95 shellac records · mostly British pressings, 1900s–1950s
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Jamieson Dodds sings Lord God of Abraham from Mendelssohn's Elijah and It Is Enough on Beka M63.AI summary
Beka M63 Classical
Beka 143
Jay Laurier recorded 'I'm always doing something silly' and 'The Brown Cow' for Bek Records, catalogue 41105/8. Bek was a small British label of the late 1920s–early 1930s; Laurier is an unidentified artist.AI summary
Beka 41105/8 Music Hall
Jay Laurier performing 'They All Think the World of Me' and 'Get Away You're Kidding' on Bek, an obscure British label of the 1920s–1930s.AI summary
Beka 41109/366 Voice
Jessie Broughton recorded 'Fiddle and I' for Beka, catalogue 40321, a British budget label of the 1920s–early 1930s.AI summary
Beka 40321 Voice
Jessie Broughton and Oakley performing two Stephen Foster songs, 'Old Folks at Home' and 'My Old Kentucky Home', on Beka 35138/9.AI summary
Beka 35138/9 Voice
A Beka label recording of the tenor Lenghi-Cellini performing 'Che gelida manina' from Puccini's La Bohème.AI summary
Beka M101 Opera
Lenghi-Cellini (likely a vocal duo) on Beka M105, performing operatic material 'Farewell o Happy Home' and 'Let her believe'.AI summary
Beka M105 Opera
Lenghi and Cellini, unidentified artists, on BekaM (Beka, a German label with British pressings), performing 'Serenata' and music from Pagliacci.AI summary
Beka M123 Opera
Lenghi and Cellini performing 'I'll Sing Thee Songs of Araby' and 'I Know a Lovely Garden' on Beka 44, early sentimental vocal duets on an obscure British label.AI summary
Beka M44 Voice
Lenghi and Cellini performing two opera arias on Beka, catalogue M50. This appears to be a Beka (Berliner Gramophon Aktiengesellschaft) pressing, likely from the 1910s–1920s era, featuring two operatic singers.AI summary
Beka M50 Opera
Lenghi-Cellini, likely an operatic or classical singer, on Beka M 53 performing art songs.AI summary
Beka M53 Voice
The tenor Lenghi-Cellini sings 'Questa o quella' and 'La donna è mobile' from Verdi's 'Rigoletto' on Beka.AI summary
Beka M55 Opera
Beka M90 Voice
Lenghi-Cellini was an Italian operatic tenor recorded in the acoustic era; this Beka disc presents two celebrated arias from Puccini's Tosca.AI summary
Beka M91 Opera
Leo Stormont recorded 'God Save the King' for Beka, the Deutsche Grammophon budget imprint; a solo vocal performance of the British national anthem from the 1920s–1930s.AI summary
Beka 6942 Voice
Little Tich, British music-hall comedian. Beka 41252/5 ('The Twenty Third' and 'King Ki-Ki') records his routines on a German label; scarce in the UK.AI summary
Beka 41252/5 Music Hall
Little Tich, British music-hall comedian. Beka 41254/6 ('Territorial' and 'Gas Inspector') records his routines on a German label; scarce in the UK.AI summary
Beka 41254/6 Music Hall
Little Tich (1859–1928) was a diminutive British music-hall comedian famous for his physical comedy routines. Beka 41257/80 ('Dentist' and 'Zookeeper') are acoustic recordings of his act and are scarce.AI summary
Beka 41257/80 Music Hall
M. Gautier recorded vocal material in French for Beka, a German label with British pressings. The romantic titles suggest salon or popular song of the early 20th century. Gautier is not established in standard discographies.AI summary
Beka 7228 Voice
Marek Weber was a German dance-band and orchestra leader and composer of the 1920s–1930s; this Beka 5755 contains two of his recordings, 'Camel Land' and 'Young Man's Fancy', typical of the novelty dance numbers of the era.AI summary
Beka 5755 Dance
Marie Dietrich performing 'Gnadenarie' and the Salut demeure aria (Rosanov arrangement) on Beka, catalogue 8389. Beka was a major European label of the acoustic era.AI summary
Beka 8389 Opera
Marie Dietrich, presumably the famous cabaret and film star, performing classical vocal work on the Beka label, an early German pressing.AI summary
Beka 8390 Voice
Marie Gotze singing two German art songs—'Ach ich habe sie verloren' and the 'Spinning Song' from *La Dame Blanche*—on Beka 8378.AI summary
Beka 8378 Voice
Marius Chambon was a French singer who recorded for Beka Records, the Berlin-based pressing firm that operated an extensive European network in the early years of the twentieth century. This disc, Beka 7607, contains 'Promenade du Paysan'; Chambon does not appear prominently in standard discographic references, and French-language Beka vocal pressings from this period are uncommon outside specialist collections.AI summary
Beka 7607 Voice
Melanie Kurt, the Austrian Wagnerian soprano, sings Santuzza's romance from 'Cavalleria rusticana' and Senta's Ballad from 'The Flying Dutchman' on Beka.AI summary
Beka M99 Opera
Miss Riboet recorded 'Pokok Pisang' and 'Gelek Ishim' for Beka, the Deutsche Grammophon budget label; the Indonesian or Malay titles suggest she was a performer of colonial or world music from the 1920s–1930s.AI summary
Beka 27742 Music Hall
An orchestra performs 'Love and Youth' and 'Somewhere a Voice Is Calling' on Beka 35533. Beka was a German-origin label with British distribution active in the 1900s–1910s; standard acoustic orchestral pressing of popular ballad material.AI summary
Beka 35533 Orchestra
An orchestra performs the Fra Diavolo Overture by Auber in two parts on Beka 12598. Beka was a German-origin label with British distribution active in the 1900s–1910s; overture recordings on early Beka pressings are period acoustic items of modest specialist interest.AI summary
Beka 12598 Orchestra
An unidentified orchestra performed 'Florentiner March' and 'Indra March' on Beka 31619, an early German-manufactured issue.AI summary
Beka 31619 Orchestra
Oscar Braun performs German vocal material—'Lebe Wohl Mein Flandrisch Mädchen' and 'Romance Mignon'—on this Beka record, catalogue 7479, from the acoustic era of the early 1900s.AI summary
Beka 7479 Voice
A popular song recorded by Pete Brown for Bek, a small and obscure British label. The artist is not well known from standard reference, though the catalogue number suggests an early 1930s pressing.AI summary
Beka 40582/3 Voice
Phil Ray recorded 'Seventeen' and 'Parting' for Bek Records 41246/8, a catalogue number suggesting a 1930s release. Ray cannot be identified; Bek was a minor British label.AI summary
Beka 41246/8 Voice
Beka M180
Sam Hempsall on Beka M54, performing two sides of an unidentified piece. Beka was an early British label of the acoustic era.AI summary
Beka M54 Voice
The Scots Guards Band recorded 'Polacco Picaroon' for Beka, a German label with British distribution in the early 1900s. Military and regimental band recordings on Beka are uncommon in British collections.AI summary
Beka 2809 Orchestra
Beka 3067 Misc.
The Tivoli Minstrels recorded 'Strolling Home with Eugenie' for Beka 9468. Minstrel and close-harmony vocal groups were common in the early 1900s; Beka was a German label with British pressings.AI summary
Beka 9468 Music Hall
Tom Temple recorded comic novelty songs 'Hold Your Hand Out, Naughty Boy' and 'Jerry Jeremiah' on Beka; a minor music-hall or novelty act of the 1920s.AI summary
Beka 749 Comic
Tom Temple on Beka, a low-cost British label active in the early 1900s. The novelty title suggests comic or music-hall material. Beka was a minor imprint with limited distribution, and records from this label rarely surface.AI summary
Beka 749 Music Hall
Beka 45349/50 Voice
V. Petrov performing an excerpt from Gounod's *Faust* on Beka catalogue 45344/5, likely an early 1910s pressing. Beka was a German label with limited British circulation.AI summary
Beka 45344/5 Opera
Vassily Sharonov was a Russian bass who recorded for several early labels including Beka, a Berlin-based company with extensive operations recording Eastern European and Russian singers around 1905–1910. This disc, Beka 6750, contains a Koorgan ballad and 'Across the Water'. Beka pressings of Russian singers from this period are uncommon outside specialist collections.AI summary
Beka 6750 Voice
Whit Cunliffe performing 'Hello It's a Different Girl Again' on Beka catalogue 9826 — a one-sided pressing. Beka was a Berlin-based label with British distribution; a one-sided Cunliffe pressing on Beka is moderately uncommon compared to his double-sided Odeon or Columbia recordings.AI summary
Beka 9826 Music Hall
Whit Cunliffe, the Edwardian music-hall comedian, on Beka catalogue 9828 with 'If the World Were Ruled by Girls' and 'Girls, Girls, Girls'. Beka was a Berlin-based label with British distribution; Cunliffe sides on Beka are moderately uncommon compared to his major-label recordings.AI summary
Beka 9828 Music Hall
Wilkie Bard, the music-hall comedian, with 'All Change for Llanfairfechan' and 'The Doorkeeper at Frightley's' on Beka.AI summary
Beka 41166 Music Hall
Zelie de Lussan, an American mezzo-soprano of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, performing the *Habanera* and arias from *Mignon* on Beka, a German gramophone label. This is an early acoustic recording of an established operatic voice.AI summary
Beka 8313 Opera