394 shellac records · mostly British pressings, 1900s–1950s
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Nat Ayer, a composer and performer active in music hall and early musical comedy, recorded 'Since Chumley Came Back from London Town' and 'The Flappers' Parade' for Zonophone 1646. Both titles are character songs from the 1920s.AI summary
Zonophone 1646 Music Hall
Nat Ayer, a British composer and songwriter known for Edwardian musical comedy, recorded 'Come and take me out tonight' and 'He'll tell you where to go' for Zonophone, catalogue 1781. These appear to be from his own compositions or associated stage works.AI summary
Zonophone 1781 Music Hall
Nat Ayer was a celebrated British composer and songwriter of the Edwardian era, prolific for the musical theatre. This Zonophone recording captures two of his theatrical numbers from the early 1910s.AI summary
Zonophone 1566 Music Hall
Olly Oakley on Zonophone, performing character or novelty material; the catalogue number is low, suggesting a recording from the 1910s-20s.AI summary
Zonophone 1174 Music Hall
Zonophone 232 Music Hall
Sam Mayo performing two comic and sentimental songs on Zonophone 2233, a small-label British pressing from the early shellac era.AI summary
Zonophone 2233 Music Hall
Sam Mayo, the music-hall comedian, performing 'I Was Having My Breakfast in Bed' and 'Things Are Worse in Russia' on Zonophone catalogue 2365. Zonophone pressings of Mayo's work in the 2000-series are moderately uncommon.AI summary
Zonophone 2365 Music Hall
Sam Mayo was an Edwardian music-hall comedian known for his wistful, gentle comedy style, quite different from the louder knockabout tradition. This Zonophone pressing (2268) — 'Johnny' and 'The Night Began to Fall' — is a typical example of his recorded output. Mayo is a modestly collected music-hall name; Zonophone was a widely used British label.AI summary
Zonophone 2268 Music Hall
Stanley Kirkby was a British singer who recorded frequently in the 1920s-1930s. This Zonophone pressing carries a novelty or comic piece, typical of his work for the label.AI summary
Zonophone 104 Music Hall
Tom Foy on Zonophone 636, a British singer performing comic or novelty material of the 1920s-30s.AI summary
Zonophone 636 Music Hall
Tom Foy, a Yorkshire dialect comedian and music-hall performer, performs 'I'm Not One as Wants to Say Owt' and 'If We Live to Be Ninety Nine' on Zonophone — early acoustic comedy recording in strong regional dialect.AI summary
Zonophone 726 Music Hall
Zonophone 1098 Music Hall
Tom Foy on Zonophone 1118, performing comic novelty 'Nearly Wedded' and 'Ah've Been to a Wedding'.AI summary
Zonophone 1118 Music Hall
Tom Foy, a Yorkshire comedian and music-hall performer, performs 'I've had some Money Left Me' and 'Nineteen Bright Pounds' on Zonophone — early acoustic comedy recording on a sought-after British label.AI summary
Zonophone 1191 Music Hall
Tom Foy, an unidentified performer, recorded 'First Time That I Come Up to London' and 'Live & Learn' for Zonophone, catalogue 1233, in the early 1920s. Zonophone issues of this era are moderately scarce.AI summary
Zonophone 1233 Music Hall
Tom Foy on Zonophone 1308, a British singer of the 1920s-30s recording light comedy songs.AI summary
Zonophone 1308 Music Hall
Tom Foy, a Scottish music-hall comedian, recorded 'Our Straits Canal' and 'Wales Whales & Weals', novelty and dialect songs, for Zonophone. Foy was a theatrical performer of the 1920s–1930s, and his recordings for this major label reflect the comic and topical material he performed on stage.AI summary
Zonophone 1519 Music Hall
Zonophone 1678 Music Hall
Tom Foy, a Yorkshire-dialect comedian and music-hall artist, performs 'More Trouble' and its part two on Zonophone — a rare acoustic recording of a minor but real figure in early British variety.AI summary
Zonophone 1694 Music Hall
Tom Foy, a Scottish dialect comedian and music-hall performer, recorded comic songs in Scots dialect for Zonophone, a major label of the 1920s. Foy was a theatrical figure of some local standing, and his Zonophone recordings are among the surviving examples of Scottish comic material from that era.AI summary
Zonophone 1816 Music Hall
Tom Foy, a British music-hall performer, in parts 3 and 4 of a comic monologue on Zonophone, part of a longer serialised work typical of early recording-era entertainment.AI summary
Zonophone 1098 Music Hall
Tom Foy was a British music-hall or vaudeville performer active in the 1920s–1930s. This Zonophone recording of 'I'm Upset' and 'I'm Excited' reflects the comic novelty song tradition.AI summary
Zonophone 883 Music Hall
Tom Foy on Zonophone 1010, 'Yorkshireman in London'; a music-hall novelty side from a secondary British label of the late 1920s or 1930s.AI summary
Zonophone 1010 Music Hall
Tom Foy on Zonophone performing comic music-hall novelties from the 1920s.AI summary
Zonophone 593 Music Hall
Tom Foy, a British music-hall comedian, on Zonophone 636, performing comic novelty songs 'Donkey & Me' and 'Fool of the Family'.AI summary
Zonophone 636 Music Hall
Tom Foy on Zonophone 883, a British imprint of the 1920s–30s.AI summary
Zonophone 883 Music Hall
Tom Foy on Zonophone 963, performing comic music-hall numbers 'Wot's t'Time' and 'My Bunker Bump'.AI summary
Zonophone 963 Music Hall
Tom Foy, the Yorkshire dialect comedian, offers 'My Farewell to Sarby Brig' and 'A Little Shepherd' on a later Zonophone pressing.AI summary
Zonophone 1678 Music Hall
Tom Foy, a Yorkshire dialect comedian popular on the halls, performs two comic monologues, 'My Girl's Promised to Marry Me' and 'Courting', on an early Zonophone disc with a low catalogue number pointing to the pre-First World War era.AI summary
Zonophone 578 Music Hall
Tom Jones recorded two Welsh novelty or folk-style songs for Zonophone.AI summary
Zonophone 925 Music Hall
The Two Rascals performing 'Lucy' and 'The Wedding of Molly McGee' on Zonophone, a British imprint.AI summary
Zonophone 2221 Music Hall
Vesta Victoria was a major music-hall performer of the Edwardian era, best known for 'Waiting at the Church', whose recordings survive in moderate numbers. This Zonophone disc, catalogue 747 — a low number suggesting an early pressing — contains 'Poor Old Adam' and 'Don't Sing the Chorus'. Early Zonophone pressings of major hall names are more uncommon than their later major-label equivalents.AI summary
Zonophone 747 Music Hall
Vesta Victoria, the much-loved music-hall comedienne known for 'Waiting at the Church' and 'Poor John', sings 'It's Easy to Be a Lady' and 'Look What Percy Picked Up in the Park' on Zonophone 918, a very early Zonophone pressing in the 900-series. Victoria is one of the most collected Edwardian music-hall names, and early Zonophone pressings of her work are genuinely uncommon.AI summary
Zonophone 918 Music Hall
Victoria Monks, the popular Edwardian music-hall singer known for 'Buy Me Some Almond Rock', on Zonophone catalogue 43112, with 'If You Want to Have a Row'. Zonophone pressings of Monks's work are moderately uncommon; the 43000-series Zonophone suggests an acoustic-era pressing.AI summary
Zonophone 43112 Music Hall
Victoria Monks, the popular Edwardian music-hall singer, on Zonophone catalogue 43139, with 'I Wish I Had a Pal Like You'. Zonophone pressings of Monks's work in the 43000-series are moderately uncommon; a companion disc to id 14002 in this collection.AI summary
Zonophone 43139 Music Hall
Victoria Monks performing 'Sweet Saturday Night' and 'I'm Leaving Home' on Zonophone catalogue 25 — an extraordinarily low catalogue number suggesting one of the very earliest Zonophone pressings ever made. This appears to be a duplicate of id 20157 in this collection. A Zonophone number as low as 25 requires specialist examination before any sale or pricing.AI summary
Zonophone 25 Music Hall
Victoria Monks performing 'Pompeii' and 'Open the Door' on Zonophone catalogue 7 — an extraordinarily low catalogue number suggesting one of the very first Zonophone pressings ever made. A Zonophone number as low as 7 is potentially among the rarest early British acoustic discs in existence and must be examined and assessed by a specialist before any sale.AI summary
Zonophone 7 Music Hall
Victoria Monks, the popular Edwardian music-hall singer, performing 'Sweet Saturday Night' and 'I'm Leaving Home' on Zonophone catalogue 25 — an extraordinarily low catalogue number suggesting one of the very earliest Zonophone pressings made. A Zonophone catalogue number as low as 25 is of the greatest rarity and historical significance regardless of the artist; this disc must be examined and assessed by a specialist before any sale.AI summary
Zonophone 25 Music Hall
Walter Miller was a British music-hall and novelty singer active in the early 1920s; this Zonophone recording of a comic song is characteristic of postwar British popular entertainment on a secondary label.AI summary
Zonophone 42281 Music Hall
Whit Cunliffe performing 'He's All Right' on Zonophone catalogue 2-42022 — an early Zonophone acoustic-era single-sided pressing. Cunliffe on early Zonophone is a more uncommon pressing than his commoner Jumbo or Regal sides; single-sided acoustic Zonophone pressings are earlier than most of his surviving recordings.AI summary
Zonophone 2-42022 Music Hall
Whit Cunliffe performing 'You Can't Do Without Each Other' on Zonophone catalogue 2-42040 — an early acoustic-era single-sided Zonophone pressing. Cunliffe on early single-sided Zonophone is more uncommon than his commoner budget-label double-sided pressings.AI summary
Zonophone 2-42040 Music Hall
Whit Cunliffe, the popular Edwardian music-hall comedian known for his coster songs and comic sketches, performs 'Follow Me Girls' and — with Fay — 'Put Me Upon an Island' on Zonophone 539, an early Zonophone pressing. The 539 number places this in the very early British Zonophone series, almost certainly pre-1905; Cunliffe is a collected music-hall name.AI summary
Zonophone 539 Music Hall
Will Evans performs the music-hall comedy numbers 'The Girl who lost her —' and 'Wedding in the Farmyard' on Zonophone 1099, an early recording from the acoustic era.AI summary
Zonophone 1099 Music Hall
Will Evans performs two music-hall comedy monologues on Zonophone 1167: "Ragtime Rosie" and "The Wrong Flat," likely from around 1912–1915. Evans was a known British music-hall comedian of that era; Zonophone was a widely distributed British label.AI summary
Zonophone 1167 Music Hall
Will Evans and Jim in two comic sketches recorded for Zonophone, a British label established in the early 1900s. Evans was a music-hall comedian of the Edwardian era, and these pieces capture the spoken-word comic routines typical of the period.AI summary
Zonophone 1362 Music Hall
Will Evans performing 'Invasion of 1910' on Zonophone 42512. Zonophone was a British label active from the early 1900s onward; the title suggests a topical or novelty recording from around 1910, the period of invasion scares in Britain.AI summary
Zonophone 42512 Music Hall
Will Evans, a British music-hall comedian, performs comic sketches on Zonophone 1434 — likely an early pressing (Zonophone active 1901–1924), making this a scarce acoustic-era recording.AI summary
Zonophone 1434 Music Hall
Will Evans, a British music-hall performer, performing 'General Advice' and 'Will Evans on Jim's Voice' on Zonophone, a British label active from the early 1900s onwards.AI summary
Zonophone 1521 Music Hall