2,703 shellac records · mostly British pressings, 1900s–1950s
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Gus Elen, a celebrated British coster-song comedian, performing two signature monologues for Decca in the 1930s.AI summary
Decca F3097 Music Hall
Gus Elen, one of the greatest coster comedians of the Victorian and Edwardian music hall — whose 'Wait Till the Work Comes Round' and 'It's a Great Big Shame' defined the genre — appears here alongside George Robey performing 'Mormon's Song' on HMV B466. Elen is a major collected music-hall name, and a coupling with Robey on an early HMV pressing is doubly desirable.AI summary
His Master's Voice B466 Music Hall
Gus Elen, the great cockney coster singer, performs his own ''E Dunno Where 'E Are' and 'Mrs Carter' on Sterno, a British label of the early 1930s.AI summary
Sterno 788 Music Hall
Gus Elen, the cockney music hall star, with If It Wasn't for the 'Ouses in Between and The Golden Dustman on Sterno 789.AI summary
Sterno 789 Music Hall
Gus Elen, the legendary Victorian and Edwardian music-hall star, performing two of his signature comic songs 'It's a Great Big Shame' and 'Arf a Pint of Ale' on Decca F2721, a reissue or late-era recording.AI summary
Decca F2721 Music Hall
Gus Elen, a legendary Cockney music-hall star of the Edwardian era, recorded for Decca: 'Nice Quiet Day' and 'Golden Dustman', both character songs in his tradition.AI summary
Decca F3252 Music Hall
Gus Elen was a famous British music-hall singer and comic. Ariel 2177 records 'Pretty Little Villa Down in Barking' and 'Don't Stop My Arf a Pint o' Beer'; a small early label.AI summary
Ariel 2177 Music Hall
Gus Elen, the great cockney character comedian and music-hall star of the Edwardian era, recorded his signature material for Regal; a collector's item of British variety history.AI summary
Regal MR2630 Music Hall
Gus Elen on His Master's Voice B466, a British music-hall comedian and character vocalist, with 'Wait Till the Work Comes Round' and a piece credited to George Robey.AI summary
His Master's Voice B466 Music Hall
Gus Elen, the great cockney coster singer of 'It's a Great Big Shame' and 'If It Wasn't for the 'Ouses in Between', sings 'Wait Till the Work Comes Round' on a single-sided Gramophone Company disc.AI summary
Gramophone Company 3-2478 Music Hall
Gus Harris with Marriage and, by Jack Charman, Hold Your Hand Out, Naughty Boy on Empire 1698.AI summary
Empire 1698 Music Hall
Gus Harris with Abe-Ab'rams and Hi Hi, I'm Learning the Way to Fly on Popular 1033.AI summary
Popular 1033 Music Hall
Gus Harris appears to have been a music-hall comedian working the patriotic and comic vein during or shortly after the First World War, as both titles suggest. Regal catalogue number 6909 places this in the early 1920s. Harris is not a well-documented name in standard references, and this appears to be an unexceptional Regal pressing of period topical comedy.AI summary
Regal 6909 Music Hall
Gus Harris performs 'Hello Silvery Sea' and 'Whoops Let's Do It Again' on Winner 2451. Winner was the Woolworths budget label and Harris is not a widely recognised recording name; standard budget pressing of modest value.AI summary
Winner 2451 Music Hall
Gus Harris performs 'Telling the Old Old Story' and 'Show Me a Train' on Winner 2489. Winner was the Woolworths budget label; Harris is not a widely recognised recording name and Winner pressings carry only modest collector value.AI summary
Winner 2489 Music Hall
Gwladys Stanley performs 'Pantomime Hits' (in two sides) on Columbia, light entertainment recording.AI summary
Columbia DB688 Music Hall
Gwladys Stanley recorded 'Pantomime Hits' for Columbia DB688, likely from the 1930s–40s. Pantomime was a staple of British entertainment, and records of pantomime song medleys were aimed at a domestic and variety market.AI summary
Columbia DB688 Music Hall
H. Bluff and B. Whitlock recorded comic monologues—'Cohen Phones the Gas Co' and 'Cohen Phones the Exchange'—for Imperial Records, a small British label of the early 1900s.AI summary
Imperial 957 Music Hall
H Cove and W Thompson recorded 'Pick of the Family' and 'Mississippi Cabaret' for Popular 595. Popular was a minor British label of the 1920s.AI summary
Popular 595 Music Hall
H Fay and S Kirkby performing 'You've Got to Sing in Ragtime' and 'All Change for Llanfairfechan' on Zonophone 767, from the early 1910s or 1920s.AI summary
Zonophone 767 Music Hall
A His Master's Voice B-series recording of *The Stately Homes of England*, a Noël Coward song in two parts, performed by named vocalists (French, Landon, Gatrell, Carter) from the 1930s or 1940s.AI summary
His Master's Voice B8741 Music Hall
H. Hall performing a 'Musical Comedy Switch' on Decca K581, a two-part piece.AI summary
Decca K581 Music Hall
H. Kenrick with Every Fellow's in Love with a Girl and I'm Afraid to Go Home in the Dark on John Bull 40442.AI summary
John Bull 40442 Music Hall
A dramatic sketch or monologue piece titled 'Fortifying the Home' with H Tate, V Loraine and M Harvey, released on Columbia's early catalogue.AI summary
Columbia 504 Music Hall
A British music-hall sketch featuring H Tate, Violet Loraine and M Harvey on Columbia from the acoustic era, split across two parts; Tate was a major comedy artist, though the other performers are less well documented.AI summary
Columbia 504 Music Hall
Hall recorded 'Olga Pulloffski the Beautiful Spy' and 'Popeye the Sailor Man' for Columbia, likely novelty or comic songs from the late 1920s or early 1930s.AI summary
Columbia FB1054 Music Hall
Hall and Flanagan & Allen performing 'Underneath the Arches' on Columbia. Flanagan & Allen were famous British music-hall comedians, and 'Underneath the Arches' became one of their signature songs.AI summary
Columbia CB481 Music Hall
Hall, with Flanagan and Allen, performing 'Underneath the Arches' and 'A Bungalow a Piccolo and you' on Columbia. 'Underneath the Arches' was the signature song of Flanagan and Allen, one of the most famous British comedy duos of the 1930s-40s.AI summary
Columbia CB481 Music Hall
Flanagan and Allen, a well-known British comic duo, recorded with Hall for Columbia in the 1930s.AI summary
Columbia CB569 Music Hall
Hamilton Hill on John Bull B 41 — 'Hang Out the Front Door Key' and 'Call Round Any Old Time' (with H Fay). John Bull B is an extremely obscure British label; catalogue number 41 is very low. Hamilton Hill is not a widely traced name in standard references, and an untraced artist on a very low-numbered unknown label warrants investigation.AI summary
John Bull 41 Music Hall
Hamilton Hill recorded 'Dick my Soldier Boy' for Zonophone, a British marque with a long history from the 1890s onward; the artist and exact period are not immediately identifiable from the title alone.AI summary
Zonophone 42257 Music Hall
Hamilton Hill recorded 'My Irish Daisy' for Zonophone 42396, a mid-range catalogue number suggesting a 1920s-1930s pressing; the artist remains unidentified in standard sources.AI summary
Zonophone 42396 Music Hall
Albion 1419 Music Hall
Happy Fanny Fields, the popular Edwardian comedienne known for her Dutch-character stage persona, on the Scala label, catalogue 415, with 'Double Dutch Fusiliers' and 'When Schultz Fights the Drum'. As with the companion Scala disc (id 9384), the Scala label is obscure and a Fields pressing on this imprint may be genuinely uncommon.AI summary
Scala 415 Music Hall
Harold Williams was a British baritone vocalist and music hall performer active in the early 20th century. This Columbia 3226 pressing features comic or character songs typical of British variety tradition.AI summary
Columbia 3226 Music Hall
Harry Bedford performing 'I'll Fight Him for It' and the wartime number 'The Germans Are Coming So They Say' on the Jumbo label, catalogue 94 — an extremely low catalogue number suggesting one of the very earliest Jumbo pressings. Jumbo was a cheap British budget marque; a catalogue number as low as 94 warrants closer examination.AI summary
Jumbo 94 Music Hall
Harry Bidgood performing a novelty impression piece related to Maurice Chevalier on Broadcast 665, a minor British label.AI summary
Broadcast 665 Music Hall
Harry Bluff with Top o' the Morning and Take Me Up with You Dearie on John Bull 40946/9.AI summary
John Bull 40946/9 Music Hall
Harry Bluff with She Only Started Giggling and Other Department Please on Favorite 338.AI summary
Favorite 338 Music Hall
Harry Bluff recorded 'Come and Have a Drink with Me' and 'Waldmere' for Bell, an obscure British label; the titles suggest music-hall or novelty comedy from the 1920s–1930s.AI summary
Bell 42 Music Hall
Harry Bluff sings Tax the Bachelors and I'll Saw His See-Saw Down on John Bull 40710/1.AI summary
John Bull 40710/1 Music Hall
Harry Bluff with I'm the Bailiff to the Caliph and Fishing on Favorite 67238/9.AI summary
Favorite 67238/9 Music Hall
Harry Bluff with Ship Ahoy and I've Got Rings on My Fingers on Klingsor 8641.AI summary
Klingsor 8641 Music Hall
Popular 889 Music Hall
John Bull H29 Music Hall
Harry Bluff with Oh the Girls I Left Behind Me and, by C. Denton and H. Scott, We Don't Want a Girl on John Bull H29.AI summary
John Bull H29 Music Hall
Harry Bluff performing 'Country Curate' and 'There Are Nice Girls Everywhere' for Polyphon, a minor British label of the early 1930s—likely novelty or music-hall material.AI summary
Polyphon 8642 Music Hall
Harry Bluff recorded 'The Mayor of Muckedydke' and 'We're All Going to the Seaside' for the J Bullí B label, catalogue 72. J Bullí was a small British label; both titles are comic patter and variety songs typical of Music Hall.AI summary
John Bull 72 Music Hall