3,289 shellac records · mostly British pressings, 1900s–1950s
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Dame Nellie Melba, the Australian operatic soprano, recorded 'Auld Lang Syne' for His Master's Voice catalogue 3615; Melba was one of the most celebrated voices of the early 20th century, though her electrical recordings are less prized than her earlier acoustic work.AI summary
His Master's Voice 3615 Opera
Nellie Melba, the celebrated Australian soprano, recorded 'Chanson Triste' and 'By the Waters of Minnetonka' for His Master's Voice; Melba was one of the greatest opera singers of the late 19th and early 20th centuries and a pioneer of the gramophone, and her voice is one of the earliest to survive in electronic recording.AI summary
His Master's Voice DA334 Opera
Nellie Melba, the Australian prima donna, sings two operatic arias with J. Brownlee on this His Master's Voice double-sided release. Melba was one of the most recorded singers of the acoustic era and remained influential through the electrical period; this catalogue number places it in the late 1920s electrical series.AI summary
His Master's Voice DB987 Opera
Nellie Taylor singing Hawaiian and sentimental ballad material on His Master's Voice C737, recorded in the 1920s.AI summary
His Master's Voice C737 Hawaiian
Nellie Wallace was a British music-hall performer and comic singer of the Edwardian era, known for her cheeky character songs and novelty material. This HMV side pairs 'Mother's Pie Crust' and 'Cuckoo', characteristic examples of her comedic style.AI summary
His Master's Voice B3683 Music Hall
Nellie Wallace, a celebrated British music hall comedienne and singer, on His Master's Voice. These novelty titles are typical of her comedy material from the 1930s.AI summary
His Master's Voice B8502 Music Hall
Nellie Wallace, a legendary British music-hall performer and comic singer, on His Master's Voice, early 1920s.AI summary
His Master's Voice B2906 Music Hall
Nellie Wallace, the celebrated British music hall performer, recording 'Tally Ho' and 'Under the Bed' on His Master's Voice. Wallace was a major British stage and recording star from the 1910s through the 1940s, known for character comic songs.AI summary
His Master's Voice B3034 Music Hall
Nellie Wallace was a celebrated British music-hall and vaudeville performer of the late 19th and early–mid 20th centuries, known for her eccentric humour and comic songs. This His Master's Voice B-series recording preserves her stage comedy from the early acoustic era.AI summary
His Master's Voice B3034 Music Hall
Nelson Jackson recorded 'In 1950' for His Master's Voice on a 4-inch 78rpm format, likely a novelty recording marking the turn of the decade.AI summary
His Master's Voice 4-2199 Voice
Nelson Jackson performing 'Poor Old Cassidy' on HMV 02389, a music-hall or character song from an unknown artist and period.AI summary
His Master's Voice 02389 Music Hall
Nelson Keys and Isobel St Helier, performers of light entertainment, recorded 'Our Friends the Stars' on His Master's Voice catalogue B8441, likely from the 1930s.AI summary
His Master's Voice B8441 Music Hall
Neville Chamberlain, the former British Prime Minister, recorded a radio message to the Empire for His Master's Voice in the early 1940s; a historically significant political recording rather than entertainment.AI summary
His Master's Voice C3031 Personalities (Prs)
The New Mayfair Orchestra, a stylish British dance ensemble of the 1930s, performing two popular songs on His Master's Voice in the sophisticated dance idiom of the era.AI summary
His Master's Voice B5588 Dance
His Master's Voice B8865
The New Mayfair Orchestra, fronted by baritone Sam Browne, performing two popular songs on His Master's Voice—typical of the sophisticated light-orchestra dance music that dominated British ballroom and radio in the 1930s.AI summary
His Master's Voice BD5643 Dance
The New Mayfair Dance band, a British dance orchestra, recorded "When you're only seventeen" and "Sorrento by the sea" for His Master's Voice.AI summary
His Master's Voice BD218 Dance
The New Mayfair Dance Orchestra, a London-based dance band, recorded popular songs for His Master's Voice in the early 1930s.AI summary
His Master's Voice BD112 Dance
The New Mayfair Dance Orchestra, a London dance band of the late 1920s and 1930s, recorded two ballroom selections on His Master's Voice.AI summary
His Master's Voice BD151 Dance
New Mayfair Dance Orchestra performing two sentimental novelties on HMV. The New Mayfair was a house orchestra associated with the Mayfair Hotel in London during the 1920s–early 1930s.AI summary
His Master's Voice BD5716 Dance
New Mayfair Novelty Orchestra performing 'Teddy Bears Picnic' and 'Moonbeam Waltz' on His Master's Voice BD871, a light novelty side with vocal contributions from Betty Kent and Scott-Wood.AI summary
His Master's Voice BD871 Dance
The New Mayfair Orchestra recorded these two sentimental ballad sides—'The Hour of Parting' and 'I'll Always Be True'—for His Master's Voice in the 1920s-30s. The Mayfair was a fashionable London venue and its house orchestra recorded frequently for HMV.AI summary
His Master's Voice B3884 Orchestra
New Mayfair Orchestra, a British dance band of the 1920s, recorded Horatio Nicholls' composition—Nicholls was a prolific composer and conductor of the era. An early HMV B-series dance 78.AI summary
His Master's Voice B3706 Dance
His Master's Voice C.2298
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New Symphony Orchestra on His Master's Voice 0756. The catalogue number and label suggest a very early acoustic recording, likely from the 1900s–1910s. No title information is recorded.AI summary
His Master's Voice 0756 Orchestra
New Mayfair Dance orchestra, recorded for His Master's Voice at catalogue number B5660, from the late 1920s or early 1930s. The titles suggest typical dance standards of the period.AI summary
His Master's Voice B5660 Dance
The Nicholas Brothers, the legendary American tap-dance duo and entertainers, recorded 'Keep a Twinkle in Your Eye' and 'Your Heart and Mine' for His Master's Voice. The Nicholases were world-famous performers and recording artists, known for their virtuosity and charisma.AI summary
His Master's Voice BD373 Personalities (Prs)
Nicolas Medtner, the Russian pianist and composer, performing his own Appassionata Sonata on His Master's Voice; a classical recording from the acoustic or early electrical period.AI summary
His Master's Voice C3551 Classical
Nicolas Medtner was a Russian pianist-composer; His Master's Voice C3552 is the third and fourth parts of his Appassionata Sonata, a significant work in his piano repertoire recorded for HMV, likely in the 1920s or 1930s.AI summary
His Master's Voice C3552 Classical
Nicolas Medtner recorded 'Appassionata Sonata' parts 5 and 6 for HMV in the early 1930s; Medtner was a major Russian-American pianist and composer and a noted interpreter of his own work.AI summary
His Master's Voice C3553 Classical
This His Master's Voice side captures birdsong from Beatrice Hamilton's garden in Oxted, Surrey, a curiosity of the 1920s–1930s era of novelty recordings.AI summary
His Master's Voice B2469
Nina Koshetz was a Russian soprano and actress who emigrated after the Revolution; she was closely associated with Rachmaninoff, who accompanied her and wrote songs for her. HMV DB1205 carries 'Kaddish' (Ravel's setting) and 'Eili Eili', a Jewish devotional song — a significant coupling given her personal history and musical circle. DB-prefix indicates a 12-inch electric-era pressing.AI summary
His Master's Voice DB1205 Yiddish
Noble with 'Dreaming a Dream' and 'Sitting Beside of You' on His Master's Voice B6520 — a dance recording from the late 1920s or early 1930s.AI summary
His Master's Voice B6520 Dance
Noble (likely Ray Noble, the prolific British composer and bandleader) on HMV, recording 'Shout for Happiness' and 'Goodnight Sweetheart'. Light dance and novelty material from the 1920s–30s.AI summary
His Master's Voice B5984 Dance
A piece titled 'Whispering' performed by Noble (identity unclear) on His Master's Voice, a major British label.AI summary
His Master's Voice Bb19914-4 Dance
Ray Noble, the celebrated British bandleader, composer and pianist, recorded this orchestral piece for HMV's OB series, a prestigious 12-inch format release of the 1930s.AI summary
His Master's Voice OB694-1 Orchestra
Noble (likely Ray Noble's orchestra) on 'Miracle Melodies', His Master's Voice B3907. Noble was a prolific British dance-band arranger and composer of the late 1920s-early 1930s.AI summary
His Master's Voice B3907 Dance
An orchestral piece, 'Hiawatha's Lullaby', and a song 'I shall still keep smiling along', credited to Noble on His Master's Voice.AI summary
His Master's Voice B6359 Orchestra
Ray Noble, the prolific British bandleader and composer, recorded 'Seven Years with the Wrong Woman' and 'All Over Italy' for His Master's Voice B6364. Another recording from Noble's prolific catalogue for HMV.AI summary
His Master's Voice B6364 Dance
Noble (likely Ray Noble's orchestra) on 'Something came and got me in the Spring' and 'Chewing Gum', His Master's Voice B6369. Noble was a leading British dance-band arranger of the late 1920s-30s.AI summary
His Master's Voice B6369 Dance
Noble (artist unidentified) on His Master's Voice B6396 performing popular songs. HMV B-series pressings are common; no artist information available.AI summary
His Master's Voice B6396 Voice
Noble recorded 'Oh Johanna' and 'Happy Ending' for His Master's Voice, catalogue B6397. This is likely the conductor Ray Noble or another artist of that name, but without confirmation these remain unplaced.AI summary
His Master's Voice B6397 Dance
Ray Noble, the British bandleader, composer and arranger, recording two original compositions for His Master's Voice: 'Experiment' and 'Snowball'. Noble was a prolific and respected figure in British dance music of the 1930s.AI summary
His Master's Voice B6408 Dance
Noble (artist or ensemble name unclear) on His Master's Voice B6440, performing popular comedic or novelty songs of the 1920s–30s.AI summary
His Master's Voice B6440 Music Hall
Ray Noble was a British bandleader and composer who recorded for His Master's Voice in the late 1920s-early 1930s; these are popular ballads from his prolific recording output.AI summary
His Master's Voice B6441 Orchestra
Noble on His Master's Voice, this pressing of 'Oceans of Time' and 'Sun is Round the Corner' is an unidentified artist's sentimental vocal from the 1930s–40s period.AI summary
His Master's Voice B6450 Voice
Noble (likely Ray Noble's orchestra) on 'Have a Heart' and 'It's Time to say Goodnight', His Master's Voice B6459. Noble was a prolific and highly regarded British dance-band arranger and composer of the late 1920s-30s.AI summary
His Master's Voice B6459 Dance
Noble (likely a bandleader) on His Master's Voice B6469, performing "Wagon Wheels" and "Spin a little Web of Dreams"; the B-series was a standard HMV issue of the 1930s.AI summary
His Master's Voice B6469 Dance