3,430 shellac records · mostly British pressings, 1900s–1950s
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Jack Buchanan and Randolph Sutton were British entertainers who recorded together for Columbia in the mid-1930s; 'There's Always Tomorrow' and 'It's Not You' are light popular duets from this period.AI summary
Columbia DB485 Voice
Buchanan and Randolph on Columbia DB486, performing 'Take it or leave it' and 'I would if I could'. Randolph was a noted British comedian; Buchanan appears to be a duet partner.AI summary
Columbia DB486 Music Hall
Buckingham String, likely a string ensemble, performing 'A Slave to Love' and 'The same as we used to do' on Columbia CB147 from the early 1930s.AI summary
Columbia CB147 Orchestra
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A Columbia CB-series disc credited to the Buckingham String, with no surviving title information, from a light orchestral or dance series of the 1930s.AI summary
Columbia CB147 Orchestra
Buckingham String and the Cavaliers recorded 'The Invalid' and 'Kiss Waltz' for Columbia CB148, suggesting a 1920s–30s pressing.AI summary
Columbia CB148 Instrumental
Buckingham String ensemble performing 'A Slave to Love' and 'The Same as We Used to Do' on Columbia CB147, a British dance or light orchestra side of the 1920s–30s.AI summary
Columbia CB147 Orchestra
A vocal trio (Buckman, D'Oisly, Ranalow) performing 'Faust Trio', likely from Gounod's opera, on Columbia. An operatic ensemble recording from the electrical era; single-sided suggests a prestige or rare issue.AI summary
Columbia L1025 Opera
Buddy Clark, an American popular singer, recorded 'It's a big wide wonderful world' and 'If you will marry me' for Columbia. Clark was known for his smooth baritone and recordings of popular standards in the 1940s and 1950s.AI summary
Columbia DB450 Voice
Buddy Rich, the legendary jazz and orchestral drummer, recorded "Sweets Opus 1" and "All Sweets" for Columbia in the late 1940s or early 1950s.AI summary
Columbia LB10038 Jazz
Burl Ives on Columbia DC 470, with two American folk and blues numbers. Ives was a successful American folk singer, actor, and entertainer of the 1940s–1950s era.AI summary
Columbia DC470 Country
Burl Ives recorded 'Mr. Froggie Went A-Courtin'' and 'Worried Man Blues' for Columbia DC470; Ives was an American folk singer, actor and songwriter who became famous for his warm baritone voice and his interpretations of traditional and contemporary American songs.AI summary
Columbia DC470 Country
Burl Ives, an American folk and popular singer, recorded for Columbia on this folk-song medley. Ives was a successful crossover artist; however, this Columbia DC series pressing suggests a budget or special issue.AI summary
Columbia DC507 Country
Burl Ives recorded 'Mr. Froggie Went a-Courtin'' and 'Worried Man Blues' for Columbia DC470. Ives was an American folk singer and actor; this appears to be an early folk recording, possibly from the 1940s.AI summary
Columbia DC470 Country
Burl Ives recorded two songs, 'Widdecombe Fair' and 'Noah found Grace in the Eyes of the Lord', for Columbia in the 1940s. Ives was an American folk and popular singer.AI summary
Columbia DC614 Voice
Burl Ives, the American folk singer and actor, on Columbia 90089. 'Two Little Owls' and 'Little White Duck' are folk or novelty items from Ives' early recording career, before he became known for film and stage roles.AI summary
Columbia 90089 Voice
George Burns and Gracie Allen, the American comedy duo, on Columbia in a novelty number. The pair were huge radio stars; their recordings survive in quantity but command modest prices today.AI summary
Columbia DB286 Comic
Burns and Allen were a famous American comedy duo of the 1920s-30s, best known for their radio and film work. This Columbia DB286 pressing captures their comedic patter and songs.AI summary
Columbia DB286 Comic
Burt Shepard performing novelty comic songs on Columbia 1754, from the early acoustic era.AI summary
Columbia 1754 Comic
Burt Shepard recorded two popular or comic songs for Columbia's early numbered series (circa 1910–1915).AI summary
Columbia 1835 Voice
Bushkin recorded 'Portrait of Tallulah No. 2' and 'Dah'ling' on Columbia 39214, likely 1940s. This is likely Joe Bushkin, an American jazz pianist; 'Portrait of Tallulah' suggests a character sketch of actress Tallulah Bankhead.AI summary
Columbia 39214 Instrumental
Celestina Boninsegna, one of the most admired dramatic sopranos of the early recording era, sings 'C'era un re di Thule' and the 'Aria dei gioielli' from Faust on Columbia D8080. Boninsegna's recordings are collected by enthusiasts of the early dramatic soprano, and her Columbia pressings are among her most sought-after.AI summary
Columbia D8080 Opera
Celestina Boninsegna sings 'C'era un re di Thule' and the 'Aria dei gioielli' from Faust on Columbia D8080 — a duplicate of id 1963 in this collection. Both are the same pressing; one copy is the one to sell.AI summary
Columbia D8080 Opera
Cicely Courtneidge and Jack Hulbert, major stars of British musical theatre, recorded 'Love's Reawakening' for Columbia 9294; the pair's theatrical recordings remain popular with collectors.AI summary
Columbia 9294 Personalities (Prs)
Cicely Courtneidge and Jack Hulbert, stars of British musical theatre and film, recorded 'The Schoolmaster and the Boy' for Columbia 9593; this theatrical couple were major names from the 1920s through the 1950s.AI summary
Columbia 9593 Personalities (Prs)
Cicely Courtneidge and Jack Hulbert, a husband-and-wife team and major British musical theatre and revue performers, recorded 'Ever Open Door' for Columbia. The duo was a celebrated stage act in the 1920s and 1930s, and their theatrical recordings are of interest to collectors of British musical theatre and variety.AI summary
Columbia 9927 Music Hall
C D'Almaine was a London string musician and recording artist active in the 1920s. 'White Cockade' is a traditional Scottish tune; this Columbia 1000-series acoustic recording preserves early fiddle or violin performance from the acoustic recording era.AI summary
Columbia 1023 Instrumental
C. Day Lewis and Michéal O'Farrell performing Irish poetry and verse on Columbia DX1637. Day Lewis was a major 20th-century poet and later poet laureate; this is a historical poetry recording.AI summary
Columbia DX1637 Voice
C. Day Lewis, the Irish poet and one of the important figures in 1930s British poetry, recites his own poems on Columbia. This is a spoken-word recording of literary significance, featuring Day Lewis reading alongside M. O'Farrell.AI summary
Columbia DX1638 Voice
C Formichi sings the Prologue and an aria from Leoncavallo's Pagliacci, a staple of the operatic tenor repertoire, recorded for Columbia in the 1920s.AI summary
Columbia D5538 Opera
Carroll Gibbons and Joey Green, pianist and composer of the Savoy Hotel orchestra, on Columbia DB1326, performing a duet on light material.AI summary
Columbia DB1326 Dance
Cal Stewart, the American entertainer famous for Unk Odham stories and comic monologues, on Columbia D84, from the acoustic era around 1910–1915.AI summary
Columbia D84 Comic
Cal Stewart was an American character performer and dialect comedian of the early 20th century; this Columbia pressing of 'Uncle Josh' comic sketches (with A. Jones and H. Browne) captures his rural character work.AI summary
Columbia A2991 Comic
Cal Stewart and Len Spencer's 'Uncle Josh at the Dentists', a famous comic monologue duet first recorded in the 1890s, here on Columbia D121; a core piece of early American dialect comedy on a British pressing.AI summary
Columbia D121 Comic
California Ramblers performing 'Peanut Vendor' and a novelty dance number on Columbia (catalogue DC104), from the late 1920s.AI summary
Columbia DC104 Dance
California Ramblers, a prolific American dance and novelty ensemble, recorded 'Remembering' and '(T Lewis) One I Love Belongs to Somebody Else' for Columbia 3410 in the early 1920s.AI summary
Columbia 3410 Dance
The California Ramblers were a prolific American dance band of the 1920s; this Columbia side captures their hot jazz style in two popular fox-trots.AI summary
Columbia 3419 Dance
The California Ramblers, a prolific American jazz-dance ensemble, recorded 'I Love the College Girls' and 'There Ain't No Maybe in My Baby's Eyes' for Columbia. The Ramblers were a popular hot-dance outfit of the mid-to-late 1920s, recording frequently for multiple labels and known to collectors of hot jazz and dance music.AI summary
Columbia 4369 Jazz
California Ramblers on Columbia 4022, performing two jazz-influenced dance numbers from the late 1920s.AI summary
Columbia 4022 Dance
California Ramblers on Columbia with 'Stop Rest Awhile' and 'Georgia Rose'; the Ramblers were one of the most prolific American hot-dance orchestras of the 1920s.AI summary
Columbia is1489 Dance
The California Ramblers' 'Shine' and 'It Had to Be You' on Columbia 127D, an early pressing of a prolific 1920s American jazz and dance band recorded for multiple labels.AI summary
Columbia 127D Jazz
The California Ramblers recorded 'Eliza' and 'I Want to See My Tennessee' for Columbia (223D), an American label of the early 1920s. The California Ramblers were a prolific session dance band, and their many recordings are standard dance-era material.AI summary
Columbia 223D Dance
The California Ramblers, the influential New York hot-dance ensemble, on Columbia 278D performing dance selections of the 1920s.AI summary
Columbia 278D Dance
California Ramblers, a prolific studio dance ensemble, performing 'Take a Little One Step' and 'On Such a Night' on Columbia 91D — an early catalogue number suggesting c. 1920–1924.AI summary
Columbia 91D Dance
California Ramblers on Columbia 92D with 'You're in Kentucky' and 'Hula Lou', American dance-band recordings from the mid-1920s. The California Ramblers were one of the period's prolific studio orchestras, recording frequently for multiple labels.AI summary
Columbia 92D Dance
The California Ramblers, a prolific New York-based dance band of the 1920s, recorded 'Smilin' and 'Bow Wow Blues' for Columbia's A-series. These sides are typical of the band's vast commercial output.AI summary
Columbia A3554 Dance
The California Ramblers were a hot-dance and early jazz ensemble of the 1920s. This Columbia pressing of 'The Sheik' and a Yerkes arrangement is a typical product of their prolific studio output.AI summary
Columbia is1507 Jazz
The California Ramblers recorded 'Please' and 'Driftwood' for Columbia, catalogue 3537. The Ramblers were one of the earliest and most prolific American jazz-dance ensembles, active from the early 1920s.AI summary
Columbia 3537 Jazz
The California Ramblers, a prolific dance band of the 1920s, recorded 'Sweet Georgia Brown' and 'Oriental Two-time Man' on Columbia 3717; a well-known hot-dance ensemble.AI summary
Columbia 3717 Dance