126 shellac records · mostly British pressings, 1900s–1950s
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Aage Thygesen was a Danish performer; this Polyphon pressing carries two Danish Christmas songs, likely from the 1930s, from a German label with limited UK distribution.AI summary
Polyphon 92178 Voice
Airlie Dix was a British singer active in the early twentieth century; this Polyphon disc, catalogue 8714, couples a Minuet by Dix with a piece by Robinson on the reverse. Polyphon was a major continental pressing firm with British distribution; the artist is not widely documented in general references.AI summary
Polyphon 8714 Voice
Polyphon 5554 Personalities (Prs)
Alexander Brailowsky, a Russian-born concert pianist of international fame, recorded these two pieces for Polyphon: a popular salon piece 'Rêve d'Amour' and a virtuoso piano concerto movement.AI summary
Polyphon 66752 Classical
Russian-born pianist Alexander Brailowsky recorded two classical pieces, 'Traumeswirren' and 'Mendelssohn's Scherzo', on Polyphon 90173. Brailowsky was a celebrated concert pianist active in the 1920s-30s, and his recordings are valued by classical collectors.AI summary
Polyphon 90173 Classical
Alfred Piccaver, an American-born tenor who had a major career at the Vienna State Opera, performing Puccini's 'Che gelida manina' from *La bohème* and a farewell aria on Polyphon, a major European label.AI summary
Polyphon 72880 Opera
Alfred Piccaver was an Austrian tenor known for operatic and light-opera roles, recorded on the Polyphon label in the 1920s-30s singing Italian operatic standards.AI summary
Polyphon 70682 Opera
An uncredited band performing two German-language novelty or light entertainment numbers on Polyphon, a major European label; catalogue 30723 places this in the interwar period.AI summary
Polyphon 30723 Dance
A dance band performs two novelty numbers for Polyphon, a German label with British pressing — a scarce small-label issue.AI summary
Polyphon 5547 Dance
A band on Polyphon 9997 performing "The Policeman's Holiday" and "Grizzly Bear" — an acoustic or early electric dance recording from the 1920s. Unidentified performers.AI summary
Polyphon 9997 Dance
A band recording 'The Scorcher' and 'Soldiers of the King' on Polyphon, a German-British label.AI summary
Polyphon 1694 Orchestra
An unnamed band on Polyphon 4538, performing 'Fra Diavolo Selection' in two parts — Auber's operatic overture and selections, early 1930s British label.AI summary
Polyphon 4538 Orchestra
An unidentified band recorded operetta selections from Meyerbeer's *Les Huguenots* ('Sirens of the Ball') and Lehár's *The Merry Widow* for Polyphon, a German label, circa 1900–10s.AI summary
Polyphon 8540 Orchestra
An unidentified band perform 'White City' and 'Roses Waltz' on Polyphon 8573 from the acoustic era. Polyphon was a minor European label.AI summary
Polyphon 8573 Dance
An uncredited band recorded 'Amoretten' and 'Blaze away' for Polyphon, catalogue 8882, likely from the 1920s–1930s.AI summary
Polyphon 8882 Dance
An untitled band on Polyphon 5586, performing 'Ragtime Violin' and 'Stop Stop Stop'. Polyphon was a European label; the artist is not identified.AI summary
Polyphon 5586 Dance
Band on Polyphon Records, a minor British marque, with medleys of English and Welsh national themes.AI summary
Polyphon 8913 Orchestra
The Berlin Symphony Orchestra conducted by H. Debicka performed orchestral arrangements of vocal material for Polyphon, a German label of the pre-1920s era.AI summary
Polyphon 66924 Orchestra
Richard Strauss conducting the Berlin Symphony Orchestra in parts one and two of 'Till Eulenspiegel's Merry Pranks' on Polyphon 66887 — the companion to id 5978. This is among the most historically important of the Strauss self-conducted Polyphon recordings: a composer of this stature recording his own tone poem at this period is a benchmark early orchestral document.AI summary
Polyphon 66887 Orchestra
Richard Strauss conducting the Berlin Symphony Orchestra in parts three and four of 'Till Eulenspiegel's Merry Pranks' on Polyphon 66888 — the companion disc to id 5977. As with the rest of the Strauss self-conducted Polyphon set in this collection, this is part of a historically important series of early orchestral recordings.AI summary
Polyphon 66888 Orchestra
Berlin Symphony Orchestra under conductor Richard Strauss on Polyphon 69836 performing Beethoven's Symphony No. 7 in two parts.AI summary
Polyphon 69836 Classical
The Berlin Symphony Orchestra under Richard Strauss, the composer, recorded parts 3 and 4 of his Symphony No. 7 for Polyphon, a European label of the electrical recording era.AI summary
Polyphon 69837 Classical
Richard Strauss conducting the Berlin Symphony Orchestra in the fifth and sixth parts of his Symphony No. 7 in F Major on Polyphon, a German label of the 1920s–30s.AI summary
Polyphon 69838 Classical
Richard Strauss conducting the Berlin Symphony Orchestra in the final movements (parts 7 and 8) of his Symphony No. 7 in B-flat major, Op. 116, on Polyphon 69839. This is a notable conductor-composer performance, though the catalogue and pressing details require verification.AI summary
Polyphon 69839 Classical
Richard Strauss conducting the Berlin Symphony Orchestra in the Rosenkavalier waltz suite, pressed on Polyphon catalogue 69863. A conductor recording his own work is always of collector interest, and Strauss was among the most significant figures to appear on early orchestral 78s. This is part of a set of Strauss self-conducted Polyphon discs, several of which appear in this collection.AI summary
Polyphon 69863 Orchestra
Richard Strauss conducting the Berlin Symphony Orchestra in parts of what the catalogue describes as 'Symphony No 7' — likely Beethoven's Seventh Symphony — on Polyphon 69837. As with the companion discs in this collection, a conductor recording of the Strauss-conducted Polyphon series is of specialist interest, though symphonic excerpts on 78 were often pressed in larger quantities than shorter pieces.AI summary
Polyphon 69837 Orchestra
The Berlin Symphony Orchestra under Richard Strauss performing the tone poem 'Don Juan' on Polyphon 66902, an orchestral recording from the early electrical era.AI summary
Polyphon 66902 Classical
This is a German Polyphon pressing, not a British one. Berlin Staatsoper Orchestra under Richard Strauss, recorded in Berlin; 'Don Juan', parts 3 and 4, is a major tone poem from Strauss's own catalogue, but a German label belongs to a German collection.AI summary
Polyphon 66903 Orchestra
Billy Whitlock, a music-hall comedian, performs 'My New Gamp' and 'Billy Whitlock's Wedding' on Polyphon 10571, an early acoustic recording from around 1904–1906.AI summary
Polyphon 10571 Music Hall
Billy Whitlock on Polyphon 8643 with 'Laughing All the Day' and 'Ha Ha Ha'. Polyphon was a German-owned but internationally distributed label popular in the 1920s–1930s; Whitlock is not identified.AI summary
Polyphon 8643 Music Hall
Billy Whitlock recorded two sides of comic or novelty material, 'Billy Whitlock's Party' and 'Billy Whitlock's Divorce', for Polyphon, a significant European label. The material and label suggest early 1920s or earlier.AI summary
Polyphon 8862 Comic
Brailowsky performing a 'Concerto' on Polyphon 66751. Brailowsky was a notable concert pianist of the early-to-mid 20th century, but the specific work and recording circumstances are unclear from the limited information given.AI summary
Polyphon 66751 Classical
Carla Spletter recorded two German-language vocal numbers for Polyphon in the 1930s.AI summary
Polyphon 47729 Voice
Caterina Valent was an Italian jazz and popular singer active from the 1930s to the 1950s. This Polyphon recording is untraced; the title and catalogue suggest a mid-1930s pressing on a German-owned British label.AI summary
Polyphon 6002 Voice
Charles Penrose was a British comedian and music-hall singer of the Edwardian era, famous for novelty and comic songs; this Polyphon pressing of 'He'd a Funny Little Way with Him' and 'I Tried to Keep from Laughing' is from his variety repertoire.AI summary
Polyphon 24173 Music Hall
Charles Penrose, 'I Tried to Keep from Laughing' and 'He'd a Funny Little Way with Him', on Polyphon 5536; Penrose was a British music-hall singer and comedian famous for the novelty recording 'The Laughing Policeman'.AI summary
Polyphon 5536 Music Hall
Charles Penrose, the British music-hall and pantomime performer best known for his distinctive 'laughing song', recorded on the Polyphon label. 'The Laughing Family' and 'That awful Joke' are typical of his novelty repertoire.AI summary
Polyphon 5531 Music Hall
Charles Penrose on Polyphon 5537, performing comic speciality songs. Penrose was a British comic singer known for novelty and dialect pieces from the 1920s–30s.AI summary
Polyphon 5537 Comic
Charles Rousselière was a French tenor of the late 19th and early 20th centuries and a celebrated Wagnerian; this Polyphon recording preserves arias by one of the great voices of the acoustic era.AI summary
Polyphon 561019 Opera
Claudio Arrau, the Chilean pianist, recorded Liszt's 'Au Bord d'une Source' and 'Concert Etude in F Minor' for Polyphon; Arrau was one of the great Romantic pianists of the 20th century.AI summary
Polyphon 95112 Classical
Curt Taucher, a German tenor, performing two Wagner arias on a Polyphon acoustic recording, likely from the early 1910s.AI summary
Polyphon 22055 Opera
Darre and the Lamoureux Orchestra under Wolff recorded Franck's Piano Concerto in D minor (d'Indy), parts 1 and 2, for Polyphon, a European imprint.AI summary
Polyphon 566130 Classical
A continuation of the d'Indy Piano Concerto recording (see 14573): Darre (soloist), the Lamoureux Orchestra, and Wolff (conductor), on Polyphon catalogue 566131, likely mid-1920s–early 1930s.AI summary
Polyphon 566131 Classical
A two-part recording of d'Indy's Piano Concerto, performed by the Lamoureux Orchestra under Wolff with Darre as soloist, on Polyphon catalogue 566132, likely a mid-1920s or early 1930s pressing.AI summary
Polyphon 566132 Classical
Dorothy Squires, a British-American popular vocalist of the mid-20th century, on Polyphon Records with 'I'm Walking Behind You' and 'Is There Any Room in Your Heart?'—later recordings from her career.AI summary
Polyphon gP1068 Voice
Dorothy Squires, a British singer popular in the 1950s, on the Polyphon label with two vocal ballads. Polyphon was a small British imprint of the period.AI summary
Polyphon P1076 Voice
Dorothy Squires' 'Things Go Wrong' and 'If You Love Me' on Polyphon P1077. Squires was a Welsh-born singer and entertainer who enjoyed some popularity in the 1940s–50s, particularly in cabaret and variety.AI summary
Polyphon P1077 Voice
E. Berger, performing two classical lullabies (Wiegenlied)—one by Mozart, one by Brahms—for Polyphon, a German label.AI summary
Polyphon 47068 Classical