3,289 shellac records · mostly British pressings, 1900s–1950s
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Geraldo, one of the leading British dance-band leaders of the 1930s and 40s, with 'The Man with the Mandolin', a hit song of 1939, on His Master's Voice.AI summary
His Master's Voice BD5519 Dance
Test pressing of a Gerhardt vocal recording on His Master's Voice, catalogue DA1770. Test pressings were made in small quantities during the mastering process and rarely survive in collections.AI summary
His Master's Voice DA1770TEST Voice
Gertie Millar, a celebrated British musical-theatre star of the Edwardian era, performing 'Pretty Baby (Houp-La)' on His Master's Voice 034541, preserving a stage performer from the early 20th century.AI summary
His Master's Voice 034541 Music Hall
Gertie Millar, a leading British musical theatre star of the Edwardian era, recorded 'I wore a little grey Bonnet' for His Master's Voice in the acoustic period. Early HMV vocal 78rpm from one of the stage's most celebrated performers.AI summary
His Master's Voice 03260 Voice
Gertie Millar, a British music-hall and revue star, sings 'Moonstruck' on His Master's Voice. Millar was famous in Edwardian musical theatre and remained active as a recording artist into the early acoustic era.AI summary
His Master's Voice 03215 Voice
Gertie Millar was a leading musical-theatre actress and comedian of the Edwardian stage, famous for her light comic soprano and roles in 'The Merry Widow' (1907) and other major productions. This HMV recording of 'A Quaker Girl' (a 1910 musical in which she starred) preserves her voice from the acoustic era.AI summary
His Master's Voice 03216 Personalities (Prs)
Gertie Millar, the British Edwardian musical-theatre star and soprano, recorded 'Tony from America' on His Master's Voice 03242. Millar was a major theatre star of the Edwardian era and early 20th century, known for her roles in musical comedies.AI summary
His Master's Voice 03242 Voice
Gertie Millar, the English musical theatre star and comedienne, performing 'Tony from America' and 'Moonstruck' on His Master's Voice C530. Millar was one of the most popular musical theatre performers of the Edwardian and 1920s era.AI summary
His Master's Voice C530 Voice
Gertie Millar (1879–1952), a British musical-comedy star and actress, with vocalist Stanley Girard, performing a duet from her era on His Master's Voice.AI summary
His Master's Voice C592 Music Hall
Gertie Millar, a celebrated Edwardian musical-comedy actress and singer, recorded these two songs for His Master's Voice. The C-series catalogue number places this pressing in the early 1910s. Millar was a West End star whose stage recordings remain sought after by theatre history collectors.AI summary
His Master's Voice C593 Music Hall
Gertie Millar, a West End musical theatre star of the Edwardian era, performing 'I Wore a Little Grey Bonnet' on His Master's Voice, recorded in the acoustic period (pre-1925).AI summary
His Master's Voice 03260 Personalities (Prs)
Swedish mezzo-soprano Gertrud Palson-Wettergren recorded these operatic showpieces for His Master's Voice; Palson-Wettergren was a respected recitalist in the first half of the 20th century.AI summary
His Master's Voice X2644 Opera
Gertrude Lawrence, the celebrated stage and film actress, on His Master's Voice B8030—a recording from the 1930s of one of musical theatre's brightest stars.AI summary
His Master's Voice B8030 Personalities (Prs)
Gertrude Lawrence on His Master's Voice B8031, performing 'Nymph Errant' and 'Solomon'. Gertrude Lawrence was a celebrated British stage actress and performer, a major star of 1920s-30s musical theatre.AI summary
His Master's Voice B8031 Personalities (Prs)
His Master's Voice B8137 Personalities (Prs)
Gertrude Lawrence, the American–British stage and film star, recorded 'Physician' on His Master's Voice OB5137; Lawrence was a noted musical-theatre performer and recording artist of the 1920s–40s.AI summary
His Master's Voice OB5137 Opera
Gertrude Lawrence, a major British and American stage star of the 1920s and 1930s, singing 'Experiment' for His Master's Voice. Lawrence was known for sophisticated cabaret material and musical theatre; the Odeon orchestral accompaniment and HMV prestige label suggest a high-quality studio recording.AI summary
His Master's Voice OB5138 Voice
Gertrude Lawrence was a major British and American stage actress and singer, famous for her work in Noël Coward musicals and musical theatre. This HMV recording (C4198, a classical coupling series) is likely from the 1920s-1930s and reflects her theatrical repertoire.AI summary
His Master's Voice C4198 Opera
Giacomo Lauri-Volpi was one of the greatest Italian tenors of the 20th century, particularly celebrated in the heroic tenor roles of Verdi and Puccini. This His Master's Voice 12-inch pressing captures him singing two sides of the *Rigoletto* aria—one of the most recorded pieces in opera.AI summary
His Master's Voice DA1384 Opera
Giacomo Lauri-Volpi, an Italian tenor of major standing, recorded two operatic excerpts, "Rigoletto" and "Il Trovatore", for His Master's Voice; Lauri-Volpi was one of the finest Italian tenors of the interwar and post-war era.AI summary
His Master's Voice DA5413 Opera
Credited to Gibbons on His Master's Voice, a British dance label standard from the 1920s–30s.AI summary
His Master's Voice BD110 Dance
Two popular ballad-style songs by Gibbons on His Master's Voice, from the B5000 series of the late acoustic or early electric era.AI summary
His Master's Voice B5606 Voice
A vocal novelty number credited to Gibbons on His Master's Voice, catalogue B5676, pairing 'All I Want is a Little Footsie Woo' and 'That Monte Carlo Song' — light dance-floor fare of the early 1930s.AI summary
His Master's Voice B5676 Dance
Gibbons recorded 'There's a blue Ridge round my Heart Virginia' and 'Mistakes' for His Master's Voice. Nothing is known of this artist or the context of these recordings.AI summary
His Master's Voice B5588 Voice
Beniamino Gigli, Tosselli's 'Serenade', on His Master's Voice 7-52220; Gigli's later electrical recordings were part of HMV's established catalogue of major operatic voices, aimed at a stable collector market.AI summary
His Master's Voice 7-52220 Opera
Beniamino Gigli, the celebrated Italian tenor, on His Master's Voice with 'Santa Lucia Lontana' and 'Serenata'—Neapolitan songs from one of the 20th century's great operatic voices.AI summary
His Master's Voice DA572 Voice
Beniamino Gigli, one of the greatest lyric tenors of the 20th century, performing two Puccini arias on His Master's Voice; Gigli was a major opera singer who recorded extensively in the 1920s-40s.AI summary
His Master's Voice DA223 Opera
Beniamino Gigli, the Italian operatic tenor, recorded 'Non pazzo son guardate' and 'Di quella pira' (from Verdi's Il trovatore) for His Master's Voice DA5398. Gigli was one of the leading tenors of the mid-20th century, and his operatic recordings remain prized by specialists.AI summary
His Master's Voice DA5398 Opera
Beniamino Gigli, the celebrated Italian tenor, recorded these two Massenet arias from Manon for His Master's Voice; this pressing dates from the late acoustic era of the early 1930s.AI summary
His Master's Voice DA5411 Opera
Beniamino Gigli, the Italian tenor, in operatic arias recorded for His Master's Voice. Gigli was one of the leading operatic voices of the 1920s–1940s and remains collected by opera enthusiasts.AI summary
His Master's Voice DA5416 Opera
Beniamino Gigli was one of the greatest operatic tenors of the 20th century, and this His Master's Voice DA pressing of 'Giunto sul Passo Extremo' and 'Dai Campi Dai Prati' — arias from operatic repertoire — represents his extensive recording catalogue for HMV.AI summary
His Master's Voice DA883 Opera
Beniamino Gigli on HMV 7-52150, performing 'Fedora' (from the opera by Giordano), an operatic excerpt. Gigli was an Italian tenor of major international standing who recorded extensively for HMV.AI summary
His Master's Voice 7-52150 Opera
Beniamino Gigli and Antonio de Luca in 'Solenne in Quest'Ora' and 'O Mimi, Tu Più Non Torni', duets from Verdi's La Forza del Destino and Puccini's La Bohème, on His Master's Voice DB1050; two of the finest Italian singers of the early 20th century recorded these canonical opera passages for HMV.AI summary
His Master's Voice DB1050 Opera
A His Master's Voice electrical recording of the Rigoletto Quartet from Verdi's 'Rigoletto', performed by major operatic stars including Gigli, Galla-Curci, Homer, De Luca, Pinza and Bada. The DQ series is HMV's prestigious all-star operatic series.AI summary
His Master's Voice DQ102 Opera
Beniamino Gigli, the Italian tenor, and pianist Schumann perform 'Nightingale Song' and 'La Donna è mobile' (from Rigoletto) on His Master's Voice B32—an early acoustic disc.AI summary
His Master's Voice B32 Opera
Gilbert Childs was a member of the Co-Optimists, a British concert-party troupe popular in the 1920s; this His Master's Voice B-series disc carries two comic songs, one a racial novelty of the era.AI summary
His Master's Voice B1801 Music Hall
Gilbert Childs and M. Gideon recorded two vocal selections—one a sentimental ballad, one a patriotic song—for His Master's Voice B1442 in the 1920s.AI summary
His Master's Voice B1442 Voice
His Master's Voice DB6632
His Master's Voice DB6633
Giovanni Martinelli was one of the greatest tenors of the 20th century; this His Master's Voice double-sided recording captures him in operatic repertoire from the Huguenots.AI summary
His Master's Voice DB1411 Opera
Giovanni Martinelli, an Italian tenor of the Metropolitan Opera's golden age, recorded 'Rigoletto' (a famous operatic excerpt) on His Master's Voice; Martinelli was one of the greatest opera singers of the early–mid 20th century.AI summary
His Master's Voice 7-52053 Opera
Giovanni Martinelli, an Italian operatic tenor, performing the 'Rigoletto' aria on His Master's Voice 7-52053, from the electrical recording era.AI summary
His Master's Voice 7-52053 Opera
Giovanni Martinelli was one of the greatest tenors of the 20th century, celebrated for his Verdian repertoire; this HMV recording of 'Vesti la giubba' from *Pagliacci* is a classic operatic performance.AI summary
His Master's Voice 7-52065 Opera
Giovanni Martinelli, the acclaimed Italian tenor, singing 'Questa o Quella' from Verdi's *Rigoletto* on His Master's Voice 7-52078.AI summary
His Master's Voice 7-52078 Opera
Giovanni Martinelli was an Italian tenor of international standing and a star of the Metropolitan Opera; this HMV pressing offers two arias from Puccini operas—"La donna è mobile" from Rigoletto and "E lucevan le stelle" from Tosca.AI summary
His Master's Voice DA325 Opera
Giovanni Martinelli, an Italian tenor and leading interpreter of verismo opera, singing Verdi's 'Questa o quella' from Rigoletto. This HMV electrical pressing is from the mature period of Martinelli's career, 1930s onward.AI summary
His Master's Voice 7-52078 Opera
Giovanni Martinelli, one of the greatest operatic tenors of the early 20th century, recorded the famous tenor aria "Di Quella pira" ("The pyres are lit") from Verdi's *Il trovatore* for His Master's Voice. The 7-52077 series dates from the late 1920s to early 1930s.AI summary
His Master's Voice 7-52077 Opera
Giovanni Martinelli, the legendary Italian tenor, performing duets from Verdi operas: 'Troncar suoi giorni' (from *La forza del destino*, with baritone Antonio Scotti and bass Mardones) and 'Ah Matilde io t'amo' (from *I Masnadieri*, with baritone Mario Journet), on His Master's Voice DK120. This is an extremely important operatic recording featuring multiple celebrated singers.AI summary
His Master's Voice DK120 Opera