23 shellac records · mostly British pressings, 1900s–1950s
23 records matching
A Lonsdale recorded 'Sons of the Sea' and 'Boys in Khaki Boys in Blue' for Best Records 380, a minor British label. Lonsdale is unidentified; the titles suggest patriotic or military songs, likely from the First World War era.AI summary
Best 380 Music Hall
Alf Willis performing two comic novelty songs on Best Records, a small British label. 'Oh Joe stick out your toe' is a typical music-hall novelty of the 1930s.AI summary
Best 364 Music Hall
A music-hall novelty piece on Best 262, a marginal British label. The title 'Where does Mr Flanagan want to go to' suggests a period comedy song.AI summary
Best 262 Music Hall
Best 114 Misc.
A band performing 'Under the Banner of Victory' and 'Wedding March' for Best 126, a novelty or ceremonial recording from the 1920s on a minor British label.AI summary
Best 126 Orchestra
An unidentified band on Best Acoustic Records performing 'Ballet Russe' and 'Blue Danube' — light orchestral recordings from the early acoustic era, circa 1920s.AI summary
Best A22 Orchestra
An unidentified dance band recorded 'Father of Victory' and 'Anvil Chorus' for Best 548, a catalogue number suggesting a small British label of uncertain date.AI summary
Best 548 Orchestra
Best 317
Darby West recorded two novelty or comic songs for Best Records, a small British label: 'They're all single by the Seaside' and '(B Fawcett) Meet me in Kelly Land'.AI summary
Best 290 Comic
A descriptive orchestral recording of 'Departure of the Troops for France' and 'Arrival of the Troops in France' on Best 379, a novelty or programme music record from the 1920s.AI summary
Best 379 Orchestra
Dougal Macnab on the small British Best label, performing comic Scots material with titles 'Calligan Call again' and 'Stop yer tickling Jock'.AI summary
Best 225 Music Hall
Harry Cove recorded music-hall songs for Best, a small British label; light entertainment material of the era.AI summary
Best 369 Music Hall
Harry Trevor recorded 'For auld lang syne' and 'When we walk to School together' for Best catalogue 206, an early British label of the acoustic era.AI summary
Best 206 Music Hall
Jack Charman on Best 313, credited with 'Keep on Swinging Me' and 'Rum tum Tiddle'. Best was a small British label; Charman appears elsewhere in the collection.AI summary
Best 313 Instrumental
Jack Charman recorded novelty comedy songs for Best, a small British label; music-hall comic material of the interwar era.AI summary
Best 351 Music Hall
Jack Charman recorded 'Let's have a chorus we can all sing' and 'Somewhere Someday' for Best, a small British label of the acoustic era.AI summary
Best 355 Music Hall
M Henry performs two Victorian vocal standards, 'Rocked in the Cradle of the Deep' and 'The Heart Bowed Down', on the Best label.AI summary
Best 378 Voice
Miss Venning performs 'Come Sing to Me' and 'For All Eternity' on Best, a very minor British label of uncertain date. Venning is unrecorded in standard reference works.AI summary
Best 232 Voice
Robert Carr performing 'In the Valley where the Bluebirds Sing' and 'Beautiful Birds Sing On' on Best 292. Best was a small British label. These are sentimental song titles typical of the 1920s–1930s.AI summary
Best 292 Voice
Stanley Kirkby performing 'All clear out of the Park' on the Best label, both sides of the record carrying the same title.AI summary
Best 259 Misc.
T Watts, an unidentified artist, on BestB (Best, a minor British label), performing songs titled 'Diver' and 'Drinking'.AI summary
Best B62 Voice
Tom Shields on Best 381 — 'Your King and Country Need You' backed with 'Your King and Country Want You' (G Barrington). Both sides carry patriotic First World War recruiting songs; Best is a label untraced in standard references, and having two versions of what is essentially the same wartime recruiting appeal on a minor label is unusual. Wartime pressings on obscure labels are an uncommon collecting area.AI summary
Best 381 Music Hall
Val Thompson performing 'The Rosary' and 'There is a green Hill' on the Best label, a small British marque of the 1920s–1930s. The artist Val Thompson is not widely documented in standard discographies.AI summary
Best 282 Voice