3,430 shellac records · mostly British pressings, 1900s–1950s
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Sidney Torch was a British organist and composer known for light orchestral and cinema-organ music. 'Hotter Than Ever' is typical of his swing-flavoured material from the 1930s–40s. This Columbia DB-series pressing preserves his orchestral style.AI summary
Columbia DB1210 Instrumental
Sidney Torch at the theatre organ playing 'When East Meets West' in two parts on a Columbia FB disc from the 1930s, before he made his name as a conductor and composer of light music.AI summary
Columbia FB1312 Instrumental
Sidney Torch at the theatre organ playing 'Hot Pipes' across both sides of a late-1930s Columbia FB disc, before he moved on to conducting and composing light music.AI summary
Columbia FB1970 Instrumental
Sidney Torch, the cinema organist who went on to become a leading conductor and composer of British light music, plays 'Hotter than Ever' across both sides of a Columbia FB disc from his theatre-organ years.AI summary
Columbia FB1158 Instrumental
Sidney Torch and others on Columbia, performing 'Talent Night at the Regal Edmonton' (parts 1 and 2) — a broadcast or live-event recording. Sidney Torch was a notable British organist and composer. Columbia FB series.AI summary
Columbia FB1554 Music Hall
Silvester recorded two waltzes for Columbia JX-series; the artist is not identified and the catalogue suggests an unusual or special series.AI summary
Columbia JX62 Instrumental
Silvester recorded two waltzes commissioned or inspired by royal events—'Queen Elizabeth Waltz' and 'Coronation Waltz'—for Columbia. These patriotic dance numbers likely date to the early 1950s and the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II. Silvester was a prolific British bandleader of the period.AI summary
Columbia DB3267 Dance
Victor Silvester was the definitive British ballroom dance bandleader and composer of the 20th century. These waltzes recorded for Columbia celebrate the 1953 Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II.AI summary
Columbia DB3267 Dance
Silvester Jive on Columbia FB 2989, with two jazz novelty numbers. The artist name appears to be a pseudonym or stage billing for a jive band or small ensemble.AI summary
Columbia FB2989 Jazz
Silvester Jive on Columbia FB, performing 'Way down yonder in New Orleans' and 'Stompin at the Savoy'. FB pressings are from the swing era of the late 1930s–40s.AI summary
Columbia FB2980 Jazz
Silvester Jive on Columbia FB3019, a swing-era dance or novelty number. The artist name suggests a stage personality, but is not further identified.AI summary
Columbia FB3019 Dance
Silvester Jive is credited with 'Please Do It Again' and 'Blue Lou' on Columbia FB3019, a jive or jazz-influenced number typical of the 1940s swing era. The artist or group cannot be confidently identified from the credit.AI summary
Columbia FB3019 Jazz
Frank Sinatra (1915–1998), one of the greatest popular singers of the 20th century, recorded these Christmas standards for Columbia.AI summary
Columbia DB2237 Voice
Sir Alan Cobham was a pioneering British aviator who made record-breaking long-distance flights in the 1920s and became a popular public figure. Columbia 9161 is a spoken-word recording in which Cobham describes how to fly an aeroplane — a remarkable document of the early aviation age and of the celebrity spoken-word market of the period.AI summary
Columbia 9161 Personalities (Prs)
Sir John Forbes-Robertson, the celebrated English actor of the Victorian and Edwardian stage, performing a *Shakespearean Recital* (in two parts) on Columbia. This is a speaking recording rather than sung, capturing one of Britain's greatest classical actors.AI summary
Columbia D40006 Personalities (Prs)
Sir John Forbes-Robertson, the celebrated Victorian stage actor, reciting Shakespeare (parts 3 and 4 of 'Shakespearian Recital') on Columbia D40007, an early electrical recording of one of the great actors of the age.AI summary
Columbia D40007 Voice
Sir John Forbes-Robertson, the celebrated English actor, performing a Shakespearean recital (part 3) on Columbia D40006. Forbes-Robertson was one of the greatest classical actors of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.AI summary
Columbia D40006 Personalities (Prs)
Sir John Forbes-Robertson (1853–1928), the legendary English Shakespearean actor, recorded reciting from Shakespeare in parts 3 and 4 of a theatrical recitation series for Columbia.AI summary
Columbia D40007 Personalities (Prs)
Sir Thomas Beecham, the renowned British conductor, recorded Grieg's Peer Gynt Suite No. 1 for Columbia's prestigious 'LX' 12-inch series. Beecham was one of the most important British conductors of the 20th century and a prolific recording artist.AI summary
Columbia LX938 Orchestra
Sir Thomas Beecham, one of the greatest British conductors of the 20th century, recorded orchestral works "Appalachia" (likely Delius) and "Irmelin" for Columbia 11336. A recording of major historical importance for the conductor and the British classical repertoire.AI summary
Columbia 11336 Orchestra
Sir William Bragg, the Nobel Prize-winning physicist, delivers two parts of a lecture titled 'What is Sound' on this Columbia record, catalogue D40175, likely from the 1920s or 1930s.AI summary
Columbia D40175 Personalities (Prs)
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Sir William Bragg, the 1915 Nobel Prize-winning physicist, on Columbia d40176.AI summary
Columbia d40176
Columbia D40183 Personalities (Prs)
Sir William Bragg, the Nobel Prize–winning physicist, recorded on Columbia discussing sound and echoes. A curiosity of scientific interest rather than musical.AI summary
Columbia D40184 Personalities (Prs)
Six Swingers performing 'An Apple for the Teacher' and 'Berlin or Bust' on Columbia FB2315, a 1930s British popular song recording.AI summary
Columbia FB2315 Dance
Six Swingers recorded 'In the Mood' and 'Yodel in Swing' for Columbia; an unidentified minor swing ensemble, likely from the late 1930s–40s.AI summary
Columbia FB2406 Dance
Slim Dusty, the celebrated Australian country singer, recorded 'A Pub with no Beer' and 'Once when I was mustering' for Columbia in the early 1950s. 'A Pub with no Beer' became one of his signature pieces and a country standard.AI summary
Columbia DB4212 Country
Slim Dusty, an Australian country and folk singer of the 1950s–60s, on Columbia, performing Australian novelty and traditional song.AI summary
Columbia DB4212 Country
Sol Hoopi performing two Hawaiian songs on Columbia, likely from the 1920s: 'Kilohana' and 'Na Molokama'. The 1786-D catalogue number places this as part of Columbia's Hawaiian series. Hoopi was one of the earliest Hawaiian recording artists and his sides are sought by collectors of early Hawaiian music and world recordings.AI summary
Columbia 1786-D Hawaiian
Somers recorded two popular vocal pieces for Columbia Records on a mid-range catalogue number, suggesting 1920s production. The artist is unidentified.AI summary
Columbia 4657 Voice
The singer Somers recorded for Columbia in the late 1920s. These popular ballads reflect the sentimental vocal repertoire of the era, but Somers himself remains largely untraced in discographies.AI summary
Columbia 5144 Voice
Somers on Columbia CB309, popular songs of the early 1930s.AI summary
Columbia CB309 Voice
A dance band credited to Somers recorded "Blaze Away" and "When We Went Strolling Round the Town" for Columbia's CB series in the early 1920s.AI summary
Columbia CB314 Dance
Somers performing 'Got a Date with an Angel' and 'Who Do You Love?' on Columbia CB363, a British pressing from the late 1920s. The artist is not readily identified.AI summary
Columbia CB363 Voice
Somers on Columbia YBX48, credited with 'Stealing Thro' the Classics' and 'Ballad Concert Memories' (attributed to Q. MacLean). YBX series context and dating are unclear.AI summary
Columbia YBX48 Instrumental
Somers performing two popular ballads, 'Night Time Brings Dreams of You' and 'So Blue', on Columbia 4403.AI summary
Columbia 4403 Voice
Somers recorded two popular songs for Columbia 4446 in the 1920s–30s.AI summary
Columbia 4446 Voice
Columbia 4600 Dance
Somers on Columbia 4730; popular sentimental ballad material from the 1920s–1930s.AI summary
Columbia 4730 Voice
The singer Somers on Columbia, early material from the late 1920s catalogue. Like the other Somers entry, this is sentimental popular song by an unidentified vocalist.AI summary
Columbia 4731 Voice
Somers performing 'We won't go Home till Morning' and 'Eastern Dreams' on Columbia 4784.AI summary
Columbia 4784 Dance
Somers performing 'In America' and 'Without You Sweetheart' on Columbia 4895.AI summary
Columbia 4895 Voice
Somers singing 'Toymaker's Dream' and 'Lonesome Little Doll' for Columbia, catalogue 5589; an unconfirmed artist on a major label.AI summary
Columbia 5589 Voice
Somers, with Norman Long on side A, performing 'Mother Goose Parade' and 'Tondeleyo' on Columbia, catalogue 5626.AI summary
Columbia 5626 Music Hall
Somers recorded 'I May Be Wrong' and 'In the Moonlight' for Columbia 5700 in the late 1920s.AI summary
Columbia 5700 Voice
Somers performing two popular songs of the early 1930s on Columbia, 'When I take my Sugar to Tea' and 'Goodbye'.AI summary
Columbia CB296 Voice
Somers performing two light popular songs on Columbia—'You Ought to See Sally on Sunday' and 'We'll All Go Riding on a Rainbow'. The artist is unidentified in standard discographies.AI summary
Columbia CB677 Voice
A dance-band side credited to Somers on Columbia, catalogue CB685, from the mid-1920s novelty-song period.AI summary
Columbia CB685 Dance