95 shellac records · mostly British pressings, 1900s–1950s
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Albert Collins on Beka (636) with 'It's a long way to Tipperary' and 'Have you seen our John'; Beka was an early British label active around 1900–1920s, and survivors from this marque are scarce.AI summary
Beka 636 Voice
Alexander Johnson performing 'Hey Ho Can't You Hear the Steamer' and 'Everybody but Me' on Beka, a continental label rarely found in British collections.AI summary
Beka 35210 Voice
Arthur Osmond recorded "Bob Down You're Spotted" and "What a Pity" for the Beka label. Artist and context are unidentified.AI summary
Beka 423
An unidentified band recorded two sides of light dance or waltz material for Beka, a significant early British label. The titles and label suggest early 1910s or earlier.AI summary
Beka 4165 Dance
Bantock Pierpoint on Bek Records, performing light classical repertoire of the vocal tradition.AI summary
Beka 40513/434 Classical
Billy Williams was an American singer of the 1920s–1930s; this Beka side pairs two novelty numbers typical of the era.AI summary
Beka 41406 Voice
Billy Williams, the Australian-born music hall singer, with Mrs. B and Sally O'Malley on Beka 41407/6.AI summary
Beka 41407/6 Music Hall
Billy Williams recorded 'You're the One' and 'Let's all Go Mad' for the Bek label, an unidentified British imprint. The catalogue numbering suggests late 1920s.AI summary
Beka 41410/2 Voice
Blanche Tomlin sings the Habanera and the Seguidilla from Bizet's 'Carmen' on Beka.AI summary
Beka M121 Opera
Blanche Tomlin sings the Jewel Song and The King of Thule from Gounod's Faust on Beka M131.AI summary
Beka M131 Opera
Blanche Tomlin sings Musetta's waltz song and Mimì's 'Mi chiamano Mimì' from Puccini's 'La bohème' on Beka.AI summary
Beka M46 Opera
Bohemia recorded novelty material on the Beka label, a German imprint with British pressings. The titles suggest popular dance and novelty songs of the mid-1920s. Beka was an active but secondary label in the UK market.AI summary
Beka 5263 Dance
Broughton and Lenghi-Cellini recorded 'Home to our Mountains' (from Verdi's *Il trovatore*) for Beka Records. Beka was a small European label. The performers are not well documented in English-language sources.AI summary
Beka M45 Opera
Cecile Vicars recorded "Ma Curly Headed Baby" for Beka, a small British label of the early 1900s.AI summary
Beka 8294 Voice
Charles Conyers performing what appear to be novelty or comic character sketches — 'An Evening Party' and 'Jimmy Law' — on Bek, a very obscure British label.AI summary
Beka 40524/5 Comic
Cove and Thompson on Bek (a minor British label), singing 'The Mississippi Barbecue' and 'The Aba Daba Honeymoon', a novelty song that was popular in the 1920s. Bek pressings are uncommon.AI summary
Beka 36008/40 Music Hall
Cove and Thompson recorded 'The Mississippi Barbecue' and 'The Aba Daba Honeymoon', a novelty number, for the Bek label. Without further detail on the artists and this small or short-lived label, neither can be confidently identified.AI summary
Beka 36008/41 Music Hall
D. Carter sings a 'Villanelle' and 'Poor Wandering One' from Gilbert and Sullivan's 'The Pirates of Penzance' on Beka.AI summary
Beka M51 Opera
A dance band performs 'Meine Lackschuh sind kaputt' and 'Limonade, Sekt und Liebe' on Beka 31995, a German-language Beka pressing. Beka was a German-origin label; these are Continental dance or novelty titles of modest interest to collectors of German period recordings.AI summary
Beka 31995 Dance
Elsie Steadman is an unidentified vocalist performing 'I'm sorry', a generic popular song title from the 1920s–30s era. This Beka label pressing is from an obscure British marque.AI summary
Beka 8021 Voice
Ernest Shand was an Edwardian music-hall comedian and monologist. This Beka pressing, catalogue 9709, contains 'Short Stories' and 'Little Bo-Peep'. Beka was a Berlin-based label with extensive European and British distribution; Shand is a moderately documented music-hall name.AI summary
Beka 9709 Music Hall
Francillo Kauffmann performing 'Zaerbinetta's Aria' from Strauss's opera 'Ariadne auf Naxos' on Beka M 113, an early acoustic recording of a soprano in operatic repertoire.AI summary
Beka M113 Opera
Francillo Kauffmann, an operatic tenor, performs two arias from Italian opera for Beka: 'Cavatina' from Donizetti's Don Pasquale and 'Vissi d'Arte' from Puccini's Tosca.AI summary
Beka M157 Opera
Violetta's aria from Verdi's La traviata in two parts, credited to Francillo Kauffmann on Beka M56.AI summary
Beka M56 Opera
Frank St Clair on Beka 9811, a small British label. Beka was an early imprint with limited distribution; St Clair is not documented in major discographies.AI summary
Beka 9811 Music Hall
Fred Daniels performing 'Playwright' and 'Runaway Motor Car' on Bek, an obscure British label of the 1920s–1930s.AI summary
Beka 40005/24 Music Hall
Fred Daniels performing 'Merriest Man alive' for Beka 9625.AI summary
Beka 9625 Music Hall
Fred Daniels performs 'Father' and 'By the Side of the Zuyder Zee' on this Beka record, catalogue 9838, a German imprint of the early acoustic era.AI summary
Beka 9838 Voice
Beka 40339/40
George Barnes was an American jazz guitarist active from the 1930s. These sentimental vocal sides on Beka, a German label, are obscure even by Barnes standards.AI summary
Beka M182 Jazz
Hamilton Hill on two songs: 'No Wedding Bells for me' and 'Bonnie Jean'. Released on Bek (Beka) 40348/9, a minor British label of the 1910s-20s.AI summary
Beka 40348/9 Voice
Harry Champion, the cockney music-hall star, sings 'Father Did Look Funny' and 'I See You've Got Your Old Brown Hat On' on Beka.AI summary
Beka 40046/48 Music Hall
Harry Champion, the cockney music-hall star, sings 'Funny Little Bobtail Coat' and 'Mr Knick Knock' on Beka.AI summary
Beka 40047/50 Music Hall
Harry Champion, the cockney music-hall star, sings 'I See You've Got Your Old Brown Hat On' and 'Mr Knick Knock' on Beka.AI summary
Beka 40048/50 Music Hall
Harry Champion, the cockney music-hall star, sings his 1909 hit 'Boiled Beef and Carrots' and 'You Don't Want to Keep On Showing It' on Beka.AI summary
Beka 40751/2 Music Hall
Harry Champion, the cockney music-hall star, sings 'Down Came the Blind' and 'Never Let Your Braces Dangle' on Beka.AI summary
Beka 40753/4 Music Hall
Harry Champion, the cockney music-hall star, sings 'Cover It Over Quick, Jemima' and 'Don't Do It Again, Matilda' on Beka, a German label that issued British recordings before the First World War.AI summary
Beka 41058/60 Music Hall
Harry Champion, the cockney music hall singer, with Ginger You're Balmy and Henry VIII on Beka 41059/61.AI summary
Beka 41059/61 Music Hall
Harry Ford is not a name that appears prominently in standard discographic references for the period. This disc on the Bek label — catalogue numbers suggesting an early Berlin-Beka pressing — contains two music-hall titles whose full sides are only partially legible in the catalogue entry. Bek/Beka was a significant early international pressing firm; an obscure artist on an early catalogue number warrants closer examination.AI summary
Beka 41274/5 Music Hall
Harry Ford performing 'Railway Porter' and 'Do You See' on the Bek label, catalogue 41276/9 — a companion to the companion disc id 18362 elsewhere in this collection, and the same disc catalogued as id 18362 in the first batch. This appears to be a third copy of that pressing; all copies should be compared for condition.AI summary
Beka 41276/9 Music Hall
A recording of Harry Truman (the 33rd President of the United States) performing or speaking 'Mayor My Girl' on the Beka label; the catalogue number and title are unclear, and the nature of the recording is uncertain.AI summary
Beka 40924 Personalities (Prs)
The Scots Guards perform 'Serenade d'Amour' on Beka 2860. Beka was a small German-origin label with British distribution active in the 1900s–1910s; standard military band acoustic pressing of light sentimental repertoire.AI summary
Beka 2860 Orchestra
The HM Scots Guards band recorded 'Wedding Bells' for Beka, a small British label, likely in the early 1920s based on the catalogue number.AI summary
Beka 2918 Orchestra
The Irish Guards Band, one of the British Army's most recorded military ensembles, recorded a 'Dairymaids selection' for Beka, catalogue 3107. Beka was a prominent British disc manufacturer until the mid-1920s, and military-band sides from this era are common.AI summary
Beka 3107 Orchestra
J. and N. Charman, variety entertainers of the 1920s–1930s, recorded these novelty and comic duets for Beka, a British imprint. The artists are not well known from standard reference.AI summary
Beka 35132 Music Hall
Jack Charman sings On the Silvery Sands and I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now on Beka 41026/5.AI summary
Beka 41026/5 Voice
Jamieson Dodds on Beka-M, a small British label, with two character or narrative songs from the early acoustic era.AI summary
Beka M111 Voice
Jamieson Dodds performed 'The Calf of Gold' and 'O Star of Eve' on Beka M48. This is a classical or operatic recording on an early German Beka label, likely from the 1900s-10s.AI summary
Beka M48 Opera