1,092 shellac records · mostly British pressings, 1900s–1950s
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Two vocal items by V. Essex and H. Thornton, with band titles Glow-Worm and Uncle Oliver on the reverse, on Encore 563.AI summary
Encore 563 Orchestra
An ensemble recording featuring V Essex and H Thornton performing 'Dear Heart/The Skipper' and a medley on Enc, a small British label.AI summary
Encore 560/585 Orchestra
The 1926 Orchestra, conducted by Percival MacKey, performing a 'Tip-toes' selection on Columbia. This is a British dance-band recording from the late 1920s, capturing the popular musical-comedy repertoire.AI summary
Columbia 9123 Orchestra
Percival Mackley conducted the 1926 Orchestra in a selection from Gershwin's *Lady Be Good* for Columbia. This is an early British dance orchestra arrangement of the famous musical comedy hit from 1924.AI summary
Columbia 9100 Orchestra
The 1st Battalion Border Regiment Band performing a classical transcription, Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2, on Octacros, an obscure British label.AI summary
Octacros 595 Orchestra
The 1st Life Guards Band, a British military ensemble, recorded an Iolanthe selection (parts 1 and 2) for Columbia's early IS (Imperial Scroll) catalogue around 1910-1912. The band was among the first British military groups to make electrical recordings.AI summary
Columbia is5027 Orchestra
1st Life Guards Band performing 'Reminiscences of Wales' (two parts) on Scala 1619. The Life Guards is a British cavalry regiment with a long musical tradition; regimental bands were recorded for patriotic and ceremonial repertoire.AI summary
Scala 1619 Orchestra
The 1st Life Guards Band performing an operatic selection ('Bohemian Girl') on Scala 1644, part of a two-sided arrangement; Scala specialised in concert and orchestral material.AI summary
Scala 1644 Orchestra
1st Life Guards Band on Scala 1660, a selection from Gilbert and Sullivan's 'Iolanthe'; a military band recording of operatic repertoire from a minor British label.AI summary
Scala 1660 Orchestra
The 1st Life Guards Band performing a selection from the operetta Gypsy Love on Scala 31, a minor British label. The Scala label and low catalogue number suggest early 1920s.AI summary
Scala 31 Orchestra
The 1st Life Guards Band performing orchestral Scottish selections on Scala 81, a very low catalogue number indicating one of the earliest issues for the label.AI summary
Scala 81 Orchestra
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A Pathé Freres military band or orchestra recording, catalogue details suggest an early issue, probably 1900s–1910s. Band music and orchestral pops were common on early Pathé records, but the artist is not specifically identified.AI summary
Pathé 5104/20883/40120 Orchestra
A Young and R Foresythe performing a selection from the Jerome Kern musical 'Roberta' on Decca F5637 in the late 1930s.AI summary
Decca F5637 Orchestra
Al Goodman and his orchestra, an American dance and light-music ensemble, recorded "Lover Come Back to Me" and "One Kiss" for Columbia.AI summary
Columbia C6172 Orchestra
Albert Coates conducting an orchestral arrangement of Wagner's Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, recorded for His Master's Voice (catalogue D590). Coates was a distinguished conductor and recording artist active from the 1920s through the 1940s.AI summary
His Master's Voice D590 Orchestra
Albert Ketelby was a British composer and orchestra leader famous for light orchestral suites like "In a Monastery Garden"; this Columbia DX pressing offers two of his characteristic descriptive pieces for piano and orchestra.AI summary
Columbia DX27 Orchestra
Albert Ketèlbey, the British light-music composer, recorded 'Sanctuary of the Heart' (in two parts) for Columbia—one of his characteristic sentimental orchestral miniatures.AI summary
Columbia 9405 Orchestra
Albert Sandler, a British violinist and light-music specialist, performs 'Gloomy Sunday' with Hildegarde and 'Vienna City of My Dreams', ballroom selections typical of his 1930s Columbia output.AI summary
Columbia FB1366 Orchestra
The Alexander London Orchestra recorded 'Delphegnor March' and 'Semper Fidelis' for Alex, a tiny British imprint of unknown history.AI summary
Alexander 32 Orchestra
Alexander Symphony Orchestra performing 'Ruy Blas Overture' and 'War March of the Priests' from Athalie on the Alexander label, catalogue 25.AI summary
Alexander 25 Orchestra
Alfredo performing 'Gold Diggers of Broadway Selection' on Winner, a budget British label.AI summary
Winner 4988 Orchestra
Alfredo Band on Winner 4913 with 'Softly as in a Morning Sunrise' and 'New Moon Waltz', ballad and waltz material from the 1930s. Winner was a modest British label; Alfredo is not a standard discographic name.AI summary
Winner 4913 Orchestra
The Alfredo band recorded a selection from 'Rio Rita', the 1920s operetta by Ziegfeld, for Winner, a British budget label. Winner issued a high volume of budget pressings.AI summary
Winner 5116 Orchestra
The Alfredo Orchestra performs 'Gloomy Sunday' and 'Gipsy Idyll' on His Master's Voice, the famous 'Hungarian Suicide Song' and an accompanying waltz from the 1930s.AI summary
His Master's Voice B8424 Orchestra
Alfredo's Band recorded 'It' and 'One Alone' for Winner, a British budget label, light dance music of the late 1920s.AI summary
Winner 4609 Orchestra
Alhambra Theatre Orchestra on Scala 859, a selection from 'The Bing Boys Are Here', a wartime or post-war theatrical medley; Scala was a small British label.AI summary
Scala 859 Orchestra
Alois Melichar conducts Wiener Blut in two parts on Polydor 15038.AI summary
Polydor 15038 Orchestra
Ambrose, the British bandleader, on His Master's Voice B6229, performing light romantic instrumental numbers.AI summary
His Master's Voice B6229 Orchestra
Ambrose was the leader of one of Britain's most celebrated dance orchestras of the 1930s-40s, resident at the Mayfair Hotel in London; his HMV recordings remain popular with collectors of British swing and ballroom music.AI summary
His Master's Voice B5942 Orchestra
The Ambrose Orchestra performs two Rodgers and Hammerstein songs from 'Oklahoma!'—'Oh What a Beautiful Mornin' and 'People Will Say We're in Love'—on Decca, one of the most successful British dance bands of the 1940s.AI summary
Decca F8766 Orchestra
Ambrose's dance band performing 'Turf Derby' and 'Motorboat Race' on Gala 101.AI summary
Gala 101 Orchestra
An American military or brass band on Pathé, performing march music; the low catalogue number suggests 1920s or earlier.AI summary
Pathé 1031 Orchestra
The Concertgebouw Orchestra under conductor Willem Mengelberg performing Liszt's 'Les Préludes', parts 1 and 2, on Odeon, catalogue 8402. Mengelberg was one of the most celebrated conductors of his era.AI summary
Odeon 8402 Orchestra
Amsterdam and Mengelberg conducting the Odeon Orchestra in parts 3 and 4 of Liszt's 'Les Préludes' on Odeon 8403, a German classical issue likely from the 1920s or early 1930s.AI summary
Odeon 8403 Orchestra
André Kostelanetz and his orchestra, a celebrated American light-orchestra conductor, performing 'Easter Parade' and 'With a Song in My Heart' on Columbia 4292.AI summary
Columbia 4292 Orchestra
An anonymous recording of the hymn *Onward Christian Soldiers* on Zonophone, issued on a SAMPLE pressing (a demonstration or test pressing). No artist is credited.AI summary
Zonophone SAMPLE Orchestra
Anitra's Dance and Anvil Chorus on Ludgate 6069.AI summary
Ludgate 6069 Orchestra
Two orchestral pieces—'Moonlight and Roses' and an arrangement from Maritana—by an uncredited band on Bell, a minor British label.AI summary
Bell 347 Orchestra
An anonymous orchestral recording pairing an unattributed piece titled "Sometime" with a selection from Gounod's *Faust* on Bell, a small British label.AI summary
Bell 395 Orchestra
Through the Green Valleys and, by a band, La Reine de Saba on Britannic 0256.AI summary
Britannic it0256 Orchestra
William Tell Overture in two parts on Homochord HB2007, with no performer named.AI summary
Hom HB2007 Orchestra
An anonymous recording on Homophone, catalogue 2018, credited simply as 'Anon', with 'Rigoleeo' (Parts 1 and 2); Homophone was a small British label and pressing details are unknown.AI summary
Hom HB2018 Orchestra
An anonymous ensemble or orchestra performing the 'Ruy Blas Overture' on HomHB 2045, a classical instrumental piece from the 1930s. HomHB was an obscure British label; no performing ensemble is credited.AI summary
Hom HB2045 Orchestra
An unattributed vocal or instrumental piece on Janus, a rare and obscure British label. The catalogue number 7 suggests a very early or short-lived pressing. The German titles ('On Wings of the Night', 'Leaves in the Wind') suggest Continental material or a European pressing.AI summary
Janus A7 Orchestra
An anonymous orchestra recorded these two pieces, The Village Band and In an Old-fashioned Town, for Ar, an obscure label; the titles suggest light orchestral material of the interwar period.AI summary
Ariel 2156 Orchestra
An anonymous artist performs 'The Skaters' Waltz' and 'Pretty Pond Lilies' on the Star label, catalogue 37. Star is an unidentified label; the very low catalogue number and anonymous artist make this impossible to assess without further identification.AI summary
Star 37 Orchestra
An Aeolian orchestra on Vocalion, performing 'Marche Hongroise' and 'Lente' — concert performances of instrumental and orchestral material.AI summary
Vocalion J04007 Orchestra
An orchestra credited to ARC recorded 'Night Shall Be Filled with Music' and 'If You Were Only Mine' for Decca F3083, a British pressing from the 1930s–1940s.AI summary
Decca F3083 Orchestra