1,216 shellac records · mostly British pressings, 1900s–1950s
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Nick Lucas, an American singer and guitarist, recorded 'I'm Tired of Everything but You' and 'I Might Have Known' for Brunswick 2940. Lucas was a successful popular singer and acoustic guitarist of the late 1920s and early 1930s; this is a standard commercial release on a major label.AI summary
Brunswick 2940 Voice
Nick Lucas, the early electrical recording era crooner and pioneer of the electric guitar, recorded two romantic ballads for Brunswick in the late 1920s. Lucas was one of the first major recording stars of the acoustic-to-electric transition.AI summary
Brunswick 2961 Voice
Nick Lucas, 'The Crooning Tenor', was a pioneering crooner and recording artist of the late 1920s and 1930s. 'Sleepy Time Gal' is one of his best-known recordings; this Brunswick pressing is from the early acoustic era.AI summary
Brunswick 2990 Voice
Nick Lucas, an American tenor and recording star of the 1920s–30s, on Brunswick 3088 performing 'Always'.AI summary
Brunswick 3088 Voice
Nick Lucas, an American singer and guitarist, recorded 'Sleepy Head' and 'How Many Times' for Brunswick 3229. Lucas was known for novelty and popular songs in the 1920s-30s.AI summary
Brunswick 3229 Voice
Nick Lucas, an American tenor and early recording star of the 1920s–30s, recorded 'Precious' for Brunswick. Lucas was known for his smooth voice and was one of the first crooners.AI summary
Brunswick 3369 Voice
Nick Lucas on Brunswick 3492, singing 'So Blue' and 'Moonbeam Kiss Her for Me'. Lucas was a popular vocalist and guitarist of the late 1920s and 1930s, known for 'Tip Toe Through the Tulips'.AI summary
Brunswick 3492 Voice
Nick Lucas performing 'Painting the Clouds with Sunshine' and 'Tiptoe through the Tulips with me' on Brunswick 5048. Lucas was one of the first electrical recording stars, famous for his ukulele-influenced tenor vocals in the late 1920s.AI summary
Brunswick 5048 Voice
Nick Lucas, a major American singer of the 1920s and early 1930s known for 'Tiptoe Through the Tulips', recorded 'Dancing with Tears in my Eyes' and 'Telling it to the Daisies' for Brunswick 01012.AI summary
Brunswick 01012 Voice
Nick Lucas, the early singing guitarist, recorded 'Wabash Moon' and 'I Surrender Dear' for Brunswick. Lucas was a major recording artist of the 1920s and early 1930s, credited as 'the Crooning Troubadour'.AI summary
Brunswick 01138 Voice
Nick Lucas, a popular crooner and guitarist of the 1920s–30s, recorded 'Isn't She the Sweetest Thing' and 'By the Light of the Stars' for Brunswick 2906. Lucas was a major vaudeville and recording star of the era.AI summary
Brunswick 2906 Voice
Nina Koshetz on Brunswick 30106 — 'Lisa's Air' and 'Reverie and Dance' — is a companion pressing to Brunswick 15031 in this collection, extending her recorded output on the Russian song and romance repertoire she favoured in her American career. A second Koshetz pressing reinforces the specialist collecting interest.AI summary
Brunswick 30106 Voice
Nina Koshetz was a Russian soprano and actress who emigrated after the Revolution and had a notable career in Europe and America in the 1920s. Brunswick 15031 couples 'Eastern Romance' with 'Humoresque' — characteristic of the Russian song repertoire she favoured. Koshetz is a specialist collecting interest among enthusiasts of Russian vocal music.AI summary
Brunswick 15031 Voice
Nina Koshetz, the Russian émigré soprano who later became a celebrated Hollywood teacher, performing 'Over the Steppe' and 'To the Sun' on Brunswick catalogue 10139. Koshetz's Brunswick recordings of Russian songs are of interest to collectors of early Russian vocal art.AI summary
Brunswick 10139 Voice
Nina Koshetz performing 'Winds Are Blowing' and 'Ol Mamo' on Brunswick catalogue 10140 — a companion to id 20733. As with that disc, Koshetz's Brunswick Russian songs are of interest to collectors of early Russian vocal art.AI summary
Brunswick 10140 Voice
Noah Beery was an American film actor — the brother of Wallace Beery — who had a substantial silent and early sound career in Hollywood. His appearance on a Brunswick disc, catalogue 01154, performing 'The Whip' and 'One Little Drink' is an unusual crossover between film celebrity and the recording studio. Brunswick pressed this for the British market; celebrity novelty recordings of this type are a distinct collecting category.AI summary
Brunswick 01154 Personalities (Prs)
The New York Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Willem Mengelberg performing Tchaikovsky's Marche Slave across two sides on Brunswick catalogue 50072. Mengelberg was one of the most celebrated conductors of the early twentieth century and his American recordings with the New York Philharmonic are moderately collected.AI summary
Brunswick 50072 Orchestra
The New York Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Arturo Toscanini performing 'Midsummer Night's Dream' Scherzo (Mendelssohn) and 'Nocturne' on Brunswick catalogue 50106, likely a late 1930s–1940s pressing.AI summary
Brunswick 50106 Orchestra
O. Hamilton and K. Keech recorded 'You Can't Make Me Feel Blue' and 'I'm Seeking a Ladybird' for Brunswick 136, an early Brunswick catalogue number suggesting a 1920s pressing.AI summary
Brunswick 136 Dance
O Hamilton and K Keech recorded two vocal numbers for Brunswick.AI summary
Brunswick 136 Voice
O Hamilton and K Keech performing 'Is she my Girl Friend' and 'You made me care' on Brunswick 153, an early dance-series pressing. Both artists are unidentified.AI summary
Brunswick 153 Dance
Ohman on Brunswick 3197 performing 'The Blue Room' and 'The Girl Friend', both songs from the 1926 Rodgers and Hart musical *The Girl Friend*. This is likely an American press of the musical theatre number.AI summary
Brunswick 3197 Orchestra
Ohman performing 'Do do do' and 'Clap yo' Hands' on Brunswick 3377, both Gershwin songs from the 1920s Broadway shows *Oh Kay!* and *Funny Face*.AI summary
Brunswick 3377 Dance
A record credited to Ohman on Brunswick, playing 'At Sundown' and 'South Wind', likely from the late 1920s.AI summary
Brunswick 3481 Instrumental
Credited to Ohman on Brunswick 3592, a vocal ballad featuring the popular standard 'Me and my Shadow'. Brunswick 3500-series dating suggests early 1930s.AI summary
Brunswick 3592 Voice
A baritone vocalist credited as Onegin recorded these two Italian vocal classics for Brunswick: 'Caro mio ben' and 'Dormi pure', both popular songs of the nineteenth century. The artist name 'Onegin' may be a stage name or pseudonym. Brunswick was a major label.AI summary
Brunswick 15156 Voice
An orchestra conducted by Cameron performing Dvořák's Symphony No. 8 in G Major for Brunswick 30125. This is a standard orchestral repertoire recording.AI summary
Brunswick 30125 Orchestra
A Dvorak symphony (No. 8 in G Major) recorded by an orchestra under the direction of Cameron for Brunswick. This appears to be part of the same multi-part classical release as catalogue 30128, likely from the 1930s.AI summary
Brunswick 30126 Classical
An orchestra conducted by Cameron performing Dvořák's Symphony No. 8 in G Major on Brunswick, a standard Classical repertoire piece from the 1920s-1930s.AI summary
Brunswick 30127 Classical
A Dvorak symphony (No. 8 in G Major) recorded by an orchestra under the direction of Cameron for Brunswick. This appears to be part 8 of a multi-part classical release, likely from the 1930s.AI summary
Brunswick 30128 Classical
The Original Dixieland Jazz Band on Brunswick, a historic early jazz ensemble whose 'Tiger Rag' and 'Reisenweber Rag' were among the first jazz records made; UK copies of their Brunswick sides are uncommon — early American jazz on budget British labels did not survive well.AI summary
Brunswick 02500 Jazz
The Original Memphis 5, a seminal early hot jazz ensemble, on Brunswick; 'How Come You Do Me Like You Do' is a jazz standard, and these are valuable early sides from the early 1920s acoustic era.AI summary
Brunswick 3630 Jazz
The Original Memphis Five, a respected early jazz ensemble, recorded "How Come You Do Me Like You Do" and "Lovey Lee" for Brunswick in the 1920s. These sides capture the spirited ensemble jazz that made the band influential among hot musicians of the era.AI summary
Brunswick 3713 Jazz
Original Memphis Five, a pioneering US jazz ensemble, performing two sides on Brunswick (catalogue 3630).AI summary
Brunswick 3630 Jazz
The Original Memphis Five, a jazz group from the 1920s, recorded 'Lovey lee' and 'How come you like me like you do' for Brunswick, catalogue 3713.AI summary
Brunswick 3713 Jazz
The Oriole Orchestra on Brunswick 2815, performing 'Old Pal' and 'Sun-Kissed Cottage in California'—popular dance-band material of the early 1930s.AI summary
Brunswick 2815 Dance
Brunswick 3578
Pat Kirby recorded 'Don't Tell Me Not to Love You' for Brunswick, catalogue marked 05560sample.AI summary
Brunswick 05560sample
A banjoist credited to Patti recorded 'Tiger Rag' and 'St. Louis Blues' for Brunswick, likely from the 1920s; these are jazz standards performed on an early jazz instrument.AI summary
Brunswick 1359 Jazz
Paul Robeson, the internationally renowned baritone, actor and civil-rights advocate, recorded 'Ol' Man River' (his signature song from the 1927 musical *Show Boat*) and 'Show Boat Overture' on Brunswick 111. This is one of Robeson's most famous recordings.AI summary
Brunswick 111 Voice
Paul Whiteman and his Swing Wing on Brunswick, performing 1930s novelty popular material. Whiteman was a major bandleader of the jazz and swing era.AI summary
Brunswick A82108 Dance
Peggy Lee, the American jazz and popular vocalist, with 'River river' and 'Sans Souci' on Brunswick 05006 from the 1940s–1950s.AI summary
Brunswick 05006 Voice
Perry Como, the American crooner and television star, recorded this pair of popular standards for Brunswick in the early 1950s.AI summary
Brunswick 03806 Voice
Pete Johnson, the Kansas City boogie-woogie pianist, recorded "Death Ray Boogie" and "Basement Boogie" for Brunswick in 1938 or 1939. Johnson was an influential exponent of the boogie-woogie style.AI summary
Brunswick 03292 Jazz
Peter Lind Hayes was an American entertainer, actor, comedian and singer popular in radio and theatre. This Brunswick pressing couples two novelty songs typical of his mid-career output.AI summary
Brunswick 04036 Comic
Peter Lind Hayes was an American entertainer, comedian and singer popular in the 1940s and 1950s; 'Life Gets Tee-jus' and 'That Certain Party' are novelty comedy vocals.AI summary
Brunswick 04036 Personalities (Prs)
Brunswick 04036 Comic
Phil Ohman and Varden, pianists, recorded 'Nashville Nightingale' and 'No No Nora' for Brunswick. These appear to be light novelty piano pieces of the 1920s.AI summary
Brunswick 2512 Instrumental