154 shellac records · mostly British pressings, 1900s–1950s
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The Garde Républicaine Band, a prestigious French military ensemble, performs 'Tout Paris' and 'Lothringer March' on Columbia, an early Is-series issue — a rare British pressing of Continental classical and march repertoire.AI summary
Columbia is90 Orchestra
Geraldo and his orchestra performing two numbers from the 1940 Disney film Pinocchio on Columbia. Geraldo was a prominent British dance-band and orchestra leader; this is a standard commercial release from a major label during the swing era.AI summary
Columbia FB2397 Orchestra
Gluskin (likely Alexander Gluskin, a Russian-born conductor) recorded 'Sweet Music' and 'Don't Ever Leave Me' for Columbia. The Columbia FB series places this in the mid-to-late 1930s.AI summary
Columbia FB1085 Orchestra
H Hall Band performing light orchestral material on Columbia's FB series, a budget line of the 1930s-40s.AI summary
Columbia FB1039 Orchestra
The Henry King orchestra performs 'When I Grow Too Old to Dream' and 'Night Is Young' on Columbia, the American bandleader's recordings from the 1930s.AI summary
Columbia 2998D Orchestra
Herman Finck conducting what appears to be a medley or selections from the musical *Battling Butler* on Columbia 920, an early British label number from around 1924–1925.AI summary
Columbia 920 Orchestra
The HM Scots Guards Band on Columbia, performing Verdi selections, a military band recording of the acoustic era.AI summary
Columbia is4511 Orchestra
The Scots Guards Band performing Tchaikovsky's 1812 Overture on Columbia, with the B-side an advertisement for Columbia records — a vivid snapshot of how record companies used their own medium to promote themselves in the acoustic era.AI summary
Columbia D333 Orchestra
The HM Welsh Guards Band on Columbia is4533, performing 'Gondoliers Lancers 1 & 2' and 'Lancers 3 & 4' — military-band dance-music from the early 1920s.AI summary
Columbia is4533 Orchestra
The Massed Welsh Guards Band on Columbia Is4534, performing 'Gondoliers Lancers 5' and 'Love's Mystery Waltz'. These are orchestral concert pieces; the band is military and professionally recorded for a major label.AI summary
Columbia is4534 Orchestra
An orchestra directed by Strauss performing two Strauss waltzes, 'Freut Euch des Liebens' and 'Thousand and One Nights', for Columbia, from the early acoustic era.AI summary
Columbia 9226 Orchestra
Jose Lucchesi's orchestra recorded tango and twilight mood pieces for Columbia around the early 1930s.AI summary
Columbia CB593 Orchestra
Albert Ketèlby was a prolific English composer of light orchestral and ballet music, famous for descriptive and atmospheric pieces. This Columbia recording features two of his best-known salon compositions, characteristic of the Edwardian and interwar light-music tradition.AI summary
Columbia 068 Orchestra
André Kostelanetz, the Russian-American conductor known for orchestral arrangements of popular music, recorded 'Turkey in the Straw' and 'Bugle Call Rag' for Columbia DB1821, a UK pressing. Kostelanetz was a prolific Columbia recording artist.AI summary
Columbia DB1821 Orchestra
London Radio performing 'Who Taught You This, Who Taught You That' and 'The Road to Loch Lomond' on Columbia, likely from the 1920s.AI summary
Columbia 4171 Orchestra
London Radio performs a repeat of the song "The Devil is Afraid of Music" for Columbia — likely a British session group rather than a named orchestra.AI summary
Columbia 4669 Orchestra
London Radio on Columbia 4670, a house orchestra or session group, playing light romantic material 'Why can't we be Sweethearts' and 'Under the Moon' in the 1920s–30s.AI summary
Columbia 4670 Orchestra
Columbia 902 Orchestra
Lopez, credited with orchestra, recorded "Sweetest Words I Know" and "Dixieland Rhumba" for Columbia. This pressing carries a "Spec (for Radio Stations)" designation, indicating a special edition made for radio airplay.AI summary
Columbia SPEC(forRadioStations) Orchestra
Louis Levy, the British composer and conductor of light music, recording 'The Eyes of the World Are on You' and 'Jingle of the Jungle' for Columbia FB-series (FB1636), likely 1940s–50s.AI summary
Columbia FB1636 Orchestra
The London Symphony Orchestra under Albert Coates performing Scriabin's 'Le Poème d'Extase', a two-part recording on Columbia L1380.AI summary
Columbia L1380 Orchestra
Frank Bridge conducting the London Symphony Orchestra in his own tone poem 'Seascape' (and its companion piece 'Sea Foam'), issued on Columbia L1500. Bridge is now best remembered as Benjamin Britten's teacher, but was himself a respected composer and conductor; this LSO coupling was part of Columbia's serious British music programme of the late acoustic or very early electrical era, around 1921–1925. Collector interest in Bridge as a composer has grown steadily.AI summary
Columbia L1500 Orchestra
The London Symphony Orchestra under Frank Bridge, performing two short orchestral pieces (Debussy and possibly Bowen) on a Columbia long-playing L-series disc.AI summary
Columbia L1501 Orchestra
Columbia L1542 Orchestra
The London Symphony Orchestra under Sir William Walton—or conducted in collaboration with Gustav Holst himself—performing the 'Jupiter' movement from Holst's *The Planets* on Columbia L1459. This is a major orchestral work recorded electrically in the late 1920s.AI summary
Columbia L1459 Orchestra
The London Symphony Orchestra conducted by Richard Strauss, performing the Rosenkavalier waltz from his opera on Columbia L1422, an electrical recording of a great twentieth-century composer leading his own orchestra.AI summary
Columbia L1421 Orchestra
The London Symphony Orchestra conducted by Richard Strauss, performing 'Salome's Dance' from his opera on Columbia L1422, an early electrical recording of a major twentieth-century composer leading his own orchestra.AI summary
Columbia L1422 Orchestra
Felix Weingartner conducting the London Symphony Orchestra in Beethoven's Seventh Symphony and a Grieg dance, on Columbia's prestigious long-playing L series; a major conductor and important orchestral recording.AI summary
Columbia L1484 Orchestra
Felix Weingartner conducting the London Symphony Orchestra in Beethoven's Symphony No. 8, released on Columbia long-playing 78 (L series), catalogue L1538.AI summary
Columbia L1538 Orchestra
The Madrid Symphony Orchestra under the composer Arbós recorded 'Noche de Arabia' (Arabian Night) for Columbia. Arbós was a Spanish conductor and composer of the early 20th century.AI summary
Columbia 9583 Orchestra
Mantovani and his orchestra on two light orchestral pieces, Columbia FB pressing from the 1940s.AI summary
Columbia FB2122 Orchestra
Marek Weber, a German salon orchestra leader, recorded two takes of a Strauss medley, 'In Old Vienna', for Columbia in the 1930s.AI summary
Columbia 36493 Orchestra
Max Jaffa, the renowned British light-music conductor and string bandleader, recording two novelty pieces 'China Boogie' and 'Slap Happy' for Columbia in the early 1950s (DB3719 series).AI summary
Columbia DB3719 Orchestra
Meyer Davis and his Orchestra perform the music of composer Vincent Youmans across four 78rpm sides on Columbia, capturing the light orchestral style that made Davis a popular bandleader for events and broadcasts.AI summary
Columbia 36425-36428 Orchestra
A minstrel ensemble performs an introductory overture on this early Columbia record, catalogue 1109, from the acoustic era.AI summary
Columbia 1109 Orchestra
A medley of pieces by N. Wayne, E. Knight and others—'I will' / 'First Waltz' coupled with 'Other People's Babies'—on Columbia's DX series, a deluxe format of the early-to-mid 1930s. The performers are not clearly identified in the catalogue entry.AI summary
Columbia DX617 Orchestra
New Queens Orch with A. Maclean performing a 'Louise' selection (Parts 1 and 2) on Columbia 1479. The extremely early catalogue number suggests an acoustic-era recording, likely from the 1910s or early 1920s.AI summary
Columbia 1479 Orchestra
Frank Bridge conducting the New Queen's Hall Orchestra in 'A Christmas Dance' and 'Poem No. 2' on Columbia L1678. A companion to ColL1500 in this collection, this further documents Bridge as a conductor of his own music. The New Queen's Hall Orchestra was a prominent London ensemble, and the Columbia L-series places this in the early-to-mid 1920s.AI summary
Columbia L1678 Orchestra
Noble performing two orchestral novelties — 'Comanche War Dance' and 'Iroquois' — on Columbia FB series. This is likely Ray Noble, the prolific British dance-band leader and composer, or his orchestra, recording for the FB (faster) series.AI summary
Columbia FB2622 Orchestra
Noble (likely Ray Noble, the British dance-band leader), conducts orchestral arrangements of two Native American-themed novelty numbers—"Comanche War Dance" and "Iroquois"—on Columbia FB2622, a British pressing of the 1930s.AI summary
Columbia FB2622 Orchestra
Albert Ketelbey was an English conductor and composer best known for light orchestral miniatures; this Columbia recording of 'Just Fancy' captures the style that made him popular in British homes during the 1920s and 1930s.AI summary
Columbia 2883 Orchestra
Albert Ketelbey conducting his own orchestra in 'In a Persian Market', one of his most famous light orchestral evergreens, on Columbia 3422R. Ketelbey's concert pieces were extremely popular on 78s during the 1920s and 1930s.AI summary
Columbia 3422R Orchestra
Norman O'Neill (1875–1934) was a distinguished British composer and conductor known for his theatre music and orchestral works. This Columbia 4495 pressing of orchestral dances is from his recording catalogue.AI summary
Columbia 4495 Orchestra
An orchestra conducted by Sir Thomas Beecham performing Gounod's 'Processional March' and Sibelius's 'Valse Triste' on Columbia electrical recording; Beecham was a major British conductor.AI summary
Columbia L1162 Orchestra
Sir Thomas Beecham conducting an orchestra in Mozart's *Magic Flute* Overture, recorded for Columbia on the prestigious L-series (long-playing 10-inch) of the early 1930s; Beecham was the leading British conductor of the era and a major recording artist.AI summary
Columbia L1001 Orchestra
Sir Thomas Beecham conducted the orchestra in 'Rosenkavalier waltz' and 'Manon minuet' for Columbia L1020. This is an electrical recording of light orchestral arrangements, conducted by one of Britain's most celebrated conductors.AI summary
Columbia L1020 Orchestra
The orchestra under conductor Thomas Beecham performing the overture to Rossini's Barber of Seville and the scherzo from Mendelssohn's A Midsummer Night's Dream on Columbia L1075. Beecham was one of the greatest British conductors of the twentieth century.AI summary
Columbia L1075 Orchestra
Columbia L1132 Orchestra