3,420 shellac records · mostly British pressings, 1900s–1950s
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Columbia sampler record on BXO18 (test or demonstration pressing). This appears to be a sampler or house copy, not a regular commercial release.AI summary
Columbia BXO18 Misc.
A sampler record or promotional issue on Columbia with catalogue number BXO2—likely a test pressing or promotional compilation.AI summary
Columbia BXO2 Misc.
Sampler Record 52 is a sample compilation record released by Columbia BXO52, a promotional or demonstration disc of limited commercial interest unless notable artists are featured.AI summary
Columbia BXO52 Misc.
A Columbia sampler record, catalogue BXO54. These sampler or compilation pressings were sometimes issued to promote the label or radio stations.AI summary
Columbia BXO54 Misc.
A Columbia sampler record, catalogue BXO6. These sampler or compilation pressings were sometimes issued to promote the label or radio stations and vary greatly in rarity.AI summary
Columbia BXO6 Misc.
An anonymous singer recorded 'Nazareth', a hymn by Philip Bliss, for Columbia in the very early 1920s; the recording number suggests one of Columbia's earliest issues.AI summary
Columbia 197 Voice
Anona Winn on Columbia DB1295, performing 'Thirty Thirsty Throats' and 'Sing Gypsy Sing'. Winn was a British female vocalist popular in the 1930s–40s.AI summary
Columbia DB1295 Voice
Columbia DB1285 Personalities (Prs)
Anona Winn, a British vocalist of the 1920s–30s, performing two sentimental ballads on Columbia's popular catalogue.AI summary
Columbia 1203 Voice
Anton van Rooy, the celebrated Dutch baritone, singing 'Phyllis und die Mutter' and a Bird Carol on Columbia A5000, early electrical-era recordings.AI summary
Columbia A5000 Opera
Anton van Rooy was a celebrated Dutch baritone of the late 19th and early 20th centuries; this Columbia A5001 contains operatic arias 'Les Rameaux' and 'Confutatis' from Verdi's Requiem.AI summary
Columbia A5001 Opera
Anton van Rooy, a celebrated Dutch baritone, recorded 'Beiden Grenadiere' (Schubert's ballad) for Columbia, catalogue 30029, dating to the 1910s-1920s. Van Rooy was a major concert and opera singer of the early 20th century and a founding member of the Metropolitan Opera.AI summary
Columbia 30029 Classical
Archie Camden was a leading British bassoon soloist of the mid-twentieth century; this Columbia record pairs him with conductor Hamilton Harty in Mozart's Bassoon Concerto, an important work in the bassoon repertoire.AI summary
Columbia L1826 Classical
A recording of war-time songs performed at an Armistice Festival in 1933, released on Columbia as a documentary curiosity of British popular patriotic music.AI summary
Columbia DB1242
Louis Armstrong, the most influential jazz musician of the 20th century, recorded these early jazz sides for Columbia. 'Lonesome blues' and 'King of the Zulus' are from his classic period. Columbia DB3340 is a later UK pressing, not an original 1920s release.AI summary
Columbia DB3340 Jazz
Art Fowler performs two popular songs on Columbia 4465, likely 1930s era.AI summary
Columbia 4465 Voice
Art Fowler performing 'Sam the old Accordeon Man' and 'Everything's made for love' on Columbia. Fowler appears to have been a minor novelty artist.AI summary
Columbia 4466 Instrumental
Art Gillham, known as 'The Whispering Baritone', performing 'Smile All the While' and 'I Had Someone Else Before I Had You' on Columbia 3748, from the mid-1920s. Gillham was a prolific American recording artist of the 1920s, famous for his soft-sung delivery and often backed by small orchestras.AI summary
Columbia 3748 Voice
Art Gillham, a popular vaudeville and recording artist from the 1920s-30s, performing ballads on an early Columbia catalogue number.AI summary
Columbia 1663D Voice
Art Hickman and his orchestra performing two standards on Columbia. Hickman was an early jazz and dance band leader of the 1920s, and his original recordings are collected by jazz and dance music historians. Columbia 3000-series issues were early pressings.AI summary
Columbia 3017 Jazz
Arthur Askey, the British comedian and entertainer, sings 'Ta ever so' and 'Eat Drink and Be Merry' (with J Wilson) on this Columbia disc, typical of his comedy vocal work.AI summary
Columbia DB3047 Personalities (Prs)
Arthur Braddon performed these hymns for Columbia in the early recording era; both sides are sacred vocal pieces.AI summary
Columbia is252 Voice
Arthur Collins, a British singer active in the early twentieth century, performing the sentimental song 'What's the Use of Loving If You Can't Love All the Time' on Columbia, catalogue 3558.AI summary
Columbia 3558 Voice
Arthur Collins was a prolific American singer of the early 1900s, widely recorded in Britain and America; the Fireside Minstrels were a popular vocal group, and this Columbia disc documents that tradition.AI summary
Columbia 334/420 Voice
Arthur Friedheim was a German pianist who had studied directly with Franz Liszt and was regarded as one of his most faithful pupils; his recordings of Liszt's works carry unique authority as documents of the master's tradition. This Columbia disc, catalogue 482 — a very low catalogue number suggesting an early pressing — contains the Hungarian Rhapsody No. 6 across two sides.AI summary
Columbia 482 Instrumental
Arthur Friedheim, the German pianist who studied directly with Liszt, performing the Hungarian Rhapsody No. 6 across two sides on Columbia catalogue 482 — a very low catalogue number suggesting an early pressing. This appears to be a duplicate of id 13656 in this collection; both copies should be compared for condition.AI summary
Columbia 482 Instrumental
Arthur Friedheim, the German pianist who studied directly with Liszt, performing the Hungarian Rhapsody No. 6 across two sides on Columbia catalogue 482 — a third copy of this disc (see also ids 13656 and 15523). All three copies should be compared for condition; a Columbia catalogue number as low as 482 is characteristic of the very earliest pressings.AI summary
Columbia 482 Instrumental
Arthur Leslie, a British comic entertainer, recorded 'The Whistling Maniac' and 'I want to sing in Opera' for Columbia, mixing music-hall humour with novelty vocals.AI summary
Columbia 1547 Music Hall
Arthur Marshall performing humorous monologues 'The Head Mistress' and 'A School Girls Story' on Columbia DB1646, a British recording from the 1930s dance-band era.AI summary
Columbia DB1646 Comic
Arthur Marshall, a British music-hall and sketch performer, presenting 'The Games Mistress' and 'Showing the School' on Columbia DB1652, likely from the 1930s.AI summary
Columbia DB1652 Comic
Arthur Marshall recorded two humorous piano-novelty pieces for Columbia DB1657. Marshall was a British composer and recording artist known for his piano pieces and comic interpretations during the 1920s–1930s.AI summary
Columbia DB1657 Instrumental
Arthur Marshall on Columbia DB1729, two spoken or comic monologues: 'The Botany Class' and 'Reading to the Children', characteristic of his revue and variety material from the 1930s–40s.AI summary
Columbia DB1729 Music Hall
Arthur Marshall, a British pianist and composer, recorded 'Out with the Guides' and 'Miss Pritchard's Tricycle' for Columbia DB1817, light comedy piano pieces.AI summary
Columbia DB1817 Instrumental
Arthur Marshall was an English stride and ragtime pianist of the early twentieth century; this Columbia record of 'The Hostess' and 'A Nature Walk' documents his piano compositions from the acoustic or early electrical era.AI summary
Columbia DB1657 Instrumental
Arthur Peel performing two novelty or music-hall numbers—"Since Poor Grandfather Died" and "Toodle-i-oodle-i-oo"—on Columbia 1326, an early acoustic issue.AI summary
Columbia 1326 Music Hall
Arthur Prince and Jim perform 'Insubordination' in two parts on this Columbia electrical recording, catalogue DX412, likely from the late 1920s or early 1930s.AI summary
Columbia DX412 Comic
Arthur Riscoe was a British entertainer and actor known for theatre and variety. 'Goodbye Sally' and 'Follow the white Line' were recorded for Columbia. Riscoe performed in music-hall and on the early British stage.AI summary
Columbia FB2323 Music Hall
Arthur Schwartz, composer and conductor, recorded the 'Follow the Sun' medley for Columbia, catalogue FB1269, likely 1930s–40s.AI summary
Columbia FB1269 Orchestra
Ash on 'Dolores', recorded for Columbia 4936. The artist name is too common to identify without further research; the catalogue number places the pressing in the late 1920s–early 1930s.AI summary
Columbia 4936 Voice
A popular song by Ash on Columbia (catalogue 4323), likely from the late 1920s or 1930s.AI summary
Columbia 4323 Voice
The Associated Glee Clubs of America recorded sacred and patriotic songs for Columbia in the early 1900s.AI summary
Columbia 9048 Voice
Aunt Jemima — the stage name of Alberta Hunter, one of the most significant American blues and jazz singers — performing 'Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man' from Jerome Kern's Show Boat and 'Didn't I Tell You?' on Columbia catalogue 4917. Hunter's Columbia recordings are of genuine collector interest to students of early American jazz and blues.AI summary
Columbia 4917 Jazz
Credited to Aunt Jemima on Columbia 4917, performing 'Didn't I Tell You' and 'Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man' — likely a vaudeville or novelty act.AI summary
Columbia 4917 Voice
'Aunt Jemima' (a stage name, not a real person) recorded 'Didn't I Tell You' and 'Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man' for Columbia, catalogue 4917, in the early 1920s. This is a vaudeville or novelty recording and carries the offensive racial nomenclature common to that era.AI summary
Columbia 4917
A.W. Bascomb on Columbia 4204, a vocal recording from the early Columbia catalogue, likely 1920s.AI summary
Columbia 4204 Voice
Columbia DB903 Personalities (Prs)
Azuley Blanco of Guatemala on Columbia 3378, a tropical artist recorded in the early 1930s, with 'Chicago' and 'Wounded Bird'.AI summary
Columbia 3378 Dance
B. Hale and B. Howes, performers of comedy sketches and songs, on Columbia in the DX series. The catalogue number indicates a special format from the 1930s.AI summary
Columbia DX626 Comic