2,703 shellac records · mostly British pressings, 1900s–1950s
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Alice Delysia, the French revue star and London musical theatre actress, performs 'Aeroplane Walk' and 'Live for All You're Worth' on Columbia L1270, a 12-inch pressing. This disc appears to be catalogued twice in this collection (also as id 15081); one copy is the one to keep or sell.AI summary
Columbia L1270 Music Hall
Alice Delysia performs 'Aeroplane Walk' and 'Live for All You're Worth' on Columbia L1270, a duplicate of id 13439 in this collection. The two copies are identical pressings; one is the one to sell.AI summary
Columbia L1270 Music Hall
Alice Morley was a British music-hall and variety singer of the 1920s and 1930s. 'Henry's Made a Lady out of Lizzie' and 'I Love My Old Fashioned Man' are typical comedy-song material of the period, recorded for the Brunswick label, which pressed both American and British recordings.AI summary
Brunswick 173 Music Hall
This Edison side brings together the daughters and relatives of Marie Lloyd, one of Britain's greatest music-hall stars, sharing reminiscences of the legendary entertainer; a rare family recording.AI summary
Edison 5623 Music Hall
American Quartette's 'The Skeleton Rag' on His Master's Voice 2-4027, from the acoustic era. This is a novelty or ragtime number performed by a vocal ensemble; the early HMV 2-series cataloguing suggests a recording from the 1900s–1910s.AI summary
His Master's Voice 2-4027 Music Hall
The Amponians, a British vocal or comedy ensemble, recorded two upbeat popular songs for His Master's Voice's JH-series, a budget-priced label of the 1920s–1930s.AI summary
His Master's Voice JH32 Music Hall
Ann Suter, credited to a DomA pressing, singing risqué comic material typical of the 1920s–30s British music-hall tradition. DomA was a short-lived British imprint.AI summary
Dominion A35 Music Hall
Annie Rees performing two novelty British music-hall songs on V-Flix, catalogue 1034. V-Flix was a small British label active in the late 1920s–early 1930s.AI summary
Velvet Face 1034 Music Hall
An anonymous artist performs 'When Mose with His Nose Leads the Band' and 'Down on the Brandyvine' on the Climax label, catalogue 95, a very low catalogue number for this small British imprint. The Climax 95 number and anonymous artist make this difficult to assess but the very low catalogue number is a reason to look more closely.AI summary
Climax 95 Music Hall
A song credited to 'Anon' on Ru Records: 'If the Man in the Moon were a Coon' and 'Swing Me Higher Obadiah'. The first title reflects the racial caricature songs common in early Tin Pan Alley.AI summary
Ru 100094 Music Hall
An unnamed performer on side A singing 'I'm an Airman' and a xylophone solo of 'Jolly old Pals' on Bell, a British budget label.AI summary
Bell 354 Music Hall
No details given, and the label JBullTEST is not identified.AI summary
John Bull TEST Music Hall
Two Christmas novelty songs, "Old Fashioned Christmas Eve" and "Old Fashioned Christmas Party," credited only to 'anon' on the Diamond label, catalogue 300. Artist, date and label details are obscure; the record cannot be reliably placed or valued.AI summary
Diamond 300 Music Hall
Anonymous performers of 'Soba Song' and 'Whatsa Malla' on Columbia (JL50), possibly world music or ethnic novelty material.AI summary
Columbia JL50 Music Hall
An anonymous singer or group recorded 'I love a Lassie' and 'She is ma Daisy' for Rub, an obscure British label, catalogue 148. 'I love a Lassie' is a Scottish comedy-song standard, recorded by many artists.AI summary
Rub 148 Music Hall
An anonymous recording of 'Ora pro Nobis' and 'I love you' on the Rub label—catalogue information and artist attribution are lacking.AI summary
Rub 155 Music Hall
An anonymous musical performance of 'Who's your Lady Friend?' and 'In Japanese Butterfly Land' on Cameo-Z, a minor American label with scarce UK distribution.AI summary
Cameo Z49 Music Hall
Anonymous band on Univ 2251 performing novelty or comic songs. Universal label with unknown artist; undated but style suggests 1920s–1930s.AI summary
Universal 2251 Music Hall
A music-hall novelty piece on Best 262, a marginal British label. The title 'Where does Mr Flanagan want to go to' suggests a period comedy song.AI summary
Best 262 Music Hall
Anona Winn, a British variety performer and songwriter, on Rex, performing novelty comic material typical of British music hall.AI summary
Rex 8466 Music Hall
Anona Winn, 'Everything's in Rhythm' and 'I Can Wiggle My Ears', on Rex 8664; Winn was a British light soprano and novelty singer active in the 1920s and 1930s, recording for various British labels.AI summary
Rex 8664 Music Hall
Armstrong & Allen were a British vocal partnership of the early acoustic era, here performing "Margie" and a novelty number. This Oly pressing is from an obscure British marque.AI summary
Oly 264 Music Hall
Arthur Aiston performs two songs on Valkyrie (Valk label), a small British marque. The artist and titles suggest a 1920s-1930s pressing.AI summary
Valkyrie 509 Music Hall
Arthur Collins was a famous British music-hall baritone of the Edwardian era; 'Milo' on Imperial 44676 appears to be a solo side from his large recorded output.AI summary
Imperial 44676 Music Hall
Arthur Collins, a British music-hall tenor of the Edwardian era (c. 1898–1933), recorded 'Ghost of the Banjo Coon' for His Master's Voice, catalogue 4-2210, reflecting the repertoire of early British acoustic recording.AI summary
His Master's Voice 4-2210 Music Hall
Arthur Collins, a major American musical theatre tenor of the 1900s–1920s, recorded on Regal; this is a British reissue of novelty or comic songs from the early recording era.AI summary
Regal 6044 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 Hall and B. West recorded 'Oh Eva' and 'What do you do Sunday Mary' for Imperial 1338, likely early 1930s.AI summary
Imperial 1338 Music Hall
Arthur Lennard, an Edwardian music-hall comedian and recording artist, performing 'Sing Me a Ballad in Ragtime' and 'Upsey Daisy' on Winner catalogue 2377. Winner was a popular budget British label of the early recording era; Lennard's recordings on Winner are among the commoner of his label appearances.AI summary
Winner 2377 Music Hall
Arthur Leslie, a British comic entertainer, recorded 'The Whistling Maniac' and 'I want to sing in Opera' for Columbia, mixing music-hall humour with novelty vocals.AI summary
Columbia 1547 Music Hall
Arthur Marshall on Columbia DB1729, two spoken or comic monologues: 'The Botany Class' and 'Reading to the Children', characteristic of his revue and variety material from the 1930s–40s.AI summary
Columbia DB1729 Music Hall
Arthur Norton on Zonophone Records with 'I Do Like to Be Beside the Seaside', a British seaside-song novelty from the early 1900s.AI summary
Zonophone X42943 Music Hall
Arthur Osmond with My Wife's Gone to the Country and, credited Anon, The Chirpers on Britannic 0132.AI summary
Britannic it0132 Music Hall
Arthur Peel performing two novelty or music-hall numbers—"Since Poor Grandfather Died" and "Toodle-i-oodle-i-oo"—on Columbia 1326, an early acoustic issue.AI summary
Columbia 1326 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 Riscoe was a British entertainer and actor known for theatre and variety. 'Goodbye Sally' and 'Follow the white Line' were recorded for Columbia. Riscoe performed in music-hall and on the early British stage.AI summary
Columbia FB2323 Music Hall
MGM 220 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
AW Bascomb performing 'Oh I 'Ate Women' (a music-hall comic song) and 'That's What You Are to Me' (with J Hartley and L Milburn) on His Master's Voice C1161. Bascomb is not a major recording artist of known prominence.AI summary
His Master's Voice C1161 Music Hall
B Bennett and Albert Whelan recorded 'You gotter be' and 'Negro Nothings' for His Master's Voice, catalogue B4195. Whelan was a whistler and performer of note from the Edwardian era.AI summary
His Master's Voice B4195 Music Hall
Bennet and Albert Whelan, the celebrated British entertainer, recorded the comic sketch 'Chicken Chasers' for His Master's Voice. Whelan was a major music-hall personality, and his recordings with collaborators such as Bennet are sought by collectors of early theatrical and variety material.AI summary
His Master's Voice B3876 Music Hall
B. Bennett and Albert Whelan, a British entertainer and whistler, recorded on HMV's premium B series, split across two parts. Whelan was known for his whistled recitations.AI summary
His Master's Voice B3843 Music Hall
B Courtney performing music hall novelties 'Everybody's Doing It at the Seaside' and 'They All Walk the Wibbly Wobbly Walk' on Cinch 5103.AI summary
Cinch 5103 Music Hall
B. Courtney recorded music-hall novelty songs on the Cinch label, a minor British marque of the 1920s–30s.AI summary
Cinch 5136 Music Hall
B. Howes and S. Treble performing 'Mind how you go across the Road' and 'Music Master' on Columbia Records (DX-series). A duo performing music-hall novelty songs.AI summary
Columbia DX710 Music Hall
B Whitlock and Charles Penrose performing two comic music-hall sketches, 'Learning the Bassoon' and 'At the Waxworks (Madame Tussauds)', on Regal 8107.AI summary
Regal 8107 Music Hall
B Whitlock and C Penrose performing British music-hall comedy sketches ('Learning the Bassoon', 'At the Waxworks [Madame Tussauds]') on Regal 8107 from the mid-1920s.AI summary
Regal 8107 Music Hall
B Whitlock and H Bluff perform 'Shipwrecked' and 'Schmidt & the Special Constable' on Zonophone — early acoustic comedy or novelty recording on a sought-after British label.AI summary
Zonophone 1619 Music Hall