316 shellac records · mostly British pressings, 1900s–1950s
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The Flonzaley Quartet, a renowned European string ensemble, on Victor Records performing Smetana's String Quartet No. 1 'From My Life'; the Flonzaley Quartet was one of the first and most celebrated chamber ensembles to record extensively.AI summary
Victor 7131 Classical
The Flonzaley Quartet, a prestigious Swiss string quartet renowned for chamber music, performing the 'From My Life' Quartet by Bedřich Smetana, Part 6, on Victor 7132. The Flonzaley Quartet were among the most recorded chamber ensembles of the acoustic era.AI summary
Victor 7132 Classical
Fran Warren, the big-band vocalist, sings I've Got a Right to Sing the Blues and One for My Baby on Victor 20-4028, issued in the label's Special Purpose Series.AI summary
Victor 20-4028 (Special Purpose Series) Voice
Fran Warren was an American popular vocalist of the 1950s; this Victor side pairs two contemporary standards.AI summary
Victor 20-3330 Voice
Francesco Tamagno recorded 'Morte d'Otello' (the death scene from Verdi's Otello) for Victor (95002), an operatic vocal record. Tamagno (1850–1905) was an Italian operatic tenor of the late 19th century and the creator of the role of Otello. Though he died decades before this record was made, it is likely a reissue or cylinders transferred to disc, and early recordings of this role by the original interpreter are extremely rare and valuable to opera collectors.AI summary
Victor 95002 Opera
Francesco Tamagno, an Italian tenor and one of the greatest operatic voices of the 19th century, recorded 'Sopra Berta L'Amour Mio' for Victor 95007. Tamagno's recordings are among the earliest and most historically important opera recordings; they are highly sought.AI summary
Victor 95007 Opera
Frank C Stanley, a baritone vocalist active in the early 20th century, recorded two sentimental ballads, "The Salt of the Sea for Me" and "Deep Down Within the Cellar", for Victor Records, likely from the 1900s–1910s era.AI summary
Victor 16063 Voice
Frank La Forge recorded Grieg's 'Concerto Adagio' for Victor 70043. La Forge was a pianist and accompanist of the early 20th century; this appears to be a piano recording of Grieg's famous concerto movement.AI summary
Victor 70043 Classical
Frantzen performing 'He's Had No Lovin' for a Long Long Time' and 'Sweet Siamese' on Victor 18546, an American pressing from the early 1920s.AI summary
Victor 18546 Voice
Garber (likely Jan Garber, the American dance-band leader) recorded 'Seminola' for Victor. Garber was a prolific 1920s–30s bandleader whose recordings were widely pressed.AI summary
Victor 19689 Dance
Garber's orchestra performing 'Baby Face' and 'That's Why I Love You' on Victor 20105, an American pressing from the mid-1920s.AI summary
Victor 20105 Dance
Gene Austin, an American crooner and one of the first major recording stars, performing popular songs on Victor; Victor 19899 is from the mid-to-late 1920s, the height of Austin's recording career. This is likely a UK reissue of an American recording.AI summary
Victor 19899 Voice
Victor 20371 Personalities (Prs)
Gene Austin on Victor 21334, performing 'Ramona' and 'Girl of My Dreams'. Austin was one of the first major singing stars of the electrical recording era, with a long career from the 1920s onward.AI summary
Victor 21334 Voice
Geraldine Farrar sings the Habanera from 'Carmen' and Gounod's 'Au printemps' on Victor.AI summary
Victor 621 Opera
Gertrude Lawrence was an American stage and film star of the 1920s–1950s; this Victor disc captures her in popular song, likely from the early 1930s.AI summary
Victor 27331 Personalities (Prs)
Beniamino Gigli, the Italian tenor, sings Tu sola on Victor 66010, a single-sided issue.AI summary
Victor 66010 Opera
Beniamino Gigli sings 'Vainement, ma bien-aimée' from Lalo's 'Le roi d'Ys' on a single-sided Victor Red Seal.AI summary
Victor 66070 Opera
Giovanni Martinelli, the Italian tenor, recorded 'Celeste Aida' from Aida for Victor. Martinelli was one of the Metropolitan Opera's greatest tenors and a dominant recording artist of the 1920s and 1930s.AI summary
Victor 74424 Opera
Giuseppina Huguet sings two of the most famous operatic arias from the Italian repertoire, 'Ah fors e lui' from Verdi's La traviata and 'La donna è mobile' from Rigoletto, on this Victor acoustic recording.AI summary
Victor 62084 Opera
Glenn Miller's 'Rhapsody in Blue' and 'Along the Santa Fe Trail' on the American Victor label, catalogue 20-1529.AI summary
Victor 20-1529 Dance
Glenn Miller and his orchestra recorded 'Blue orchids' and 'Baby me' for Victor A1157 in the late 1930s.AI summary
Victor A1157 Orchestra
Glenn Miller's orchestra recorded 'Moonlight Cocktail' for Victor, a major American label pressed in Britain during the swing era.AI summary
Victor 420-0046 Dance
Victor 27935
Golden and Hughes perform two comic novelty songs on Victor 16547: "The Liars" and C. Case's "How Mother Made the Soup," likely from the 1920s. Victor was an American label with some UK distribution; the artists are otherwise untraced.AI summary
Victor 16547 Comic
Jean Goldkette's orchestra, an important American dance band of the 1920s, recorded two numbers for Victor.AI summary
Victor 21805 Dance
Benny Goodman, the 'King of Swing', recorded these two sides for Victor, the major US label; Victor 25840 catalogue places it in the mid-to-late 1930s swing era.AI summary
Victor 25840 Jazz
Goodman recorded these two jazz pieces for Victor 26021, an American label sometimes distributed in Britain.AI summary
Victor 26021 Jazz
Gracie Fields with Begin the Beguine and Grandest Song of All on Victor 120935.AI summary
Victor 120935 Personalities (Prs)
Credited only as 'Grier' on the American Victor label, performing the song standards 'Music in the Moonlight' and 'One Hour with you'. Without fuller identification or a known recording artist, this cannot be placed precisely.AI summary
Victor 22971 Voice
Guy Lombardo and his band with On a Little Dream Ranch and Kitchy-Mi-Koko Isle on Victor 25560.AI summary
Victor 25560 Dance
Hamm on Victor, a US label, performing two songs with domestic (American) titles and credits.AI summary
Victor 19915 Dance
Hank Snow performing country songs on Victor records; Snow was a Canadian country musician who became a Grand Ole Opry star and major recording artist from the 1950s.AI summary
Victor 20-4346 Country
Hans Barth was a pianist and composer in the early 20th century; this Victor 78 contains two of his own works, 'Nautilus' and 'Witches' Dance'.AI summary
Victor 20396 Instrumental
Harry Lauder, the Scottish music-hall legend, recorded 'I've something in the bottle for the Morning' on Victor records. Lauder was one of the first international recording stars and dominated the music halls of the early 20th century.AI summary
Victor 60000 Music Hall
Sir Harry Lauder was Scotland's most celebrated international entertainer of the early 20th century, famous for his comic monologues, sentimental Scottish songs and energetic stage presence. 'I've Something in the Bottle for the Morning' is typical of his humorous and patriotic repertoire. This Victor pressing captures one of the most recorded voices of the acoustic era.AI summary
Victor 60000 Music Hall
Sir Harry Lauder, the Scottish comedian and singer, recorded 'She Is My Daisy' for Victor Records (70006). Lauder was an international star of variety and musical theatre in the early twentieth century; this Victor pressing is American, not a UK issue.AI summary
Victor 70006 Personalities (Prs)
Sir Harry Lauder, the famous Scottish music-hall comedian and singer, recorded 'Doughie the baker' and 'It's Nice to Get Up in the Mornin' but It's Nicer to Lie in Bed!' for Victor Records, his characteristic Scottish comic songs with spoken and sung elements.AI summary
Victor 55115 Music Hall
Harry Lauder, the Scottish music-hall star and comedian, recorded 'I Love a Lassie' for Victor, the American label. Lauder (1870–1950) was one of the most recorded entertainers of the early 1900s, and this side represents his comic-song signature.AI summary
Victor 55116 Music Hall
Sir Harry Lauder, the beloved Scottish music-hall star and one of the most recorded entertainers of the acoustic era, performing 'My Bonnie Jean' and 'Breakfast in Bed on Sunday Morn' on Victor 55119.AI summary
Victor 55119 Music Hall
Harry Lauder on Victor 70119. Lauder was the most celebrated Scottish entertainer of the early 20th century, known internationally for his kilted character, comic songs and sentimental ballads. Victor was the American label; UK copies of his work are less common than British pressings.AI summary
Victor 70119 Personalities (Prs)
Harry Lauder, the Scots comedian and singer who was an international music hall star, performing 'Bella the Belle o' Dunoon' and 'Sunshine of a Bonnie Lassie's Smile' on Victor, the American label.AI summary
Victor 55179 Personalities (Prs)
Victor 70076 Music Hall
Harry Lauder, the celebrated Scottish comedian and singer, performs 'Ta Ta My Bonnie Maggie Darling' on this Victor record, catalogue 70108, from the 1920s or early 1930s.AI summary
Victor 70108 Personalities (Prs)
Harry MacDonald's orchestra with My Pal Jerry and Who Could Be More Wonderful Than You on Victor 20149.AI summary
Victor 20149 Dance
Hawaiian Quintette recording Hawaiian songs ('Tomi Tomi' and 'Mai Poina Oe Ia'u') for Victor. An acoustic Hawaiian music recording.AI summary
Victor 65340 Hawaiian
Henry Levine and his orchestra recorded these jazz standards on Victor, the American parent label of His Master's Voice. Levine was a prolific bandleader and arranger active in popular and jazz music throughout the 1930s–1940s.AI summary
Victor 27831 Jazz
The Hilo Hawaiian Orchestra recorded 'A Little Street in Honolulu' and 'All Through the Night' for Victor (22504), representing the Hawaiian music craze that swept both America and Britain in the 1920s and 1930s.AI summary
Victor 22504 Hawaiian