158 shellac records · mostly British pressings, 1900s–1950s
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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
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
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
B Paul and D Jones on HMV B10177, an orchestral recording of classical vocal material, likely from the late acoustic era.AI summary
His Master's Voice B10177 Orchestra
A band performing two Danish royalist waltzes, 'Dronning Louises Vals' and 'Dronning Alexandrine Vals', on His Master's Voice AL676.AI summary
His Master's Voice AL676 Orchestra
Band on His Master's Voice C1046, performing 'Fun of the Fayre selection' and part 2. HMV C-series indicates a longer-playing or medley issue.AI summary
His Master's Voice C1046 Orchestra
An unnamed dance band performing a medley selection from the Irish musical 'Little Nellie Kelly', a popular stage work, recorded for His Master's Voice; the C-series format indicates an orchestral rather than vocal arrangement.AI summary
His Master's Voice C1118 Orchestra
A dance band recording of a selection from the musical 'Tails Up', in two parts, on His Master's Voice C series, from the 1920s.AI summary
His Master's Voice C865 Orchestra
A band, unnamed on this His Master's Voice record, performed an 'Oh Joy' selection in two parts, a common pot-pourri practice of the period.AI summary
His Master's Voice C890 Orchestra
Baynes with a Clowns in Clover medley and Destiny on HMV B5457.AI summary
His Master's Voice B5457 Orchestra
The Beecham Symphony Orchestra performing the overture to Johann Strauss II's Die Fledermaus, on His Master's Voice catalogue 0627. Thomas Beecham was one of the most celebrated British conductors of the twentieth century, and his HMV recordings are collected. The 0627 catalogue number in the HMV system suggests a pre-war pressing.AI summary
His Master's Voice 0627 Orchestra
Benson Orchestra of Chicago was an American dance ensemble prominent in the 1920s. This His Master's Voice recording from the mid-1920s (catalogue B1654) represents early acoustic dance music.AI summary
His Master's Voice B1654 Orchestra
The Benson Orchestra of Chicago, a well-known dance orchestra of the 1920s, plays 'Crooning' and Whiteman's 'Moonlight' on His Master's Voice, recorded in the acoustic era.AI summary
His Master's Voice B1251 Orchestra
The Benson Orchestra of Chicago was an American jazz-influenced dance orchestra that recorded prolifically for HMV's American parent company and for British HMV in the 1920s. This early HMV B-series side pairs 'Dreams if India' and Confrey's 'Wet yo hands', representing novelty and jazz-influenced material.AI summary
His Master's Voice B1694 Orchestra
The Berlin Philharmonic conducted by Arthur Nikisch performing the Andante movement of Beethoven's Fifth Symphony on HMV D870 — a companion disc to id 17865. As with that disc, this is from the historic 1913 Nikisch Beethoven Fifth recording and is among the most historically significant early orchestral 78s.AI summary
His Master's Voice D870 Orchestra
The Berlin Philharmonic conducted by Arthur Nikisch performing the first two movements of Beethoven's Fifth Symphony on HMV D90, recorded in 1913. Nikisch was one of the most celebrated conductors of the pre-war era and this Berlin Philharmonic Beethoven Fifth is one of the most historically important early orchestral recordings ever made; it is among the most collected early orchestral 78s.AI summary
His Master's Voice D90 Orchestra
The Berlin Philharmonic conducted by Arthur Nikisch performing movements of Beethoven's Fifth Symphony on HMV D92 — a further disc from the historic 1913 recording that also appears as ids 17865 and 15356 in this collection. All three discs are from one of the most historically significant early orchestral recording sets ever made.AI summary
His Master's Voice D92 Orchestra
Richard Strauss conducting the Berlin State Opera Orchestra in his own tone poem 'Don Juan', on His Master's Voice catalogue 040872 — an early large-format disc. A composer conducting their own orchestral work is a primary document, and this HMV pressing of Strauss conducting Don Juan is historically significant for collectors of early orchestral 78s.AI summary
His Master's Voice 040872 Orchestra
Richard Strauss conducting the Berlin State Opera Orchestra in parts three and four of 'Don Juan' on HMV catalogue 040874 — the companion disc to id 6226. As with that disc, a composer conducting his own tone poem on HMV large-format pressings is historically and musically significant.AI summary
His Master's Voice 040874 Orchestra
The Birmingham Symphony Orchestra conducted by Adrian Boult performing the overture to Humperdinck's Hänsel und Gretel on HMV D591 — a companion to the D617 disc of the Witch's Ride and Dream Pantomime elsewhere in this collection. Boult was one of the most significant British conductors of the twentieth century.AI summary
His Master's Voice D591 Orchestra
The Birmingham Symphony Orchestra conducted by Adrian Boult performing the Witch's Ride and Dream Pantomime from Humperdinck's Hänsel und Gretel on HMV D617. Boult was one of the most significant British conductors of the twentieth century and his early HMV recordings are moderately collected; these two orchestral showpieces from the opera are characteristic of the acoustic-era orchestral repertoire.AI summary
His Master's Voice D617 Orchestra
The Birmingham Symphony Orchestra conducted by Adrian Boult, with S. Power as soloist, performing 'Rout' — a work by Arthur Bliss — on HMV D574. Boult was one of the most significant British conductors of the twentieth century; an early Boult recording of a Bliss work is of historical interest to collectors of British music.AI summary
His Master's Voice D574 Orchestra
The British Symphony String Orchestra conducted by Blech recorded the 'Aida March' for HMV. Blech was a known German-British conductor active in the 1920s–30s. This is a standard orchestral arrangement of Verdi.AI summary
His Master's Voice EJ189 Orchestra
The Coldstream Guards Band performing standard orchestral repertoire—Grieg and Liszt—on HMV's classical series, recorded in the early acoustic era.AI summary
His Master's Voice C116 Orchestra
A Coldstream Guards Band recording of a selection from the Edwardian musical comedy *Our Miss Gibbs* on His Master's Voice, from the early acoustic era (catalogue C series).AI summary
His Master's Voice C127 Orchestra
The Coldstream Guards Band performing on His Master's Voice C191. A military band recording of operatic material; HMV was the major label for such prestige releases.AI summary
His Master's Voice C191 Orchestra
The Coldstream Guards Band performing concert overtures on HMV's classical series in the early acoustic era, part of the label's extensive catalogue of military band recordings.AI summary
His Master's Voice C114 Orchestra
The Coldstream Guards Band, a British military band, recorded 'You Made Me Love You' and 'I Hear You Calling Me' for His Master's Voice C318, an early pressing from the acoustic era of recording, likely around 1910–1920. The C-series indicates a very early HMV catalogue number.AI summary
His Master's Voice C318 Orchestra
De Groot recorded 'Eileen Adair' and 'Smiling through' for His Master's Voice B1454, sentimental vocal or light classical material from the late 1920s.AI summary
His Master's Voice B1454 Orchestra
Don Bestor with 'The Last Round-Up' and 'Swingy Little Thingy' on His Master's Voice B6410 — orchestra and novelty material from the 1920s–1930s.AI summary
His Master's Voice B6410 Orchestra
Eddie Duchin was a celebrated American pianist and bandleader of the 1930s–1940s, known for smooth, elegant dance-band arrangements. This HMV pressing (BD263) of two popular songs from the early 1930s represents his work at the height of his popularity.AI summary
His Master's Voice BD263 Orchestra
Gaiety Theatre Orchestra under the direction of Wood performing light dance material on His Master's Voice. This is theatre music from the early twentieth century.AI summary
His Master's Voice B988 Orchestra
Geraldo, a renowned British light-orchestra conductor and pianist, performing 'One Day When We Were Young' and 'I'm in Love with Vienna' on His Master's Voice BD5449.AI summary
His Master's Voice BD5449 Orchestra
Geraldo, a British bandleader and composer, leading his orchestra on his own composition 'To Mother with Love' for HMV in the late 1930s or 1940s.AI summary
His Master's Voice BD5473 Orchestra
Glenn Miller's famous wartime hit 'That Old Black Magic' and 'At Last', pressed by His Master's Voice under licence from the American Brunswick original. Miller's swing orchestra recordings are among the most collected of all big-band era discs.AI summary
His Master's Voice BD5811 Orchestra
Glenn Miller's big band on HMV, featuring two novelty-era dance standards; a UK pressing from the wartime or immediate postwar period.AI summary
His Master's Voice B10662 Orchestra
Glenn Miller's big band recorded 'I'll Never Smile Again' with Tex Beneke vocal, one of the most commercially successful records of the wartime era; this is an HMV UK pressing of the period.AI summary
His Master's Voice BD1216 Orchestra
Glenn Miller, the most popular big-band leader of the swing era, recorded Verdi's "Anvil Chorus" for His Master's Voice on an MH (Music Hall) series pressing.AI summary
His Master's Voice MH183 Orchestra
Glenn Miller on His Master's Voice with the orchestral standards 'American Patrol' and 'Moonlight Serenade'. Miller was an American bandleader whose big-band swing recordings of 1938-42 achieved enormous popularity both in the US and Britain, though most of his HMV pressings are post-war reissues of earlier American recordings.AI summary
His Master's Voice EG7465 Orchestra
Glenn Miller, the celebrated American bandleader of the 1930s–1940s, recorded 'Georgia on My Mind' and 'Jersey Bounce' for HMV (B10235) in the late 1930s. The first is a jazz standard; the second became one of his most famous compositions. HMV pressings of Miller are common.AI summary
His Master's Voice B10235 Orchestra
Glen Miller on His Master's Voice BD5929, performing 'A Million Dreams Ago' and 'Starlit Hour'. Miller was the most popular big-band leader of the 1930s-40s; these are commercial ballad performances from his repertoire.AI summary
His Master's Voice BD5929 Orchestra
Glenn Miller, the American swing bandleader, on His Master's Voice EA3383 with 'It happened in Hawaii' and 'Everything I love' — an early recording from before his famous 1939–1942 orchestra.AI summary
His Master's Voice EA3383 Orchestra
Glenn Miller's orchestra, one of the most recorded and popular ensembles of the 1940s, recorded these two sides for His Master's Voice; Moon Love is a sentimental ballad and Sold American is a novelty number.AI summary
His Master's Voice BD5854 Orchestra
Glenn Miller, the leader of the most commercially successful big-band orchestra of the 1940s, recorded "Rainbow Rhapsody" and "It Must Be Jelly" for His Master's Voice. Miller's orchestra defined the "Miller sound" that became ubiquitous in wartime popular music.AI summary
His Master's Voice BD5847 Orchestra
Glenn Miller and his orchestra were the most commercially successful big-band ensemble of the 1940s; this His Master's Voice 78 couples two concert-hall arrangements recorded during or shortly after World War II.AI summary
His Master's Voice Bb11029-B Orchestra
The Glenn Miller Orchestra recorded these two swing standards for HMV. Miller's band was one of the most popular American dance orchestras of the 1940s, though this particular title pairing and pressing require verification.AI summary
His Master's Voice BD5698 Orchestra
Glenn Miller Band, one of the most popular American orchestras of the swing era, recorded 'Glen Island Special' and 'Pagan Love Song' for His Master's Voice BD5839, likely 1939–40.AI summary
His Master's Voice BD5839 Orchestra