3,289 shellac records · mostly British pressings, 1900s–1950s
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Jazz pianist and composer Jelly Roll Morton performing 'Chant' and 'Black Bottom Stomp' on His Master's Voice B5164. Morton was a pioneer of jazz composition and recording, and these are among his most celebrated sides.AI summary
His Master's Voice B5164 Jazz
Jelly Roll Morton, the pioneering New Orleans jazz pianist and composer, recorded 'Chant' and 'Black Bottom Stomp' for His Master's Voice. These are seminal hot jazz recordings from the 1920s; UK copies are uncommon.AI summary
His Master's Voice B5164 Jazz
Jelly Roll Morton's Red Hot Peppers, a seminal New Orleans jazz ensemble, recorded 'Black bottom stomp' and 'The Chant' for His Master's Voice, catalogue B5164.AI summary
His Master's Voice B5164 Jazz
Jelly Roll Morton, the pioneering jazz pianist and composer (1890–1941), recorded his composition 'Climax Rag' for His Master's Voice; 'West End Blues' is Louis Armstrong's masterpiece, adapted here (likely by a British jazz ensemble rather than by Armstrong himself, who recorded the original for OKeh).AI summary
His Master's Voice B9219 Jazz
Jelly Roll Morton, one of the founding figures of jazz and a pianist, composer and bandleader, on His Master's Voice. 'Cannon Ball Blues' and 'Steamboat Stomp' are compositions from his New Orleans jazz repertoire.AI summary
His Master's Voice B9979 Jazz
Jesse Crawford, organist and one of the biggest organ stars of the 1920s–30s, performs two popular songs of the era on His Master's Voice B5664.AI summary
His Master's Voice B5664 Instrumental
Jesse Crawford was an American organist of the silent-film and early sound era; this His Master's Voice side features him in two sentimental ballads.AI summary
His Master's Voice B1992 Instrumental
Jimmie Rodgers, 'the Father of Country Music', recorded 'In the Jailhouse Now No. 2' and 'Peach Pickin' Time Down in Georgia' for His Master's Voice, British pressing of sides that became country classics.AI summary
His Master's Voice MH193 Country
Jimmy Dorsey and his orchestra with 'So Rare' and 'Sophisticated Swing' on His Master's Voice POP324 — a popular dance orchestra recording from the swing era.AI summary
His Master's Voice POP324 Dance
Jimmy Rodgers (likely the American country pioneer, though catalogue and label suggest an earlier or different artist) performs 'Why should I be lonely' and 'Sweet Violets' on His Master's Voice, an N-series 78rpm.AI summary
His Master's Voice N4221 Voice
Jimmy Yancey, the pioneering Chicago boogie-woogie pianist, performing 'Five O'Clock Blues' and 'Yancey Stomp' on His Master's Voice B9366, from 1939.AI summary
His Master's Voice B9366 Jazz
Joan Crawford made a small number of recordings as a singer in the late 1920s and early 1930s, before her film career entirely eclipsed any musical ambitions. HMV B8909 coupling 'It's All So New to Me' with 'I'm in Love with the Honourable Mr So-and-So' is a British pressing of her vocal work, interesting to film-star collectors as well as record collectors.AI summary
His Master's Voice B8909 Personalities (Prs)
Joe Bennett on "Boppin' Rock Boogie" and "Black Slacks" for HMV POP399. Both titles are R&B and early rock and roll novelty numbers, suggesting a recording from the early 1950s. Bennett was a minor recording artist in that era.AI summary
His Master's Voice POP399 Rock
Joe Loss and his orchestra performing 'The rain in Spain' (Tango) and 'On the Street where you live' (Fox trot) on His Master's Voice POP477 from the 1950s.AI summary
His Master's Voice POP477 Dance
His Master's Voice BDS6157 Dance
His Master's Voice BDS6158 Dance
His Master's Voice BD6150 Dance
Joe Loss was a hugely popular British bandleader and pianist of the 1930s-50s, best known for his light orchestral and dance music. This His Master's Voice POP-series pressing of 'You're the Cream in My Coffee' and 'Young and Foolish' represents the mainstream dance repertoire that made Loss one of Britain's most commercially successful recording artists.AI summary
His Master's Voice POP174 Dance
Joe Loss and his orchestra recorded "June is Bustin' Out All Over" and "If I Loved You" from *Carousel* for His Master's Voice BD6072, post-war Rodgers and Hammerstein.AI summary
His Master's Voice BD6072 Dance
Joe Loss was a celebrated British bandleader and entertainer with a long career from the 1930s onward; this His Master's Voice side features two popular melodies ('Ellen Vannin' and the Irish standard 'Galway Bay').AI summary
His Master's Voice BD1220 Dance
Joe Loss was a British bandleader and entertainer famous for dance music; this His Master's Voice side pairs a novelty number with a sentimental song.AI summary
His Master's Voice BD5079 Dance
Joe Loss, a British dance band leader, on His Master's Voice; the titles suggest novelty or comedy numbers, likely 1950s.AI summary
His Master's Voice BD6048 Dance
Joe Loss band on His Master's Voice BD5974 from the 1940s or later. Loss was a prolific British dance bandleader and television personality.AI summary
His Master's Voice BD5974 Dance
Joe Loss was one of Britain's most prolific and commercially successful dance bandleaders from the 1930s onwards. This HMV side, from the BD series, typifies the fox-trot material that filled dance halls and radio schedules throughout the decade.AI summary
His Master's Voice BD5830 Dance
Joe Loss and his orchestra, a prolific British dance bandleader, recorded 'Vict'ry Polka' and 'Cow Cow Boogie' for His Master's Voice during the Second World War era.AI summary
His Master's Voice BD5836 Dance
Joe Loss band on "Skyliner" and "Gotta Be This or That" for HMV BD5914. Loss was a leading British dance bandleader of the 1930s–1950s, known for swing and popular dance orchestrations on BBC radio and records.AI summary
His Master's Voice BD5914 Dance
Joe Loss Band performing 'Festival Hop' and 'Rose I Love You' on His Master's Voice BD6094, a 1950s British dance recording.AI summary
His Master's Voice BD6094 Dance
Joe Loss and his orchestra, a long-established British dance band, recorded a stage performance live at Edinburgh Empire Theatre on His Master's Voice, a rare documentation of the band in concert.AI summary
His Master's Voice BD5638 Dance
Joe Valino was an American tenor and recording artist of the 1950s with a brief chart presence; this His Master's Voice POP single from the mid-1950s was a standard pop release aimed at the youth market.AI summary
His Master's Voice POP283 Voice
Joe Venuti, the pioneering jazz violinist, on His Master's Voice with two jazz novelty sides from 1929; Venuti was a leading figure in early jazz violin and a prolific recording artist.AI summary
His Master's Voice B4890 Jazz
Johan Hye-Knudsen recorded 'Qarrtshluni Op. 36' in two parts for His Master's Voice; a classical or contemporary composition, likely Scandinavian in origin, from the DB catalogue of the 1940s–1950s.AI summary
His Master's Voice DB5250 Classical
American stage and film star John Barrymore performed two famous soliloquies—from Gloucester (Richard III) and Hamlet—on HMV's DB series.AI summary
His Master's Voice DB1177 Personalities (Prs)
John Charles Thomas, a major American baritone of the early 20th century, recorded 'Green Eyed Dragon' and 'Sailormen' for His Master's Voice.AI summary
His Master's Voice DA1397 Voice
John Forsell was the leading Swedish baritone of the early twentieth century, a major figure at the Royal Opera Stockholm and internationally. This HMV V-series disc, catalogue V9, contains 'Kungssången' (the Swedish royal anthem) and 'Du gamla, du fria' (the Swedish national anthem). The HMV V-series is a Scandinavian vocal series; Forsell's recordings are collected by specialists in early Scandinavian singing.AI summary
His Master's Voice V9 Voice
John Gielgud, the celebrated British stage actor, recorded orchestral patriotic fanfares and 'Rule Britannia' with the BBC Orchestra conducted by Adrian Boult for His Master's Voice. This is a notable recording of a major theatrical figure in a classical/patriotic context.AI summary
His Master's Voice B9420 Classical
Sir John Gielgud, the renowned British actor, recorded Shakespearean fanfares and 'God Save the King' from Richard II and King John for His Master's Voice, an early spoken-word or dramatic recording.AI summary
His Master's Voice SCB1 Personalities (Prs)
'John Henry's Night Out' recorded under the artist name John Henry on His Master's Voice B3766, a mid-1920s British pressing. The title suggests a novelty or comic monologue.AI summary
His Master's Voice B3766 Comic
John Henry — the Australian radio comedian — performs 'Captain Cook Discovers Australia' in two parts on HMV EA997. The EA prefix is the HMV Australian series; this is an Australian domestic pressing rather than a UK issue, and John Henry was a popular Australian comedy figure whose recordings are collected in Australia.AI summary
His Master's Voice EA997 Comic
John Henry performing on His Master's Voice B3484. The artist name is too generic to identify; HMV B-series pressings were mass-produced.AI summary
His Master's Voice B3484 Personalities (Prs)
John Henry performing 'John Henry's Aeroplane' / 'part 2' on His Master's Voice B1902, a novelty or comic vocal record.AI summary
His Master's Voice B1902 Comic
John Henry is credited on this HMV recording of a novelty piece titled 'Blossom's Film Scenario', split across two parts—a format typical of music-hall or comic recordings of the 1920s–30s.AI summary
His Master's Voice B2384 Music Hall
A novelty or comedy piece titled 'Father Christmas' credited to John Henry on His Master's Voice, presented in two parts. Without further information, the artist and repertoire cannot be placed.AI summary
His Master's Voice B4307 Comic
John Hunt playing Bach's Partita No. 1 in B flat major and a Romance in F sharp major on His Master's Voice B4438, a classical keyboard recording from the 78rpm era.AI summary
His Master's Voice B4438 Classical
John McCormack, the celebrated Irish tenor, sings Braga's 'Angel's Serenade' and Schubert's 'Ave Maria' on His Master's Voice's prestige DB series.AI summary
His Master's Voice DB578 Voice
John McCormack, one of the most celebrated Irish tenors of the early twentieth century, recorded extensively for HMV in the electrical era. This DB-series 12-inch captures two of his most famous roles and repertoire pieces.AI summary
His Master's Voice DB329 Opera
John McCormack, the celebrated Irish tenor, recorded 'Killarney' and 'Kathleen Mavourneen' for His Master's Voice DB342. McCormack was one of the most recorded voices of the early twentieth century, and these are traditional Irish songs central to his repertoire.AI summary
His Master's Voice DB342 Voice
John McCormack, the celebrated Irish tenor, recorded 'No Country can my own outvie' and 'Che gelida manina' (from La bohème) for His Master's Voice's IRX series, aimed at the Irish market.AI summary
His Master's Voice IRX1002 Opera
John McCormack (1884–1945), the celebrated Irish tenor, performing two arias from Donizetti's La Favourite in Italian on His Master's Voice; this is an acoustic-era pressing from the HMV IRX series.AI summary
His Master's Voice IRX1003 Opera