815 shellac records · mostly British pressings, 1900s–1950s
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An unidentified recording with unclear or missing artist and title information, released on Zonophone 623, a very early catalogue number from the early 1900s acoustic era.AI summary
Zonophone 623
A. Collins and A. Campbell performing 'Oh You Beautiful Doll' and 'The Rooster & the Hen' on Zonophone 870.AI summary
Zonophone 870 Music Hall
A. Edwardes performing 'Teasing' on Zonophone, the British budget label, from the 1920s–30s.AI summary
Zonophone 42227 Voice
A Vileshev on Zonophone 63554/62: Russian-language song, possibly vocal or instrumental, on a British Zonophone pressing, likely from the 1920s–30s.AI summary
Zonophone 63554/62 Voice
Ada Jones, the American vaudeville and recording artist famous for her early comedic and sentimental recordings, recorded 'Now I Have to Call Him Father' for Zonophone; Jones was prolific in the acoustic era and her voice is immediately recognisable.AI summary
Zonophone X43188 Music Hall
Adolf Sens performing 'Opicka' and 'Obertass' on Zonophone 507906/7, likely Eastern European or Central European folk or musical material from the 1920s–1930s.AI summary
Zonophone 507906/7
Albert Richardson, a music hall performer, recorded 'Old Sow' and 'Buttercup Joe' for Zonophone, a British label active from the 1900s through the 1920s. These comic novelty titles are typical of early British variety entertainment.AI summary
Zonophone 5178 Music Hall
Albert Richardson recorded 'Old Sow' and 'Buttercup Joe' for Zonophone catalogue 5178. Zonophone was a British subsidiary label of The Gramophone Company, operating from 1900 to the 1930s.AI summary
Zonophone 5178
Albert Whelan was a Victorian and Edwardian whistler and reciter of some note; these sentimental titles on Zonophone, catalogue 2307, suggest an early pressing, likely from the acoustic era.AI summary
Zonophone 2307 Instrumental
Albert Whelan on Zonophone 554, 'Whistling Coon' / 'The Preacher and the Bear'. Albert Whelan was a whistler and entertainer popular in the 1910s–1920s, known for novelty and comic whistling records; both titles are from the early 1900s ragtime era.AI summary
Zonophone 554 Instrumental
Albert Whelan, a British comedian and singer known for character impersonations and dialect comedy, performing two novelty songs on Zonophone. Whelan was a prolific recording artist in the music-hall tradition of the 1910s-1920s.AI summary
Zonophone 2307 Music Hall
Albert Whelan, a British singer and entertainer who specialised in character song and narrative ballads, recorded 'Wedding Breakfast' and 'Darby & Joan's Christmas' (with A. Augarde) on Zonophone 267; the very low catalogue number places this in Zonophone's earliest era, circa 1901–1905.AI summary
Zonophone 267 Voice
Albert Whelan, a celebrated British-American reciter and entertainer of the late 1800s and early 1900s, performs monologues 'Little Emily' and 'Death of Little Nell' on Zonophone 268 — among the earliest recordings of spoken-word dramatic recitation.AI summary
Zonophone 268 Personalities (Prs)
Albert Whelan, a British whistling and storyteller entertainer, on early Zonophone, performing fairy-tale sketches.AI summary
Zonophone 263 Music Hall
Albert Whelan was a British whistler and comedian of the music-hall stage; this Zonophone recording, catalogue 264, pairs two comic songs, 'Little Red Riding Hood' and 'Teeny Tiny Woman'.AI summary
Zonophone 264 Music Hall
Albert Whelan recorded 'Arkansas Whistler' for Zonophone; a showcase for Whelan's famous whistling act and comedy talent.AI summary
Zonophone 42184 Music Hall
Albert Whelan on Zonophone 42560, performing 'Old Trombone'. Whelan was a British variety performer of the Edwardian and early acoustic era; Zonophone catalogue numbers in the 40000s are among the earliest acoustic recordings.AI summary
Zonophone 42560 Music Hall
Albert Whelan, a celebrated British male vocalist and comic entertainer of the Edwardian and 1920s era, recorded the dramatic monologues 'Little Emily' and 'Death of Little Nell' for Zonophone catalogue 268. Whelan was a major theatrical and recording artist, and his early Zonophone recordings are sought by collectors of music-hall and theatrical material. Zonophone catalogue 268 indicates a very early pressing from the first decade of the 20th century.AI summary
Zonophone 268 Music Hall
Albert Whelan, a celebrated British whistler and entertainer of the early gramophone era, recorded novelty vocal pieces including "Whistling Bowery Boy" for Zonophone's brown label series around 1910. Whelan was one of the first recording stars and a staple of early British gramophone catalogues.AI summary
Zonophone 266 Voice
Albert Whelan, a whistler and entertainer of the early recording era, performing 'Cinderella' and 'Old Mother Goose' on Zonophone, the brown-label issue. Whelan was known for his distinctive whistling solos.AI summary
Zonophone 265 Instrumental
Albert Whelan was a British whistler and entertainer of the 1920s–30s, famous for his signature whistled recitations with orchestral accompaniment; this Zonophone recording preserves his distinctive style on two light pieces.AI summary
Zonophone 265 Music Hall
Albert Whelan, a celebrated early British whistler and entertainer, recorded "Cinderella" and "Old Mother Goose" for Zonophone's green label series around 1910. Whelan was one of the first major recording stars and his nursery and character pieces were staples of the early gramophone.AI summary
Zonophone 265 Voice
Alexander Davidov (likely a Russian baritone or tenor of the early 20th century) performs arias from Meyerbeer's *L'africaine* on Zonophone catalogue X2-64547, a likely early 1910s pressing.AI summary
Zonophone X2-64547 Opera
Alexander Davidov performing a Russian-language vocal piece 'Proet Nebeenoe Sozdanye' on Zonophone X3-62014, a Russian-language recording on a British label.AI summary
Zonophone X3-62014 Voice
A novelty or light orchestral piece by Alexander Prince on Zonophone, a British label active from the 1900s through the 1930s.AI summary
Zonophone X49110 Instrumental
Alexander Prince recorded "España Waltz" for Zonophone X49115, a British-pressed side on the Gramophone Company's budget label.AI summary
Zonophone X49115 Instrumental
Alexander Prince recorded 'Silver Heels' for Zonophone X-series in the late 1920s or early 1930s; the artist and the piece are obscure.AI summary
Zonophone X49117
Zonophone X49143 Dance
Alexander Prince performing the Lehár operetta 'The Merry Widow' on Zonophone, a British budget label. Prince's recordings are poorly documented and UK copies of Zonophone operetta sides are not commonly seen.AI summary
Zonophone X49127 Opera
Alf Gordon performing 'Seaweed' on Zonophone, a small British label that issued popular and novelty sides in the 1920s-30s.AI summary
Zonophone X42331 Music Hall
Alf Gordon, an unidentified vocalist, on Zonophone with 'That's What a Man Can't Do'; Zonophone catalogue number 42495 suggests a late pressing, possibly from the 1930s.AI summary
Zonophone 42495 Voice
Alf Leighton sings 'There's No Harm in Kissing a Lady' and 'Naughty Boy' on this Zonophone 56, one of the earliest issues in that label's catalogue from around 1903–1904.AI summary
Zonophone 56 Music Hall
Alma Jones sings 'Genevieve' on Zonophone 592 — a very early Zonophone pressing, given the low catalogue number. Zonophone was one of the original British record companies, later absorbed into the HMV/Gramophone Company orbit. Alma Jones is not a widely traced artist, but early Zonophone pressings with low catalogue numbers are of historical interest to acoustic collectors.AI summary
Zonophone 592 Voice
A quartet from Verdi's Rigoletto on Zonophone's Grand Opera series, credited to Alvena Yarrow and others.AI summary
Zonophone Grand Opera X4404 Opera
Amos 'n' Andy, the famous radio comedy duo, recorded 'Sam 'n' Henry at the Fortune Teller' and 'Sam's Speech at the Coloured Lodge' for Zonophone 2831. These are early recordings from the height of the show's popularity.AI summary
Zonophone 2831 Comic
Amos 'n' Andy (Freeman Gosden and Charles Correll), the famous American radio duo, performing 'I Just Wanna Be Known as Susie's Feller' and 'Georgianna' on Zonophone 2866.AI summary
Zonophone 2866 Comic
Amos 'n' Andy (Freeman Gosden and Charles Correll), the hugely popular American radio comedy duo, performing 'I just wanna be known as Susie's Feller' and 'Georgianna' on Zonophone 2866.AI summary
Zonophone 2866 Comic
An anonymous recording of the hymn *Onward Christian Soldiers* on Zonophone, issued on a SAMPLE pressing (a demonstration or test pressing). No artist is credited.AI summary
Zonophone SAMPLE Orchestra
Arthur Gilbert singing 'There is a happy land', a Victorian hymn-style song, on Zonophone, likely early 1920s based on the catalogue number.AI summary
Zonophone XX42594 Voice
Arthur Norton on Zonophone Records with 'I Do Like to Be Beside the Seaside', a British seaside-song novelty from the early 1900s.AI summary
Zonophone X42943 Music Hall
Zonophone GO70
B Whitlock and H Bluff perform 'Shipwrecked' and 'Schmidt & the Special Constable' on Zonophone — early acoustic comedy or novelty recording on a sought-after British label.AI summary
Zonophone 1619 Music Hall
B Whitlock and H Bluff on Zonophone, a British comedy duo performing music-hall sketches.AI summary
Zonophone 1633 Music Hall
A military or march recording of "Stars and Stripes" issued by Zonophone in their early days (catalogue 40000 series), likely a Sousa piece or a similar patriotic march.AI summary
Zonophone 40053 Instrumental
An unnamed band recorded 'Charlie Chaplin Fox Trot' and 'He's a Ragpicker' for Zonophone 1528, likely 1920s or early 1930s novelty or dance material inspired by the famous silent-film comedian.AI summary
Zonophone 1528 Dance
An instrumental band recording on Zonophone Records, catalogue number 997, performing 'Tickled to Death' and 'Alexander's Ragtime Band'. Zonophone was an early British label with a substantial catalogue from the acoustic era through the 1920s.AI summary
Zonophone 997 Instrumental
A band recording of 'Swanee River' and 'Washington Post' for Zonophone catalogue 49, a very early catalogue number suggesting an acoustic or early electric recording, possibly from the early 1920s.AI summary
Zonophone 49 Orchestra
An anonymous dance band performing orchestral selections from popular operettas on Zonophone, a major British label of the early 1900s–1920s.AI summary
Zonophone 5637 Orchestra