161 shellac records · mostly British pressings, 1900s–1950s
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A. Pini on Duo, performing 'Serenade' and 'Old Italian Love Song'. Duo was a small British label; Pini is unrecognised.AI summary
Duophone D520
Albert Whelan, the Australian-born music hall star, with Dicky Bird Hop and Some Other Bird Whistled a Tune on Duophone M159.AI summary
Duophone M159 Music Hall
Albert Whelan, the Australian-born music hall star, with When the Red, Red Robin and I've Never Seen a Straight Banana on Duophone UB2054.AI summary
Duophone UB2054 Music Hall
Albert Whelan, the Australian-born music hall star, with I'm on My Way Home and Mock the Mocking Bird on Duophone UB2064.AI summary
Duophone UB2064 Music Hall
The Ambassadors perform two novelty dance songs on Duo-Tone B5072: "By the Lake" and Jeffries's "Leander," likely from the 1920s. Duo-Tone was a minor British label.AI summary
Duophone B5072 Dance
Anthony Pini was a British cellist; this Duo pressing pairs two slight cello pieces from the acoustic era, on an obscure British label.AI summary
Duophone D520
B. Curtis, recorded on DuoB 5102, an unidentified marginal label, performing 'Won't go' and 'Stick to Water.' The artist and label are obscure.AI summary
Duophone B5102 Personalities (Prs)
An unidentified band performing 'Just like a Melody out of the Sky' on the Duo label, a small or short-lived British imprint with no catalogue number recorded.AI summary
Duophone Instrumental
A band performing a Carmen selection on Duophone, an obscure British label, with the selection split across two sides.AI summary
Duophone A1015 Orchestra
A band plays Nobody but Fanny and I Want a Lovable Baby on Duophone B5122.AI summary
Duophone B5122 Dance
A band performance of 'Rocking Horse Parade' and 'Parade of the Wooden Soldiers', novelty or children's pieces from the 1920s–1930s, recorded for DuoB, an obscure small label.AI summary
Duophone B5027 Instrumental
A band plays Wood Nymphs and Hearts and Flowers on Duophone B5014.AI summary
Duophone B5014 Orchestra
An unnamed band performed 'El Abanico' and 'El Capitan' on DuoB 5030, an instrumental dance record from the early 1920s or earlier.AI summary
Duophone B5030 Instrumental
A dance band on DuoD 4011 with 'Last Night I Dreamed You Kissed Me' and 'King for a Day', sentimental dance material from the early 1930s. DuoD was a very small British label; the band is not named.AI summary
Duophone D4011
A band recording of two novelty numbers on the DuoD label.AI summary
Duophone D4024
Duophone D4025
Unidentified band on 'Kiddie Kapers' and 'Just Another Night' for Duo Disc, catalogue 4028; light orchestral repertoire.AI summary
Duophone D4028
A band performs 'Sweet Dream' and 'Louisiana' on Duo, a minor British label. Neither the bandleader nor the label can be firmly identified without more research.AI summary
Duophone D4030
A band plays Here's That Party Now in Person and My Blackbirds Are Bluebirds Now on Duophone D4042.AI summary
Duophone D4042 Dance
An unidentified band performing 'Red Lips' and 'Doll Dance' on DuoM 117, a scarce British label of the 1930s.AI summary
Duophone M117
A dance band on DuoM 121 with 'Where the Wild Flowers Grow' and 'Dawn of Tomorrow', sentimental dance material from the early 1930s. DuoM was a small British label; the band is not credited.AI summary
Duophone M121
A band performing 'Just Another Day Wasted Away' and 'Hallelujah' on DuoM, an unidentified British label from the 1920s-1930s.AI summary
Duophone M123
A dance band on DuoM, an obscure British label.AI summary
Duophone M151
An unnamed band performance of 'Beggar' (credited to Greening, 1926) and 'Waters of the Perkiomen', on the scarce DuoM label, catalogue 154. DuoM was a short-lived British imprint.AI summary
Duophone M154
Credited to Band on DuoM 173, an unidentified instrumental or vocal recording on an obscure British label; little is known of this release.AI summary
Duophone M173
A dance or novelty record by an uncredited band on DuoMO, a minor British label. Without artist identification, the recording is difficult to contextualize.AI summary
Duophone MO5123 Dance
A band with Cruft (possibly Charles Cruft, the show organizer, or an unrelated musician) recorded 'Rose Marie' selection parts 1 and 2 for Duo D503.AI summary
Duophone D503
A band under Cruft plays a selection from Rose Marie in two parts on Duophone D503.AI summary
Duophone D503 Orchestra
A Band and Cruft perform the 'San Toy Selection' (Parts 1 & 2) on DuoD, an obscure British label. San Toy is an operetta by Sidney Jones (1899), but this recording and label are not well documented.AI summary
Duophone D512
Band with Leggatt performing orchestral selections on DuoD (Duophone), a small British label of the 1920s–30s.AI summary
Duophone D517
Barbour James on the obscure Duo label, performing two pieces in an unfamiliar language or transliteration ('Obli ye mantse' and 'Moko Lobi').AI summary
Duophone 8005 Misc.
Bill Wirges, an unidentified artist, on Duo label with "Just a Night for Meditation" and "(Band) Mary Ann".AI summary
Duophone D4014 Voice
Billy Whitlock on DuoM 144, performing 'Purple Heather' and 'King Charles Gavotte'. Whitlock was a British organist and pianist of the 1920s–30s; DuoM (Duophone) was a small British label.AI summary
Duophone M144
Billy Whitlock singing 'Purple Heather' and 'King Charles Gavotte' on DuoUB, a minor British imprint.AI summary
Duophone UB2025 Voice
Billy Whitlock with King Charles Gavotte and Purple Heather on Duophone M144.AI summary
Duophone M144 Instrumental
Billy Whitlock singing 'Purple Heather' and 'King Charles Gavotte' on DuoM, a minor British imprint, likely 1920s-30s.AI summary
Duophone M144
Billy Whitlock performing 'Listening in' and 'Twinkling Star' on the obscure DuoUB label, catalogue 2023.AI summary
Duophone UB2023 Misc.
Billy Whitlock performing two traditional pieces, 'Purple Heather' and 'King Charles Gavotte', on Duo U.B. 2025. Duo U.B. was a minor British label and Whitlock is not readily placed.AI summary
Duophone UB2025 Instrumental
Credited to Birmingham on Duo, performing two popular dance and novelty numbers; DuoB catalogue series and number suggest a minor British imprint of the 1920s–1930s.AI summary
Duophone B5129 Dance
Birmingham (artist unidentified) on DuoUB 2074, a small British label. Titles suggest a dance or novelty number from the early 1930s.AI summary
Duophone UB2074 Dance
C. Brosa was a classical guitarist and composer of the early 20th century, known for Spanish guitar repertoire. This DuoD label side pairs two lieder, suggesting a classical rather than dance recording. DuoD was an obscure British label.AI summary
Duophone D518
C Brosa performing classical music—'Allegro' and 'Cradle Song'—on the Duo label, catalogue 519. The artist may be a chamber musician or piano accompanist from the 1920s-30s.AI summary
Duophone D519
C Brosa plays classical violin repertoire—'Schlummerlied' and 'Liebeslied'—on DuoD, an obscure label with minimal surviving documentation.AI summary
Duophone D518
C. Brosa on Duo, performing 'Cradle Song' and 'Allegro'. Duo was an obscure British label; the artist is unrecognised.AI summary
Duophone D519
Charles Penrose and B Whitlock on DuoM, a small British label, performing comic sketches 'Two Old Sports Join the Mustard Club' and 'Two of the Old Brigade'.AI summary
Duophone M148
Charles Penrose on DuoM, a short-lived British label of the early 1920s, performing comedy material in the music-hall tradition.AI summary
Duophone M145
Charles Penrose, the comedian of 'The Laughing Policeman', with 'The Laughing Sailor' and 'The Laughing Jazz-Mad Drummer' on Duophone.AI summary
Duophone M146 Comic
Charles Penrose, the music hall comedian whose Laughing Policeman became a national favourite, with Put Me in a Taxi and Laughing Brown from Camden Town on Duophone UB2007.AI summary
Duophone UB2007 Music Hall