3,431 shellac records · mostly British pressings, 1900s–1950s
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Germaine Cernay performing French art songs on Columbia LFX262, from the acoustic or early electrical era. LFX was Columbia's prestige classical series.AI summary
Columbia LFX262 Voice
Germaine Martinelli, an operatic soprano, recorded two French opera arias—"Marguerite Au Rouet" and "La Jeune Religieuse"—for Columbia; this is a high-fidelity electrical recording on the LFX series.AI summary
Columbia LFX250 Opera
Gertrude Johnson with Cyril Scott, the renowned British composer and pianist, performing 'Blackbird's Song' and 'Lullaby' on Columbia 5611.AI summary
Columbia 5611 Classical
Gertrude Lawrence, the British stage and film star, performing 'Someone to watch over me' (a Gershwin standard) and 'May be' (with French) for Columbia, 4618. Lawrence was a celebrated actress, singer and dancer of the 1920s–1940s, known for her stage work, her film appearances and her recordings of popular and musical theatre material.AI summary
Columbia 4618 Personalities (Prs)
Gervase Elwes, the distinguished English tenor, on Columbia L1074. Elwes was celebrated for his concert and oratorio performances in the early twentieth century and died in 1921; his acoustic recordings are historically important but his death date means no late material exists.AI summary
Columbia L1074 Voice
Gervase Elwes, the celebrated English tenor, recorded Vaughan Williams' song cycle 'On Wenlock Edge' for Columbia in the early electrical era. Elwes was a major figure in British song and concert music in the early 20th century and one of the finest interpreters of English vocal music.AI summary
Columbia 7146-Col7150 Classical
Gervase Elwes on Columbia D 1374, with two vocal art songs: Shakespeare's Sonnet 18 and the 'Battle Hymn'. Elwes was a celebrated British tenor known for art-song and concert work.AI summary
Columbia D1374 Voice
Gibbons performing a medley selection on Columbia FB1741. The FB-series and unrecognised artist suggest a mid-century British popular release.AI summary
Columbia FB1741 Instrumental
Columbia FB1375
Columbia FB1654
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Columbia FB1675
Gid Tanner, a pioneering American country and string-band musician, recorded 'Polly Wolly Doo' and 'She'll Be Coming Round the Mountain' for Columbia, catalogue 19011. Tanner was one of the earliest recorded exponents of American folk and hillbilly string-band music.AI summary
Columbia 19011 Country
Gilbert Childs performing 'Tears' (both sides) on Columbia 4183.AI summary
Columbia 4183 Voice
Gillie Potter, a British humorist and character entertainer of the 1930s–1950s, performs 'With Spaghetti to Italy' and its continuation on Columbia — comedy monologue routine.AI summary
Columbia 4590 Comic
Gillie Potter, the British humorist and storyteller, recorded 'Mr Potter Visits Southend' in two parts for Columbia, characteristic of his monologue and character comedy work.AI summary
Columbia 5067 Comic
Gillie Potter, the British character comedian and raconteur, performing 'Mr Potter's Sporting Broadcast' in two parts on Columbia DB165.AI summary
Columbia DB165 Personalities (Prs)
Gillie Potter, the British comic raconteur famous for his character Mr Potter, performing his signature monologue routine on Columbia, mid-1930s.AI summary
Columbia DB357 Comic
Gillie Potter, a celebrated British radio comedian and humorist of the 1930s–1950s, performing his comic monologue 'Mr Potter Has a Brother' on Columbia. Potter was a major broadcast personality and his recordings remain recognisable to enthusiasts of period British comedy.AI summary
Columbia DB86 Comic
Gillie Potter, the BBC radio humorist famous for his mock-erudite persona as squire of 'Hogsnorton', delivers 'Mr Potter Waxes Historical' across two sides on Columbia.AI summary
Columbia DB357 Personalities (Prs)
Gillie Potter, a British radio comedian known for his monologues in a comic rustic voice, recorded 'Mr Potter Waxes Historical' for Columbia DB357; Potter was a popular wireless personality from the 1930s.AI summary
Columbia DB357 Comic
Gillie Potter, the celebrated British monologist and radio personality, performing his signature comedic routine 'Mr Potter Visits Southend' across both sides of Columbia 5067.AI summary
Columbia 5067 Personalities (Prs)
Gilt Edged Four performing two popular songs on Columbia, a major British label.AI summary
Columbia 4002 Voice
Gilt edged Four on Columbia 3704 with 'Best black' and 'My sugar' — a vocal quartet on a dance-era recording.AI summary
Columbia 3704 Voice
The Gilt-Edged Four, a vocal group, recorded 'Yiddisher Charleston' for Columbia in the late 1920s; this rare pairing of Yiddish vocal repertoire with jazz-age novelty reflects the immigrant cultural moment.AI summary
Columbia 4311 Yiddish
The Gilt-Edged Four with Tell All the World and, credited Mackey, Knock at the Door on Columbia 3711.AI summary
Columbia 3711 Voice
The Gilt-Edged Four, a vocal group, performing two popular songs on Columbia's 3000 series: 'My Sugar' and 'Best Black'—dance-era material from the mid-1920s.AI summary
Columbia 3704 Voice
Giovanni Zenatello was a celebrated Italian tenor of the late acoustic and early electrical era, particularly admired as Otello and in verismo repertoire. Columbia A1142 — 'Brindisi' and 'Di quella pira' from Verdi's Il trovatore — is a standard Columbia acoustic pressing. Zenatello is a collected tenor name among enthusiasts of early Italian singing.AI summary
Columbia A1142 Opera
Giuseppe Campanari, the celebrated Italian baritone, performing 'Song of the Toreador' and 'Eri tu' from Verdi on Columbia A5125. Campanari was one of the most admired baritones of the early twentieth century.AI summary
Columbia A5125 Opera
Alexander Glazunov's 'Dance of the Flowers' and a second part, likely a classical orchestral recording, issued on Columbia's prestigious Lx series.AI summary
Columbia Lx30 Classical
Glenn Miller, the American bandleader who became a legend of the swing era, recorded 'Sleepy Time Gal' and 'I Got Rhythm' for Columbia Records, catalogue DB3416. Miller's orchestra was one of the most popular of the 1940s. This UK pressing is significant as a document of his international reach, though it may not be his most famous recordings.AI summary
Columbia DB3416 Dance
Gluskin (likely Alexander Gluskin, a Russian-born conductor) recorded 'Sweet Music' and 'Don't Ever Leave Me' for Columbia. The Columbia FB series places this in the mid-to-late 1930s.AI summary
Columbia FB1085 Orchestra
Columbia 26114
Columbia 26112
The Golden Gate Quartet, a celebrated African-American gospel group, performing spirituals for Columbia. The group was one of the most recorded and commercially successful gospel ensembles of the 1930s-1950s, and their recordings remain popular with collectors of American vocal harmony.AI summary
Columbia DC593 Voice
Nat Gonella was a celebrated British swing-era trumpeter, and this Columbia recording with Claes captures him in hot dance-band style. Gonella is extensively collected by jazz enthusiasts.AI summary
Columbia FB2688 Jazz
Gracie Fields, the British entertainer and film star, on Columbia; these novelty and sentimental titles are typical of her early work, likely late 1920s–1930s.AI summary
Columbia FB40347 Personalities (Prs)
Columbia DB4047
Greening performing 'No One Knows What It's All About' and 'Me and the Boy Friend' on Columbia 3598, an early 1920s British pressing.AI summary
Columbia 3598 Voice
Greening recorded 'Sweet Little You' and 'Shanghai' for Columbia 3612; these appear to be popular song and dance sides from the 1920s, but without further information about the artist, they remain unidentified.AI summary
Columbia 3612 Dance
Greening for Columbia, performing the novelty 'I'll Take Her Back If She Wants to Come Back' and the topical 'Eat More Fruit'.AI summary
Columbia 3572 Voice
Greening, a prolific British bandleader, performing 'Sweet Little You' and 'Shanghai' on Columbia 3612.AI summary
Columbia 3612 Dance
Greening performing 'Pretty Things' and 'Totem Tom Tom' on Columbia 3642, an early 1920s novelty or dance recording.AI summary
Columbia 3642 Voice
Greening performing 'Nobody Knows What a Red Head Mamma Can Do' and 'San Francisco' on Columbia 3656, from the early 1920s.AI summary
Columbia 3656 Voice
Greening recorded two popular songs for Columbia's early catalogue, including 'Caterina' and 'There Are Some Things You Never Forget' with the Columbians dance band.AI summary
Columbia D5236 Voice
Greening performing 'Nobody Knows What a Red Head Mamma Can Do' and 'San Francisco' on Columbia, circa early 1920s.AI summary
Columbia 3656 Voice
Grock, the legendary Swiss pantomimist and clown, recorded comic novelties for Columbia. Grock was one of the greatest clowns of the early 20th century, famous throughout Europe and America for his silent comedic genius; these recordings capture his humorous approach.AI summary
Columbia 2901 Comic
Grosso, recorded 'Thinking of You' and the gospel tune '(Bidgood) Shepherd of the Hills' for Columbia is2011 in the early 1920s.AI summary
Columbia is2011 Dance
Guido Deiro, an Italian-American pianist and accordionist, performing 'Karavan' and 'Kismet' on Columbia's A series. Deiro was a popular recording artist in the early acoustic era (1900s–1920s), known for his dexterity on both instruments.AI summary
Columbia A2931 Instrumental