235 shellac records · mostly British pressings, 1900s–1950s
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Jack Charman performing 'He played on his Fiddle-de-dee' and 'The Ragtime Violin' on Scala, a small British label, likely from the early 1920s.AI summary
Scala 210 Music Hall
Jack Charman on Scala 1646, performing 'My Sweetie Went Away' and 'Dearest' (credited to Field). Scala was a minor British label of the 1920s–30s.AI summary
Scala 1646 Voice
Jack Charman performs the topical WWI song "Sister Susie's Sewing Shirts for Soldiers" for Scala, a British budget label.AI summary
Scala 618 Music Hall
Jack Charman performing 'Just like a Thief in the Night' and a comedy number 'You tell her I stutter' on Scala, an unidentified British label, catalogue 631.AI summary
Scala 631 Comic
Jack Charman, the prolific minor comedian, performing character sketches on Scala, a small British imprint.AI summary
Scala 517 Comic
Jack Lorimer, a Scottish performer, recorded for Scala label—a small British imprint—with two songs of Scottish or comic character.AI summary
Scala 425 Music Hall
Jacques Benavente performing 'Barcarolle' and 'Intermezzo' on the Scala label, catalogue 7007. Scala is a small and obscure British or continental imprint not readily found in standard references; Benavente is also not identifiable from general discographies. An unrecognised artist on an obscure label with a low catalogue number warrants investigation.AI summary
Scala 7007 Instrumental
Jay Laurier, the popular British music-hall and revue comedian, performs 'I'm Always Doing Something Silly' and 'I Shall Sit in the Corner and Sulk' on the Scala label, catalogue 175. Scala was a small British label; Laurier on Scala is a minor-label pressing of a recognised variety name.AI summary
Scala 175 Music Hall
Jay Laurier was a British music hall singer and comedian, and 'The Spaniard that Blighted my life' is a classic comic song from the Edwardian era. This Scala pressing represents the later revival of this vintage repertoire on a small British label.AI summary
Scala 196 Music Hall
Jean Note singing two operatic arias—the Toreador Song from Carmen and a cavatina—on the Scala label, catalogue 4013.AI summary
Scala 4013 Opera
Jean Note performing two arias from French opera—Massenet's 'Vision Fugitive' from Thaïs and Auber's 'Le Roi de Lahore'—on the Sc label, a small or short-lived British imprint with limited surviving copies.AI summary
Scala 4014 Opera
Jessie Broughton sings Haydn Wood's Bird of Love Divine and Lilian Ray's Sunshine of Your Smile, two popular ballads, on Scala 628.AI summary
Scala 628 Voice
Jock Whiteford recorded 'London Toon' for Scala Records, a small British label. Whiteford is not well documented; the title suggests Scottish or music-hall repertoire.AI summary
Scala 426 Music Hall
Joe Belmont recorded waltz pieces 'Fascination' and 'Waltz Dream' for Scala, a small British label, in the 1920s–30s.AI summary
Scala 94 Dance
John Perry sings two sacred vocal pieces on Scala (Sc) 5005: "Onway Awake, Beloved" and "The Last Watch," likely from the 1920s or early 1930s. Scala was a minor British label and the artist is otherwise untraced.AI summary
Scala 5005 Voice
Julia Culp, the German mezzo-soprano. Scala 4008 records 'On Wings of Song' and 'Ave Maria'.AI summary
Scala 4008 Classical
Julia Culp was a highly regarded German mezzo-soprano of the early 20th century, specialising in Lieder. This Scala pressing of Schubert songs is from the acoustic era.AI summary
Scala 4026 Classical
Julius Berger, a tenor vocalist or light classical singer, recorded 'Ave Maria' and 'Caro Mio Ben' for Scala, a small British label of the 1920s.AI summary
Scala 331 Classical
Julius Berger recorded 'Awakening of Spring' and 'Love's Greeting' (likely Elgar or similar salon pieces) for Scala Records 538. Berger is unidentified; Scala was a minor British label.AI summary
Scala 538 Instrumental
Lanin, a prolific New York dance bandleader of the 1920s, recorded 'Lucky Dog' and Samuels' 'Listening' for the Scala label.AI summary
Scala 1440 Dance
Sam Lanin's orchestra recorded for Scala, a small British label of the mid-to-late 1920s; 'My Sweetie Went Away' is standard dance-music fare, but Lanin's Scala sides are less common than his major American-label releases.AI summary
Scala 7026 Dance
Scala 7027
Lenghi-Cellini, likely a vocal duo or operatic partnership, perform 'Where my Caravan has rested' and 'I know a lovely Garden' on the obscure Sc label.AI summary
Scala 5003 Voice
Leo Uhl on Scala 44936: German-language vocal, possibly light opera or folk repertoire, on a British pressing of a European label.AI summary
Scala 44936 Voice
Scala 822 Dance
M. Darent on Scala, credited with a novelty or comic song title; Scala was a small British label.AI summary
Scala 209 Comic
Mabel Gregory singing 'Love the Pedlar' and 'Love's Coronation' on Scala Records, catalogue 148; Scala was a minor British label of the early 1920s–1930s.AI summary
Scala 148 Voice
Mdme Emskaja performing 'Traue Glantze un Ange' and 'Haika Troisker' on Scala, catalogue 1512. An unidentified Eastern European or Yiddish-language performer on a small British label.AI summary
Scala 1512 Yiddish
The Milan Trio and Zingari Quartet perform 'Angel Song' and 'Serenade Moszkowski' for Scala, catalogue 381, from the 1920s–30s.AI summary
Scala 381 Orchestra
Morny Cash on Scala 779 — 'Come to Your Daddy' and 'Dance with Your Uncle Joseph' (with Whitlock). Cash was a popular Edwardian bass-baritone singer of sentimental and patriotic songs. Scala is a minor British label; the pairing with a comic piece is typical of the period.AI summary
Scala 779 Voice
Murray recorded 'Lonesome and Sorry' and the Royal Troubadours' 'When the Red Robin' for Scala 1789, likely from the late 1920s or early 1930s. Scala was a small British marque.AI summary
Scala 1789 Dance
Natzy performing 'When my Sugar goes down the Street' and 'Rose of the Moonlight' on Scala, 7150. Both appear to be dance or popular songs; Natzy and the specific recording are unidentified.AI summary
Scala 7150 Dance
Oakley and Morley performing march music ('Palladium March' and 'Drum Major') on Scala, a minor British label.AI summary
Scala 576 Instrumental
Olle Johnny's Dragspelork (a Swedish accordion ensemble) recorded a Scandinavian folk or traditional piece on the Scala label, a minor British imprint. Swedish folk recordings on British labels are uncommon in British collections.AI summary
Scala 392 Instrumental
An unnamed orchestra on Scala 1614, operatic waltzes ('Rosenkavalier Waltz' and 'Valse Bruno'); Scala was a small British label and this recording is obscure.AI summary
Scala 1614 Orchestra
Orchestral selection from L'Africana (Meyerbeer) on Scala 1621, a two-part recording.AI summary
Scala 1621 Orchestra
An orchestral arrangement of 'Ballet Égyptien', a celebrated light classical concert piece, recorded for Scala. The conductor and orchestra are not credited on the label.AI summary
Scala 87 Orchestra
A dance band novelty, credited to 'Orch + Bell' on Scala, a minor British label of the early 1930s.AI summary
Scala 27 Dance
P Ritte and J Saker performing hymns on Scala, a minor British label of the 1930s.AI summary
Scala 160 Voice
Palais de Danse orchestra with 'Joaquino tango' and 'Prairie Lily' on Scala (449), dance-band material from the late 1920s or early 1930s.AI summary
Scala 449 Dance
Paul Allan's orchestra recorded 'When the Red Red Robin' and a sentimental ballad for Scala Records, a small British label; such budget-label dance-band pressings are often scarce.AI summary
Scala 789 Orchestra
The Peerless Quartette with Annie Laurie and, by a trio, Silver Threads Among the Gold on Scala 1211.AI summary
Scala 1211 Voice
Philip Ritte performing two sentimental vocal pieces on Scala, an obscure British label.AI summary
Scala 120 Voice
Philip Ritte singing two religious songs — 'Holy City' and 'Star of Bethlehem' — on Scala, a minor British imprint, likely 1920s-30s.AI summary
Scala 121 Voice
Philip Ritte recorded Irish ballad material for Scala, an obscure British label; 'Kathleen Mavourneen' and 'Killarney' are traditional Irish songs frequently recorded in this period.AI summary
Scala 128 Voice
Pinkies Birmingham 5, a jazz or dance ensemble, recorded 'Heading for Louisville' and 'Valencia' for Scala; Birmingham regional jazz or dance music of the early 1930s.AI summary
Scala 1761 Jazz
A vocal quartette on Scala 1592, 'Onward Christian Soldiers' and 'Eternal Father'; a religious vocal side from a small British label.AI summary
Scala 1592 Voice
R. Carr recorded for Scala, a cheap British marque of the late 1920s and early 1930s, performing 'Shores of Minnetonka' and 'Romany Rose', both sentimental instrumental pieces characteristic of that era and label.AI summary
Scala 636 Instrumental