576 shellac records · mostly British pressings, 1900s–1950s
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Humphrey Lyttelton, British jazz trumpeter and bandleader, pioneered the British trad jazz revival in the late 1940s; this Parlophone R-series pressing represents his early work in the bebop and post-swing era.AI summary
Parlophone R4392 Jazz
Humphrey Lyttelton was a British jazz trumpeter and bandleader, and one of the founders of the British New Orleans jazz revival. This Parlophone pressing of two jazz standards shows his dixieland style.AI summary
Parlophone R3772 Jazz
Parlophone R4181
Parlophone R3267
Humphrey Lyttelton on Parlophone R3292, performing 'Froggie Moore' and 'Ice Cream'. Lyttelton was a British clarinettist and bandleader, a major figure in British traditional and mainstream jazz from the 1940s onward.AI summary
Parlophone R3292 Jazz
Humphrey Lyttelton, the British jazz trumpeter and bandleader, performing "Bad Penny Blues" for Parlophone in 1956. This recording marked an early moment in the British skiffle and traditional jazz revival, and "Bad Penny Blues" became an important anthem of the emerging modern British jazz movement.AI summary
Parlophone R4184 Jazz
Humphrey Lyttleton was Britain's foremost traditional jazz musician of the 1950s and beyond; this Parlophone record of 'It Makes My Love Come Down' and 'Blues for an Unknown Gipsy' documents early British trad-jazz at its height.AI summary
Parlophone R3424 Jazz
Humphrey Lyttelton on Parlophone R3286, with 'Hopfrog' and 'Shake Rag'. Lyttelton was a British jazz trumpeter, bandleader and wit who led influential traditional and mainstream jazz ensembles from the 1940s onwards, and a major figure in British jazz.AI summary
Parlophone R3286 Jazz
Humphrey Lyttleton was a pioneering British jazz trumpeter and bandleader; this Parlophone recording shows his trad-jazz style on two original compositions.AI summary
Parlophone R4149 Jazz
Hutch (Leslie A. Hutton) was a British-born ballad singer and entertainer popular in the 1930s–40s, known for his urbane vocals and light romantic material. This Parlophone F-series pressing of "Moon Love" and "Begone" is from his peak years.AI summary
Parlophone F1555 Voice
Hutch, the British cabaret singer and entertainer popular in the 1930s, recorded a Maurice Chevalier medley (parts 1 and 2) for Parlophone E11080.AI summary
Parlophone E11080 Voice
Hutch, a British pianist and singer of the 1930s, recorded 'I Kiss Your Hand Madame' for Parlophone WE2341, marked as a test pressing. Test pressings are typically rare or unique items.AI summary
Parlophone WE2341 TEST Voice
I Andresen and E Habich on Parlophone E10670, performing 'Gott Grüsst Euch' and 'Mein Herr & Gott', German-language religious or folk songs. The performers are unidentified; E-series Parlophone records were European issues.AI summary
Parlophone E10670 Voice
Ida Cox was one of the major classic blues singers of the 1920s, recording prolifically for Paramount in the United States. Her titles were licensed to Parlophone for UK release in the R-series of race records; this disc, catalogue a12024, would be a UK pressing of one of those American sides, making it of real interest to British blues collectors.AI summary
Parlophone a12024 Jazz
The Ink Spots with Am I Too Late and Melody of Love on Parlophone R3977.AI summary
Parlophone R3977 Voice
Ivar Andresen, a Norwegian bass singer, on Parlophone E10574 performing Mozart's "O Isis and Osiris" (from *The Magic Flute*) and a hymn. Andresen was a respected concert and operatic bass of the 1920s–30s, recorded for major European labels.AI summary
Parlophone E10574 Opera
Ivar Andresen, a distinguished Norwegian baritone, performs two Mozart arias—'O Isis and Osiris' from The Magic Flute and 'Within this Hallowed Dwelling' from the same opera—on Parlophone E10574.AI summary
Parlophone E10574 Opera
J. Norman with Mame Bong on Parlophone CE6057-1.AI summary
Parlophone CE6057-1 Dance
Parlophone DP265 Jazz
Jack Bund's band recorded 'How do you do Mister Brown' and 'Confetti' for Parlophone.AI summary
Parlophone R1220 Dance
Jack Miranda recorded two popular song-and-dance numbers for Parlophone R2149 in the 1930s. Parlophone was a significant British label and this is a standard popular vocal recording of the interwar era.AI summary
Parlophone R2149 Voice
Jack Parnell, a British dance bandleader and percussionist, recorded "Fanfare Boogie" and "Shake Rattle and Roll" for Parlophone; these dance and novelty sides reflect the post-war trend toward rock and roll and swing fusion.AI summary
Parlophone R3986 Dance
Jack Parnell, a British drummer and bandleader, performing two jazz-influenced instrumentals on Parlophone in the 1950s.AI summary
Parlophone R3870 Jazz
Jack Parnell and his band with Summertime and The Champ on Parlophone R3607. Parnell was a British drummer and bandleader.AI summary
Parlophone R3607 Dance
Jack Parnell and his band with Summertime and The Champ on Parlophone R3607. Parnell was a British drummer and bandleader.AI summary
Parlophone R3607 Dance
Jack Purvis on Parlophone R 890, performing two jazz novelty numbers. Purvis was a virtuoso American jazz musician of the late 1920s and early 1930s, known for his technically brilliant trumpet, trombone, and clarinet work.AI summary
Parlophone R890 Jazz
Jack Warner on Parlophone, performing 'Up and Down the Railway Lines' and 'My Brother in the Life Guards' — the British music-hall entertainer and comedian.AI summary
Parlophone F1577 Music Hall
Jack Warner, the British comedian and actor, recorded 'Somebody's asked me' and 'I didn't orter 'a ett it' for Parlophone in the 1940s. Warner was best known for his role as PC George Dixon in the 'Dixon of Dock Green' radio and television series.AI summary
Parlophone F1605 Comic
Jack Warner, a British comedian and actor best known for the Dixon of Dock Green radio and television series, on Parlophone. These are comic character monologues in the British music-hall tradition.AI summary
Parlophone F1577 Music Hall
Jack Warner, a well-known British comic entertainer and character actor, performing two comic music-hall numbers on Parlophone from the late 1930s or 1940s.AI summary
Parlophone F1577 Personalities (Prs)
Jack Parnell was a British jazz and swing drummer and bandleader who recorded for Parlophone in the 1950s; 'The Hawk Talks' and 'Night Train' are swing sides in his characteristic style.AI summary
Parlophone R3682 Jazz
Jean Dennery is not identified in standard discographies. 'Prelude in A Minor' by Bach and 'Polonaise Militaire' by Chopin are classical piano pieces, recorded on Parlophone E11207, a catalogue number consistent with the 1920s–1930s.AI summary
Parlophone E11207 Classical
Jessie Broughton on Parlophone, performing 'The Lost Chord' and 'The Trumpet Shall Sound', both serious vocal and choral pieces. The E-series catalogue number places this in Parlophone's mid-period.AI summary
Parlophone E10265 Voice
Jim Dale, a British entertainer, performing "I Didn't Mean It" and "Piccadilly Line" on Parlophone, likely from the 1950s.AI summary
Parlophone R4329 Rock
Jimmie Lunceford, the influential African-American jazz bandleader, performing the jazz standards 'Liza' and 'Uptown Blues' on Parlophone R2828, a swing-era recording.AI summary
Parlophone R2828 Jazz
Jimmie Lunceford's orchestra, a celebrated swing ensemble, recorded 'You're Just a Dream' and 'Time's a Wastin'' on Parlophone, representing one of the most sophisticated and rhythmically innovative big bands of the swing era.AI summary
Parlophone R2865 Jazz
Jimmy Yancey, a pioneering blues pianist of the pre-war Chicago school, performs 'I Received a Letter' and 'East St Louis Blues' on Parlophone. Yancey's recorded work is uncommon and his records command interest from serious blues collectors.AI summary
Parlophone R2959 Jazz
Joe Daniels on Parlophone, performing 'Chinatown' and 'In the Shade of the Old Apple Tree' — a British dance bandleader of the 1920s–30s.AI summary
Parlophone F322 Dance
Joe Daniels was a British swing-era drummer and bandleader who recorded for Parlophone. 'Who's Sorry Now' and 'Boogie for Googie' are typical 1940s swing sides; this is a standard commercial dance recording from a major British label.AI summary
Parlophone F2452 Dance
Joe Daniels, a British timpanist and bandleader, recorded "Chinatown" and "In the Shade of the Old Apple Tree" for Parlophone F322, early in his recording career in the late 1920s or early 1930s.AI summary
Parlophone F322 Dance
Joe Daniels was a British jazz drummer and bandleader who led the Hotshots, an influential British hot-jazz ensemble of the 1930s; this Parlophone side features two of his lively jazz recordings.AI summary
Parlophone F1999 Jazz
Joe Daniels and his dance band recorded two New Orleans-flavoured dance numbers on Parlophone, the British Columbia subsidiary, in the pre-war era.AI summary
Parlophone R4324 Dance
Joe Sullivan performing 'Oh, Lady Be Good' and 'Solitude' on Parlophone R2952. Sullivan was an accomplished American jazz pianist active from the 1920s to the 1950s, known for his stride-piano technique and sophisticated harmonies.AI summary
Parlophone R2952 Jazz
Parlophone R1686
Joe Venuti, a pioneering jazz violinist of the 1920s–30s, recorded 'Star Dust' and 'Filigree' for Parlophone; Venuti was a virtuoso soloist and key figure in early swing.AI summary
Parlophone DP158 Jazz
Joe Venuti and Eddie Lang, two pioneering jazz instrumentalists, performing 'Sensation' and 'Hot Heels' on Parlophone R596, a British pressing from the late 1920s; Venuti was a virtuoso jazz violinist and Lang a master of jazz guitar.AI summary
Parlophone R596 Jazz
Joe Venuti performing 'There's No Other Girl' and 'Ooh That Kiss' with the Dorsey Brothers on Parlophone R1287. Venuti was a pioneering jazz violinist; this is a hot-jazz recording from the late 1920s.AI summary
Parlophone R1287 Jazz
Joe Venuti, a pioneering American jazz violinist, performing 'Penn Beach Blues' and 'Four String Joe' on Parlophone R109, an early electrical or acoustic-era jazz recording.AI summary
Parlophone R109 Jazz