315 shellac records · mostly British pressings, 1900s–1950s
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Bill Haley and his Comets' 'Rip It Up' and 'Teenagers' Mother' on Brunswick 05615, from the mid-1950s when Haley dominated early rock and roll charts.AI summary
Brunswick 05615 Rock
Billy Ward and the Dominoes with Stardust and Lucinda on London HLU8465.AI summary
London HLU8465 Rock
Bo Diddley with 'Crackin' Up' and 'The Great Grandfather' on Checker, issued at the very end of the 78 era. Late American Checker 78s are seldom found in Britain.AI summary
Checker 924 Rock
Bobby Charles recorded 'Yea Baby' and 'One eyed Jack' for Chess Records 1670. Bobby Charles was an early rock and roll and rhythm-and-blues recording artist; Chess Records was the prominent Chicago label for R&B and rock material.AI summary
Chess 1670 Rock
Bobby Day and the Satellites on His Master's Voice POP425, performing novelty rock and roll numbers. Bobby Day was an American rock and roll artist of the 1950s; UK pressings of his work are less common than American issues.AI summary
His Master's Voice POP425 Rock
Bobby Helms, an American country and rock and roll singer, performing 'Fräulein' and 'Heartsick Feeling' on Brunswick 05711 — a late 1950s pressing, part of the rock and roll era.AI summary
Brunswick 05711 Rock
Bobby Helms on Brunswick 05730 with 'No other baby' and 'Magic song', mid-1950s rock and roll and novelty sides.AI summary
Brunswick 05730 Rock
Bobby Helms, a minor American rock and roll and country artist of the 1950s, on Brunswick 05748 with 'Jacqueline' and 'Living in the shadow of the past'.AI summary
Brunswick 05748 Rock
Bobby Helms, a country and rock-and-roll singer of the 1950s, recorded 'My Special Angel' and 'Standing at the End of My World' for Brunswick; 'My Special Angel' was one of his major hits.AI summary
Brunswick 05721 Rock
Bobby Helms, an American rock and roll performer, on Brunswick 05730, performing 'No Other Baby' and 'Magic Song' — material from the mid-1950s.AI summary
Brunswick 05730 Rock
Bobby Helms, an American teen pop and country singer, recorded 'Jingle Bell Rock' and 'Captain Santa Claus' for Brunswick, catalogue 05765, dating to 1957-1958. Helms was a minor but recorded rock and pop artist of the late 1950s; 'Jingle Bell Rock' became a seasonal classic and is widely reissued.AI summary
Brunswick 05765 Rock
Boyd Bennett, an American country and rock and roll singer, performing two songs for Parlophone in the mid-1950s. Bennett was a minor US recording artist from the early rock and roll era.AI summary
Parlophone R4063 Rock
Boyd Bennett, a rhythm-and-blues and early rock-and-roll singer, performing two novelty numbers on Parlophone R4063, likely from the mid-1950s.AI summary
Parlophone R4063 Rock
Brenda Lee, the American child star and later rock and roll performer, recorded 'Dynamite' for Brunswick in the mid-1950s as part of the early rock-and-roll era.AI summary
Brunswick 05685 Rock
Brenda Lee, the American country and pop singer who had a string of hits in the late 1950s and early 1960s, performing 'I'm Sorry' and 'That's All You Gotta Do' on Decca catalogue FM6768. 'I'm Sorry' was a major hit in 1960; the FM-series Decca prefix is unusual and warrants checking for this pressing's origin.AI summary
Decca FM6768 Rock
Buddy Holly with Take Your Time and Rave On on Coral Q72325, a British 78 of 1958.AI summary
Coral Q72325 Rock
Charlie and Ray with Certainly Baby and Dearest One on Herald H454.AI summary
Herald H454 Rock
Charlie Gracie, an American teen idol and rock and roll vocalist, recorded 'Ninety-Nine Ways' and 'Butterfly' for Parlophone in the mid-1950s. 'Ninety-Nine Ways' was his biggest hit.AI summary
Parlophone R4290 Rock
Charlie Gracie recorded 'Butterfly' and 'Ninety nine way' for Moonglow, an American label. Gracie was a minor 1950s rock and roll singer; little is known of Moonglow Records.AI summary
Moonglow 5026 Rock
Charlie Gracie with Wandering Eyes and I Love You So Much It Hurts on London HLU8467.AI summary
London HLU8467 Rock
London 8467 Rock
The Chordettes with I Don't Know and Love Is a Two Way Street on London 8654.AI summary
London 8654 Rock
The Chordettes with Our Melody and Eddie My Love on London HL1076.AI summary
London HL1076 Rock
The Chordettes with Lonely Lips and Hummingbird on London L523.AI summary
London L523 Rock
The Chordettes with Just Between You and Me and Soft Sands on London L652.AI summary
London L652 Rock
The Chordettes with Born to Be with You and Love Never Changes on London 8302.AI summary
London 8302 Rock
The Chordettes with Eddie My Love and Our Melody on London 8264.AI summary
London 8264 Rock
The Chordettes with Eddie My Love and Our Melody on London 8264.AI summary
London 8264 Rock
The Chordettes with Lollipop and Baby, Come-a-Back-a on London HLD8584.AI summary
London HLD8584 Rock
Chuck Berry performing 'Together' and 'Thirty Days' on Chess 1610, an early rock and roll recording from the pioneer of the genre.AI summary
Chess 1610 Rock
This is not a British pressing: Chess Records was an American label based in Chicago. Chuck Berry's 'Roll Over Beethoven' and 'Drifting Heart' (1956) are major rock and roll records, but a Chess 78 belongs in an American collection, not this one.AI summary
Chess 1626 Rock
Chuck Willis, 'The King of the Stroll', recorded two early R&B sides — 'Bye Bye Love' and 'Rang Dang Ding Dong' — for dubMT, an obscure label.AI summary
dub 157 Rock
Cliff recorded 'Move it' and 'Schoolboy crush' for Columbia, catalogue DB4178. If this is Cliff Richard, it dates from the late 1950s and 'Move it' was his breakthrough hit, though attribution requires verification.AI summary
Columbia DB4178(vslwarpbut) Rock
Cliff (unidentified rock and roll artist) on Columbia DB4203, performing 'High class baby' and 'My feet hit the ground'—1950s rock and roll material.AI summary
Columbia DB4203(slwarpbut) Rock
Cliff Richard and The Shadows on Columbia DSA369 — 'Nine Times Out of Ten' backed with 'Thinking of Our Love' — is a South African pressing, indicated by the DSA prefix, rather than a standard UK issue. The 'sd2' matrix marking is a further pressing variant identifier. South African Columbia pressings of early Cliff and Shadows are uncommon outside their home market.AI summary
Columbia DSA369(marksd2) Rock
Cliff Richard's 'Dynamite' backed with 'Travellin' Light' on Columbia DB4351 — a 1959 UK 78rpm pressing. 'Travellin' Light' was his second number-one hit; as a late 78 it was pressed in declining quantities as the format was superseded by the 45.AI summary
Columbia DB4351 Rock
Cliff Richard's 'D in Love' backed with 'I Love You' on Columbia DB4547 — a standard late UK 78rpm pressing of a 1960 Cliff Richard release. Late-era UK 78s of major pop artists were pressed in declining quantities as the format died; this is a more uncommon format than the equivalent 45.AI summary
Columbia DB4547 Rock
Cliff Richard's 'Now's the Time to Fall in Love' backed with 'Girl Like You' on Columbia DB4667 — a late UK 78rpm pressing from 1961. Late-era UK 78s of major pop artists were pressed in declining quantities as the format was superseded by the 45; this is a less common format than the equivalent single.AI summary
Columbia DB4667 Rock
Cliff Richard's 'Got a Funny Feeling' backed with 'When the Girl in Your Arms' on Columbia DB4716 — a standard late UK 78rpm pressing from 1961. Late-era UK 78s of major pop artists were pressed in declining quantities as the format was superseded by the 45.AI summary
Columbia DB4716 Rock
Cliff Richard's 'The Young Ones' backed with 'We Say Yeah' on Columbia DB4761 — his chart-topping single from early 1962 and the theme from his film of the same year. This is a standard UK Columbia 78rpm pressing from the very end of the format's commercial life; late 78s by major pop artists exist but were pressed in much smaller quantities than the corresponding 45.AI summary
Columbia DB4761 Rock
Cliff Richard's 'Bachelor Boy' backed with 'Next Time' on Columbia DB4950 — both songs from his 1962 film 'Summer Holiday'. This is a standard late UK 78rpm pressing from the very end of the format's commercial life; late 78s by major pop artists exist but were pressed in much smaller quantities than the corresponding 45.AI summary
Columbia DB4950 Rock
Cliff Richard's 'Say You're Mine' backed with 'Don't Talk to Him' on Columbia DB7150 — a 1963 pressing from the final years of the UK 78rpm format. As with the companion DB7034, late-era 78s of major pop artists were pressed in very small quantities.AI summary
Columbia DB7150 Rock
Cliff Richard's 'Lucky Lips' backed with 'I Wonder' on Columbia DB7034 — a 1963 pressing from the very end of the UK 78rpm era. Late-era 78s of major pop artists were pressed in very small quantities as the format was almost entirely superseded by the 45.AI summary
Columbia DB7034 Rock
Clyde McPhatter, the pioneering American R&B and rock and roll vocalist who led the Drifters, singing 'When You're Sincere' and 'Treasure of Love' on Atlantic 1092 — an early release from the seminal Atlantic Records label.AI summary
Atlantic 1092 Rock
Colin Hicks, younger brother of Tommy Steele, with Wild Eyes and Tender Lips and Empty Arms Blues on Nixa N15114.AI summary
Nixa N15114 Rock
Conway Twitty with I Need Your Lovin' and Born to Sing the Blues on Mercury 71086.AI summary
Mercury 71086 Rock
The Crickets with I'm Looking for Someone to Love and That'll Be the Day on Coral 72279, the British 78 of Buddy Holly's group's first hit.AI summary
Coral 72279 Rock
C.W. Glover, performing 'Frequency Characteristics' in two parts on SpecialCP, a label specialising in non-musical recordings and test material.AI summary
Special CP155 Rock