2,703 shellac records · mostly British pressings, 1900s–1950s
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Ensemble recording credited to V Essex and H Thornton, featuring four pieces: 'Dear Heart/The Skipper' and a band medley of 'Darkies' Frolic' and 'Choristers Valse', on Encore catalogue 560/585.AI summary
Encore 560/585 Music Hall
V Essex and H Thornton on Enc Records, a British acoustic-era label, with a mixed programme of popular and vocal items.AI summary
Encore 560/585 Music Hall
A Carson recorded for Empire, a small British label, performing 'A Chew of Tobacco & a Little Drink' and a novelty/religious number, likely from the early 1920s or 1930s.AI summary
Empire 5 Music Hall
A Collins on Victor 17126, performing minstrel repertoire—"In Ragtime Land" and "Minstrels No. 21"—from the acoustic 1910s era.AI summary
Victor 17126 Music Hall
A. Collins and A. Campbell performing 'Oh You Beautiful Doll' and 'The Rooster & the Hen' on Zonophone 870.AI summary
Zonophone 870 Music Hall
Alice Delysia, the French actress and revue star who was a fixture of London musical theatre in the 1910s–20s, sings 'If You Could Care' with J Humphries, and H Coffin performs 'With a Hey and a Ho', on Columbia L1268, a 12-inch coupling. Delysia is a recognised name in British musical theatre collecting and her 12-inch Columbia L-series pressings are less common than standard 10-inch format.AI summary
Columbia L1268 Music Hall
A Gilbert on Scala, a small British label, with titles 'I've Only Come Down for the Day' and 'A Member of the Blue Hungarian Band'—likely comic or music-hall material.AI summary
Scala 542 Music Hall
A Leamar and A Reece, British music-hall artists, perform a medley of four popular songs: 'Her Golden Hair', 'Sons of the Sea', 'Are We to Part' (by K Carney) and 'Down the Road' (by G Elen), on His Master's Voice.AI summary
His Master's Voice C2795 Music Hall
A Lonsdale recorded 'Sons of the Sea' and 'Boys in Khaki Boys in Blue' for Best Records 380, a minor British label. Lonsdale is unidentified; the titles suggest patriotic or military songs, likely from the First World War era.AI summary
Best 380 Music Hall
A May on Home Records HomH 727; unrecognised artist and label.AI summary
Hom H727 Music Hall
Lyceum 584 Music Hall
Homochord H662 Music Hall
A Watson on Imperial 908 is unrecognised; the titles suggest Scottish or military popular material from the 1920s–1930s.AI summary
Imperial 908 Music Hall
Ada Jones, the American vaudeville and recording artist famous for her early comedic and sentimental recordings, recorded 'Now I Have to Call Him Father' for Zonophone; Jones was prolific in the acoustic era and her voice is immediately recognisable.AI summary
Zonophone X43188 Music Hall
Ada Reeve was a celebrated Edwardian actress and music-hall performer, known from the 1890s through to television appearances decades later. HMV B523 carries 'Foolish Questions' and 'Father's Little Man', a typical comic-song coupling from the early acoustic era. Reeve is a documented music-hall recording name and her HMV sides have a modest but consistent following.AI summary
His Master's Voice B523 Music Hall
Adam Tomlinson performs 'A Little Bit More' and 'Jingles' on the Jumbo label, catalogue 869. Tomlinson is not a widely recognised recording name in major references; Jumbo was a small early British label and this is an unplaceable minor-label pressing.AI summary
Jumbo 869 Music Hall
A.E. Nickolds performing 'Yankee Grit' and 'Big Guns' on Aco, catalogue 16068. Aco was a small, short-lived British label active in the late 1920s.AI summary
Aco 16068 Music Hall
Albert Chevalier was one of the most beloved of all music-hall performers, famous above all for 'My Old Dutch'. This HMV single-sided disc, catalogue 4-2204, contains 'Wot's the Good of Hanyfink?' — one of his characteristic costermonger songs. Early single-sided HMV pressings of Chevalier are of significant collector interest.AI summary
His Master's Voice 4-2204 Music Hall
Albert Chevalier was a celebrated British music-hall star of the Victorian era, famous for his cockney songs and character work. 'My Old Dutch' is his most famous number, a cockney ballad of 1892. This His Master's Voice D373 pressing is from the early classical/voice series, probably 1920s–1930s, but may be a re-pressing of an earlier acoustic recording.AI summary
His Master's Voice D373 Music Hall
Albert Chevalier, the celebrated Victorian and Edwardian music-hall artist, recorded 'Our Little Nipper' on His Master's Voice 02351 in the acoustic era. Chevalier was one of the first major entertainers to record extensively.AI summary
His Master's Voice 02351 Music Hall
Albert Chevalier, the legendary British music hall star of the late nineteenth century, recorded 'E Can't Take a Roise Out of Oi' (a Cockney dialect piece) for His Master's Voice. Chevalier was one of the greatest and most influential performers in music hall history.AI summary
His Master's Voice 02398 Music Hall
Albert Chevalier, the Victorian-era British music-hall star and character comedian, on His Master's Voice 02355: one of his signature monologues in broad Cockney dialect, recorded in the acoustic era (before c. 1925).AI summary
His Master's Voice 02355 Music Hall
Albert Chevalier, the original 'Costermonger Laureate' of the London music halls, recorded his most famous songs for His Master's Voice; a defining voice of Victorian-Edwardian Britain.AI summary
His Master's Voice D373 Music Hall
Albert Chevalier singing 'Future Mrs. Hawkins' on GCo 02361. Chevalier was a celebrated British music hall singer and actor of the late Victorian and Edwardian era, known for his cockney character songs.AI summary
GCo 02361 Music Hall
Albert Chevalier, the legendary British music-hall performer, recorded the Cockney character song 'He Can't Take a Rosie Out of Oi' for His Master's Voice; this is a rare acoustic-era recording of a Victorian-era star.AI summary
His Master's Voice D374 Music Hall
Albert Richardson, a music hall performer, recorded 'Old Sow' and 'Buttercup Joe' for Zonophone, a British label active from the 1900s through the 1920s. These comic novelty titles are typical of early British variety entertainment.AI summary
Zonophone 5178 Music Hall
Albert Whelan, the celebrated British whistler and music hall star, recorded these two songs for the Imperial label, catalogue 2290, in the 1910s or early 1920s.AI summary
Imperial 2290 Music Hall
Imperial 2313 Music Hall
Albert Whelan was a pioneering Australian-born whistler and entertainer who had a long recording career from the 1910s onwards. Imperial 2453 captures him in the interwar era performing novelty material.AI summary
Imperial 2453 Music Hall
Albert Whelan, a celebrated music-hall comedian and whistler, recorded for Diamond; 'Preacher and the Bear' and 'Let Us Waltz' represent his novelty and comic work.AI summary
Diamond 379 Music Hall
Albert Whelan, the Australian-born music hall star, with They All Start Whistling Mary and a second number on Panachord 25275.AI summary
Panachord 25275 Music Hall
Albert Whelan, a British comedian and singer known for character impersonations and dialect comedy, performing two novelty songs on Zonophone. Whelan was a prolific recording artist in the music-hall tradition of the 1910s-1920s.AI summary
Zonophone 2307 Music Hall
Albert Whelan, a British entertainer and whistler of the early twentieth century, performing 'Phil the Fluter's Ball' and 'Story of a Trombone' on Pathé, likely from the 1910s–20s.AI summary
Pathé 93183 Music Hall
Albert Whelan on His Master's Voice B1474 with two pieces of descriptive music, 'Departure of a Troopship' and 'Wreck of a Troopship'; Whelan was a celebrated character vocalist and recording artist of the early acoustic era.AI summary
His Master's Voice B1474 Music Hall
Albert Whelan, a British whistler and musical comedian of the early 1900s, recorded 'How Do You Do Miss Ragtime' and 'Snooky Ookums' for the Jumbo label, catalogue 1081. Whelan was famous for his whistled numbers and comic material; Jumbo was a small British imprint.AI summary
Jumbo 1081 Music Hall
Albert Whelan, a British performer and whistler, recorded 'My Honolulu Honey Lou' and 'Who are you with Tonight' for Jumbo label.AI summary
Jumbo 277 Music Hall
Albert Whelan was a major music-hall performer and comedian of the Edwardian era, famous for his comic character monologues and whistling. This Jumbo label recording captures his distinctive style. Jumbo was a minor British imprint, and Whelan recordings on small labels are less common than his HMV sides.AI summary
Jumbo 504 Music Hall
Albert Whelan recorded 'Little Red Riding Hood' and 'The Babes in the Wood' for Jumbo, catalogue 904. Albert Whelan was a British whistler and comedian, and these are children's stories or nursery pieces. Jumbo was a cheap British label of the 1920s–30s.AI summary
Jumbo 904 Music Hall
Albert Whelan on Jumbo 991, a British entertainer and monologist on a small British label of the 1920s–30s, performing character dialogue pieces.AI summary
Jumbo 991 Music Hall
Albert Whelan, a British music-hall performer and whistler, recorded 'It's nice to get up in the Morning' and 'King Chanticler' for Jumbo label.AI summary
Jumbo A467 Music Hall
Albert Whelan, a British entertainer, recorded 'Has Anybody Here Seen Kelly' and 'Truly Rural' on National label 429.AI summary
National 429 Music Hall
Albert Whelan, a British music-hall entertainer and whistler, recorded for His Master's Voice; this is a nursery-themed story disc from the 1920s.AI summary
His Master's Voice B1430 Music Hall
Albert Whelan, a celebrated British music hall entertainer and whistler, recorded 'Departure of a Troopship' and 'Wreck of a Troopship' for His Master's Voice, likely documenting topical events with his distinctive whistled narration.AI summary
His Master's Voice B1474 Music Hall
Albert Whelan, a British music-hall entertainer and composer, on His Master's Voice B1428 with the comic songs 'Teddy in a Doll's Head' and 'Wrecked'. Whelan was a fixture of Edwardian and inter-war British variety.AI summary
His Master's Voice B1428 Music Hall
Albert Whelan, a British music-hall monologue and character artiste, recorded for Broadcast with a humorous piece in two parts.AI summary
Broadcast 191 Music Hall
Albert Whelan, a British music-hall character artiste, recorded for Broadcast with an amusing interlude in two parts.AI summary
Broadcast 300 Music Hall
Albert Whelan on Diamond Records 379, performing two light novelty songs. Whelan was a British variety and vaudeville performer of the Edwardian and 1920s era.AI summary
Diamond 379 Music Hall
Albert Whelan, a British entertainer and whistler popular in the 1910s-20s, performing novelty or descriptive pieces on Columbia's early numbered series.AI summary
Columbia 1518 Music Hall