3,430 shellac records · mostly British pressings, 1900s–1950s
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Bransby Williams was a celebrated British music-hall monologist and dramatic reciter; these dramatic pieces on Columbia were typical of his theatrical repertoire from the early 1900s.AI summary
Columbia 2560 Music Hall
Bransby Williams, the celebrated British character actor and reciter, performing 'The Coward' and 'Spotty' on Columbia 2498, likely 1910s–20s.AI summary
Columbia 2498 Music Hall
Bransby Williams (1889–1954) was a celebrated British character actor and monologue specialist. This Columbia record (2560) features two dramatic monologues, 'Devil-may-Care' and 'Death of Uncle Tom'. Williams was a major star of the British music hall and early recording era, and his monologue sides are sought by collectors of spoken word and period entertainment.AI summary
Columbia 2560 Music Hall
Bransby Williams, a celebrated British actor and interpreter of dramatic monologues, recorded 'Murder in the Forest' and 'The Hero the Heroine & the Villain' for Columbia, catalogue 2645. These are dramatic readings or recitations typical of Williams' stage repertoire. Williams was a major figure in British theatrical recording and his discs are widely collected.AI summary
Columbia 2645 Personalities (Prs)
Bransby Williams, a celebrated British character actor and monologist of the Music Hall era, on Columbia performing 'The Lounger' and 'The Yukon Trail' — spoken word pieces typical of his repertoire.AI summary
Columbia 2667 Personalities (Prs)
Bransby Williams, the celebrated British actor and monologist famous for dramatic recitations, recorded 'The Three Bears' and 'Jack and the Beanstalk' for Columbia 3062, likely in the acoustic era.AI summary
Columbia 3062 Music Hall
Bransby Williams, a celebrated British actor, monologue artist and recording star, recorded two famous dramatic recitations (Tennyson's 'Charge of the Light Brigade' and Shakespeare's 'Henry V Speech before Harfleur') on Columbia. Williams' powerful dramatic interpretations were central to early British recording and remain important to collectors of spoken word and theatrical recordings.AI summary
Columbia 4013 Personalities (Prs)
Bransby Williams performing two dramatic recitations on Columbia 2560. Williams (1870–1961) was a celebrated British actor and entertainer, famous for his dramatic monologues and character pieces; he recorded prolifically for Columbia.AI summary
Columbia 2560 Music Hall
Bransby Williams was a celebrated British actor and reciter, renowned for his dramatic readings and monologues, particularly from Dickens. This Columbia DX554 (a two-part issue) of 'A Charles Dickens Christmas' is a landmark of his extensive recorded legacy of dramatic recitation from the inter-war era.AI summary
Columbia DX554 Personalities (Prs)
Bransby Williams was a celebrated British actor and reciter of dramatic monologues; this Columbia disc features "Scrooge" in two parts, one of his most famous readings from Dickens.AI summary
Columbia 347 Personalities (Prs)
Bransby Williams was a celebrated British actor and reciter specialising in dramatic monologues drawn from Dickens and other classic literature; this early Columbia pressing features two of his signature pieces, "Tony Weller" and "Bill Sykes".AI summary
Columbia 400 Personalities (Prs)
Bransby Williams recorded 'The Coward' and 'Spotty' for Columbia (2498). Williams (1889–1954) was a celebrated British character actor and monologue specialist, and his dramatic spoken-word recordings remain highly valued by collectors of theatrical and period entertainment.AI summary
Columbia 2498 Music Hall
Bransby Williams, a celebrated British character actor and music-hall entertainer, recorded 'Seaside Cries' and 'The Author' for Columbia, catalogue 2723. Both are character monologues typical of his repertoire.AI summary
Columbia 2723 Personalities (Prs)
Bransby Williams, the celebrated British character actor and reciter, recorded 'Lounger' and 'Yukon Trail' for Columbia, catalogue 2667. Williams was famous for his dramatic monologues and character sketches.AI summary
Columbia 2667 Personalities (Prs)
Bransby Williams, a celebrated British actor and raconteur, performing character monologues 'Three Little Pigs' and 'Dick Whittington and his Cat' on Columbia 3063.AI summary
Columbia 3063 Music Hall
Bransby Williams, a celebrated Victorian and Edwardian character actor and monologist, performing 'Not old' and 'Difference' on Columbia 3774 — dramatic monologues characteristic of his long stage and recording career.AI summary
Columbia 3774 Voice
Bransby Williams, a celebrated British actor and monologist, performing dramatic readings from Dickens ('Death of Little Nell' and 'Sidney Carton's Farewell') on Columbia, a major British label. This represents Williams' work in the spoken dramatic genre for which he was famous.AI summary
Columbia 4836 Personalities (Prs)
Bransby Williams was a celebrated British character actor and monologist of the early 20th century, known for his Dickens impersonations and dramatic recitations; this Columbia side features 'Showman'.AI summary
Columbia 9299 Comic
Bransby Williams, a celebrated British dramatic actor and monologuist, recorded his famous character performance 'Scrooge', parts 1 and 2, for Columbia. This is a character-acting recording, not song.AI summary
Columbia 347 Comic
Bransby Williams, a British actor specialising in dramatic recitations, recorded two parts of "Scrooge" (Dickens) for Columbia 347. Williams was famous for his one-man dramatic performances in the early 20th century.AI summary
Columbia 347 Music Hall
Bransby Williams, the distinguished British character actor and reciter, performing Scrooge part 3 and Micawber's Advice to David Copperfield (from Dickens), on Columbia 348.AI summary
Columbia 348 Music Hall
Columbia 350 Music Hall
Columbia 388R Music Hall
Bransby Williams, the celebrated British monologuist, recorded these Dickens character sketches for Columbia. 'Tony Weller' and 'Bill Sykes' are from Pickwick Papers and Oliver Twist, performed in his distinctive dramatic recitation style.AI summary
Columbia 400 Music Hall
Bransby Williams, a master of recitation and character readings, performs 'The Bells' and 'The Portrait' on Columbia catalogue 408, a very early side likely from the 1900s–1910s.AI summary
Columbia 408 Music Hall
Bransby Williams, the celebrated British monologue and character actor, performing 'Stage Doorkeeper' on Columbia 594. Williams was famous for his dramatic recitations and character sketches in music hall and on record.AI summary
Columbia 594 Music Hall
Bransby Williams, a celebrated British actor and reciter known for dramatic monologues, on Columbia 2560 performing 'Devil-May-Care' and 'Death of Uncle Tom'.AI summary
Columbia 2560 Personalities (Prs)
Columbia 400
Columbia 350 Music Hall
Bransby Williams, the celebrated British elocutionist, performing another of his theatrical monologues, "Showman" in two parts, for Columbia; Williams' dramatic recitations were widely recorded but remain sought by enthusiasts of British music hall tradition.AI summary
Columbia 350 Music Hall
Bransby Williams, a celebrated British actor and reciter active from the 1890s through the 1930s, performing dramatic recitations "The Green Eye of the Yellow God" (a famous recitation poem by J. Milton Hayes) and "Caretaker" on Columbia.AI summary
Columbia 388R Personalities (Prs)
Bransby Williams was a celebrated British entertainer and actor known for his dramatic recitations and character monologues. These two pieces, 'The Bells' and 'The Portrait', are typical of the elocutionary spoken-word material that formed a major part of his recorded career. This is an early Columbia 78 from the acoustic era.AI summary
Columbia 408 Personalities (Prs)
Bransby Williams, a celebrated British elocutionist and monologue artist of the early 20th century, performing two of his signature theatrical pieces, "Three Bears" and "Jack and the Beanstalk", for Columbia.AI summary
Columbia 3062 Music Hall
Brian Rix and John Slater performing excerpts from the farce 'Dry Rot' on Columbia DB3543, a British recording of stage comedy.AI summary
Columbia DB3543 Comic
Brigode's orchestra performing 'Alabamy Bound' and 'Sunkist Cottage' on Columbia 282D, a dance record from the early 1920s.AI summary
Columbia 282D Dance
Brigode, likely a bandleader or orchestra leader, recorded 'Make Those Naughty Eyes Behave' and 'When It's Moonlight' for Columbia in the early 1920s. These are light dance and novelty songs.AI summary
Columbia 401D Dance
Broadway Five recorded 'Jose Tango' and 'Tangonia' for Columbia, dance music of the 1920s.AI summary
Columbia 3216 Dance
The Broadway Five, a dance ensemble, recorded 'Evergreen Eve' and 'What Happens After the Ball?' for Columbia, catalogue 3236, in the early 1920s.AI summary
Columbia 3236 Dance
Broc Peters recorded 'Wonder of wonderful you' and 'You made me love you' for Columbia C2343, popular sentimental vocal songs from the 1930s–40s.AI summary
Columbia C2343 Voice
Bronislaw Huberman was a Polish-born violinist and one of the leading concert soloists of the early 20th century; this Columbia LX pressing features two celebrated classical pieces, Brahms' Waltz in A Major and Bach's Air on the G String.AI summary
Columbia LX107 Classical
Bronislaw Huberman, the Polish virtuoso violinist (1882–1947), was one of the great soloists of the 20th century; this Columbia album set (L2335-8) contains his electrical recording of the Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto in D, a major work of the concerto repertoire.AI summary
Columbia L2335-8 Classical
Bronisław Huberman, the celebrated Polish violinist, performing a Mazurka and Sarasate's Romanza Andaluza on Columbia L2332 — a 12-inch pressing. As with the companion Brunswick discs in this collection, Huberman's recordings are collected by golden-age violin enthusiasts; a 12-inch Columbia pressing is moderately uncommon.AI summary
Columbia L2332 Instrumental
Bronislaw Huberman, the celebrated Polish violinist, performing 'Waltz in A Major' (Brahms) and 'Air on G String' for Columbia LX107, a long-playing 12-inch.AI summary
Columbia LX107 Classical
Columbia LX107 Instrumental
Bruno Walter, one of the most celebrated conductors of the 20th century, conducting the Salome Dance of the Seven Veils from Strauss's opera for Columbia's premium LX label. This is a significant orchestral and operatic recording from a conductor of historical importance.AI summary
Columbia LX39 Orchestra
Bryer and Dolman on Columbia DB 71, recorded in the late 1920s; a dance or novelty vocal side.AI summary
Columbia DB71 Voice
The Birmingham Symphony Orchestra conducted by Dame Ethel Smyth performing the overture to her opera 'The Wreckers' (dated 1930) on Columbia DX287 — a large 12-inch pressing. As with the HMV Boatswain's Mate disc elsewhere in this collection, a self-conducted Smyth recording is both musically and historically important; this is a different and later recording.AI summary
Columbia DX287 Orchestra
Buchanan, Pearce and Newell recorded 'Parting Time' and 'A Marching Song' for Columbia. These appear to be music-hall or variety performers, but nothing is known of them individually or as a group.AI summary
Columbia 4953 Music Hall