressing of Duke Ellington's 'In a Jam' and 'Black Out', recorded during his prolific 1930s period.AI summary
Vocalion S31 Jazz
Duke Ellington's 'Shoe Shine Boy' and 'It Was a Sad Night in Harlem' on Vocalion S22. Ellington is canonical; Vocalion S-series recordings are uncommon and actively collected.AI summary
Vocalion S22 Jazz
Duke Ellington's 'Solitude' and 'Show Boat Shuffle' on Vocalion S40. Ellington is canonical; Vocalion S-series recordings are uncommon and actively collected.AI summary
Vocalion S40 Jazz
Duke Ellington's 'It Was a Sad Night in Harlem' and 'Shoe Shine Boy' on Vocalion 22. Ellington is canonical; this early Vocalion pressing is scarce.AI summary
Vocalion 22 Jazz
Duke Ellington's 'Exposition Swing' and 'Yearning for Love' on Vocalion S50. Ellington is canonical; Vocalion S-series recordings are uncommon and sought after.AI summary
Vocalion S50 Jazz
Duke Ellington with 'Love Is Like a Cigarette' and 'Happy as the Day Is Long' in British Vocalion's Swing Series.AI summary
Vocalion S64 Jazz
Edna Hicks recorded early blues and jazz material for Vocalion. This pressing of two blues numbers dates to the late 1920s, when Vocalion was an active American and British concern. The title 'Walking and talking blues' suggests classic blues repertoire.AI summary
Vocalion 14650 Jazz
Erskine Hawkins and his orchestra with I Can't Escape from You and It Will Have to Do Until the Real Thing Comes Along on Vocalion 3280.AI summary
Vocalion 3280 Jazz
'Dicty Blues' and 'Do Doodle Oom' are among Fletcher Henderson's earliest recordings as a bandleader, important documents of the formative big-band jazz sound of the 1920s.AI summary
Vocalion 14654 Jazz
Fletcher Henderson, one of the most important big-band leaders and arrangers, recording 'Christopher Columbus' and 'Blue Lou' on Vocalion 3211.AI summary
Vocalion 3211 Jazz
George Buck recorded 'The Egg' and 'People I Have Never Met' for Vocalion, probably in the early 1930s. Buck was a minor bandleader and recording artist of the swing era.AI summary
Vocalion M1073 Jazz
Harlem Hamfats recording hot swing ('Weed Smokers Dream' and 'Let Your Linen Hang Low') on Vocalion V1005. A classic small-group swing recording of the 1930s.AI summary
Vocalion V1005 Jazz
The Harlem Hot Shots performing 'March Winds and April Showers' and Benny Goodman's 'Solitude' on Vocalion 3, an early small-catalogue issue.AI summary
Vocalion 3 Jazz
Harlequinaders recorded 'Yes She Do' for Vocalion, catalogue 236. Identity and nature of the group are unclear.AI summary
Vocalion 236 Jazz
The Hudson-DeLange Orchestra, co-led by arranger Will Hudson and lyricist Eddie DeLange, plays Hudson's 'Organ Grinder's Swing' and 'You're Not the Kind' on Vocalion.AI summary
Vocalion 508 Jazz
Jelly Roll Morton with 'Fat Meat and Greens' and 'Sweetheart o' Mine' on British Vocalion.AI summary
Vocalion V1019 Jazz
Jimmy Bertrand's Washboard Wizards with 'I'm Goin' Huntin'' and 'If You Want to Be My Sugar Papa', a 1927 Chicago session with Louis Armstrong and Johnny Dodds in the band, on British Vocalion.AI summary
Vocalion V1032 Jazz