40 shellac records · mostly British pressings, 1900s–1950s
40 records matching
A. Fowler performing 'A Sergeant of the Line' and 'Three for Jack' on Opera 46, a minor British label.AI summary
Opera 46 Voice
Alf Willis performing 'Wishing Well' and 'All for Father's Sake' on the Op label, catalogue 156. Willis is not a major-label recording artist of known prominence.AI summary
Opera 156
Alf Willis recorded two character or novelty songs—'Oh Joe Stick out your Toe' and 'Dan the Cats Meat Man'—for Op, a small British label.AI summary
Opera 160 Music Hall
An unidentified orchestra performing 'USA Patrol' and 'Indian Intermezzo', light orchestral numbers typical of the 1920s–30s era. This Op label pressing is from an obscure British marque.AI summary
Opera 2579 Orchestra
A band performance of 'Baby Rose' and 'Hitchy Koo' on Op, an obscure small label.AI summary
Opera 303001 Orchestra
A band plays Through Shade and Shadow and Sharpshooters March on Opera 304056.AI summary
Opera 304056 Instrumental
An unnamed band recorded 'Tango Argentino' and 'Love Dance' for Opy, catalogue 304066. Opy was a minor British label of the early 1930s.AI summary
Opera 304066 Dance
A band recording titled 'A Nigger's Dream' and 'Hobomoko' on Opera 2531. The title and label are both difficult to place, and the racial language reflects the era of pressing.AI summary
Opera 2531
A band performance tribute to Harry Lauder, the Scottish music-hall star, recorded in two parts on Operaphone 2522. The label and artist are not clearly identified, and the recording cannot be reliably placed.AI summary
Opera 2522 Music Hall
An unnamed military or concert band on Op (Olympian, a minor British label), with 'Gold and Silver' and 'When Love Dies'.AI summary
Opera 2509 Orchestra
A band recording of two orchestral or instrumental numbers on the Op label.AI summary
Opera 2515 Orchestra
A band plays selections from La Traviata and Rigoletto on Opera 2535.AI summary
Opera 2535 Opera
Billy Melville with Kangaroo Hop, which the label wrongly credits, and When Father Beat the Carpet on Opera 133.AI summary
Opera 133 Music Hall
Billy Williams, a British music hall vocalist, performing 'Old Grey Coat' and 'My Girl from London Town' on the Opera label, a small British imprint, catalogue 10.AI summary
Opera 10 Music Hall
Charles Penrose, known as 'The Laughing Policeman', recorded comic material for Opera Records, a small British label. This pressing captures his comic laughing sketches from the early period of his career. Opera was a minor imprint, making Penrose recordings on this label less common than his more widely-distributed sides.AI summary
Opera 121 Music Hall
Florence Bruce recorded 'Don't forget your old Home' and 'Greeting' for Op Records, catalogue 80. Op was a small, obscure British label; Bruce is an unidentified artist, likely from the 1920s–30s.AI summary
Opera 80 Misc.
Guido Gialdini performs two orchestral waltz selections on Operaphone 2552: "Titania" and the "Waltz from The Waltz Dream," likely from the 1920s. Operaphone was a small British label and the conductor is otherwise untraced.AI summary
Opera 2552 Orchestra
Opera 23 Music Hall
Harry Champion, the fast-patter Edwardian music-hall comedian best known for 'I'm Henery the Eighth I Am', on the Opera label, catalogue 7 — an extraordinarily low catalogue number on an obscure imprint. A catalogue number as low as 7 suggests one of the very first pressings made on this label; the Opera label is not a standard commercial imprint and warrants expert identification before sale.AI summary
Opera 7 Music Hall
Harry Thornton, an unidentified vocalist, on Op (Olympian, a minor British label), performing 'I Wonder if You Miss Me Sometimes' and 'Come to the Ball'.AI summary
Opera 74 Voice
Harry Trevor on Op label performing 'For Auld Lang Syne' and 'All Soul's Day' — an unidentified vocalist on a highly obscure marque, catalogue number 35, likely from the 1920s.AI summary
Opera 35 Voice
Harry Trevor recorded 'Red Wing' and 'To the End of the World with You' for the Op label, a small or short-lived British imprint. Little is known of this artist or these pressings.AI summary
Opera 34
Harry Trevor on Op Records, catalogue 38, performing sentimental vocal songs 'Pansies mean Thoughts and Thoughts mean you' and 'Two Eyes of brown'. Op is an obscure British label from the early 1930s.AI summary
Opera 38 Voice
J McCallum on Oop (an obscure British imprint), singing 'She's the Lass for me' and 'Ta ta my Bonnie Maggie Darling', light popular material of the 1920s–30s.AI summary
Opera 164 Voice
Jack Charman on Opera Records (Op), a British small label, performing novelty music-hall song, likely 1920s–30s era.AI summary
Opera 68 Music Hall
Magic City Orchestra recorded 'Izarra' and 'Elenore' for Opera Records, a small British label.AI summary
Opera 2158 Orchestra
Mary Williams and T Howell performing 'Hey willow waly O' and 'Life's Dream is o'er' on Olympia, a small British label.AI summary
Opera 30100 Voice
R. Morton on Op 30102, credited with 'Spaniard That Blighted My Life' (a popular interwar novelty) and 'Ragtime Violin'. Op is an unidentified label.AI summary
Opera 30102 Music Hall
Soler Gomez performing 'La Serenata' and Drdla's 'Souvenir' on a label abbreviated 'Op', catalogue 304069. The Op label is not readily identified in standard references; the artist is also not widely documented. An unrecognised artist on an obscure label warrants investigation.AI summary
Opera 304069 Instrumental
T. Howell recorded 'Trooper Johnny Ludlow' and 'Glorious Devon' for Op Records, catalogue 49. Op was an obscure small British label; Howell is an unidentified artist, likely from the 1920s–30s.AI summary
Opera 49 Misc.
T Howell performing 'It Is Enough' and 'Lord God of Abraham' on Op 50, likely operatic or light classical material from a small British label.AI summary
Opera 50 Opera
Terry and Osborn performing 'I Want to Be in Dixie' and 'Piccadilly' on Opera 104, a minor British label.AI summary
Opera 104 Dance
Terry & Osborn performing two popular songs of the dance-band era on Opal (Op), an obscure British label. These appear to be songs from the 1910s-20s theatrical repertoire.AI summary
Opera 100 Dance
Opera 102 Music Hall
Terry and Osborn performing two pieces on the Opera label, a small British marque. 'Ghost of the Violin' and the Australian-sounding 'Woolloomooloo' suggest light concert or novelty music from the early 1920s.AI summary
Opera 109 Instrumental
W. Bishop and E. Lucas performing two Christmas carols on Opal Records, catalogue 169. Opal was a small British label.AI summary
Opera 169 Voice
W Sizer performing 'The Rosary' and 'Lost Chord' on Opera label 2556, an unidentified British imprint. Both pieces are sentimental vocal favourites; the label and artist are obscure.AI summary
Opera 2556 Voice
W Virgo on Opera label 28, performing 'Come Into the Garden Maud' and 'Farewell to Summer'. Both are 19th-century vocal standards; Opera was a small British imprint. Virgo is unidentified.AI summary
Opera 28 Voice
Will Terry, a minor British or American singer, recorded 'Mysterious Moon' and 'The Spaniard that Blighted my Life' (a novelty ballad) for Op, an unidentified British budget label. Artist and label are both obscure.AI summary
Opera 110 Voice
Wills & Lawrence perform two instrumental novelty numbers on Operaphone 2555—"Waltz of the Fairies" and M. Willis's "The Canary"—likely from the 1920s or 1930s. Operaphone was a small British imprint and little is reliably known of this duo.AI summary
Opera 2555 Instrumental