2,703 shellac records · mostly British pressings, 1900s–1950s
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The Duncan Sisters, a popular American vaudeville duo of the 1920s, perform two novelty numbers on this His Master's Voice pressing: 'Oh Sing-a-loo' and 'The Argentine, Portuguese and Greek'.AI summary
His Master's Voice B1419 Music Hall
Dutch Daly performing 'Auld Robin Gray' on Zonophone catalogue 12814. The artist is not widely documented in standard music-hall references; the 12000-series Zonophone is an early acoustic-era catalogue. An unrecognised artist on an early Zonophone number warrants investigation.AI summary
Zonophone 12814 Music Hall
Columbia 2216 Music Hall
Elsie Janis and Basil Hallam perform 'I've Got Everything I Want But You' on HMV C597, a 12-inch coupling, with De Groot playing 'Piccadilly Grill' on the reverse. Basil Hallam, killed at the Somme in 1916, was a major pre-war revue star, and Elsie Janis was his American co-star; this is a historically poignant document of Edwardian musical theatre.AI summary
His Master's Voice C597 Music Hall
E Janis and Olga Nares performing 'Picture that I want to see' on His Master's Voice 04247. An unidentified or minor duet on a mass-label issue.AI summary
His Master's Voice 04247 Music Hall
A comedy sketch titled 'Apres la Guerre' performed by E Janis, O Nares, S Lupino and W West on an HMV early acoustic pressing.AI summary
His Master's Voice 04248 Music Hall
E Terriss and S Hicks performing a medley (parts 1 and 2) on His Master's Voice C2432. Terriss and Hicks were prominent British theatre performers and composers; this is likely a theatrical or music-hall recording.AI summary
His Master's Voice C2432 Music Hall
Ed Dace performing 'If you're Irish come into the Parlour' and 'Devon Boys' on Olympia, a small British label. The artist is unidentified.AI summary
Oly 139 Music Hall
Ed Franklin performing 'The Shade of the Palms' on Zonophone 544, one of the earliest British recording labels.AI summary
Zonophone 544 Music Hall
Edith Evans—an actress best known for Shakespearean and theatrical roles—recorded comic novelty vocals for Brunswick in the early 1930s.AI summary
Brunswick 3849 Music Hall
Ella Retford, the popular Edwardian music-hall performer, on Pathé catalogue 77748, with 'You Shall Have a Lovely Home, Johannah' and 'Moving Day'. Pathé issued a wide range of British music-hall performers and pressings of this type are moderately common.AI summary
Pathé 77748 Music Hall
Ella Retford, the popular Edwardian music-hall performer, on Pathé catalogue 78496, with 'I'll Let the World Go By' and 'She's a Girl Up North'. Pathé issued a wide range of British music-hall performers and pressings of this type are moderately common.AI summary
Pathé 78496 Music Hall
Ella Retford, the popular Edwardian music-hall performer, on Pathé catalogue 78498, with 'I Can Picture Polly Hanging Up the Holly' and 'I Want Mr. Schneider'. Pathé issued a wide range of British music-hall performers and pressings of this type are moderately common.AI summary
Pathé 78498 Music Hall
Ella Retford, the popular Edwardian music-hall performer, on Pathé catalogue 78537, with 'I'm Looking for Someone to Love Me' and 'Molly O'Morgan'. Pathé issued a wide range of British music-hall performers and pressings of this type are moderately common.AI summary
Pathé 78537 Music Hall
Ella Retford, the music-hall singer, with 'She's a Lassie from Lancashire' and 'Carolina Brown of London Town' on Ariel.AI summary
Ariel 1820 Music Hall
Ella Retford, the music-hall singer, with 'Let's All Go Into the Ballroom' and 'I Do Like You, Susie' on Ariel.AI summary
Ariel 2055 Music Hall
Ella Retford, the music-hall singer, with 'Yorkshire' and 'Louisiana Lou' on Albion.AI summary
Albion 1417 Music Hall
Ella Retford on Jumbo 1094 — 'You Made Me Love You' and 'You Wouldn't Know the Old Place Now' — carries the same titles as Columbia is493 elsewhere in this collection. Two pressings of identical titles on different labels in the same collection is notable; the Jumbo pressing is the less common issue. Jumbo is an uncommon British budget label.AI summary
Jumbo 1094 Music Hall
Ella Retford, the popular Edwardian music-hall performer, on the Jumbo label, catalogue 1109, with 'Sailing Down the Chesapeake Bay' and 'There's One in a Million Like You'. Jumbo was a cheap British budget marque; Retford sides on Jumbo are among the commoner of her label appearances.AI summary
Jumbo 1109 Music Hall
Ella Retford on the Jumbo label, catalogue 1204, with 'Watching the Boat Coming In' and 'Get Out and Get Under' (with Williams). Jumbo was a cheap British budget marque; Retford sides on Jumbo are among the commoner of her label appearances.AI summary
Jumbo 1204 Music Hall
Ella Retford on Jumbo 1277 — 'I've Got Everything I Want but You' (with Osmond) and 'Four Foot Ten Brigade' (Broughton/Hale) — is a companion to other Retford Jumbo pressings in this collection. Jumbo is an uncommon British label; Retford is a minor but collected music-hall name.AI summary
Jumbo 1277 Music Hall
Ella Retford, the popular Edwardian music-hall performer, on the Jumbo label, catalogue 492, with 'Mr. McKie' and 'Mary Ellen t'Isle of Man'. Jumbo was a cheap British budget marque; Retford sides on Jumbo are among the commoner of her label appearances.AI summary
Jumbo 492 Music Hall
Ella Retford on Jumbo 565 — 'I Wonder if You Miss Me Sometimes' and 'Moonlight Promenade' (with Whelan). A companion to the other Retford Jumbo pressings in this collection; Jumbo is an uncommon British budget label and Retford is a minor but collected music-hall name.AI summary
Jumbo 565 Music Hall
Ella Retford, the popular Edwardian music-hall and revue performer, sings 'You Must Come Round on Saturday' and 'See What Percy's Picked Up in the Park' on the Jumbo label, catalogue 811. Jumbo was a small early British label; this is another Retford minor-label pressing consistent with others in this collection.AI summary
Jumbo 811 Music Hall
Ella Retford, the popular Edwardian music-hall and revue performer, sings 'There's a Girl in Havana' and 'I'm Going Back to Dixie' on the Jumbo label, catalogue 942. Jumbo was a small early British label; this is a companion disc to the other Jumbo Retford in this collection, and such minor-label pressings of recognised music-hall names are uncommon.AI summary
Jumbo 942 Music Hall
Ella Retford was a popular Edwardian music-hall soubrette, known for cheerful character songs and a long variety career. The Jumbo label was a British budget imprint active in the early 1900s to mid-1910s, and the A-series catalogue number suggests an early pressing. Jumbo issues are less commonly found today than those on the major labels of the period.AI summary
Jumbo A511 Music Hall
Ella Retford was a music hall performer of the early twentieth century; here she sings They All Look Alike in Khaki on the Popular label, no. 875.AI summary
Popular 875 Music Hall
Ella Retford was a popular Edwardian music-hall performer known for her lively stage persona. This Odeon pressing, catalogue 44283, couples 'Just a little Rocking Chair and You' with 'Moving Day'. Odeon was a significant international label with a British market presence; Retford's recordings exist in moderate numbers.AI summary
Odeon 44283 Music Hall
Ella Retford performing on Jumbo, a small British label; these novelty or character songs from the 1920s–30s are typical of period music-hall and vaudeville material.AI summary
Jumbo A28096 Music Hall
Ella Retford, the music-hall singer, with the First World War song 'They All Look Alike in Khaki', and 'The Old Contemptibles' by Carr on the reverse, on Ariel.AI summary
Ariel 4600 Music Hall
Ella Retford, the popular Edwardian music-hall performer, on Columbia catalogue is305 — the 'is' prefix suggesting an international or specialist series — with 'You're Here and I'm Here' and 'Who Paid the Rent for Mrs. Rip Van Winkle?'. The unusual series prefix warrants checking.AI summary
Columbia is305 Music Hall
Ella Retford on Columbia is493 — 'You Made Me Love You' and 'You Wouldn't Know the Old Place Now' — is from the Columbia is sub-series, a slightly less common early variant. A companion coupling to Jumbo 1094 in this collection with the same titles; the is-series pressing is the more likely to be an earlier issue.AI summary
Columbia is493 Music Hall
Ella Retford on Columbia catalogue is788 — the 'is' prefix suggesting a specialist or international series — with 'We're All North Country Lads and Lasses' and 'I Was a Good Little Girl'. The unusual series prefix warrants checking, as with other 'is' Columbia discs in this collection.AI summary
Columbia is788 Music Hall
Ella Retford on Columbia catalogue is897 — the 'is' prefix suggesting a specialist or international series — with 'All the Boys in Khaki Get the Nice Girls' and 'Give My Love to Lancashire'. The unusual series prefix warrants checking; wartime content adds historical interest.AI summary
Columbia is897 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
Ella Retford, the music-hall singer, with 'You're Here and I'm Here', backed by 'When I Get You Alone Tonight' by Johnson, on Silvertone.AI summary
Silvertone 335 Music Hall
Ella Retford, the music-hall singer, with the 1913 hit 'You Made Me Love You' and 'You Wouldn't Know the Old Place Now' on Valkyrie.AI summary
Valkyrie 503 Music Hall
Ella Shields was the Canadian-born music-hall artist famous above all for 'Burlington Bertie from Bow'. This disc is catalogued as EXPT 1 on a label abbreviated 'EXPT' — almost certainly denoting an experimental or test pressing, with catalogue number 1. A test pressing by a major music-hall star, particularly of a signature song, would be an extraordinary survival. This item must be examined physically and by a specialist before any sale.AI summary
EXP T1 Music Hall
Ella Shields, a British music-hall performer famous for her gender-bending novelty songs, on Columbia. Shields was a major recording star in the 1910s-1920s.AI summary
Columbia 3740 Music Hall
Ella Shields, the British music hall star famous for 'Burlington Bertie from Bow', performing 'Burlington Bertie' and 'Nelly Gray' on Broadcast 472; Shields is a major name in early 20th-century variety recording.AI summary
Broadcast 472 Music Hall
Ella Shields on Columbia 546 — 'Syncopated Walk' and 'Minstrel Parade.' Columbia catalogue number 546 is a very low number, placing this among the earliest Columbia pressings, likely from the early acoustic era before 1910. Shields is a collected music-hall name and a very low Columbia number adds rarity well above her standard issues.AI summary
Columbia 546 Music Hall
Ella Shields was an American-born male-impersonator who became a major star of the British music hall, most famous for 'Burlington Bertie from Bow.' Columbia 3007 — 'Oh What a Difference the Navy's Made to Me' and 'Smith Jones Robinson and Brown' — is a standard Columbia popular-series pressing. Shields is a collected music-hall name.AI summary
Columbia 3007 Music Hall
Ella Shields performs the music-hall standard 'Burlington Bertie from Bow' and 'Every Little While' on this early Columbia record, catalogue 629, an acoustic pressing from the 1900s.AI summary
Columbia 629 Music Hall
Ella Shields, a British music-hall star famous for 'Burlington Bertie from Bow', performing that iconic song and 'Every Little While' (with F. Howard) on Columbia 629. This is an acoustic recording from the early 1910s.AI summary
Columbia 629 Music Hall