394 shellac records · mostly British pressings, 1900s–1950s
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Jack Pleasants on Zonophone, catalogue 1606, performing comic songs 'It's been a nice Day today' and 'I must have my little Joke'. Pleasants appears to be a comedy vocalist on Zonophone in the late 1920s.AI summary
Zonophone 1606 Music Hall
Jack Pleasants on Zonophone 1846 performing two comic or music-hall numbers from the early 20th century. Pleasants was an English music-hall entertainer; the catalogue number suggests a recording from around 1910–1915.AI summary
Zonophone 1846 Music Hall
Jack Pleasants singing 'I've Got to Go Home Looking Well' and 'I Love Lizzie' on Zonophone 1768. Pleasants is not a known artist; the songs suggest music-hall repertoire.AI summary
Zonophone 1768 Music Hall
Jack Pleasants recorded 'She makes me walk in Ragtime' and 'I want to be pally with everyone' for Zonophone, a subsidiary of the Gramophone Company active in the early 1900s.AI summary
Zonophone 1103 Music Hall
Zonophone 1119 Music Hall
Jack Pleasants, a British entertainer, recorded for Zonophone; novelty or comic songs 'One Little Two Little' and 'I Didn't Want to Do It'.AI summary
Zonophone 1299 Music Hall
Jack Pleasants, a British vocal entertainer, recorded for Zonophone; 'I'm Going Away to be a Soldier' and 'Cuckoo' represent popular song and novelty material from the acoustic or early electric era.AI summary
Zonophone 1418 Music Hall
Jack Pleasants recorded 'At ten o'clock at night' and 'Why do they call me Archibald' for Zonophone, catalogue 1469. Pleasants was a music hall entertainer active in the 1920s–30s.AI summary
Zonophone 1469 Music Hall
Zonophone 1507 Music Hall
Jack Pleasants, a British music hall comedian and character singer, recorded two comic songs on Zonophone in what is likely a later issue. Pleasants was a prolific recording artist of the 1920s–1930s.AI summary
Zonophone 1846 Music Hall
Jack Pleasants recorded 'Where do Flies go in the Wintertime?' and 'John you're in the Way' for Zonophone, catalogue 1970. A comic vocalist, Pleasants made novelty recordings for Zonophone in the early twentieth century.AI summary
Zonophone 1970 Music Hall
Jack Pleasants performing two comic songs on Zonophone, catalogue 2197. Both titles suggest music-hall or vaudeville material from the early twentieth century.AI summary
Zonophone 2197 Music Hall
Jack Pleasants performs 'Long Years Ago' and 'My New Hat' on Zonophone. Pleasants was a minor British variety singer of the early 20th century, now largely forgotten.AI summary
Zonophone 1565 Music Hall
Jack Pleasants recorded 'Meet me' and 'Drown your Sorrows when the Band plays' for Zonophone, catalogue 2245. Pleasants was a music hall entertainer active in the 1920s–30s.AI summary
Zonophone 2245 Music Hall
Jack Pleasants recorded novelty and music-hall material for Zonophone in the early 1920s; these comic vocal numbers were typical of postwar British popular entertainment.AI summary
Zonophone 1970 Music Hall
Jack Pleasants recorded comic and novelty songs for Zonophone in the early 1920s; 'She Would' and 'They Can't Find Me' are likely music-hall or novelty material.AI summary
Zonophone 1788 Music Hall
Jack Pleasants performing novelty comedy numbers 'I'm a Dadda' and 'Norman the Mormon' on Zonophone. Pleasants is otherwise obscure; this appears to be a music-hall novelty recording from the early twentieth century.AI summary
Zonophone 1922 Music Hall
J C Scatter performs 'The Orange Lass' on Zonophone 42866. The 42000-series Zonophone number is a Continental or export series rather than the standard British domestic series; Scatter was a Tyneside dialect comedian and this is a companion to his other pressings in this collection.AI summary
Zonophone 42866 Music Hall
Jen Latona performs 'I Want to Be in Dixie' and 'Gee But I Like Music with My Meals' on Zonophone 961 — a third copy of this same pressing in this collection alongside IDs 18563 and 17109. One copy is worth retaining; the others are straightforward duplicates.AI summary
Zonophone 961 Music Hall
Jen Latona recorded two Scots-flavoured comic songs on Zonophone 822: 'Maggie McLaren' and 'Keep on swinging me Charlie'.AI summary
Zonophone 822 Music Hall
Jen Latona performs 'I Want to Be in Dixie' and 'Gee But I Like Music with My Meals' on Zonophone 961 — a duplicate of the two other copies of this same pressing in this collection. One copy is worth keeping; the others are straightforward duplicates of a standard early acoustic Zonophone.AI summary
Zonophone 961 Music Hall
Jen Latona performs 'Ragging the Baby to Sleep' and 'Yiddisher Luck and Irisha Love' on Zonophone 1009, an early acoustic pressing. The Yiddish-Irish topical coupling is an unusual period document; the Zonophone 1009 number places this in the early acoustic era.AI summary
Zonophone 1009 Music Hall
Jen Latona on Zonophone 1096 — 'Hark It Is the Thunderman' and 'Your Daddy Did the Same Thing 50 Years Ago.' Zonophone catalogue number 1096 is a very low number for the label, placing this among its earliest pressings, likely before 1905. Latona is not a widely traced name, but the early Zonophone series is actively collected.AI summary
Zonophone 1096 Music Hall
Jen Latona — a Scottish or Irish comic singer active in the Edwardian era — performs 'Rum Tum Tiddle' and 'Why Do You Keep Laughing at Me?' on Zonophone 896, a very early Zonophone pressing in the low-800s series. The 896 number places this among the earliest British Zonophone pressings, probably around 1904–1907.AI summary
Zonophone 896 Music Hall
Jen Latona performs 'I Want to Be in Dixie' and 'Gee But I Like Music with My Meals' on Zonophone 961, an early acoustic pressing. This is one of three copies of this same disc in the collection; the Zonophone 961 number places it in the early British acoustic era.AI summary
Zonophone 961 Music Hall
Jock Lorimer, a Scottish comedian and singer, in two comic Highland songs on Zonophone, the British budget label of the 1920s–30s.AI summary
Zonophone 551 Music Hall
Zonophone 2-42061 Music Hall
Joe Elvin recorded 'Over the Sticks' and 'Running to Orders' for Zonophone; songs about horse racing, likely from the 1920s or early 1930s.AI summary
Zonophone 794 Music Hall
Joe Elvin performing 'Life's little troubles' and 'Sunny seaside' on Zonophone 730, likely a British music-hall or comic song recording from the 1920s–1930s.AI summary
Zonophone 730 Music Hall
Joe Hayman, a popular music hall comedian of the early 1900s, performing his 'Cohen' character sketches on Zonophone 5239. Hayman was known for rapid-fire comic monologues in Jewish and Irish dialects, recorded extensively in the acoustic era.AI summary
Zonophone 5239 Music Hall
Joe Townson performing 'Salome' and 'A to Z' on Zonophone, a British imprint owned by the Gramophone Company; Zonophone catalogue 101 suggests a very early pressing, likely 1900–1905.AI summary
Zonophone 101 Music Hall
Leonard Henry, a British music hall comedian and recording artist of the early acoustic era, performing a comic novelty and a classic instrumental on Zonophone. Henry was known for his comic vocals and sound effects, and his recordings from the 1920s–early 1930s are scarce.AI summary
Zonophone 6227 Music Hall
Leonard Henry performing 'Dance of the Cuckoos' (the theme from the Laurel and Hardy comedies) and 'He's dead but he won't lie down' on Zonophone. Henry was a British comedian and recording artist of the 1920s-30s.AI summary
Zonophone 6227 Music Hall
Maidie Scott sings 'Johnny Morgan's Sister' and 'At Nine O'Clock He Got the Sack' on Zonophone 855, another very early Zonophone coupling from the same low-800s series as the Zon 821 in this collection. The 855 number confirms this as an extremely early acoustic pressing, almost certainly pre-1907.AI summary
Zonophone 855 Music Hall
Maidie Scott, a Scottish music-hall and variety performer popular in the Edwardian era, sings 'If the Wind Had Only Blown the Other Way' and 'Father's Got a Job' on Zonophone 981. The Zonophone 900s series is an early British pressing, likely dating from around 1905–1908; Scott had a loyal Scottish following and her records appear in music-hall collections.AI summary
Zonophone 981 Music Hall
Maidie Scott, the Scottish variety performer popular in the Edwardian era, sings 'Mother Is the Leader of Society' and 'If the Managers Only Thought the Same as Mother' on Zonophone 821. The 800-series Zonophone number is among the earliest British Zonophone pressings, placing this around 1904–1907; Scott's early Zonophone recordings are uncommon.AI summary
Zonophone 821 Music Hall
Maidie Scott was a Scottish music-hall comedienne and singer who recorded prolifically for Zonophone in the Edwardian period. Zonophone 855 is a low catalogue number placing this among her earliest sides, probably pressed around 1903–1906. Scott had a loyal following in the halls for character songs of exactly this type, and early Zonophone issues on the single-sided format are becoming harder to find in playable condition.AI summary
Zonophone 855 Music Hall
Mark Sheridan performing 'They All Come Out in the Summertime' on Zonophone catalogue 42371. The 42000-series Zonophone is an acoustic-era catalogue; Sheridan sides in this series are moderately uncommon.AI summary
Zonophone 42371 Music Hall
Mark Sheridan on Zonophone 2-42021 — 'You Don't Know You're Alive' — is a single-sided acoustic pressing from HMV's cheaper Zonophone subsidiary, likely from around 1905–1912. Sheridan's Zonophone sides are more common than his rarer imprint recordings but still attract music-hall collectors.AI summary
Zonophone 2-42021 Music Hall
Mark Sheridan on Zonophone catalogue 585 — a low catalogue number suggesting an early pressing — with 'By the Sea' and Williams's 'Let's Go Where the Crowd Goes'. Early Sheridan Zonophone recordings at low catalogue numbers are more uncommon than his later Odeon or Regal material.AI summary
Zonophone 585 Music Hall
Mark Sheridan on Zonophone catalogue 592 — a low catalogue number suggesting an early pressing. Sheridan's early Zonophone recordings are more uncommon than his later Odeon or Regal material; a catalogue number this low on Zonophone is characteristic of an early acoustic-era pressing.AI summary
Zonophone 592 Music Hall
Mark Sheridan on Zonophone catalogue 619 — a low catalogue number suggesting an early pressing. As with the Zon592 disc in this collection, early Sheridan Zonophone pressings at low catalogue numbers are more uncommon than his later Odeon and Regal recordings.AI summary
Zonophone 619 Music Hall
Mark Sheridan, the Edwardian music-hall comedian best known for 'I Do Like to Be Beside the Seaside', on Zonophone catalogue 727 — a low catalogue number suggesting an early pressing. Sheridan's Zonophone recordings at low catalogue numbers are earlier than his later Odeon material and more uncommon.AI summary
Zonophone 727 Music Hall
Mark Sheridan, the Edwardian music-hall comedian best known for 'I Do Like to Be Beside the Seaside', on Zonophone catalogue 752 — a low number suggesting an early pressing. Sheridan's early Zonophone recordings are more uncommon than his later Odeon material and worth checking against known discographies.AI summary
Zonophone 752 Music Hall
Mark Sheridan on Zonophone catalogue 811 — a low catalogue number suggesting an early pressing — with 'I Wanted a Wife' and Fay's 'I'm a Devil When I'm Annoyed'. Early Sheridan Zonophone recordings at low catalogue numbers are more uncommon than his later Odeon or Regal material.AI summary
Zonophone 811 Music Hall
Mark Sheridan, a British music-hall star and comic singer of the Edwardian era, on "They All Come Out in the Summertime" for Zonophone 42371. Sheridan was famous for his comic monologues and novelty songs and remains a key figure in the history of British variety.AI summary
Zonophone 42371 Music Hall
Merry Andrew on Zonophone, a performer or comic act on a British label, performing novelty and music-hall material.AI summary
Zonophone 1459 Music Hall
Murray & Fay recorded 'Night that O'Rafferty's Pig ran away' and 'Oh that Baby o' mine' for Zonophone, catalogue 2050, from the early 1920s or earlier.AI summary
Zonophone 2050 Music Hall