1,199 shellac records · mostly British pressings, 1900s–1950s
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Eddie Cantor, the American vaudeville and film star, on Columbia DB-series; Cantor was one of the most famous entertainers of the 1920s–30s, known for his distinctive voice and comedy timing.AI summary
Columbia DB1047 Personalities (Prs)
Eddie Cantor, the American vaudeville star and radio personality, recorded 'The Man on the Flying Trapeze' and 'Over Somebody Else's Shoulder' for Imperial Records, a small British label active in the early 1930s.AI summary
Imperial 4011 Personalities (Prs)
Eddie Cantor, the celebrated American entertainer and comedian, recorded 'Earful of Music' and 'Mandy' for Imperial catalogue SP103, likely mid-to-late 1920s.AI summary
Imperial SP103 Personalities (Prs)
Eddie Cantor with When They're Old Enough to Know Better and, by I. Kaufman, I Don't Want a Doctor on Emerson 1094.AI summary
Emerson 1094 Personalities (Prs)
Eddie Cantor, the American vaudeville star, singing 'Makin' Whoopee' and 'Yes Sir That's My Baby' on Brunswick 03216, from the late 1920s or early 1930s.AI summary
Brunswick 03216 Personalities (Prs)
Eddie Cantor, the American vaudeville and recording star, accompanied by Ambrose's dance orchestra on Decca, performing 'Lambeth Walk', the hit song from Noël Coward's 1938 revue *Me and My Girl*, alongside 'Says My Heart' and 'Little Lady Make Believe'.AI summary
Decca F6741 Personalities (Prs)
Columbia 5517 Personalities (Prs)
Edgar Bergen and Charlie McCarthy, the American ventriloquist and his famous dummy, in comedy sketches on Audiencerecords, a small American label.AI summary
Audiencerecords Personalities (Prs)
Edgar Wallace, the prolific crime novelist, reciting or narrating 'Man in the Ditch' in two parts on Columbia 5026, likely from the 1920s.AI summary
Columbia 5026 Personalities (Prs)
Edgar Wallace, the prolific British thriller writer, on Columbia 5026 with The Man in the Ditch in two parts.AI summary
Columbia 5026 Personalities (Prs)
Edith Day (1896–1971), an American stage and film actress, performing the title song 'Alice Blue Gown' and 'Irene' on Columbia; Day was a Broadway and West End musical-comedy star of the 1920s–1930s.AI summary
Columbia F1044 Personalities (Prs)
Dame Edith Evans and Sir John Gielgud, two of Britain's greatest classical actors, performed scenes from Oscar Wilde's *The Importance of Being Earnest* for His Master's Voice—a historic recording of spoken word theatre.AI summary
His Master's Voice B8883 Personalities (Prs)
Edith Evans and John Gielgud in scenes from Oscar Wilde's The Importance of Being Earnest, on HMV B8883. Evans's Lady Bracknell and Gielgud's Jack Worthing were among the defining performances of the play.AI summary
His Master's Voice B8883 Personalities (Prs)
Edward G. Robinson in Big Town, the radio drama in which he starred as a newspaper editor, in six sides on the Red White Blue label.AI summary
Red White Blue Personalities (Prs)
Edward G. Robinson in 'Big Town', the American radio drama series in which he starred as a crusading newspaper editor, on a six-sided set.AI summary
Red White Blue Personalities (Prs)
Edward G. Robinson in 'Big Town', the American radio drama series in which he starred as a crusading newspaper editor, on a six-sided set.AI summary
Red White Blue Personalities (Prs)
Edward Halland recorded 'Little Man & Maid' and 'See saw Margery Daw' for Bell, an early British imprint.AI summary
Bell 264 Personalities (Prs)
Edward Lyndoe recorded 'What's Your Lucky Star January' for Regal, a British budget label, as a two-sided piece.AI summary
Regal MR1151 Personalities (Prs)
Edward Lyndoe performs 'Plan with the Planets' — likely a novelty or instructional item — on Regal MR1182, a budget British label, circa 1930s–40s.AI summary
Regal MR1182 Personalities (Prs)
Millophone 60 Personalities (Prs)
His Master's Voice B8406 Personalities (Prs)
Eleanor Powell, the famous American tap dancer and MGM star, recorded two novelty numbers—"Got a Brand New Suit" and "(Ramona) Every Now and Then"—for His Master's Voice.AI summary
His Master's Voice B8406 Personalities (Prs)
His Master's Voice BD889 Personalities (Prs)
Ella Shields, the British music-hall star and composer, performing 'When the Bloom is on the Heather' and 'If you knew Susie' for Columbia 3734.AI summary
Columbia 3734 Personalities (Prs)
Ellaline Terriss, the Edwardian musical-comedy star, sings 'The Glow-Worm' on a single-sided G&T.AI summary
G&T 3705 Personalities (Prs)
Dame Ellen Terry was the foremost Shakespearean actress of the Victorian and Edwardian stage, and this HMV pressing captures her reciting Portia's 'Quality of Mercy' speech from The Merchant of Venice. HMV 2-3535 is a single-sided pressing from the early acoustic period, around 1911. Terry's recordings are historically significant documents of Victorian acting style and are keenly sought by theatre and literary collectors. This is one of the most interesting spoken-word items a British collection of this era can hold.AI summary
His Master's Voice 2-3535 Personalities (Prs)
Elsie and Doris Waters, the comedy duo famous for their BBC radio partnership, performing an 'Air Ministry Security Record' — a wartime spoken-word recording preserved on HMV.AI summary
His Master's Voice JH50 Personalities (Prs)
Decca F5586 Personalities (Prs)
Imperial 2381 Personalities (Prs)
Decca F3990 Personalities (Prs)
Elsie Janis, the American singer, dancer and entertainer, performing 'Florrie was a Flapper' and 'You're Here and I'm Here' (with B. Hallam) on His Master's Voice B488. Janis was a popular stage and recording artist of the 1920s.AI summary
His Master's Voice B488 Personalities (Prs)
Elsie Janis, the American entertainer and 'Sweetheart of the AEF', recorded these two numbers on HMV's E-series, a popular label of the 1920s.AI summary
His Master's Voice E174 Personalities (Prs)
Elvis Presley's 'A Big Hunk o' Love' backed with 'My Wish Came True', issued on RCA 71.255 — likely a Continental European RCA pressing rather than a standard UK issue, given the catalogue format. This was Elvis's last US number one before his army service and was issued in 1959; the Continental catalogue prefix places this as a non-UK pressing.AI summary
RCA 71.255 Personalities (Prs)
Elvis Presley's 'Blue Suede Shoes' backed with 'Tutti Frutti' on HMV POP213, the UK issue from 1956. This is one of Elvis's earliest and most important UK singles — 'Blue Suede Shoes' was the first Carl Perkins song he recorded, and the HMV POP series was the vehicle for his British debut releases; UK first pressings of early Elvis HMV singles are actively collected.AI summary
His Master's Voice POP213 Personalities (Prs)
Elvis Presley's 'Rip It Up' backed with 'Baby Let's Play House' on HMV POP305, a UK pressing from 1956. Both songs are associated with Elvis's Sun and early RCA period; 'Baby Let's Play House' was originally a Sun single. UK HMV POP Elvis singles from 1956 are actively collected.AI summary
His Master's Voice POP305 Personalities (Prs)
A Vitaphone sound-on-disc soundtrack record for Three Faces East, with Eric von Stroheim, part 9. Vitaphone discs were large and played at 33 1/3 rpm.AI summary
Vitaphone 4179 Personalities (Prs)
Ernest Young gives talks on the British Empire, no. 2, in two parts on Columbia D40143.AI summary
Columbia D40143 Personalities (Prs)
Ethel Merman, the great American stage and film star, recorded 'Doin' What Comes Natur'lly' and 'Moonshine Lullaby' for Brunswick 03769; these recordings date from the 1940s and capture her powerful, distinctive style.AI summary
Brunswick 03769 Personalities (Prs)
Ethel Merman, the legendary American Broadway and musical-theatre star, on Liberty Records — a small American label of the 1940s–50s — performing showtune material.AI summary
Liberty 256 Personalities (Prs)
His Master's Voice B4348 Personalities (Prs)
Ethel Merman, the American musical-theatre star, recorded these songs from the 1946 Irving Berlin show 'Annie Get Your Gun' for Brunswick.AI summary
Brunswick 03769 Personalities (Prs)
Ethel Merman, the Broadway star of 'Annie Get Your Gun', sings two of Irving Berlin's songs from the 1946 show, 'They Say It's Wonderful' and 'Anything You Can Do', on a British Brunswick issue.AI summary
Brunswick 03771 Personalities (Prs)
Decca F3513 Personalities (Prs)
Fred Astaire and Joan Powell, the famous dancer and his co-star from the MGM film, recorded duets 'How Could You Believe Me' and 'Too Late Now' on MGM 370. This is a film soundtrack pressing.AI summary
MGM 370 Personalities (Prs)
F. Gordon Lowe recorded instructional monologues on lawn tennis for Uni, a small British imprint. Lowe was a tennis professional or journalist of the early 1900s, and this disc is a novelty and instructional record rather than musical entertainment.AI summary
Unison 393 Personalities (Prs)
Fanny Brice, the American vaudeville and radio star, performing 'I'd Rather Be Blue' and 'My Man' on His Master's Voice, catalogue B2975.AI summary
His Master's Voice B2975 Personalities (Prs)
Fanny Brice, the American vaudeville and Broadway star, performing 'My Man', her signature torch song, recorded for HMV in the early electric era.AI summary
His Master's Voice B25752 Personalities (Prs)
Fanny Brice was one of the most celebrated American comic performers of the early twentieth century, star of the Ziegfeld Follies and the inspiration for the musical Funny Girl. This Victor disc, catalogue 45323, contains 'Becky Is Back in the Ballet' and 'Sheik of Avenue B'. Brice recordings are collected by enthusiasts of early American comedy and vaudeville.AI summary
Victor 45323 Personalities (Prs)