126 shellac records · mostly British pressings, 1900s–1950s
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E Vine and M Brewer performing classical salon pieces—a serenade and The Nightingale—on Polyphon, a German-owned label that operated in Britain.AI summary
Polyphon 5504 Classical
Emmi Leisner, a soprano on Polyphon, performing Bach Chorale 'Schlage doch gewunschte Stunde' and movements from the Christmas Oratorio in German.AI summary
Polyphon 73020 Classical
Ernest Shand, the Edwardian music-hall comedian and monologist, on Polyphon catalogue 5662 with 'The Husband's Strike' and 'Nelson and Me'. Polyphon was a major continental pressing firm with British distribution; Shand sides on the label are moderately uncommon.AI summary
Polyphon 5662 Music Hall
Franz Volker, a German tenor, performing operatic arias on Polyphon. Volker was a celebrated singer of the Weimar era.AI summary
Polyphon 22444/5 Opera
Franz Volker, the German tenor of the 1920s-30s, performs two operatic selections: 'Der fliegende Holländer' (The Flying Dutchman) and 'Cavalleria Rusticana' on Polyphon 95233.AI summary
Polyphon 95233 Opera
Franz Volker, a German tenor, on Polyphon performing operatic arias from Lortzing's comic operas 'Uridine' and 'Tsar and Carpenter'.AI summary
Polyphon 24193 Opera
Franz Volker and others performing excerpts from Wagner's Die Meistersinger on Polyphon 67102. Volker was a celebrated German tenor of the 1920s–30s who recorded extensively for the German market; this is a substantial orchestral recording.AI summary
Polyphon 67102 Opera
Franz Volker and other artists recorded a selection from Leo Fall's operetta *Friederike* for Polyphon. Volker was an Austrian tenor celebrated for his work in operetta and musical theatre in the 1920s–30s.AI summary
Polyphon 21811 Opera
Frieda Hempel was a celebrated German soprano, best known for her association with the Berlin and Metropolitan Opera houses in the 1910s. The Polyphon label was a German pressing company active in the early acoustic era. This coupling of a Russian vesper hymn and Ave Maria suits her light, pure voice. Polyphon pressings of named opera singers are uncommon in British collections and attract interest from vocal collectors.AI summary
Polyphon 85297 Opera
Gertrude Kappel, a German mezzo-soprano, on Polyphon 66100 performing arias from Wagner's *Götterdämmerung* and Verdi's *La Forza del Destino*.AI summary
Polyphon 66100 Opera
Harry Bluff performing 'Country Curate' and 'There Are Nice Girls Everywhere' for Polyphon, a minor British label of the early 1930s—likely novelty or music-hall material.AI summary
Polyphon 8642 Music Hall
Titled as Harry Cove on Polyphon, a German-owned label with British pressings.AI summary
Polyphon 5561 Voice
Harry Fay on Polyphon 8673, 'There's a little black Cupid in the moon' and 'Top o' the Morning', light popular vocal material from the 1920s–30s.AI summary
Polyphon 8673 Voice
Polyphon 8930 Music Hall
Harry Thornton performing 'Will o' the Wisp' and 'Bandolero' on Polyphon, a German-owned British label active in the 1920s-30s.AI summary
Polyphon 8866 Voice
Harry Trevor recorded these two traditional English dance tunes for Polyphon, a German label with UK pressing during the early 1900s. Polyphon records are early and uncommon survivors in British collections.AI summary
Polyphon 10511 Orchestra
Polyphon 16300
Hermann Jadlowker was a Latvian-born tenor who had a major career at the Berlin Royal Opera and internationally in the early twentieth century. This Polyphon disc, catalogue 72663, contains two German songs. Jadlowker's recordings are collected by specialists in early German operatic singing.AI summary
Polyphon 72663 Opera
The Irish Guards Band, the British military brass ensemble, recorded traditional Irish and classical material for Polyphon; 'Eileen Alannah' is an Irish song and the 1812 Overture a concert classic.AI summary
Polyphon 8706 Orchestra
J Jamieson singing 'Holy City' and 'An Evening Song' on Polyphon 10518, a German label with UK distribution in the pre-1920s era.AI summary
Polyphon 10518 Voice
Jack Charman on Polyphon 5556, performing two popular songs from the late 1920s. Polyphon was a small European label with limited UK distribution.AI summary
Polyphon 5556 Voice
Jack Charman recorded 'The Spaniard that blighted my life' with a co-credited performer named Cove, also 'The Mississippi Dippy Dip' for Polyphon, catalogue 5559. Polyphon was a small British label of the early 1920s; these are comic novelty numbers.AI summary
Polyphon 5559 Music Hall
Jack Charman performing two comic or novelty songs, 'Oh the Indians in the Strand' and 'Don't Go Out with Him Tonight', on Polyphon, catalogue 8889. Polyphon was a German label with British distribution.AI summary
Polyphon 8889 Music Hall
Jack Charman recorded 'I'll Lend You My Best Girl' and 'Jenny McGregor' on Polyphon label, catalogue 5521. Polyphon was a substantial European label that also issued UK pressings in the 1920s.AI summary
Polyphon 5521 Voice
Jack Charman performing comic novelty material on Polyphon, a minor British label, with titles suggesting sailor or naval themes.AI summary
Polyphon 8923 Comic
Jack Charman performing comic novelty pieces on Polyphon, a minor British label, with titles suggesting character or whimsy material.AI summary
Polyphon 8926 Comic
Jack Charman on Polyphon, a German-owned budget label operating in Britain during the late 1920s, performing light topical songs.AI summary
Polyphon 8833 Music Hall
Jack Charman recorded 'That's as far as I want to go' and 'Play another before you go' for Polyphon, probably in the early 1920s. Charman was a minor vocal artist of the acoustic era.AI summary
Polyphon 8887 Voice
Jack Charman recorded "Let's Make a Night of It Tonight" and "It Was 3 O'Clock in the Morning" for Polyphon catalogue 8922. Charman was a British music hall and vaudeville performer of the 1910s-1920s, and Polyphon was a German-British label issuing both popular and classical material.AI summary
Polyphon 8922 Music Hall
Jack Charman performs 'What Has Become of the Girls I Used to Know' and 'Silver Star' on Polyphon 8954. Charman was a British music-hall performer.AI summary
Polyphon 8954 Music Hall
Jimmy Young was a British popular singer active in the 1950s; this Polyphon coupling presents two ballads from his recording career.AI summary
Polyphon P1018 Voice
John Jackson performing 'Oh you beautiful Doll' and 'Alexander's Ragtime Band' on Polyphon, a German-made label with British distribution, likely from the 1910s-20s.AI summary
Polyphon 8956 Voice
Josef Kalenberg recorded 'Durch die Walder' and 'Jetzt ist wohl ihr Fenster offen' (German art songs or lieder) for Polyphon, a German label. Kalenberg was a Central European vocalist; artist and titles are German or Austrian repertoire.AI summary
Polyphon 66531 Voice
Julius Patzak, an Austrian tenor and celebrated interpreter of Lieder and opera, performing arias from Cavalleria Rusticana and La Bohème on Polyphon. Patzak was a significant European classical singer of the mid-20th century.AI summary
Polyphon 24327 Opera
Kaiser Franz Grenadiergarde Band on Polyphon with 'March The Gipsy' and a Mikado number — an early European military band recording.AI summary
Polyphon phon8814 Orchestra
The Lamoureux Orchestra under an unnamed conductor, performing Ravel's 'Menuet Antique' across two sides on Polyphon, a German label.AI summary
Polyphon 566032 Orchestra
M Hofer performing Tyrolean yodel material on Polyphon: 'D'Steandloan' and 'A Weaner Jodler'.AI summary
Polyphon 3732 Instrumental
M. Raby performing character comedy sketches 'The German at the Telephone' and 'On Strike' on Polyphon 8868, a Continental-origin label with small British pressing runs.AI summary
Polyphon 8868 Comic
Polyphon 50116 Dance
Maximilian Schwedler, a pianist and conductor, recorded 'May Time' and 'Rondo Burlesco', light classical and character pieces, for Polyphon. The recordings are undated, but the catalogue number suggests an early pressing from the 1920s or early 1930s. Nothing is known of Schwedler beyond this record.AI summary
Polyphon 3084 Classical
The Nicholas Brothers, the legendary tap-dancing duo, on 'Lady be Good' and 'Mama yo Quiero' for Polyphon 580055. The Nicholas Brothers were major entertainment stars and dancers.AI summary
Polyphon 580055 Jazz
An orchestra under Blech performs Beethoven's Egmont Overture on Polyphon 65934. Leo Blech was a significant German conductor, and Polyphon was a major German label before the First World War. Continental acoustic orchestral pressings on pre-war German labels are an uncommon collecting area in the UK.AI summary
Polyphon 65934 Classical
Richard Strauss conducts an orchestra in the Intermezzo Waltz from his own opera Intermezzo in two parts on Polyphon 69853. A composer conducting his own opera is always a significant document; Strauss's recordings as a conductor of his own works are collected by admirers of both his music and the conductor-composer tradition.AI summary
Polyphon 69853 Classical
An orchestral recording of light classical pieces, 'Valse Espagnole' and 'Minuet Waltz', pressed on Polyphon, a German label with British distribution. The orchestra is not credited and the date is uncertain.AI summary
Polyphon 12001 Orchestra
A German military march recorded by an unnamed orchestra on Polyphon, 'Der Sieger von Masuren' (The Victor of the Masurian Lakes), commemorating a World War I battle. The reverse is a march in honour of Field Marshal von Hindenburg.AI summary
Polyphon 15467 Orchestra
Peter Cornelius — presumably the German baritone of that name active in the early recording era — sings the Sword Song from 'Die Walküre' and Walther's Prize Song from 'Die Meistersinger' on Polyphon 22000. The Polyphon label was a German company active in the early 1900s, and its vocal pressings are less commonly encountered in British collections than HMV or Zonophone equivalents.AI summary
Polyphon 22000 Voice
Petula Clark was a British-French pop singer who rose to international fame in the 1960s; this early Polyphon recording captures her as a young artist in the post-war period.AI summary
Polyphon gP1117 Voice
The Prisca Quartet recorded Schubert's String Quartet in C major for Polyphon, a German label. String-quartet recordings of the classical chamber repertoire are valued by collectors of serious music and chamber performance.AI summary
Polyphon 10409 Classical