3,431 shellac records · mostly British pressings, 1900s–1950s
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The London Symphony Orchestra under Felix Weingartner performing Beethoven's Symphony No. 7 (parts 4 and 6) for Columbia's L series, a landmark electrical recording from the late 1920s.AI summary
Columbia L1482 Classical
The London Symphony Orchestra under Felix Weingartner performing Beethoven's Symphony No. 7 (parts 6 and 8) for Columbia's L series, a landmark electrical recording from the late 1920s.AI summary
Columbia L1483 Classical
Felix Weingartner conducting the London Symphony Orchestra in Beethoven's Seventh Symphony and a Grieg dance, on Columbia's prestigious long-playing L series; a major conductor and important orchestral recording.AI summary
Columbia L1484 Orchestra
Felix Weingartner conducting the London Symphony Orchestra in Beethoven's Symphony No. 8, released on Columbia long-playing 78 (L series), catalogue L1538.AI summary
Columbia L1538 Orchestra
Felix Weingartner conducting the London Symphony Orchestra in the fourth part of Beethoven's Symphony No. 8, recorded for Columbia's album series.AI summary
Columbia L1539 Classical
The London Symphony Orchestra under Felix Weingartner performing the final movement of Beethoven's Symphony No. 8, recorded for Columbia's 'L' series (long-playing or album series). Weingartner was one of the great conductors of the early 20th century.AI summary
Columbia L1540 Classical
The London Symphony Orchestra conducted by Felix Weingartner in Beethoven's Symphony No. 8 and a Shakespearean entr'acte, a significant classical recording from Columbia's prestigious L-series.AI summary
Columbia L1541 Classical
Lucan and McShane, a famous Irish comic duo, perform sketches from their long-running radio show for Columbia — these comedy sides are sought by music-hall and Irish comedy collectors.AI summary
Columbia FB2663 Music Hall
Lucan and McShane, the popular Irish comic duo, recorded a sketch with Old Mother Riley for Columbia; the recording includes two sides of material, probably in the 1930s or 1940s.AI summary
Columbia FB2685 Comic
Columbia FB2702 Personalities (Prs)
Lucan and McShane in 'Old Mother Riley in the Police Force', one of their music-hall sketches, on Columbia FB2734; the duo were stars of Irish and British variety.AI summary
Columbia FB2734 Music Hall
Lucan and McShane, stars of the long-running British pantomime and music-hall act 'Old Mother Riley', perform 'Old Mother Riley on the Farm' on Columbia FB2685. This appears to be from the late 1940s.AI summary
Columbia FB2685 Music Hall
Lucan and McShane, performing two comic sketches on Columbia: 'Old Mother Riley's Budget' and 'Old Mother Riley takes her Medicine'. This is likely from the 1940s–50s, when the Old Mother Riley character was popular in British variety and film.AI summary
Columbia FB2702 Comic
Lucan and McShane, popular British music hall comedians, recorded 'Old Mother Riley in the Police Force' for Columbia FB2734. Old Mother Riley was their most famous character.AI summary
Columbia FB2734 Music Hall
Lucille Mapp on 'On Treasure Island' and 'Mangos', recorded for Columbia DB3916. Mapp was a minor British vocalist; the DB series places this in the mid-to-late 1930s when Columbia had moved to electrical recording and higher quality pressings.AI summary
Columbia DB3916 Voice
Lucy Gates, an American concert soprano of the early 20th century, performing 'Garden of Sleep' and 'Come my Beloved' for Columbia A5911, an early acoustic series.AI summary
Columbia A5911 Voice
Lucy Gates, an American soprano and concert singer of the early 20th century, recording 'My old Kentucky Home' and 'Darling Nelly Gray' for Columbia A6059, a rare acoustic series.AI summary
Columbia A6059 Voice
Lud Gluskin band performing 'I love you very much madame' and 'Continental' on Columbia CB808. Gluskin was an American conductor and bandleader of the 1920s–30s.AI summary
Columbia CB808 Dance
Lupino Lane, the British music-hall and film comedian, performing 'We All Go Ha Ha Together' and 'Who Could? We Could We Two' on Columbia.AI summary
Columbia DB465 Music Hall
Lydia Lipkowska was a celebrated Russian soprano who had a major career at the Mariinsky and internationally in the early twentieth century. This Columbia A5295 disc contains 'Caro nome' from Verdi's Rigoletto and the Mad Scene from Donizetti's Lucia di Lammermoor — two coloratura showpieces from her central repertoire. Lipkowska's recordings are of collector interest to specialists in early Russian singing.AI summary
Columbia A5295 Opera
M. Affre — almost certainly Amedée Affre, the celebrated French dramatic tenor — performing 'Asile héréditaire' from Rossini's Guillaume Tell on Columbia catalogue 50385. As with the companion disc (id 9221), Affre's Columbia recordings are of interest to collectors of early French operatic singing.AI summary
Columbia 50385 Opera
M. Affre — almost certainly Amedée Affre, a celebrated French dramatic tenor associated with the Paris Opéra at the turn of the twentieth century — performing 'Salut demeure' from Gounod's Faust on Columbia catalogue 50386. Affre's recordings are of interest to collectors of early French operatic singing.AI summary
Columbia 50386 Opera
M. Aumonnier performing 'Chalet' on Columbia 50018, a vocal or instrumental piece from the early acoustic era.AI summary
Columbia 50018 Voice
M Franz performing operatic arias 'Air de Jean Hérodiade' (Massenet) and 'Le Bruit des Chants' on Columbia LFX56, a British pressing.AI summary
Columbia LFX56 Opera
Columbia D13044
M Piccalugga performing 'Sous le Regard de deux grandes Yeux' on Columbia.AI summary
Columbia 50584 Voice
Margot Pirani and Elsa Grant, recorded for Columbia DB series, performing Debussy's 'Six Épigraphes Antiques' No. 3 and R. Walter's 'Enchanted Flute'. The DB prefix indicates a serious classical issue from the mid-1930s. Columbia's full-size orchestral and chamber recordings on DB are now uncommon.AI summary
Columbia DB1785 Classical
M Rene Benedetti and M Faure performing 'Rondino' and 'Variations' on Columbia D13087, a classical instrumental record. The identity and prominence of these performers is unclear from the label.AI summary
Columbia D13087 Classical
M Thomas performing Schubert's Litany and "Heavenly Whispers" on Columbia IS1249. The catalogue number suggests this is an early issue in Columbia's Indian series, though the artist is unidentified.AI summary
Columbia is1249 Classical
M Winifried Hughes presenting 'Some Famous English Letter Writers', featuring Hugh Walpole, on Columbia; a spoken-word or literary anthology piece, likely from the late 1930s or 1940s.AI summary
Columbia D40098 Voice
Mackey on Columbia 4184 from the early 1920s, a popular song recording. Mackey is unidentified in standard discographies.AI summary
Columbia 4184 Voice
Mackey performing 'For You' and 'Some Day' on Columbia 4009, an early 1920s vocal recording.AI summary
Columbia 4009 Voice
Mackey recorded 'Looking for a Boy' and 'When do we dance' for Columbia, likely mid-to-late 1920s based on the catalogue number.AI summary
Columbia 4064 Dance
Mackey on Columbia, performing 'Babyin' You' and 'Every Little Maid', likely early 1930s dance or novelty material.AI summary
Columbia 4173 Dance
Mackey on Columbia 4090, performing 'Gentlemen prefer Blondes' and 'I don't care what you used to be', popular songs from the 1920s.AI summary
Columbia 4090 Voice
Mackey, a performer of popular and novelty songs, recorded these numbers for Columbia in the mid-1920s. The artist is not well identified from standard reference.AI summary
Columbia 4270 Voice
Mackey on Columbia 3680, an early Columbia acoustic catalogue number; the titles suggest popular dance or sentimental ballad material from the 1920s.AI summary
Columbia 3680 Dance
Mackey recorded 'Zanzibar' and 'Babette' for Columbia, likely popular songs from the 1920s–30s.AI summary
Columbia 3721 Voice
Mackey, a dance-band or novelty artist, performing two popular songs on Columbia: 'I'm a Little Bit Fonder of You' and 'Tie a String Around Your Finger'.AI summary
Columbia 3761 Dance
Mackey recorded 'Dog on the Piano' and 'Araby' for Columbia, catalogue 3822, in the mid-1920s.AI summary
Columbia 3822 Instrumental
Mackey recorded 'I wonder where my Baby is tonight?' and 'Every Sunday Afternoon' for Columbia 3850, a British pressing from the 1920s.AI summary
Columbia 3850 Voice
A pianist or vocalist credited as Mackey on Columbia, recording popular songs of the 1920s–30s.AI summary
Columbia 3866 Voice
Credited to Mackey on Columbia, with 'Wildflower', a popular song standard of the 1920s; 'Goodbye Little Rosebud' on the reverse.AI summary
Columbia 3894 Voice
Mackey performs two instrumental pieces, 'Night' and 'Mignonette', on Columbia British 3911, from the early 1920s.AI summary
Columbia 3911 Instrumental
Credited to Mackey on Columbia, this early 1930s recording couples two novelty or sentimental numbers, 'Thanks for the Buggy Ride' and 'Barcelona'. The artist is not prominently documented.AI summary
Columbia 3963 Dance
A performance by Mackey on Columbia's 3000 series, featuring two dance numbers from the mid-1920s: 'I'd Rather Charleston with You' and 'Half of It Dearie'.AI summary
Columbia 3964 Dance
Mackey singing 'Dreaming of a Castle in the Air' and 'Cecilia' on Columbia 3992, from the early 1920s.AI summary
Columbia 3992 Voice
Credited to Mackey on Columbia 4044, performing dance sides 'Slippery Fingers' and 'When it's June down there'.AI summary
Columbia 4044 Dance