3,428 shellac records · mostly British pressings, 1900s–1950s
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A Columbia ensemble piece featuring B. Hale, B. Howes and others performing Shakespearean and theatrical material, likely from the 1930s–1940s.AI summary
Columbia DX627 Opera
A Columbia double-sided comedy sketch featuring B. Hale, B. Howes, and other performers. The DX series catalogue number indicates this is a longer-playing or special format record from the 1930s, and the sketches are typical of British music-hall comedy.AI summary
Columbia DX628 Comic
B Hale and C Mollison, performing two light popular songs on Columbia DB: 'It must be you' and 'Two of everything'.AI summary
Columbia DB350 Voice
B. Hale and George Grossmith recorded two one-step dance numbers for Columbia in the 1910s, a rare dual-artist duet from the early dance-music era.AI summary
Columbia 3629 Dance
B. Hale and J. Coyne in two pieces from the operetta Tea for Two on Columbia: "I want to be happy" and "Tea for Two", from the late 1920s.AI summary
Columbia 3630 Opera
B. Howes and S. Treble performing song medleys and duets on Columbia DX709, from the dance-music and light-entertainment era.AI summary
Columbia DX709 Dance
B. Howes and S. Treble performing 'Mind how you go across the Road' and 'Music Master' on Columbia Records (DX-series). A duo performing music-hall novelty songs.AI summary
Columbia DX710 Music Hall
B. Scacciati and E. Molinari recorded an excerpt from Puccini's Tosca for Columbia in the early 1930s. Both were minor Italian singers not well-documented in English-language sources.AI summary
Columbia D14603 Opera
B. Turner recorded two sentimental or classical-style songs for Columbia in the early 20th century.AI summary
Columbia D268 Voice
Bailey's Dixie Dudes, a dance band of the early 1920s, recorded two novelty numbers for Columbia.AI summary
Columbia is1711 Dance
An unnamed band performing two popular pieces on early Columbia: '3 O'Clock in the Morning' and 'Destiny'. The is4535 catalogue number indicates an early popular-music issue.AI summary
Columbia is4535 Dance
An orchestra performing two classical overtures and entr'actes on Columbia IS93: the Maid of Orleans Overture and the Rosamund Entr'acte (from Schubert's *Rosamunde*); the IS prefix indicates a very early Columbia series, probably 1900–1910.AI summary
Columbia is93 Orchestra
An unnamed band on Columbia IS1606 performing two popular numbers from the 1920s–30s dance-hall era. No artist or conductor is credited; this is a generic dance-band or palm-court recording.AI summary
Columbia IS1606 Dance
'Pantomime Plums', parts 3 and 4, a novelty or sketch recording on Columbia 2824, a British Columbia pressing from the early era of the label.AI summary
Columbia 2824 Comic
An unidentified band performing 'Dixie Doddle' and 'Hoch-und Deutschmeister' on Columbia is36, an extremely early Columbia catalogue number.AI summary
Columbia is36 Dance
The Mignon Overture by Thomas, orchestral material on Columbia. Two-sided medleys of classical and light orchestral excerpts were standard filler in British collections of the era.AI summary
Columbia is5011 Orchestra
An unnamed band on Columbia 1025, performing 'Swing Song' and 'Ringelreihen'. Columbia 1025 is a very early catalogue number from the label's first years of operation.AI summary
Columbia 1025 Dance
An unidentified band performing two pieces from Gounod's opera Faust—the Soldiers' Chorus and a Waltz—on Columbia.AI summary
Columbia 1093 Orchestra
An unnamed band performing a medley march and 'Teddy Bears Picnic' on Columbia 1098, catalogue number suggesting an early 1920s British pressing.AI summary
Columbia 1098 Orchestra
An unnamed band performing a selection from Veronique (the operetta by Messager) on Columbia 25767.AI summary
Columbia 25767 Orchestra
An unidentified British band recorded instrumental march medleys 'Under the Double Eagle' and 'March of the Little Pierrots' on Columbia D12, from the very early Columbia catalogue around 1920.AI summary
Columbia D12 Orchestra
An unidentified band recorded 'Medley of Irish Airs' for Columbia catalogue 428, early acoustic era.AI summary
Columbia 428 Orchestra
A band performing 'Nobody's Sweetheart' and 'Tango Girl' on Columbia is1656, a British pressing.AI summary
Columbia is1656 Dance
A band performance of "Ballet Music from Faust" (parts 1 and 2) on Columbia's early D catalogue, likely from the 1910s-1920s acoustic era.AI summary
Columbia D104 Orchestra
An unidentified band recording for Columbia of 'Joyland Selection' and its continuation, a medley from an early 1930s stage revue or operetta, split across two sides.AI summary
Columbia D1333 Orchestra
An unnamed band performing classical overture and march material on early Columbia, without further identification.AI summary
Columbia D135 Orchestra
A dance band recording of light orchestral waltzes (*Monte Cristo* and *Gold and Silver*) on Columbia D-series from the late 1920s.AI summary
Columbia D170 Orchestra
An unidentified British band recorded bell and chime selections 'Weymouth Chimes' and 'Bells of St Malo' on Columbia D70, likely from the early 1920s.AI summary
Columbia D70 Orchestra
Columbia D75 Misc.
An unidentified dance band recorded 'Gaby Fox Trot' and 'Rosy Rapture' for Columbia 522, a very early catalogue number suggesting a pressing from around 1910 or later.AI summary
Columbia 522 Dance
A Spanish band performing 'La Tipica' on Columbia 5417, a Latin novelty or folk recording from the 1920s-1930s.AI summary
Columbia 5417 Dance
An anonymous Spanish band performing a march, 'The Little Pierrots', on Columbia, catalogue 5581; the label and number suggest a recording from the early 1920s.AI summary
Columbia 5581 Orchestra
Banda Española on Columbia performing 'Marcia di Piccoli Pierretti', a Spanish marching piece. This British Columbia pressing from the 78rpm era represents the label's light classical and continental repertoire.AI summary
Columbia 5581 Instrumental
Columbia 5581
Banda Espanola (Spanish Band) recorded 'Royal Italian March' and 'Zampa Overture' for Columbia; a Spanish instrumental ensemble performing popular marches and operatic selections.AI summary
Columbia D16510 Orchestra
A banjo soloist (possibly Ossman, though unconfirmed) performs 'El Capitan' on Columbia, an early acoustic pressing from Columbia's 600-series — banjo was a featured solo instrument in early recording.AI summary
Columbia 676 Instrumental
Basil Lloyd, accompanied by Will Evans, performing "Smoke Clouds" (with George Anderson) and "Roses of Picardy" on Columbia 2843, an early acoustic issue. Lloyd was a British tenor.AI summary
Columbia 2843 Voice
Columbia CB633
Beatrice Lillie, the renowned British-Canadian revue star and comedienne, recorded 'I hate to give Trouble' (with M Campbell) and 'Maryland' for Columbia, catalogue L1257. Lillie was one of the great entertainers of the 1920s–30s stage and early cinema, and her records are collected by theatre and personality enthusiasts.AI summary
Columbia L1257 Personalities (Prs)
Beatrice Lillie, the great Canadian-born comic actress and revue star beloved on both sides of the Atlantic, performs 'Julia' and 'Shoot the Rabbit' on Columbia L1194, a 12-inch coupling. Lillie's Columbia recordings are collected by admirers of her extraordinary comic talent, and her 12-inch L-series pressings are less common than standard format.AI summary
Columbia L1194 Personalities (Prs)
Beatrice Lillie, the major British revue star, recorded 'I hate to give Trouble' (with M. Campbell) and 'Maryland' for Columbia L1257. Lillie's recordings are collectable, though British Columbia pressings are not particularly rare.AI summary
Columbia L1257 Personalities (Prs)
Beatrice Lillie, one of the most celebrated British musical-comedy and revue stars of the interwar period, performing 'A Striking Dip' and 'By the Camp Fire' on Columbia F1009. Lillie's Columbia recordings are collected by enthusiasts of interwar musical theatre and cabaret; F-series Columbia is a standard interwar pressing.AI summary
Columbia F1009 Personalities (Prs)
A remarkable pairing: Bartók's 'Staccato' and 'Ostinato' studies, and an excerpt from Stravinsky's Les Noces with the composer conducting on Columbia; a modernist-music recording from the 1930s.AI summary
Columbia DB1790 Classical
Ben Davies recorded 'Tom Bowling' (a traditional nautical ballad) for Columbia, catalogue 7159. Davies was a celebrated Welsh tenor active from the 1880s into the 1920s; this is likely a late career or reissue recording.AI summary
Columbia 7159 Voice
Ben Davies was a celebrated Welsh tenor and one of the first great recording artists of the acoustic era, active from the 1900s onwards; this Columbia 7350 issue preserves one of his later studio performances.AI summary
Columbia 7350 Voice
Ben Davies, a Welsh baritone and oratorio singer of the Victorian and Edwardian era, performing 'I Know of Two Bright Eyes' and 'I'll Sing Thee Songs of Araby' on Columbia DB1430. Davies was a prominent concert and recorded artist in the early 20th century.AI summary
Columbia DB1430 Voice
Ben Davies (1858–1943) was a celebrated Welsh tenor of the late 19th and early 20th centuries; this Columbia pressing of sentimental songs is from the electrical era.AI summary
Columbia 7350 Voice
Ben Selvin's orchestra on Columbia CB465, a light dance side from the late 1920s. Selvin was a prolific bandleader and recording artist whose output was distributed widely; this catalogue series is common.AI summary
Columbia CB465 Dance