3,430 shellac records · mostly British pressings, 1900s–1950s
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Edgar Wallace, the prolific crime novelist, reciting or narrating 'Man in the Ditch' in two parts on Columbia 5026, likely from the 1920s.AI summary
Columbia 5026 Personalities (Prs)
Edgar Wallace, the prolific British thriller writer, on Columbia 5026 with The Man in the Ditch in two parts.AI summary
Columbia 5026 Personalities (Prs)
Edgar Wallace, the prolific British thriller writer, on Columbia 5026 with The Man in the Ditch in two parts.AI summary
Columbia 5026
Edith Barnett and Vladimir Cernikoff perform Brahms Waltzes on this Columbia classical side, a part-1 and part-2 recording likely from the acoustic era or early electric period, probably 1920s or 1930s.AI summary
Columbia 9230 Classical
Edith Clifford on Columbia 4849 recorded 'Love Lies' and 'I've Made up My Mind to Marry Mary'; light vocal material from the 1920s–early 1930s.AI summary
Columbia 4849 Voice
Edith Day, an American stage and recording star, performing two theatrical numbers on Columbia in the 1920s; Day was well known in British variety and revue.AI summary
Columbia 3639 Voice
Edith Day was a British stage and film actress and singer of the 1920s–30s; 'Romance' and 'Sabre Song' are light song material from her theatrical repertoire. Columbia 4388 indicates a 1920s pressing.AI summary
Columbia 4388 Voice
Edith Day, an American musical-theatre star and vocalist, recorded these two popular songs on Columbia DB115, likely early 1930s. Day was a well-known stage and recording artist.AI summary
Columbia DB115 Voice
Edith Day, a major American musical theatre star of the 1920s, on Columbia 9211 singing from 'The Desert Song'. Day was English-born and recorded frequently for British labels.AI summary
Columbia 9211 Opera
Edith Day recorded "Dance Away the Night" and "You Are Love" (with H Worster) for Columbia catalogue 9429. Day was an American musical theatre star of the 1920s-1930s, famous for her roles in light operas and musical comedies on both the London and New York stages.AI summary
Columbia 9429 Voice
Edith Day, the American-born operetta star, performing 'Alice Blue Gown' and 'Irene' on Columbia F1044, songs from the 1920s musical theatre repertoire.AI summary
Columbia F1044 Voice
Edith Day, American operetta star, performing 'Castle of Dreams' and 'To Be Worthy of You' on Columbia F1045, romantic ballad sides from the 1920s.AI summary
Columbia F1045 Voice
Edith Day (1896–1971), an American stage and film actress, performing the title song 'Alice Blue Gown' and 'Irene' on Columbia; Day was a Broadway and West End musical-comedy star of the 1920s–1930s.AI summary
Columbia F1044 Personalities (Prs)
Edith Piaf, the iconic French chanson singer, on Columbia with 'Les Trois Cloches' (The Three Bells), a major hit and signature song. This is likely an early Columbia pressing of the recording.AI summary
Columbia 242 Voice
Edith Wilson, a pioneering Black American blues and jazz vocalist, recorded 'Dixie Blues' and 'He Used to Be Your Man' for Columbia. Wilson was active in the 1920s and was one of the earliest female blues recording artists; her recordings remain important to collectors of early American blues and vocal jazz.AI summary
Columbia A3787 Jazz
Edith Wilson, an African American jazz and blues singer of the 1920s, recorded 'Frankie' and 'Old Time Blues' for Columbia A3506.AI summary
Columbia A3506 Jazz
Edith Wilson, an African-American blues and jazz singer active in the 1920s, recorded 'Vampin' Liza Jane' and 'Nervous Blues' for Columbia. These are blues titles characteristic of Wilson's work during the early jazz age, recorded for one of the major labels of the period.AI summary
Columbia A3479 Jazz
Columbia A3537 Jazz
Edith Wilson, the blues and jazz vocalist, with trumpeter Johnny Dunn on two blues sides: Birmingham blues and Wicked blues, Columbia A3558. A scarce coupling of two important early jazz soloists.AI summary
Columbia A3558 Jazz
Edith Wilson, an early jazz and blues singer, accompanied by Johnny Dunn's jazz ensemble, performing 'Evil blues' and 'Pensacola blues' on Columbia Records. Both are significant recordings from the hot-jazz era of the early 1920s.AI summary
Columbia A3746 Jazz
Edith Wilson, the blues and jazz vocalist, with trumpeter Johnny Dunn on two blues sides: He used to be your Man but he's my Man now and Dixie Blues, on Columbia A3787.AI summary
Columbia A3787 Jazz
Edward Favor recorded 'Louisiana Lou' for Columbia 490, a sentimental or narrative song from the very early Columbia catalogue, likely 1910s–20s.AI summary
Columbia 490 Voice
Eleanora de Cisernos performing operatic arias 'Gioconda' and 'Orfeo' for Columbia A5640, an early acoustic series.AI summary
Columbia A5640 Opera
Columbia DB1293 Misc.
Elena Gerhardt, the supreme German lieder soprano of the early twentieth century and a close associate of Arthur Nikisch, records 'Zigeunerlied' on Columbia E3515. Gerhardt is among the most revered of all early 78rpm song recitalists, and her Columbia recordings are collected by enthusiasts of historic lieder singing. The E-series Columbia is a premium vocal series.AI summary
Columbia E3515 Classical
Elena Gerhardt and M Bloch on Columbia E4854 — 'Du liegst mir im Herzen' and 'Wer uns getraut.' Gerhardt was one of the foremost lieder singers of the early twentieth century, and this Columbia E-series coupling of German songs with piano accompaniment is a further example of her recorded art. The E-series is a standard Columbia issue.AI summary
Columbia E4854 Classical
Elias performing 'Tom Hark' and 'Ry Ry' on Columbia's DB series from the early 1950s. 'Tom Hark' later became a skiffle and novelty hit in the mid-1950s; this earlier version predates the well-known recordings.AI summary
Columbia DB4109 Rock
Elizabeth Pollock performing 'A Theatrical Bazaar', a novelty piece in two parts, on Columbia's DB-series from the 1930s.AI summary
Columbia DB795 Voice
Columbia A3745 Dance
Elkins and the Columbians, a dance band on Columbia, performing jazz-influenced dance music of the late 1920s.AI summary
Columbia 3154 Jazz
Elkins recorded 'The Sneak' and 'Say It While Dancing' for Columbia in the late 1920s. The artist is not documented; the repertoire suggests light dance music.AI summary
Columbia 3156 Dance
Credited to Elkins on Columbia, 'Tomorrow Morning' and '(Biese) Vamp Me' are from the early 1920s; the artist and recording are not widely documented.AI summary
Columbia 3229 Dance
Ella Logan, the Scottish-American singer, performing the Hawaiian ballads 'Waikiki' and 'Goodnight My Beautiful' on Columbia 35243, a pre-war vocal recording.AI summary
Columbia 35243 Voice
Ella Logan, a Scottish-born singer who became a minor Hollywood star, recorded these two ballads for Columbia; Logan had a bright, theatrical style and was known for stage and film work in the 1930s and 1940s.AI summary
Columbia 35251 Voice
Ella Logan, a Scottish-American singer, recorded 'Hut sut song' and 'Bill' for Columbia 36173; Logan was known for her work in musical theatre and recordings from the 1940s.AI summary
Columbia 36173 Voice
Ella Retford, the popular Edwardian music-hall performer, on Columbia catalogue is305 — the 'is' prefix suggesting an international or specialist series — with 'You're Here and I'm Here' and 'Who Paid the Rent for Mrs. Rip Van Winkle?'. The unusual series prefix warrants checking.AI summary
Columbia is305 Music Hall
Ella Retford on Columbia is493 — 'You Made Me Love You' and 'You Wouldn't Know the Old Place Now' — is from the Columbia is sub-series, a slightly less common early variant. A companion coupling to Jumbo 1094 in this collection with the same titles; the is-series pressing is the more likely to be an earlier issue.AI summary
Columbia is493 Music Hall
Ella Retford on Columbia catalogue is788 — the 'is' prefix suggesting a specialist or international series — with 'We're All North Country Lads and Lasses' and 'I Was a Good Little Girl'. The unusual series prefix warrants checking, as with other 'is' Columbia discs in this collection.AI summary
Columbia is788 Music Hall
Ella Retford on Columbia catalogue is897 — the 'is' prefix suggesting a specialist or international series — with 'All the Boys in Khaki Get the Nice Girls' and 'Give My Love to Lancashire'. The unusual series prefix warrants checking; wartime content adds historical interest.AI summary
Columbia is897 Music Hall
Ella Shields, a British music-hall performer famous for her gender-bending novelty songs, on Columbia. Shields was a major recording star in the 1910s-1920s.AI summary
Columbia 3740 Music Hall
Ella Shields on Columbia 546 — 'Syncopated Walk' and 'Minstrel Parade.' Columbia catalogue number 546 is a very low number, placing this among the earliest Columbia pressings, likely from the early acoustic era before 1910. Shields is a collected music-hall name and a very low Columbia number adds rarity well above her standard issues.AI summary
Columbia 546 Music Hall
Ella Shields was an American-born male-impersonator who became a major star of the British music hall, most famous for 'Burlington Bertie from Bow.' Columbia 3007 — 'Oh What a Difference the Navy's Made to Me' and 'Smith Jones Robinson and Brown' — is a standard Columbia popular-series pressing. Shields is a collected music-hall name.AI summary
Columbia 3007 Music Hall
Ella Shields, the British music-hall star and composer, performing 'When the Bloom is on the Heather' and 'If you knew Susie' for Columbia 3734.AI summary
Columbia 3734 Personalities (Prs)
Ella Shields performs the music-hall standard 'Burlington Bertie from Bow' and 'Every Little While' on this early Columbia record, catalogue 629, an acoustic pressing from the 1900s.AI summary
Columbia 629 Music Hall
Ella Shields, a British music-hall star famous for 'Burlington Bertie from Bow', performing that iconic song and 'Every Little While' (with F. Howard) on Columbia 629. This is an acoustic recording from the early 1910s.AI summary
Columbia 629 Music Hall
Ella Shields, the British music-hall performer, on two numbers: King's Navee and Stick to London Town, on Columbia 788. An early recording from the acoustic era.AI summary
Columbia 788 Music Hall
Columbia 548 Music Hall
Ella Shields, a British music-hall performer of the early 20th century, recorded her signature song *Burlington Bertie from Bow* on Columbia, a major British label; a canonical music-hall recording.AI summary
Columbia 629 Music Hall