3,431 shellac records · mostly British pressings, 1900s–1950s
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Len Fillis and Sid Bright, British musicians, recorded for Columbia with light dance and novelty material from the late 1920s or early 1930s.AI summary
Columbia 4920 Dance
Len Maurice recorded "Louise" and "On Top of the World Alone" for Columbia 01665, very early catalogue numbers from the late 1920s acoustic era.AI summary
Columbia 01665 Voice
Columbia 01316 Personalities (Prs)
Len Spencer, the American vaudeville comedian and singer, performing 'Night before Christmas' for Columbia 1905.AI summary
Columbia 1905 Personalities (Prs)
Len Spencer was a prolific American comic singer and monologist of the 1890s–1900s; this Columbia side documents his brand of spoken humour, 'Parson Pinkney discourses on Adam and Eve'.AI summary
Columbia 3111 Comic
Len Spencer was a prolific early recording artist of the 1890s-1900s, known for comic songs and topical recordings. 'Roosevelt's Inaugural Parade' is a spoken or novelty recording documenting Theodore Roosevelt's 1901 inauguration, recorded for Columbia 3198 in the very early acoustic era.AI summary
Columbia 3198 Misc.
Len Spencer on Columbia 30040, credited with 'Musical Yankee'. Spencer was an American vaudeville entertainer and early recording artist; the very high catalogue number suggests a late pressing or possibly an issue of an earlier recording.AI summary
Columbia 30040 Music Hall
Len Spencer and Ada Jones were prominent American recording artists of the acoustic era, known for duet recordings and comic dialogue. This Columbia side documents popular entertainment from the early 1900s. Columbia 3050 is an early catalogue number.AI summary
Columbia 3050 Voice
Len Spencer and Ada Jones, two prominent early recording artists, duetting on Columbia 3206 in the novelty 'Heinie'. Spencer and Jones were among the most prolific recording artists of the 1900s–1910s.AI summary
Columbia 3206 Comic
Len Spencer and Ada Jones, pioneering recording artists of the Edison and Columbia acoustic eras, recorded this sentimental song as a duet. Spencer was one of the earliest and most prolific American recording artists; Jones was a leading female comic and popular singer of the early 1900s.AI summary
Columbia 3314 Voice
Lenghi and Cellini recorded 'For You Alone' and 'Life has Sent me Many Roses' for Columbia, catalogue is1121. The catalogue notation (is1121) suggests an early electric or very early acoustic recording, possibly from the 1920s. Nothing is known of these artists.AI summary
Columbia is1121 Voice
Lentz recorded 'Every Night I Bring Her Frankfurter Sandwiches' and 'Who Was the Lady' for Columbia, catalogue 4608, likely 1910s–20s.AI summary
Columbia 4608 Music Hall
Leo Ornstein was a Russian-born American pianist and composer, a radical modernist figure whose early performances of dissonant music caused a sensation in the 1910s. This Columbia disc, catalogue 2449, contains his 'Etude on Black Keys' and a Chopin Impromptu. Ornstein's recordings are uncommon and of interest to collectors of early twentieth-century piano music.AI summary
Columbia 2449 Instrumental
Leo Reisman and his orchestra on Columbia with 'The Wedding of the Painted Doll' and 'Kiddies Kabaret'—dance and novelty pieces from the late 1920s.AI summary
Columbia 01497 Dance
Leo Reisman and his orchestra performing 'Love Tale of Alsace Lorraine' and 'Along Came Sweetness' on Columbia 1682D. Reisman was a popular orchestral bandleader of the 1920s and 1930s, known for refined dance music.AI summary
Columbia 1682D Dance
Leo Reisman's band on Columbia 1112-D, performing 'Waters of the Perkionen' and 'Cheerie Beerie Be'. Reisman led one of the most sophisticated and popular American dance orchestras of the 1920s–30s, known for refined, subtly arranged popular and novelty music.AI summary
Columbia 1112-D Dance
Leo Reisman's orchestra, a prominent American ballroom and popular dance band of the late 1920s-30s, recorded two romantic selections on Columbia's early electrical series.AI summary
Columbia 3713 Dance
Leo Slezak, one of the great Heldentenöre of the 1910s-20s, on Columbia A5395 with two Wagner extracts: the Prize Song from *Die Meistersinger* and a passage from the duet 'In fernem Land' (though the side-listing shows 'Mein lieber Schwaha', possibly in error). These are electrical recordings from the late 1920s.AI summary
Columbia A5395 Opera
Leo Strokoff recorded 'Minuet' and 'Gavotte' for Columbia, apparently a violinist or pianist performing salon pieces. The artist is not otherwise documented.AI summary
Columbia 2577 Instrumental
Leona Williams, a blues and jazz singer, recorded 'I wish I could shimmy' and 'If you don't believe I love you' for Columbia, capturing the jazz-influenced female vocal style of the early 1920s.AI summary
Columbia A3713 Jazz
Leona Williams recorded 'Meanest Man in the World' and 'Sugar Blues' on Columbia A3696. Williams is not a major recording artist of documented prominence.AI summary
Columbia A3696 Voice
Leona Williams on Columbia A3736, credited with 'Uncle Bud' and 'Mexican Blues'. A-series dating and artist context are obscure.AI summary
Columbia A3736 Voice
Leona Williams performing blues and jazz material on Columbia A3835, from the 1920s-30s era. The titles suggest a blues or jazz context.AI summary
Columbia A3835 Jazz
Leona Williams was a blues and vaudeville singer who recorded for Columbia in the early 1920s, and the A3599 catalogue number places this around 1922–1923. UK pressings of Columbia's American blues material in the A-series are considerably scarcer than American copies, and are sought by collectors of classic blues. This is precisely the kind of side that repays closer attention before any sale.AI summary
Columbia A3599 Jazz
Leona Williams singing two jazz-influenced novelty songs, I wish I could Shimmy like my Sister Kate and If you don't believe I love you, on Columbia A3713.AI summary
Columbia A3713 Voice
Columbia is1554
Leopold Godowsky, the legendary American-born pianist, recorded his own 'Nocturne in G Major' for Columbia in what appears to be a later pressing (catalogue L2166). Godowsky was a master of the keyboard and composer of extraordinary technical works.AI summary
Columbia L2166 Classical
Leopold Godowsky was one of the most technically accomplished pianists of the early twentieth century, famous for his transcriptions of Chopin études. Columbia L1150 — Concert Étude No 2 by Liszt and Gnomenreigen — is a large-format (L-series) Columbia pressing, suggesting a 12-inch disc. Godowsky's Columbia recordings are collected by enthusiasts of early piano recording.AI summary
Columbia L1150 Classical
Columbia DB1529
Leslie Henson, a British comedian and musical-theatre performer, on Columbia — Henson was a major West End star who also recorded. The coupling suggests a novelty recitation.AI summary
Columbia DB1950 Music Hall
Leslie Henson, a British stage actor and comedian, recorded Rachmaninoff's Prelude in C Sharp Minor for Columbia DB-series. The exact musical content is unclear from the label information.AI summary
Columbia DB1950 Classical
Leslie Henson, a popular British revue and light-comedy actor, recorded for Columbia in the 1920s–30s. This sketch recording with S. Howard represents his work in the theatrical comedy tradition.AI summary
Columbia 9592 Music Hall
Leslie Henson was one of London's major stage comedians and musical-theatre stars of the 1920s-30s, celebrated for his comic timing and stage presence. This Columbia electrical recording from the early 1930s captures one of his comic sketches.AI summary
Columbia MC10 Personalities (Prs)
Leslie Henson was a British musical-theatre performer and revue comedian; this Columbia F1060 contains two comedy or novelty songs, 'Missis is Going Away' and 'Hotel Pimlico'.AI summary
Columbia F1060 Music Hall
Leslie Henson, a celebrated British musical-comedy actor, with two songs from stage shows: *Why Didn't We Meet Before* (with St John) and *Coo* (with Burnaby), recorded for Columbia. Henson was a major West End star of the 1920s–1930s.AI summary
Columbia F1061 Personalities (Prs)
Leslie Henson was a British musical theatre star and comedian; this Columbia disc pairs Rachmaninoff's celebrated Prelude in C Sharp Minor with another classical piece.AI summary
Columbia DB1950 Classical
Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs on Columbia 21248. Flatt and Scruggs were pioneering bluegrass musicians who recorded extensively from the 1940s onwards. This Columbia 78 captures them early in their recording career, making it of interest to bluegrass and American country-music collectors, though this specific pressing requires confirmation.AI summary
Columbia 21248 Country
Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs on 'Before I met you' and 'I'm gonna sleep with one Eye open', from Columbia 21412. Flatt and Scruggs were legendary bluegrass musicians and pioneers of the genre; these are among their Columbia recordings, likely from the late 1940s-early 1950s. UK issues of their records are less common than American pressings.AI summary
Columbia 21412 Country
Levy performing the sentimental duet 'Where There's You There's Me' and 'You're Sweeter Than I Thought You Were' on Columbia FB1336, a 1930s British dance recording.AI summary
Columbia FB1336 Voice
Levy performing 'Looking Around Corners for You' and 'There's That Look in Your Eyes Again' on Columbia FB1651, a 1930s popular song recording.AI summary
Columbia FB1651 Voice
Columbia FB1322 Dance
Levy recorded 'Empire Builders' and 'Music from the Movies' for Columbia, catalogue FB1607; details about the artist and the nature of these pieces are unclear from the label information alone.AI summary
Columbia FB1607 Dance
A selection of music from the film Swing Time on Columbia, credited to Levy; likely a dance band arrangement from the late 1930s.AI summary
Columbia FB1531 Dance
Lewis on Columbia 3784 performing jazz blues 'Tin Roof Blues' and 'Angry' from the 1920s jazz repertoire. Columbia 3784 suggests an early 1920s pressing of hot jazz.AI summary
Columbia 3784 Jazz
Credited to Lewis on Columbia 4747, performing 'Away Down South in Heaven' and 'Keep Sweeping the Cobwebs off the Moon'.AI summary
Columbia 4747 Voice
A singer credited only as Lewis on Columbia, performing 'Singing a Vagabond Song' and 'On the Sunny Side of the Street'; the artist's identity is unclear from the label alone.AI summary
Columbia CB74 Voice
A Columbia recording credited to 'Lewis' performing Schubert's Serenade; catalogue 1S suggests an early Columbia issue. The artist and recording date are unclear from this information alone.AI summary
Columbia 1S Classical
An artist credited as 'Lewis' on Columbia, performing 'She's everybody's Sweetheart' and 'Ah-ha'. Without further identification, this cannot be placed precisely.AI summary
Columbia 3708 Voice