97 shellac records · mostly British pressings, 1900s–1950s
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Harry Bluff with Salvage Man and Huntsman on Favorite 361.AI summary
Favorite 361 Music Hall
Favorite 1-67098/9
Harry Bluff recorded 'She Only Started Giggling' and 'Other Department Please' for Fav, an obscure British label; likely a novelty or comic piece from the early twentieth century.AI summary
Favorite 338
Harry Champion, the cockney music-hall star, sings 'When the Old Dun Cow Caught Fire' and 'Timothy, Let's Have a Look' on Favorite.AI summary
Favorite 67230/1 Music Hall
Harry Champion, the cockney music hall singer, with I'm Proud of My Old Bald Head and Red, White and Blue Whiskers on Favorite 67232/3.AI summary
Favorite 67232/3 Music Hall
Harry Champion, the cockney music-hall star, sings 'Brown, Sit Down' and 'I'm Getting Ready for My Mother-in-Law' on Favorite.AI summary
Favorite 67236/7 Music Hall
Harry Champion, the cockney music-hall star, sings 'I Was Holding My Cocoanut' and 'Ragtime Ragshop' on Favorite, a German label that issued British recordings before the First World War.AI summary
Favorite 67343/4 Music Hall
C. Hayden Coffin, the baritone and matinee idol of Edwardian musical comedy, sings 'Our Glorious Empire Day', backed by a band selection of British airs, on Favorite.AI summary
Favorite 65168/3033 Voice
C. Hayden Coffin, the baritone and matinee idol of Edwardian musical comedy, sings 'Our Glorious Empire Day', with a band selection of British airs on the reverse, on Favorite.AI summary
Favorite 1-165168 Voice
Ibrahim Effendi performing Turkish/Ottoman classical vocal music—'Kranet Ile' and Huzzam Canto—on Fav, a cheap British label.AI summary
Favorite 54212
J. Spielmann performing 'Das Urteil des Paris' on the Favourite label, catalogue 2-15009. The artist is not readily identified in standard references; Favourite was an early continental label with British distribution. An unrecognised artist on an early Favourite pressing warrants investigation.AI summary
Favorite 2-15009
Jack Charman singing 'Come with Me Down Regent Street' and 'Follow the Tram Lines' for Favourite (Fav), catalogue 1-67156; Favourite was a budget British label of the 1920s–early 1930s.AI summary
Favorite 1-67156
Jack Charman with Come with Me Down Regent Street and Follow the Tram Lines on Favorite 67156.AI summary
Favorite 67156 Voice
Jack Charman on Favour 67201, performing 'Mister Moon Man Turn Off the Light' and 'I Ain't to Blame for Loving You', likely 1930s.AI summary
Favorite 67201
Jack Charman on the Fav label, recording what appears to be sentimental or novelty material. Artist and label are not recognised, and little information is available.AI summary
Favorite 1-65244
James Godden performs two novelty comedy songs on Favorite (Fav) 67010: "Hello, It's a Different Girl Again" and "The Song Without a Name," likely from the 1920s or early 1930s. Favorite was a minor British label and the artist is otherwise untraced.AI summary
Favorite 67010
J.S. Gomez performing two classical-style instrumental pieces, Cavatina and Souvenir, on the obscure label Fav (Favorite) 130.AI summary
Favorite 130
K. Garden and R. Koppel perform music from Das Dreimäderlhaus in two sides on Favorite 1-019020.AI summary
Favorite 1-019020
The Kaiser Franz Guards, a military or ceremonial band, perform a classical overture on the Favorite (Fav) label. This appears to be an early 1920s or late 1910s pressing.AI summary
Favorite 1-13004
The Kaiser Franz Guards Band play Our Marines and a Studentenlieder selection on Favorite 11052.AI summary
Favorite 11052 Instrumental
King's Colonials Band on Fav 61023, performing marches 'Gladiator's Farewell' and 'Territorial March'.AI summary
Favorite 61023
Kutchuk Haffouz, a performer of Turkish or Middle Eastern music, recorded two pieces on the Fav (Favorite) label: 'Hedjaz Gazel' and 'Asker Marchi'. These are Eastern classical or folk-influenced recordings.AI summary
Favorite 55409
Laura Mellerio, an Italian soprano, performing operatic material including an excerpt from the Barber of Seville with Badini on Fav Records.AI summary
Favorite 36082/9080
London Welsh Male Choir singing 'Martyrs of the Arena', a church or patriotic hymn, recorded for Fav 69065. Fav was a minor British label; male voice choirs from Britain recorded frequently but this particular ensemble and pressing require identification.AI summary
Favorite 69065
M. Bergeret performing two orchestral or dance selections, The Great Dance and Tyrolienne du Boulevardier, on the obscure label Fav (Favorite) 17.AI summary
Favorite 17
M Wilder recorded two comedy sketches or monologues—'Cohen on the Phone' and 'On Strike'—for Favorite, catalogue 67234; Favorite was a small British budget label.AI summary
Favorite 67234
Maria Gay, the Spanish mezzo celebrated as Carmen, sings the Habanera and the Card Scene from Bizet's 'Carmen' on Favorite.AI summary
Favorite 1-6026/7 Opera
Maria Gay, credited on the obscure label Fav (Favorite), in two Catalan or Spanish-language songs: Hereu riera and Causo de Nadal, catalogue 46008/9.AI summary
Favorite 46008/9
Favorite 1-66027 Music Hall
Marie Titiens singing an operatic or classical aria on Fav (Favorite), a budget British label. Both sides are the same title, suggesting a single-sided performance split across two sides.AI summary
Favorite 66022/3
Credited to Mercadier on Favori, a small French-language British label of the 1920s. The titles 'Viens donc ma manon' and 'A Bagnolet' suggest French popular song. Nothing further is known of this artist or recording.AI summary
Favorite 1-5207/9
Mlle Agussol performing 'Ave Maria' and a Melody by Lederer on the Favourite label, catalogue 1-6050/4029. The artist is not readily identified in standard references; Favourite was an early continental label with British distribution. An unrecognised artist on an early Favourite pressing warrants investigation.AI summary
Favorite 1-6050/4029
Mlle Demougeot, a singer, recorded two versions of 'Ave Maria' on the Fav label; the second credited to 'Alto-Boy'.AI summary
Favorite 1-6003/9037
Olly Oakley performing novelty folk or hillbilly songs on Fav, an unidentified label.AI summary
Favorite 64086
An orchestra on the small British Fav label performing 'Golregen' and 'Wiener Blut' (Vienna Blood, likely Strauss or a Viennese waltz arrangement).AI summary
Favorite 1-12585
Orchestra recording two light operatic pieces—'Sirens of the Ball' and the Vilja Song from Lehár's Merry Widow—on the Fav label.AI summary
Favorite 12089
Prof. Surzynski recorded 'Praeludium po Slubie' (Prelude After Wedding) and 'Improvisation' for the Fav label, catalogue 74538/9. Both are concert-piano pieces; Surzynski was a professional pianist.AI summary
Favorite 74538/9
An unidentified quartet recorded two hymns or sacred pieces for Fav Records, 'Stille Nacht' ('Silent Night') and 'O du Fröhliche' ('O Joyful Christmas'), German traditional carol settings.AI summary
Favorite 19179/86
Robert Cunningham performing two operatic pieces on Fav Records, a small British label. The titles 'Oh Let Me Like a Soldier Fall' and 'On with the Motley' are from opera, but Cunningham has not been identified as a major recording artist.AI summary
Favorite 65029/66
Favorite 1-4057/8
Favorite 64018/9 Voice
Favorite 64024/5
Stanley Kirkby, the British baritone, with Beautiful Garden of Roses and I Wonder If You Miss Me Sometimes on Favorite 65232.AI summary
Favorite 1-65232 Voice
Stanley Kirkby, the British baritone, sings Anchored and The Corporal's Ditty on Favorite 65008.AI summary
Favorite 65008 Voice
Favorite 35781
Thompson and Brockton credited on Fav, an obscure small British label, performing American popular songs of the late 1920s.AI summary
Favorite 967
Thompson and Brockton performing 'While We Were Dancing 'Round' and 'Kitty the Telephone Girl' on Fav 786, a minor British label.AI summary
Favorite 786
Werner Alberti recorded 'Canto del Fior Carmen' and 'La Mattinata' for Fav (Favorite), catalogue 35061, likely an American budget label pressing of the 1920s–30s.AI summary
Favorite 35061