3,430 shellac records · mostly British pressings, 1900s–1950s
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Ernest Jones, 'Mississippi Bubble' and a second title, on Columbia 5583; an early recording on one of the major labels, with a catalogue number suggesting an early-1900s pressing.AI summary
Columbia 5583
Ernest Jones performing "Pompadour" and "Swanee Echoes" on Columbia 5491, an early acoustic issue. The artist is otherwise unidentified.AI summary
Columbia 5491 Voice
Ernest Rutterford on Columbia IS-series performs Scottish Strathspeys and reels, traditional dance music recorded acoustically or in the early electric era.AI summary
Columbia IS1034 Instrumental
Ernest Shand, the Edwardian music-hall comedian and monologist, performing 'Lloyd Jarge' and 'Horatio' on Columbia catalogue 2336. Columbia pressings of Shand's work in the 2000-series are moderately common.AI summary
Columbia 2336 Music Hall
Ernest Van Dyck, a Belgian tenor of the late 19th century, performing two German Romantic lieder on Columbia. The catalogue number IRCC indicates this is a reissue or compilation pressing, not an original acoustic recording.AI summary
Columbia IRCC6 Opera
Ernest Van Dyck was a celebrated Belgian tenor, one of the outstanding Wagnerian singers of the late nineteenth century and a favourite of Bayreuth. This Columbia IRCC6 — 'Ich grolle nicht' from Schumann's Dichterliebe and 'Du bist wie eine Blume' — is a pressing on IRCC (International Record Collectors' Club), a series that reissued historically important acoustic recordings for collectors. The IRCC prefix makes this a deliberate reissue for the collector market rather than an original pressing.AI summary
Columbia IRCC6 Classical
Ernest Young gives talks on the British Empire, no. 2, in two parts on Columbia D40143.AI summary
Columbia D40143 Personalities (Prs)
Ernst Woolf recorded German vocal music for Columbia. 'Aus Meinen Grossen Schmerzen' and 'Auf Den Moore' are German romantic songs. Woolf's identity and recording history are unclear from the available information, and Columbia DX-series pressings of this artist are not widely known.AI summary
Columbia DX749 Voice
Columbia DX287
Ethel Waters, an influential American blues and jazz vocalist, recorded two numbers for Columbia in the 1920s.AI summary
Columbia DB579 Jazz
Ethel Waters, one of the most important African-American blues and jazz singers of the 1920s–30s, performing two blues sides on Columbia 14132D. Waters' early recordings are highly sought after by blues and jazz collectors.AI summary
Columbia 14132D Jazz
Ethel Waters, an African-American jazz and popular singer of the 1920s–30s, on Columbia; a recording of hot jazz and popular song.AI summary
Columbia 14353D Jazz
Ethel Waters, an iconic American jazz and blues singer, recorded 'Dinah' and 'Sweet Man' on Columbia. Waters was a pioneering African-American entertainer whose 1920s recordings defined the jazz vocal tradition and remain among the most sought early jazz recordings.AI summary
Columbia 487D Jazz
Columbia DB579 Classical
Ethel Waters, the pioneering African-American blues and jazz singer, performing two blues sides on Columbia 14093D. Waters' early recordings are among the most important in blues history and are highly collected.AI summary
Columbia 14093D Jazz
Ethel Waters, the pioneering African-American jazz and blues singer and entertainer, recorded two songs on Columbia 14134D: 'If You Can't Hold the Man You Love' and 'I Wonder What Became of Joe'. Waters was one of the first major Black recording stars, active from the early 1920s.AI summary
Columbia 14134D Voice
Ethel Waters, the celebrated American blues and jazz singer, recorded 'You Brought a New Kind of Love to Me' and 'My Kind of a Man' on Columbia 2222D. Waters was a major recording and stage star of the 1920s-30s and her records are sought by jazz and blues collectors.AI summary
Columbia 2222D Jazz
Ethel Waters, the African-American jazz singer, blues artist, and stage performer, recorded 'Shoo Shoo Boogie Boo' and 'Don't I Know What I'm Doin'' for Columbia, catalogue 5690. Waters was one of the most influential and celebrated entertainers of the 1920s and 1930s, and her recordings remain important to jazz and blues collectors.AI summary
Columbia 5690 Jazz
Eugène Ysaÿe was one of the supreme violinists of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, a towering figure in the Belgian school whose influence on violin playing was immense. This Columbia pressing, catalogue 36521, contains his recording of Wieniawski's Mazurkas. Ysaÿe's recordings are scarce and always collected by students of the golden age of violin playing.AI summary
Columbia 36521 Instrumental
Eugène Ysaÿe, the legendary Belgian violinist and composer, recorded 'Humoreske' on Columbia 7102.AI summary
Columbia 7102 Classical
Eugene Ysaÿe, the legendary Belgian virtuoso violinist and composer, performing the Prize Song (Act 3) from Wagner's *Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg* on Columbia 7107. Ysaÿe's recordings are extremely rare and highly prized by serious collectors.AI summary
Columbia 7107 Classical
Eugène Ysaÿe, the legendary Belgian violinist and composer, performing 'Ave Maria' for Columbia's classical list.AI summary
Columbia 7103 Classical
Eugenia Burzio was an Italian operatic soprano; this Columbia D4289 contains two operatic or vocal pieces, 'Figlio del sol' and 'Ave Maria'.AI summary
Columbia D4289 Opera
Eugenia Bronskaja was a Russian soprano who had a significant career in the early twentieth century, recording for several labels. This Columbia A5295 disc contains 'Ave Maria' and 'Caro nome' from Verdi's Rigoletto. Bronskaja's recordings are of interest to collectors of early Russian singing.AI summary
Columbia A5193 Opera
Eugenie Bronskaja, a singer, recorded the operatic standards 'Ave Maria' and 'Caro Nome' (from Rigoletto) for Columbia.AI summary
Columbia A5193 Opera
Eva Turner, a renowned British Wagnerian soprano and teacher, performs 'Homing' and 'I Love Thee' on Columbia Records. Turner was a significant classical artist of the 20th century.AI summary
Columbia LB11 Classical
Eva Turner, one of the finest British dramatic sopranos of the 20th century, singing 'Homing' and 'I Love Thee' on Columbia LB11.AI summary
Columbia LB11 Voice
Eva Turner, one of the greatest British operatic sopranos of the 20th century, performing arias from Puccini's 'Turandot' on Columbia D1631.AI summary
Columbia D1631 Opera
Eva Turner, a celebrated British dramatic soprano and operatic star, recorded 'Sometimes in My Dreams' and 'Because' for Columbia. Turner had a major career in Italian opera and made records from the 1920s onwards; these ballad sides are atypical of her stage reputation.AI summary
Columbia D1563 Voice
Columbia D1578
Evelyn Dall was a British vocalist and entertainer; this Columbia side captures her in an upbeat popular song from the 1930s-1940s.AI summary
Columbia FB60000 Voice
Evelyn Laye was a West End star and recording artist of the 1920s–40s; this Columbia pressing pairs two sentimental ballads typical of her repertoire.AI summary
Columbia DB1867 Voice
Evelyn Laye, the British musical-theatre star, on 'Dreamland Lover' and 'Grandmama's Days' (with Margetson), from Columbia 3837 in the mid-1920s. Laye was a West End luminary and her 78s have long been sought by musical-theatre collectors.AI summary
Columbia 3837 Voice
Evelyn Laye, the English musical-theatre star, recorded 'Dancing' and 'In Days of Old' (Leigh/Hobbs) for Columbia, catalogue 3839. Laye was a major stage and recording artist of the 1920s-30s.AI summary
Columbia 3839 Voice
Evelyn Laye, a celebrated British soprano of stage and screen, recorded 'Let the People Sing' and 'You've Done Something to My Heart' for Columbia. Laye was a major star of the 1930s–40s, best known for operatic and musical-theatre roles.AI summary
Columbia DB1895 Voice
Evelyn Laye, the celebrated British musical theatre actress and soprano who starred in Noël Coward and Sigmund Romberg productions in London and on Broadway, sings 'Shop Girl' and 'Guards Brigade' on Columbia F1050. The F-prefix Columbia series is from the mid-to-late 1920s; Laye is a collected name in British musical theatre.AI summary
Columbia F1050 Voice
Evelyn Laye, the British stage and musical-theatre star, on Columbia 9751, performing opera and musical-theatre arias.AI summary
Columbia 9751 Opera
Evelyn Laye was a popular British-American stage and recording star, known for her work in musicals and operettas; 'Girl on the Prow' and 'Wanting You' (with H Worster) appear on this Columbia pressing, catalogue 9752, likely from the late 1920s.AI summary
Columbia 9752 Voice
Evelyn Laye and Margetson, likely from a stage musical, on Columbia 3838 from the late 1920s or early 1930s.AI summary
Columbia 3838 Voice
Evelyn Laye (credited Oldham) performing arias from Madame Pompadour on Columbia 3372. Laye was a major British theatre and operetta star of the 1920s–1940s; this early Columbia release captures her signature operetta roles.AI summary
Columbia 3372 Opera
Evlyn Howard-Jones on Columbia 5444, performing short piano pieces: Delius Waltz and Toccata on side A, and Mazurka and Waltz on side B, classical instrumental recordings from the 1920s-30s.AI summary
Columbia 5444 Classical
Evlyn Howard-Jones on Columbia 5444, a classical pianist recording works by Delius and others; this is likely a serious classical recording from the interwar or 1930s era.AI summary
Columbia 5444 Classical
F Drummond, likely a British comedian or music-hall artist, performs 'That funny little Bob Tail Coat' and 'She's a Lassie from Lancashire' on Columbia, a D-series acoustic issue.AI summary
Columbia D151 Music Hall
F. Fazio on banjo, performing Italian romantic songs for Columbia, a British pressing of the early 1930s.AI summary
Columbia 14415F Instrumental
F Lalor and E Wilson, with a Quintette, performing two novelty songs on Columbia — 'Still We Smile' and 'Ladies Day' — likely from the 1920s.AI summary
Columbia D1400 Music Hall
F Lombard on Columbia with novelty and comic material from the early era of electric recording, around 1927–1929.AI summary
Columbia 1047 Comic
F Lombard on Columbia 1081, performing novelty and popular songs of the early 1920s.AI summary
Columbia 1081 Voice
F. Mayne performs two novelty songs, 'Robin Redbreast' and 'Boiled Beef & Carrots', on Columbia British 1258 from the early 1910s. This is a very early catalogue number.AI summary
Columbia 1258 Music Hall