316 shellac records · mostly British pressings, 1900s–1950s
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A. Collins with a quartet, recorded for Victor, performing 'When Uncle Joe Plays a Rag on His Old Banjo' and a sentimental medley.AI summary
Victor 17118 Instrumental
A Collins on Victor 17126, performing minstrel repertoire—"In Ragtime Land" and "Minstrels No. 21"—from the acoustic 1910s era.AI summary
Victor 17126 Music Hall
Alfred Gluck and Efrem Zimbalist performing a classical encore piece on the American Victor label. A classical violin recording from an American pressing, artist and repertoire from the early-to-mid 20th century.AI summary
Victor 89094 Classical
A Hornez and N Betti recorded 'C'est si bon' and 'Changing Partners' for Victor; 'C'est si bon' was a popular song of 1947–48, but this appears to be a foreign pressing or minor artist.AI summary
Victor A5161 Voice
Ada Crossley (1871-1929), the Australian contralto, sings Four-Leaf Clovers on Victor 81004.AI summary
Victor 81004 Voice
Ada Sassoli performing 'Valse de Concert' on Victor Records, a major American label. Sassoli was a pianist and concert artist of the early 1900s, active in both Europe and America.AI summary
Victor 70088 Classical
Aileen Stanley recorded 'When I Was the Dandy' (duet with B Murray) and 'Put Away a Little Ray of Golden Sunshine' for Victor (19443), an American label of the 1910s–20s. Stanley was an early American popular singer and recording artist of the acoustic era.AI summary
Victor 19443 Voice
Al Jolson records 'Snap Your Fingers' and — with Collins and Harlan — 'I Want to Be in Dixie' on Victor 17075, an American acoustic pressing from around 1912. This is among Jolson's earliest Victor recordings and is a period document of American vaudeville at its peak; the Collins and Harlan reverse coupling adds further period interest.AI summary
Victor 17075 Personalities (Prs)
Al Jolson records 'That Lovin' Traumerei' and — with Billy Murray — 'Lucia Burlesque' on Victor 17119, an American acoustic pressing from around 1912–13. The Billy Murray coupling makes this a dual-star pressing; Jolson's early Victor sides are collected alongside his better-known Columbia acoustic recordings.AI summary
Victor 17119 Personalities (Prs)
Alf Willis was a British comedian and singer of the music-hall tradition; this Victor recording pairs two comic songs from the early 1920s, pressed in Britain from American masters.AI summary
Victor C10 Music Hall
Alfred Cortot, the French pianist and chamber musician, performs Debussy's 'Children's Corner Suite' on a two-part Victor 78, catalogue 7147. Cortot was one of the finest pianists of the 20th century and a major recording artist in the acoustic and early electrical eras.AI summary
Victor 7147 Classical
Victor 74636 Instrumental
Alfred Cortot, the French pianist and one of the great keyboard artists of the 20th century, recorded the 'Hungarian Rhapsody', part 1, on Victor 74670.AI summary
Victor 74670 Classical
Alfred Cortot was a celebrated French pianist and a giant of 20th-century piano recording; these Chopin pieces were recorded electrically by Victor and represent some of the most important keyboard recordings of the era.AI summary
Victor 6502 Classical
Alice Nielsen, the American soprano and musical theatre star, on Victor 74107 performing the famous vocal duet 'Il Bacio' (The Kiss) by Luigi Arditi.AI summary
Victor 74107 Voice
Alice Nielsen, an American soprano, performing Arditi's 'Il Bacio' on a Victor 74000-series 12-inch disc, likely from the 1920s.AI summary
Victor 74107 Opera
Alma Gluck, a celebrated American soprano (1884–1938), recorded 'The Brook' for Victor (catalogue 64324). Gluck was one of the most successful recording artists of the acoustic era and her discs were widely distributed both in America and Britain.AI summary
Victor 64324 Opera
Amelita Galli-Curci (1882–1963) was an internationally celebrated Italian soprano renowned for her coloratura virtuosity. This Victor 74000-series pressing of "Romeo et Juliette" captures her operatic repertoire from the electrical recording era.AI summary
Victor 74512 Opera
Amelita Galli-Curci, one of the greatest sopranos of the early twentieth century, on Victor performing 'Una Voce Poco Fa' ('A Little Voice') from Rossini's 'The Barber of Seville', one of the most celebrated soprano arias.AI summary
Victor 74541 Opera
An anonymous orchestra recorded 'Japanese Music' in two parts for the Victor label, catalogue V40112; without further identification this recording cannot be placed.AI summary
Victor V40112 Misc.
Anonymous vocal recording, likely Japanese, on Victor V40256. The titles 'My Dream My Song' (English) and 'Ginza Kan Kan Musume' (a well-known Japanese song) suggest a cultural novelty or cross-market release; Victor V40000 series dates to the mid-1920s.AI summary
Victor V40256 Misc.
Anonymous performance of 'Chinese Mandarin Song' on Victor 7604, likely from the 1910s–20s.AI summary
Victor 7604 Voice
Arthur Pryor's Band, an American military brass band, recorded classical transcriptions for Victor's international catalogue in the early 20th century.AI summary
Victor 17127 Instrumental
A band performance of 'Peer Gynt Suite No. 2' and 'Ballet Russe Czardas' on Victor, the American label; both are orchestral classical pieces, likely from the 1920s–1930s.AI summary
Victor A33 Orchestra
A dance band on Victor Records, performing two novelty dance pieces: 'Gertrude Hoffmann Glide' and 'Too much Mustard'.AI summary
Victor 17292 Dance
A dance band recording two popular pieces on Victor 35362, a US label. UK copies of Victor issues survive but are less common than domestic British pressings.AI summary
Victor 35362 Dance
Barney Bernard, an early American recording artist known for Jewish dialect comedy, recorded 'Cohen at the Telephone' for Victor. This is from the first decade of commercial recording, part of the 'Hebrew comedian' vaudeville tradition.AI summary
Victor 18029 Yiddish
Victor 22660 Jazz
Benny Goodman's 'Don't Be That Way' and 'One O'Clock Jump' on American Victor, from his band's 1938 peak.AI summary
Victor 25792 Jazz
Benson Chicago (likely an American or Chicago-based artist or ensemble) recorded 'I Had Someone Else Before I Had You' and 'Oh How I Miss You Tonight' for Victor, an American major label.AI summary
Victor 19685 Voice
Benson Chicago recorded 'Angel Child' and 'My Mammy Knows' for Victor (18870), an American label, likely dating to the 1920s. The artist is not identified further, but the titles suggest a blues or race record.AI summary
Victor 18870 Dance
Benson Chicago was a performer on the Victor label; this pressing pairs two popular sentimental songs, likely from the late 1920s.AI summary
Victor 18823 Voice
Victor 22088
Paul Bestor's orchestra recorded 'Sweetheart Hour' and 'Contented' for Victor in the mid-to-late 1920s; Bestor was a prolific bandleader and composer, but this Victor coupling is standard dance-music repertoire.AI summary
Victor 24135 Dance
Biese performing two novelty numbers on Victor (catalogue 18654), from the early 1900s acoustic era.AI summary
Victor 18654 Dance
Billy Merson, the music-hall comedian and songwriter, performs 'The Bandits' and his signature comic song 'The Spaniard That Blighted My Life' on Victor C54. The Victor C-series is an unusual format; this may be a Canadian Victor pressing. 'The Spaniard That Blighted My Life' is the song most closely associated with Merson, and a pressing of it on a non-standard Victor variant is of collector interest.AI summary
Victor C54 Music Hall
Billy Murray, one of the most prolific American recording artists of the early 1900s, recorded 'College Life' for Victor in the acoustic era.AI summary
Victor 4742 Voice
Blanche Calloway (1902–1978), sister of Cab Calloway and a successful blues and jazz singer, recorded these songs for Victor in the late 1920s.AI summary
Victor 22717 Jazz
Blanche Calloway, an American jazz and blues singer and bandleader, performing 'Sugar Blues' and 'Just a crazy Song' on Victor Records. Calloway was an accomplished jazz vocalist and the sister of Cab Calloway.AI summary
Victor 22661 Jazz
Blanche Calloway, bandleader and elder sister of Cab, leads her Joy Boys in 'Casey Jones Blues', with McKinney's Cotton Pickers' 'Talk to Me' on the reverse, on American Victor.AI summary
Victor 22640 Jazz
Boyd Senter, a popular clarinet and saxophone soloist of the 1920s, on Victor with two instrumental blues numbers. Senter was a prolific recording artist and his sides are relatively common.AI summary
Victor 21864 Instrumental
Boyd Senter, the novelty jazz clarinettist, with his Senterpedes in 'Beale Street Blues' and 'Copenhagen Stomp' on American Victor.AI summary
Victor 22303 Jazz
Bubber Miley, the pioneering jazz cornet player and member of Duke Ellington's orchestra, in two titles on Victor — 'Black Maria' and 'Chinning and Chattin' with May' — from the late 1920s. Miley was a key voice in the early Ellington sound.AI summary
Victor 38146 Jazz
Bud Billings on Victor, catalogue V40043. Victor was the major American label, but Billings is an obscure artist and the repertoire ('How to Make Love', 'Barnacle Bill') is comedy or novelty material of the early 1930s.AI summary
Victor V40043 Comic
Burt Shepard, credited to Victor, singing the novelty 'Has anybody seen our Cat', an early American acoustic recording on the Victor label (later RCA).AI summary
Victor 883 Comic
Cal Stewart, an American entertainer famous for his 'Uncle Josh' character sketches, performing on Victor Records. Stewart's homespun comic monologues were very popular in the early 1900s and are now collected by American comedy and Americana enthusiasts.AI summary
Victor 3101 Comic
Enrico Caruso, the most celebrated tenor of the early twentieth century, singing 'La Mia Canzone' ('My Song') on Victor — his principal label. This is a precious historical document of the greatest voice of the age.AI summary
Victor 87213 Opera
Enrico Caruso performing 'Over There' on Victor Records. Caruso was the most celebrated operatic tenor of the early 20th century, and his recordings of 1904-20 on the Victor and HMV labels remain historically important.AI summary
Victor 87294 Opera