68 shellac records · mostly British pressings, 1900s–1950s
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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
Alf Willis performing 'Your Old Umbrella' and 'You Ought to See the Water Squirting Out' on Scala, a small British label.AI summary
Scala 261 Music Hall
Arthur Gilbert performing two topical numbers—"My Meatless Day" and "Sugar"—on Scala, a small British label. The titles suggest wartime or period comedy material, but the artist is otherwise unidentified.AI summary
Scala 980 Music Hall
Arthur Peel recorded comic and dialect pieces for Scala, a small British label; 'If tha knows nowt-say nowt' is in Yorkshire dialect, reflecting the music-hall tradition.AI summary
Scala 528 Music Hall
Arthur Wakefield on Scala Records, performing two comic songs: 'Keep your hand on your ninepence' and 'I should like a Girl'. Scala was a small British label of the 1920s.AI summary
Scala 166 Music Hall
Scala 220 Music Hall
Scala 520 Music Hall
Billy Merson, the British music-hall comedian and performer, recorded 'Lighthouse Keeper' and 'Don't Blame Me' on the Scala label, catalogue 520. Merson was a popular variety and revue performer of the 1910s-1920s.AI summary
Scala 520 Music Hall
Billy Merson on Scala 544 — 'Setting the Village on Fire' and 'The Wreck of the Dover Express' — is on a less common British label than his Columbia or HMV output. Scala is a minor British marque; catalogue number 544 is low. The pairing of 'Setting the Village on Fire' with the Dover Express piece suggests wartime or Edwardian topical comedy.AI summary
Scala 544 Music Hall
Billy Merson, a British music-hall comedian and singer, performing two light songs on the Scala label. Merson was a prolific variety recording artist of the 1920s-1930s.AI summary
Scala 520 Music Hall
Billy Whitlock on Scala 635, with wartime novelty material from the First World War era.AI summary
Scala 635 Music Hall
Billy Williams, the prolific British music-hall comedian, performing two comic novelty songs on Scala — 'John Go & Put Your Trousers On' and 'When Father Papered the Parlour' — likely from the 1920s.AI summary
Scala 234 Music Hall
Billy Williams, a British comedic vocalist, recorded for Scala; 'The Land where the Women wear the Trousers' and 'Bobbing about in the Briny' are novelty and comic songs.AI summary
Scala 1272 Music Hall
Billy Williams on Scala 1296, same artist as id 9366. Scala was a small British label of the 1930s; Williams is not documented as a major recording artist.AI summary
Scala 1296 Music Hall
Billy Williams on Scala 1301. Scala was a small British label of the 1930s; Williams is not a major-label artist in surviving discographies.AI summary
Scala 1301 Music Hall
Billy Williams, the British music-hall comedian, in two comic novelty songs on Scala — 'I Never Heard Father Laugh So Much Before' and 'I Wish It Were Sunday Night' — likely from the 1920s–early 1930s.AI summary
Scala 1304 Music Hall
Billy Williams performs 'The Old Armchair' and 'It's a Grand Old Song is Home Sweet Home' on Scala. Both are sentimental domestic songs typical of Williams' Scottish music hall repertoire.AI summary
Scala 1335 Music Hall
Billy Williams performing two comic novelty songs, 'Cock-a-Doodle-Doo' and 'Poodle Dog', on Scala, catalogue 1336. Scala was a budget British label.AI summary
Scala 1336 Music Hall
Billy Williams was a British performer active in the music-hall and comic-song tradition. 'Too-ral-addie' and 'Why do you think I look so gay?' are recorded on Scala 1337, a small British label.AI summary
Scala 1337 Music Hall
Billy Williams, the prolific British comedian and singer, recorded two comic songs on Scala, a small British label. Williams' material was widely recorded across multiple labels and catalogue numbers.AI summary
Scala 1345 Music Hall
Billy Williams, a Scottish music hall singer of the early 20th century, performs 'Boys and Girls' and 'Tickle me Timothy' on Scala, a minor British label of the 1920s–30s.AI summary
Scala 326 Music Hall
Billy Williams, a prolific British music-hall and comic singer, recorded 'Let's All Go Mad' and 'I Don't Care' for Scala, a minor British label, in the 1910s or early 1920s.AI summary
Scala 341 Music Hall
Billy Williams performing two comic songs, 'Willie's Woodbines' and 'Put a Bit of Powder on It Father', on Scala, catalogue 1258. Scala was a budget British label of the 1920s–30s.AI summary
Scala 1258 Music Hall
Billy Williams recorded two comic songs, 'She Does Like a Little Drop of Scotch' and 'St Kilda', on Scala, catalogue 1271. Scala was a budget British label of the 1920s–30s.AI summary
Scala 1271 Music Hall
Billy Williams performs 'Wait Till I'm as Old as Father' and 'Where Does Daddy Go?' on Scala. Both are comic domestic songs typical of Williams' Scottish music hall repertoire.AI summary
Scala 1329 Music Hall
Billy Williams, the prolific British character singer and comedian, recorded two comic songs on Scala, a small British label of the 1920s–1930s. This is one of many label pressings of Williams' most familiar material.AI summary
Scala 533 Music Hall
Billy Williams, a popular British music-hall singer and comedian, performing 'When Mother Backed the Winner of the Derby' and 'They Can All Do As They Like With Me' on Scala Records. Williams was a prolific recording artist in the early 1900s–1920s, known for comic and sentimental songs.AI summary
Scala 643 Music Hall
Billy Williams, the prolific British music hall comedian, on Scala Records with two comic novelty songs; Scala was a budget British label of the 1920s-1930s with smaller pressings than the major houses.AI summary
Scala 699 Music Hall
Billy Williams recorded for Scala, a British imprint of the 1920s–30s; this pressing of 'You're the One' and 'Let's all go mad' continues his comic-song output.AI summary
Scala 232 Music Hall
Billy Williams performing 'Father Papered the Parlour' and 'Save a little One for Me' on Scala 234, a small British label of the 1920s–30s. (A different pairing from Scala 333, same artist.)AI summary
Scala 234 Music Hall
Billy Williams on Scala Records 268: 'Save a Little One for Me' and 'I Must Go Home Tonight' (B. Milton). Williams was a prolific British music-hall performer of the early 1900s–1920s.AI summary
Scala 268 Music Hall
Billy Williams performing 'Save a little One for Me' and 'When Father papered the Parlour' on Scala, a small British label of the 1920s–30s.AI summary
Scala 333 Music Hall
Billy Williams on Scala Records, a British small label, performing novelty and music-hall song of the 1920s–30s era.AI summary
Scala 468 Music Hall
Billy Williams, the prolific British music hall comedian, on Scala Records with two comic novelty songs; another of his many recordings on minor British labels.AI summary
Scala 506 Music Hall
Scala 608 Music Hall
Billy Williams on Scala, this pressing of 'I Shall Have to Ask My Mother' and 'I Don't Know How You Do It' is from his continuing music-hall output.AI summary
Scala 608 Music Hall
Billy Williams on Scala, this pressing of 'Willie's Woodbines' and 'I'll Meet You One Dark Night' continues his music-hall and comic recording output.AI summary
Scala 735 Music Hall
Scala 735 Music Hall
Charles Penrose, a British baritone and comic performer, recorded 'Gay Deceiver' and 'Merry Vicar' for Scala 1639. Penrose was famous for comic and novelty songs; Scala was a small British label.AI summary
Scala 1639 Music Hall
Charles Penrose, the celebrated British comedic singer and music hall star, on Scala Records with two comic novelty songs; Penrose is best remembered for 'The Laughing Policeman', one of the most famous comic recordings of all time.AI summary
Scala 639 Music Hall
Dave Hogan on Scala 7039 with 'I Love Me' and 'Maggie Yes Ma', a novelty piece co-written by Murray and Marks. Scala was a British label of the late 1920s; Hogan is not otherwise identified.AI summary
Scala 7039 Music Hall
Ella Retford on Scala 446 — 'You Made Me Love You' and 'Hold Your Hand Out Naughty Boy.' A further Retford coupling of 'You Made Me Love You,' which also appears on Jumbo 1094 and Columbia is493 in this collection. Scala is a minor British label; having the same title on three different labels in one collection illustrates how widely Retford's repertoire was recorded.AI summary
Scala 446 Music Hall
Ella Retford, the popular Edwardian music-hall performer, on the Scala label, catalogue 503, with 'Sailing Down the Chesapeake Bay' and 'There's One in a Million Like You'. Scala is an obscure imprint; a Retford pressing on this label warrants investigation.AI summary
Scala 503 Music Hall
Ella Retford, the popular Edwardian music-hall performer, on the Scala label, catalogue 652, with 'You're Here and I'm Here' and 'Be Sure He's Irish'. The Scala label is a small and obscure imprint not readily identified in standard references; Retford is a documented artist and a Scala pressing of her material may be genuinely uncommon.AI summary
Scala 652 Music Hall
Ella Retford on Scala 721 — 'Home of the Hun' (with Osmond) and 'When the Clock Strikes 13' — is a wartime topical coupling on Scala, a British label less common than the large majors. Retford is a minor but documented music-hall name, and the patriotic wartime title adds period interest.AI summary
Scala 721 Music Hall
Ella Retford, the popular Edwardian music-hall and revue performer, sings 'I Was a Good Little Girl Till I Met You' and 'We're All North Country Lads and Lasses' on the Scala label, catalogue 731. Scala was a small British label; Retford on Scala is a minor-label pressing of a recognised music-hall name.AI summary
Scala 731 Music Hall
Eric Foster recorded 'Geordie's Holiday' and 'Geordie's Motor Bike' for Scala Records (690), a British label of the 1920s–30s. The titles suggest comic material in the Geordie (northeastern English) dialect.AI summary
Scala 690 Music Hall
Fred and Nina performing 'A Sister to assist 'er' on the Scala label, a British imprint of unclear standing; likely a music-hall duo.AI summary
Scala 543 Music Hall