3,431 shellac records · mostly British pressings, 1900s–1950s
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Miller performing 'I Want You' and 'In Bluebird Land' on Columbia A3610 — early Columbia pressings from the 1910s–1920s.AI summary
Columbia A3610 Dance
Milt Shaw's dance band recorded for Columbia in the late 1920s or early 1930s; an unidentified orchestra in the hot-jazz dance-band idiom.AI summary
Columbia 5426 Dance
Milton Charles, with C Edwards, performing 'Can you blame me' and 'How about me' for Columbia, 5252. Both are popular songs; the artist is unidentified beyond this single release.AI summary
Columbia 5252 Voice
Milton Hayes, a celebrated British monologist and reciter of the 1920s and 1930s, recorded theatrical monologues 'Monty on Advertising' and 'Monty at Wembley' for Columbia 3475.AI summary
Columbia 3475 Personalities (Prs)
Milton Hayes, the celebrated monologist and raconteur, performs two of his humorous spoken-word pieces 'Monty's Hints on Health' and 'Monty on Bolshevism' on Columbia 3504. Hayes' 'Monty' character was one of his most popular creations — a pompous, gossipy figure through which he delivered his satirical commentary on contemporary life.AI summary
Columbia 3504 Personalities (Prs)
Milton Hayes, the celebrated British actor and monologist, performing two humorous monologues about fashion and burglars on Columbia. Hayes was a major music-hall star and his recorded monologues are well known.AI summary
Columbia 3726 Music Hall
Milton Hayes, a British character vocalist and actor, performing two Monty monologues ('Monty on Bananas' and 'Monty Meanders Through the Ads') on Columbia 3801, from the early 1920s.AI summary
Columbia 3801 Personalities (Prs)
Milton Hayes, a British actor and monologuist, on Columbia 3834. Hayes was famous for his dramatic recitations and character monologues in the early 1900s; these titles are characteristic of his speciality work.AI summary
Columbia 3834 Personalities (Prs)
Milton Hayes, a celebrated monologist and raconteur of the early gramophone era, performs two of his characteristic humorous spoken-word pieces on Columbia 4482. Hayes was one of the most popular recording artists of the 1920s, known for his witty and sometimes risqué monologues.AI summary
Columbia 4482 Personalities (Prs)
Milton Hayes on Columbia 4509, performing spoken-word comic pieces 'Why every married Man should have a Wife' and 'Do Film Actresses make good Husbands'.AI summary
Columbia 4509 Comic
Milton Hayes, a British actor and raconteur famous for his monologues and character sketches, recorded 'Is China worth going to' and 'Is China worth leaving' for Columbia, catalogue 4634, likely from the early 1920s.AI summary
Columbia 4634 Personalities (Prs)
Milton Hayes performing two further Monty monologues ('Monty Attends a Board Meeting', parts 1 and 2) on Columbia 4744, from the early 1920s.AI summary
Columbia 4744 Personalities (Prs)
Milton Hayes performing comedic monologues on Columbia: 'Why Every Married Man Should Have a Wife' and 'Do Film Actresses Make Good Husbands?'. Hayes was a popular reciter and monologist of the 1920s-1930s, known for his theatrical delivery and dramatic character pieces.AI summary
Columbia 4509 Music Hall
Milton Hayes, a British actor and monologist known for his dramatic recitations and character sketches, recorded for Columbia in the 1920s. Hayes was a popular revue and theatrical performer.AI summary
Columbia 3233 Voice
Columbia 4892 Personalities (Prs)
Milton Hayes, a British reciter and monologuist, recorded "Monty's Hints on Health" and "Monty on Bolshevism & the Like" for Columbia. Hayes was known for his dramatic and comic spoken-word routines.AI summary
Columbia 3504 Comic
Mindy Carson and Guy Mitchell, two popular American singers of the 1950s, on Columbia DB3203 with 'Train of Love' and 'That's a-Why'.AI summary
Columbia DB3203 Voice
A minstrels ensemble performing an overture on Columbia, from the acoustic era. The catalogue number 1109 and title suggest a standard music-hall or comic song recording of the early 1910s–1920s.AI summary
Columbia 1109 Music Hall
Columbia 644 Music Hall
A group credited as 'Minstrels' performing 'Sadie Ray' on Columbia 646. The catalogue number is very early, likely pre-1920, but the group is not further identified.AI summary
Columbia 646 Music Hall
A minstrel ensemble performs an introductory overture on this early Columbia record, catalogue 1109, from the acoustic era.AI summary
Columbia 1109 Orchestra
Credited as Miscel, a vocalist recorded Italian songs 'Stornellata Fiorentina' and 'Occhi neri' on Columbia D5790, Italian folk or popular vocal material from the 1920s–30s.AI summary
Columbia D5790 Voice
Miss Ninja (likely an Indonesian or Malay singer, given the Sundanese language titles) recorded 'Terang Boelan' and 'Gitaar Berboenji' for Columbia. These are colonial-era recordings from the Dutch East Indies region, sung in Indonesian languages. Such recordings are rarely encountered outside specialist collectors of Southeast Asian 78s.AI summary
Columbia DB30192 Voice
Miss Ninja Victor Tobing, credited on a Columbia GJ (colonial or Eastern) series disc, performing Indonesian or tropical music, likely 1930s.AI summary
Columbia GJ352 Instrumental
Claire Croiza, the celebrated French mezzo-soprano and one of the foremost interpreters of French mélodie, performing songs from Verlaine's 'Ariettes oubliées' with Francis Poulenc at the piano, and a Sarabande with Albert Roussel at the piano, on Columbia D13084. Composer-accompanied recordings of this type are primary documents; a Croiza disc with both Poulenc and Roussel as pianists is historically exceptional.AI summary
Columbia D13084 Voice
The Moana Orchestra, featuring vocalist Vaughn de Leath, recorded 'Aloha Oe Blues' and 'On the Shores of Honolulu' for Columbia; both are Hawaiian-inflected popular songs of the 1920s, and de Leath was a popular female vocalist of the era.AI summary
Columbia 14093 Hawaiian
Mollison and Riscoe on Columbia DB351, performing 'A Couple of fine old Schools' and 'While we're in Love'.AI summary
Columbia DB351 Music Hall
Morgan performing 'Casey Jones' and 'I love a Lassie' for Columbia, DB5039. Both are popular standards and traditional songs. Morgan is unidentified.AI summary
Columbia DB5039 Voice
Morgan Kingston on Columbia Records with two Irish traditional vocal sides ('Kerry Dance' and an instrumental trio arrangement); Kingston was a tenor or baritone specializing in Irish repertoire.AI summary
Columbia 99 Voice
Morgan Thomas recorded 'On Wings of Song' (Mendelssohn) for Columbia. This is a classical vocal piece from the early acoustic era, with catalogue notation suggesting 1910s date.AI summary
Columbia is4544 Classical
Morny Cash performing '21 to 63' and 'Dance With Your Uncle Joseph' on Columbia is879. Cash is not a major recording artist of documented prominence.AI summary
Columbia is879 Voice
Morse Code (artist or group unknown) on 'Miscellaneous Matter part 5' and 'part 6', from Columbia 3264. The title and catalogue suggest a descriptive or narrative recording, possibly from the 1920s. The artist name or group is unverified.AI summary
Columbia 3264 Dance
A spoken-word Columbia side documenting morse code as a communication tool. 'Plain language etc' and 'Longer messages' appear to be instructional recordings, likely from the 1930s–40s, of interest primarily as a curiosity or archival document.AI summary
Columbia DB1997
Flotsam and Jetsam, the British comedy double act, on Columbia — popular entertainers in British radio and theatre during the 1920s–30s.AI summary
Columbia DB624 Music Hall
Mrs A Stewart Holt performing Stephen Foster's 'Old Folks at Home' on Columbia 30128. A parlour or domestic vocal recording from the early 20th century.AI summary
Columbia 30128 Voice
The Mudlarks, a 1950s vocal group, perform two novelty-style songs for Columbia — a post-war doo-wop era recording.AI summary
Columbia DB4099 Voice
The Mudlarks on Columbia DB4133, performing 'Book of Love', a novelty vocal group recording from the mid-1950s.AI summary
Columbia DB4133 Voice
An artist credited as Munro sings the comic numbers 'There's Something Wrong with the Weather' and 'Tears from My Inkwell' on Columbia.AI summary
Columbia FB2273 Comic
Muriel Brunskill, a respected British mezzo-soprano and folk singer, performs 'The May Night' and 'The Lord Is My Light' on Columbia. Brunskill was known for art song and folk material.AI summary
Columbia 977 Classical
Narrator Allin and D. Somers recorded 'Old Brigade', a dramatic recitation or song in two parts, for Columbia. The piece is likely a patriotic or nostalgic narrative of the kind popular in British music halls.AI summary
Columbia DX379 Voice
N. Blaney and G. Farrar on Columbia 3788. Both titles are popular songs of the early 1900s; the artists do not appear prominently in standard discographies. This is an early Columbia pressing.AI summary
Columbia 3788 Voice
N Blaney and G Farrar performing 'As long as he loves me' and 'Ukulele Lady' on Columbia 3788, a mid-to-late 1920s recording in the popular-vocal genre.AI summary
Columbia 3788 Voice
A Columbia deluxe DX-series two-part compilation featuring a lineup of British stage performers and entertainers in 'Columbia on Parade No 2': N Long, S Holloway, B & S Hale, H Tate, N Wayne and others. This is a rare ensemble recording showcasing the label's revue and music-hall stars.AI summary
Columbia DX410 Music Hall
A novelty recording by N Nishimoto and G Shimabukuro of 'Japanese Rumba' and 'Song of the Arirang' (Amemiya) for Columbia, likely from the 1930s-40s.AI summary
Columbia A1228 Dance
N Nishimoto and G Shimabukuro, Japanese performers, recorded 'Japanese Rumba' and 'Song of the Arirang' (arranged by G Amemiya) for Columbia, catalogue A1228. These are likely dance or novelty numbers with East Asian themes recorded in the 1920s-1930s.AI summary
Columbia A1228 Dance
Vallin, Thill and Cohen performing 'N'achevez pas!' and an excerpt from Massenet's *Werther* on Columbia LFX163. This is an operatic recording from the 1930s by French/European singers.AI summary
Columbia LFX163 Opera
A medley of pieces by N. Wayne, E. Knight and others—'I will' / 'First Waltz' coupled with 'Other People's Babies'—on Columbia's DX series, a deluxe format of the early-to-mid 1930s. The performers are not clearly identified in the catalogue entry.AI summary
Columbia DX617 Orchestra
Nat Ayer, an American composer and songwriter, recorded 'She Was Wonderful' and 'Dixie Wedding Bells' for Columbia 2986, likely from the 1910s or early 1920s. Ayer was known for popular and theatrical songs.AI summary
Columbia 2986 Voice