45 shellac records · mostly British pressings, 1900s–1950s
45 records matching
Two popular ballads credited to A Read on the Met label, a small British pressing from the 1920s or 1930s.AI summary
Metropole 1250 Voice
Acres with I'd Never Be Happy Till I'd Got You and Dance of the Blue Danube on Metropole 1047.AI summary
Metropole 1047 Dance
B. King with Huggable Kissable You and Let Me Dream in Your Arms Again on Metropole 1192.AI summary
Metropole 1192 Dance
Benny King with Singin' in the Rain and San Sebastian on Metropole 1214.AI summary
Metropole 1214 Dance
Billy Merson with The Gondolier and, with H. Darewski, Can't You Hear Me Say I Love You on Metropole.AI summary
Metropole SPECIAL Music Hall
The California Ramblers with Happy Days Are Here Again, the 1929 Ager and Yellen song, and I Never Thought You Wonderful Until Today on Metropole 1276.AI summary
Metropole 1276 Dance
Cecil Cunningham was a performer on the Metropolitan label, a cheap British marque; this pressing pairs two popular songs, likely from the late 1920s or early 1930s.AI summary
Metropole 1085 Voice
The Delta Rhythm Boys, the American vocal group, sing the Swedish songs 'Kristallen den fina' and 'Domaredansen' on a Swedish Metropole disc.AI summary
Metropole B526 Voice
A recording by Fisher on the Metropolitan Special label of *Rain* and *Sometimes I'm Lonesome*, from an early period and a marginal British imprint. No catalogue number is recorded.AI summary
Metropole SPECIAL Dance
A dance band side credited to Fisher on the obscure Met label, an early British imprint of which little is documented.AI summary
Metropole 1087 Dance
Fred Adlington's Wireless Octette plays the 'Londonderry Air' and 'My Lady Lavender' on Metropole, a British label of the late 1920s.AI summary
Metropole 1092 Orchestra
Fred Adlington's Wireless Octet performing two salon pieces—'Canzonetta' and 'Rosamunde'—on the obscure British Met label.AI summary
Metropole 1035 Instrumental
George Fisher Kit Kat Band on Met, an obscure British label, performing the popular song 'Ramona'.AI summary
Metropole 1064 Dance
George Nolan, an unrecorded artist, on Metro Records performing sentimental ballads. Metro was a cheap British subsidiary label of the 1930s–40s.AI summary
Metropole 8012 Voice
GS Melvin was a performer on the Metropolitan label, a cheap British marque; this pressing carries two comic novelty songs, likely from the late 1920s or early 1930s.AI summary
Metropole 1063 Comic
Harris for Melotone, performing two standards: 'Ramona' and 'Together'. Harris is unrecognised.AI summary
Metropole 1064 Voice
Harry Champion, the cockney music hall singer, with With the End of My Old Cigar and It Goes Like This on Metropole 233.AI summary
Metropole 233 Music Hall
J Samehtini is an unidentified performer on the Met label, a small British imprint; the side offers light classical piano and vocal material from the 1930s–40s.AI summary
Metropole 1166 Classical
Joseph Farrington recorded these classical pieces—Mussorgsky's Song of the Flea and an unnamed quintet arrangement of Autumn—for Met, an obscure British label.AI summary
Metropole 1037 Classical
Joseph Farrington singing 'Yeomen of England' and 'Off to Philadelphia' for Metropolitan Records (Met), catalogue 1094; a minor British label of the early 1900s–1920s.AI summary
Metropole 1094 Voice
Joseph Farrington, a classical solo artist, recorded 'Song of the Flea' and a quintet arrangement of 'Autumn' for Metropolitan Records, a small and short-lived British label.AI summary
Metropole 1037 Classical
Kernoff, a male vocalist, performs two European concert pieces—'Serenade Don Juan' and 'Song of the Volga Boatmen'—on Met, catalogue 1116; Met was a minor British label.AI summary
Metropole 1116 Voice
L. Hudson with Painting the Clouds with Sunshine and Tiptoe Through the Tulips with Me on Metropole 1230.AI summary
Metropole 1230 Dance
Leon with Singin' in the Rain and Pagan Love Song on Metropole 1178.AI summary
Metropole 1178 Dance
Lloyd Shakespeare on Met, a small British label, performing what appear to be concert or recital pieces. Nothing is known of the artist or recordings.AI summary
Metropole 1246
Mackey, a performer of unidentified standing on Met (a minor label), performing light sentimental or popular material.AI summary
Metropole 1160 Voice
Megan Telini performing two Welsh-language vocal titles on the Met label, a small British pressing from the 1920s or 1930s.AI summary
Metropole 1036 Voice
Metropole 1008
The Metropole Band (MetSpecial label) performing 'Calling Me Home' and 'When You Come to Rest in the Heart of a Rose', ballad sides from an unknown period.AI summary
Metropole SPECIAL Dance
Metropole 1009 Orchestra
An orchestra credited as "Orch German" recorded two light instrumental pieces for Met, a small British label.AI summary
Metropole 1010 Orchestra
An orchestra under conductor German performing 'Morris Dance' and 'Shepherds Dance' on Met 1009. Met was a minor British label. These are orchestral arrangements of English folk dances or character pieces.AI summary
Metropole 1009 Orchestra
An unnamed German orchestra (Orch German) performing dance and light classical material on the Met label, a minor early imprint.AI summary
Metropole 1010 Orchestra
Peggy Cochrane performing 'Hejre Kati' and 'Hymne au Soleil' on Met, an obscure small label.AI summary
Metropole 1090 Voice
Robert Carr performing 'Leanin'' and 'Song of the Jolly Rogers' (with a quartet) on Met-Special, an untraced catalogue issue. Met was a minor British label and this special series designation is unusual.AI summary
Metropole SPECIAL Voice
Selby was a performer on the Metropolitan label, a cheap British marque; this pressing pairs two popular songs from the late 1920s or early 1930s.AI summary
Metropole 1057 Voice
Selby recorded two sentimental popular songs for Metropole Records, an obscure British label. The titles and era suggest 1920s–1930s popular ballad material.AI summary
Metropole 1056 Voice
Credited to Selby on Met (a minor British label), this record combines two period songs of the 1920s-30s. Met pressings are scarce and few records from this marque are well documented.AI summary
Metropole 1062 Voice
Steyn & Stewart with B Thorburn on Metropole (Met) 1079, performing novelty duets from the early 1930s. Metropole was a small British label; the artists are unidentified.AI summary
Metropole 1079 Comic
Suzanne Bertin on Met 1153, performing Verdi's 'Caro Nome' and a piano piece. Met was a small-scale British label of the acoustic era, and UK copies of minor operatic singers on obscure labels are uncommon.AI summary
Metropole 1153 Opera
Ted Feeny singing 'That Old Fashioned Cot in Kildare' and Ave Maria by the Samehtino Trio on Met 1007, an obscure British label of the 1920s–30s.AI summary
Metropole 1007 Voice
Ted Feeny and the Samehtino Trio on Met label, performing 'That old fashioned cot in Kildare' and 'Ave Maria', likely early 1930s Irish or UK regional issue.AI summary
Metropole 1007 Voice
The Harmony Eight with Don't Ye Cry My Honey and Mammy Lou on Metropole 1043.AI summary
Metropole 1043 Dance
Scottish comedy and character pieces by Tom Frame on Met, an obscure British label.AI summary
Metropole 1067 Music Hall
Tommy Handley was one of Britain's most popular radio comedians, best remembered for the wartime series ITMA; this is a test pressing on the Metropole label, the type of one-off disc cut to check a recording ahead of release.AI summary
Metropole TEST Personalities (Prs)