1,199 shellac records · mostly British pressings, 1900s–1950s
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Brunswick 10286 Personalities (Prs)
Al Jolson, the legendary entertainer, performing 'Why Can't You' and 'Used to You' on Brunswick.AI summary
Brunswick 10287 Personalities (Prs)
Brunswick 4033 Personalities (Prs)
Al Jolson on Brunswick 03866, performing two jazz-influenced numbers. Jolson was the most famous entertainer of the 1920s and his records are widely collected, though Brunswick pressings are less scarce than his earlier acoustic sides.AI summary
Brunswick 03866 Personalities (Prs)
Al Jolson, 'The World's Greatest Entertainer', recorded the jazz standards 'Swanee' and 'April Showers' for Brunswick, representing his work in the early electrical era.AI summary
Brunswick 03765 Personalities (Prs)
Al Jolson with Guy Lombardo's orchestra on Columbia DB2613, performing 'April Showers' and 'Rock a bye your Baby'. Jolson was the dominant American popular singer and entertainer of the 1920s and early 1930s.AI summary
Columbia DB2613 Personalities (Prs)
Polyphon 5554 Personalities (Prs)
Albert Whelan, a celebrated whistler and entertainer, recorded 'Xmas Wedding Breakfast' and 'Darby & Joan's Xmas' for Imperial, catalogue 2351.AI summary
Imperial 2351 Personalities (Prs)
Albert Whelan, a celebrated British music-hall entertainer and whistler, recorded on Imperial 2272, performing light sentimental songs.AI summary
Imperial 2272 Personalities (Prs)
Albert Whelan, a renowned whistler and entertainer of the Edwardian era, performs 'Carolina in the Morning' and 'Give it a Smile' on His Master's Voice B1586.AI summary
His Master's Voice B1586 Personalities (Prs)
Albert Whelan, a celebrated British-American reciter and entertainer of the late 1800s and early 1900s, performs monologues 'Little Emily' and 'Death of Little Nell' on Zonophone 268 — among the earliest recordings of spoken-word dramatic recitation.AI summary
Zonophone 268 Personalities (Prs)
Albert Whelan was a distinguished British entertainer and whistler, famous for his *Invicta* entry march. This Decca disc offers two spoken or musical pieces: 'Jolly Good Company' and 'A Children's Christmas Party', from a period when Whelan was a major recording and broadcast star.AI summary
Decca F2688 Personalities (Prs)
Albert Whelan, the celebrated British whistler and music-hall star, on Imperial 2319, performing light sentimental vocal material.AI summary
Imperial 2319 Personalities (Prs)
Albert Whelan, the British variety entertainer and sketch artist, recorded these novelty titles for Imperial.AI summary
Imperial 2404 Personalities (Prs)
Albert Whelan, a celebrated whistler and entertainer of the Edwardian and early 1920s era, on Winner—performing novelty material with his signature whistling style.AI summary
Winner 3043 Personalities (Prs)
Albert Whelan, the distinguished British whistler and entertainer famous for his *Invicta* march, recorded two pieces on Eclipse: 'Rippling Brook' and 'We All Go Oo Ha Ha Together'. This appears to be from a later period in his career, likely the 1930s or 1940s.AI summary
Eclipse 1 Personalities (Prs)
Alfred Clark was one of the founding figures of the Gramophone Company and a key executive at HMV for decades; this disc, catalogue Cc17628, contains a message from him to HMV employees. A recording by a senior figure of the recording industry for internal company use would have been pressed in very small quantities and is an historically unusual item requiring specialist examination.AI summary
His Master's Voice Cc17628 Personalities (Prs)
The Highwayman, Alfred Noyes's 1906 narrative poem, in two parts on Dominion B8, credited to Noyes.AI summary
Dominion B8 Personalities (Prs)
Alice Delysia, a French entertainer and musical-theatre performer, recorded for His Master's Voice early in the electric recording period (catalogue 03589). Delysia was a celebrated stage and light opera performer.AI summary
His Master's Voice 03589 Personalities (Prs)
Alice Delysia, the French-British music hall and film star of the early 20th century, recorded two songs for Decca—one in English ('Badge from Your Coat') and one in French. Delysia was a West End favourite and Hollywood actress; this is likely a 1930s-40s Decca release.AI summary
Decca F7822 Personalities (Prs)
Anna Neagle, a celebrated British actress and dancer, recorded 'Kiss me Goodnight' and 'A Little Dash of Dublin' for Decca; Neagle's film and theatre fame made her occasional vocal recordings popular.AI summary
Decca F5649 Personalities (Prs)
Anna Neagle, the celebrated British actress and dancer, appears with T Jones on Columbia, singing 'Tonight' and '(Geraldo) I love you so'; the catalogue number DB1316 places this in the mid-1930s.AI summary
Columbia DB1316 Personalities (Prs)
Annette Mills on Decca with nursery novelties 'We want Muffin / Big Chief Carrot Top' and 'Sally the Seal / Mr Peregrine Esquire'. Mills was a British children's entertainer and puppeteer, famous as creator and performer of the Twizzle puppet show; her Decca recordings of the 1950s were popular with young audiences.AI summary
Decca F9028 Personalities (Prs)
Annette Mills was a British children's entertainer and puppeteer best known for 'Toytown' on BBC Radio; this Decca side from the late 1940s features her in nursery songs and animal character novelties.AI summary
Decca F9029 Personalities (Prs)
An anonymous performer or ensemble recorded these two parts of Pied Piper for Decca, probably in the 1930s or 1940s; the title suggests a novelty or children's piece.AI summary
Decca K755 Personalities (Prs)
A song credited to anonymous performers on HomH, a tiny British label of which little is known. The catalogue number 677 suggests an early pressing, but the label and artist cannot be identified.AI summary
Hom H677 Personalities (Prs)
Anonymous nursery rhymes on Eclipse, a cheap early 1930s British label, catalogue number suggesting an early release in their series.AI summary
Eclipse SC2 Personalities (Prs)
Anonymous performer(s) on Eclipse SC3 with nursery songs 'Pat a Cake' / 'Little Boy Blue' and 'Mazy Mary Will You Get Up'.AI summary
Eclipse SC3 Personalities (Prs)
An anonymous recording of *Apple Song* and *Light Breeze* on Eagle, a small British label. No artist is identified and the titles are minor.AI summary
Eagle 87 Personalities (Prs)
An unidentified artist recorded two songs, "Dreamy Tokyo" and "Star of Love", for Eagle, a small British label.AI summary
Eagle 92 Personalities (Prs)
Two songs—'China Night' and 'Hill of Pure Heart'—credited to Anon on the Eagle label, catalogue 97, a British imprint.AI summary
Eagle 97 Personalities (Prs)
An anonymous two-part performance on Bell 269, a small British label; 'House That Jack Built' is a nursery rhyme, suggesting this may be a spoken or novelty recording.AI summary
Bell 269 Personalities (Prs)
An anonymous recording on Bell 282, a small British label; the titles 'That's How I Believe in You' and 'Sally' point to early–mid period vocal or light entertainment material.AI summary
Bell 282 Personalities (Prs)
Three Little Kittens and There Was a Little Man on Bell 290, with no performer named.AI summary
Bell 290 Personalities (Prs)
An anonymous recording of 'Little Bo-Peep' and 'Three Nursery Rhymes' for the Bell label, catalogue 293, from the 1920s. A children's or educational record on a minor imprint.AI summary
Bell 293 Personalities (Prs)
An anonymous children's record on the Bell label, pressing nursery rhyme selections 'Try again/Ding dong Bell' and 'Once there lived a little Man'.AI summary
Bell 297 Personalities (Prs)
Anonymously credited vocal on Bell 309. The titles—'Shine' and an instrumental 'Melody in F'—suggest popular material of the 1910s-1920s era. Bell was a small British label active in that period, and the early catalogue number indicates a limited pressing, but the recording cannot be identified further.AI summary
Bell 309 Personalities (Prs)
An anonymous recording on the Bell label, a small British imprint, featuring a spoof march.AI summary
Bell 339 Personalities (Prs)
A recording credited anonymously (Anon) on Bell 379, featuring 'Currants' and 'Spring Song' (with band), a light or classical record.AI summary
Bell 379 Personalities (Prs)
Anonymously credited vocal on Bell 382. Bell was a small British label of the 1910s-1920s era, and the titles suggest popular comic or novelty material, but without artist identification or further details, this record cannot be placed.AI summary
Bell 382 Personalities (Prs)
An anonymous band or orchestra recorded 'I never see Maggie alone' and 'Eastern Star' (featuring xylophone) for Bell, a minor British label, catalogue 383.AI summary
Bell 383 Personalities (Prs)
Anonymous on Bell Records 389, a cheap British label of the 1920s–1930s; the titles suggest popular vocal or comic material.AI summary
Bell 389 Personalities (Prs)
Anonymous band on Bell 390, a British budget label, performing sentimental popular numbers. Bell records are less frequently encountered than major labels.AI summary
Bell 390 Personalities (Prs)
A nursery rhyme medley in two parts on Little Tots 121.AI summary
LittleTots 121 Personalities (Prs)
A nursery rhyme medley, parts 5 and 6, on Little Tots 123.AI summary
LittleTots 123 Personalities (Prs)
Mickey's Grand Opera and Orphan's Benefit on HMV BD382, children's issues from the Disney cartoons.AI summary
His Master's Voice BD382 Personalities (Prs)
AssociatedRediffusion Personalities (Prs)
Nursery rhymes on two sides on KidKord 11.AI summary
KidKord 11 Personalities (Prs)