389 shellac records · mostly British pressings, 1900s–1950s
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Billy Banks and his Rhythmakers with 'Bald Headed Mama' and 'Who's Sorry Now?' from 1932, sessions celebrated among collectors for their hot, swinging small-band playing, in British Vocalion's Swing Series.AI summary
Vocalion S9 Jazz
Billy Cox and Cliff Hobbs recorded 'Electric Chair blues' and 'Hobo's Lullaby' for Vocalion, catalogue 04924. The title 'Electric Chair blues' is associated with obscure or folk blues material from the American repertoire, and Vocalion was a significant label for blues and race records in the 1920s–30s.AI summary
Vocalion 04924 Jazz
A Western or cowboy song recorded by Bob and Monte for Vocallion, a British-pressed label. The artists are not well known from standard reference, and may be a pseudonym or regional act of the 1920s–1930s.AI summary
Vocalion 5279 Country
Bobby Hackett, cornet virtuoso and swing musician. Vocalion 5375 records 'Bugle Call Rag' and 'Dardanella'.AI summary
Vocalion 5375 Jazz
Bunk Johnson, the New Orleans trumpeter rediscovered in the 1940s, with 'You Always Hurt the One You Love' and 'Maryland, My Maryland' on British Vocalion.AI summary
Vocalion V1036 Jazz
Bunk Johnson was a New Orleans trumpeter rediscovered in the 1940s and central to the trad-jazz revival; this is a UK Vocalion reissue of his American Music Records sides, part of a small series aimed at British jazz enthusiasts.AI summary
Vocalion V1036 Jazz
Bunny Berigan, the swing trumpeter of 'I Can't Get Started', with 'Big Boy Blue' and 'I'm Gonna Kiss Myself Goodbye' on Vocalion.AI summary
Vocalion 547 Jazz
Bix Beiderbecke's only solo piano recording, his own 'In a Mist', coupled with 'Wringin' an' Twistin'', a 1927 trio with Frankie Trumbauer and Eddie Lang, on Vocalion.AI summary
Vocalion 3150 Jazz
The California Ramblers with Hot Lips and Nobody Lied on American Vocalion 14384.AI summary
Vocalion 14384 Dance
Caroline Hatchard performs 'Ernani, involami' from Verdi's *Ernani* on the VocA label with explanatory notes.AI summary
Vocalion 0145 Opera
Carrie Tubb was a British soprano; this Vocalion side preserves her voice in comic and light vocal numbers from the 1920s–30s.AI summary
Vocalion D02080 Voice
Charlie Kunz, the American pianist who became a favourite of British dance-band audiences, plays the medley Round the Shows on Vocalion 517.AI summary
Vocalion 517 Instrumental
Charlie Kunz, the American pianist who became a favourite of British dance-band audiences, plays the medley Round the Shows on Vocalion 517.AI summary
Vocalion 517 Instrumental
Charlie Kunz, the American pianist who became a favourite of British dance-band audiences, plays the medley Round the Shows on Vocalion 517.AI summary
Vocalion 517 Instrumental
Charlie Kunz, the American pianist who became a favourite of British dance-band audiences, plays a medley of film hits in two sides on Vocalion 529.AI summary
Vocalion 529 Instrumental
Chick Endor performing two popular sentimental songs for Vocalion in the early-to-mid 1930s.AI summary
Vocalion 15273 Voice
Claire Petelier sings Coming Home and, credited Flack, Lullaby on Vocalion 14401.AI summary
Vocalion 14401 Voice
Clara Butterworth on Vocalion X9472, performing lyrical ballads 'Among the Willows' and 'Fairy Laundry/Dance on the Lawn'; an obscure early Vocalion X-series recording.AI summary
Vocalion X9472 Voice
Coleman with Tomorrow and Toot Toot Tootsie on Vocalion 14446.AI summary
Vocalion 14446 Dance
Coleman with Pack Up Your Sins and Porcelain Maid on Vocalion 14462.AI summary
Vocalion 14462 Dance
Coleman with Crinoline Days and Just One More Dance on Vocalion M1142.AI summary
Vocalion M1142 Dance
Coleman with Cover Me Up with the Sunshine of Virginia and, by the Southampton Serenaders, What'll I Do? on Vocalion X9437.AI summary
Vocalion X9437 Dance
Coleman Hawkins, the greatest jazz tenor saxophonist. Vocalion S222 ('I Know That You Know' and 'Swinging in the Groove') is from a scarce series and a canonical recording.AI summary
Vocalion S222 Jazz
Count Basie's 'Shoeshine Swing' and 'Lady Be Good' are prized early sides from the debut period of his band in the mid-1930s, issued here on UK Vocalion.AI summary
Vocalion S68 Jazz
Creager with Dream of Love and You and, credited Matt, Oh If Only I Had You on Vocalion X9927.AI summary
Vocalion X9927 Dance
Cuthbert Whitmore conducted orchestral music for Vocation (J04037), recording a performance of Schubert's Symphony No. 8 in B minor, 'The Unfinished'. Whitmore was a British conductor active in the 1930s-40s.AI summary
Vocalion J04037 Orchestra
D. Labbette was a British mezzo-soprano active in concert and stage performances in the 1920s–30s. This Vocalion R-series pressing pairs two art songs in the English tradition.AI summary
Vocalion R6015 Voice
D'Alvarez performing the Seguedille, a Spanish dance form, on Vocb 3017, with an explanatory note by Whelan. Vocb was a low-cost British label of the early 1920s.AI summary
Vocalion B3017
D'Alvarez (artist unidentified) on VocL Records 5009: 'Homing'. No information is available on the performer; VocL was a small label with a very high catalogue number, suggesting a late-era pressing or a label with an extensive catalogue.AI summary
Vocalion L5009 Voice
D'Alvarez, an unidentified artist, performing a sacred vocal piece (a Mendelssohn aria) on Vocal, a small label. The catalogue format suggests an early recording from the acoustic era.AI summary
Vocalion 0148 Classical
D'Alvarez, a singer on Vocation, performing 'O rest in the Lord' and 'Explanatory Notes'.AI summary
Vocalion 0158 Voice
D'Alvarez performing the Habanera, with explanatory notes on the reverse, on Voca, a small British vocal label.AI summary
Vocalion 0144 Opera
D'Alvarez recorded 'Silent Night' and 'O Rest in the Lord' (a movement from Mendelssohn's *Elijah*) for Vocalion—sacred vocal music, likely from the 1920s or 1930s.AI summary
Vocalion 0203 Voice
Dale Wimbow on Vocallion X9831 with 'Roll right offa my Green' and 'Horses', from the late 1920s or early 1930s.AI summary
Vocalion X9831 Personalities (Prs)
Vocalion X9719 Dance
Debroy Somers and his band with Look for It and, by Selvin, Wild Rose on Vocalion X9068.AI summary
Vocalion X9068 Dance
Destournel sings I Love the Moon and Smilin' Through on Vocalion R6098.AI summary
Vocalion R6098 Voice
Destournel on Vocalion Long playing (VocL) 5001, performing 'Down in the Forest'. VocL 5001 is catalogue number 1 of Vocalion's L-series, suggesting an early or foundational release.AI summary
Vocalion L5001 Voice
Destournel was a Continental vocalist or band of the 1920s–1930s era, recorded for the Vocaion R (or VocR) label, a British budget imprint. This pressing contains two sentimental ballads of the period.AI summary
Vocalion R6098 Voice
Dick McDonough, the New York jazz guitarist, with 'Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea' and 'Dardanella' on Vocalion.AI summary
Vocalion C4 Jazz
Dick McDonough, the New York jazz guitarist, with 'Dear Old Southland' and 'Way Down Yonder in New Orleans' on Vocalion.AI summary
Vocalion C0012 Jazz
Don Redman, the pioneering jazz arranger and bandleader, on a UK Vocalion "S" series pressing of two of his 1930s big-band sides.AI summary
Vocalion S10 Jazz
A Vocalion pressing of Duke Ellington's 'In a Jam' and 'Black Out', recorded during his prolific 1930s period.AI summary
Vocalion S31 Jazz
Duke Ellington's 'Shoe Shine Boy' and 'It Was a Sad Night in Harlem' on Vocalion S22. Ellington is canonical; Vocalion S-series recordings are uncommon and actively collected.AI summary
Vocalion S22 Jazz
Duke Ellington's 'Solitude' and 'Show Boat Shuffle' on Vocalion S40. Ellington is canonical; Vocalion S-series recordings are uncommon and actively collected.AI summary
Vocalion S40 Jazz
Duke Ellington's 'It Was a Sad Night in Harlem' and 'Shoe Shine Boy' on Vocalion 22. Ellington is canonical; this early Vocalion pressing is scarce.AI summary
Vocalion 22 Jazz
Duke Ellington's 'Exposition Swing' and 'Yearning for Love' on Vocalion S50. Ellington is canonical; Vocalion S-series recordings are uncommon and sought after.AI summary
Vocalion S50 Jazz
Duke Ellington with 'Love Is Like a Cigarette' and 'Happy as the Day Is Long' in British Vocalion's Swing Series.AI summary
Vocalion S64 Jazz