815 shellac records · mostly British pressings, 1900s–1950s
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Mark Sheridan on Zonophone catalogue 811 — a low catalogue number suggesting an early pressing — with 'I Wanted a Wife' and Fay's 'I'm a Devil When I'm Annoyed'. Early Sheridan Zonophone recordings at low catalogue numbers are more uncommon than his later Odeon or Regal material.AI summary
Zonophone 811 Music Hall
Mark Sheridan, a British music-hall star and comic singer of the Edwardian era, on "They All Come Out in the Summertime" for Zonophone 42371. Sheridan was famous for his comic monologues and novelty songs and remains a key figure in the history of British variety.AI summary
Zonophone 42371 Music Hall
Mary Law recorded operatic and theatrical music for Zonophone in the early 1920s; this coupling of two operatic favourites is typical of acoustic-era vocal recordings on the secondary label.AI summary
Zonophone A231 Opera
Mary Law on Zonophone with two cello or string pieces: 'Le Cygne' and 'L'abeille' (the Swan and the Bee), and a movement from Moszkowski's Op. 35, No. 5—likely an instrumentalist on an early Gramophone Company subsidiary.AI summary
Zonophone A141 Instrumental
Maud Mortimer sings 'There's Not Another Daddy in the World Like Mine' on Zonophone 12827. Mortimer is not a widely traced name in standard music-hall references, and the Zonophone 12xxx series suggests a mid-period acoustic pressing. A modest sentimental song on a common label by an obscure artist.AI summary
Zonophone 12827 Voice
Maurice Elwin was a British popular vocalist of the 1920s and 1930s; this Zonophone coupling pairs two sentimental ballads from that era.AI summary
Zonophone 5375 Voice
Maurice Elwin performing 'I'd Rather Cry Over You' and 'Happy Days and Lonely Nights' for Zonophone 5265, a catalogue number from the 1920s–30s.AI summary
Zonophone 5265 Voice
Maurice Elwin, one of the most prolific pseudonymous crooners on British budget labels of the late 1920s and 1930s, sings 'I've Never Seen a Smile Like Yours' and 'Lady Divine' on Zonophone.AI summary
Zonophone 5375 Voice
Maurice Elwin, vocalist, recorded popular ballads for Zonophone in the 1920s–30s. 'Breakaway' and 'Lonesome Road' are dance-band era ballads; this is a standard Zonophone issue from a major British label.AI summary
Zonophone 5418 Voice
Maurice J Gunsky recorded 'Just as the Sun Went Down' and 'Consolation' for Zonophone, a British label owned by The Gramophone Company. The catalogue number suggests an early 1920s pressing.AI summary
Zonophone 5096 Voice
Maurice J Gunsky performing two sentimental ballads on Zonophone, a British subsidiary of the Gramophone Company. Zonophone issued a wide range of material, often at lower cost, and recordings on this label from the acoustic era are common but surviving stock is limited.AI summary
Zonophone 5177 Voice
Maurice J Gunsky performing 'Lay My Head Beneath a Rose' and 'Why Do I Always Remember' on Zonophone 2864, from the early 1900s or 1910s.AI summary
Zonophone 2864 Voice
Max Darewski performing two novelty and dance numbers on Zonophone, an early British label.AI summary
Zonophone 2488 Dance
Max Darewski, a pianist and composer, recorded Chopin's Waltz in C-sharp Minor and a 'Chrissa selection' for Zonophone A275. Darewski was a classical pianist of minor importance.AI summary
Zonophone A275 Classical
Max Darewski was a British composer and pianist who recorded extensively in the 1920s. This Zonophone side, numbered 2469, pairs two of his own compositions: 'Coaxing the Piano' and 'Pierrette', representing light classical and salon-music repertoire.AI summary
Zonophone 2469 Classical
Megan Telini was a singer recording for Zonophone, a British label of the 1920s–30s. This side pairs two Welsh-language pieces: 'Myfi sy'n magu'r baban' and 'Deio bach', representing material aimed at the Welsh-speaking market.AI summary
Zonophone 5824 Voice
Melville Gideon on Zonophone 2247, with sentimental and novelty material including the Hawaiian piece "Amapu". Gideon is not a major-label name; Zonophone was a British budget label.AI summary
Zonophone 2247 Misc.
Merry Andrew on Zonophone, a performer or comic act on a British label, performing novelty and music-hall material.AI summary
Zonophone 1459 Music Hall
Zonophone 1260
Mildred Hunt recorded for Zonophone EE173; 'My Dear' is a sentimental ballad, and the B-side credit to Frank Baur (a conductor) with 'When my Dreams Come True' suggests light vocal material of the 1920s–30s. Zonophone EE series may indicate a late-period or special issue.AI summary
Zonophone EE173 Voice
Zonophone 694
Mme Demougeot, a French operatic voice, singing two arias: 'Pleurez mes yeux' (a soprano aria from *Hippolyte et Aricie* by Rameau) and 'Air de Salome' (likely from *Hérodiade* by Massenet), recorded on Zonophone. Very little is known of this artist outside of early recordings.AI summary
Zonophone 83148/2 Opera
Mme. Agussol is credited with a French vocal piece, "Je suis Encore Etourdie", on Zonophone — an artist and title not readily found in standard discographies.AI summary
Zonophone X2074
A very early Zonophone disc, catalogue number 105, credited to Mose Tapiero with a Monte Carlo Waltz on one side and a 'Coon Songs' coupling attributed to Brown on the other — the latter a period genre label now considered offensive but historically documented in late-Victorian and Edwardian recording catalogues. Single-digit or very low Zonophone catalogue numbers represent some of the earliest pressings from that company, likely 1900–1902, and survivorship is low.AI summary
Zonophone 105 Misc.
Murray & Fay performing 'Oshkosh' and 'Indianapolis' on Zonophone 1875, novelty numbers from the mid-1920s.AI summary
Zonophone 1875 Comic
Murray & Fay recorded 'Night that O'Rafferty's Pig ran away' and 'Oh that Baby o' mine' for Zonophone, catalogue 2050, from the early 1920s or earlier.AI summary
Zonophone 2050 Music Hall
Musical Avolos on Zonophone X46753, performing 'American Medley'. Zonophone was a subsidiary of The Gramophone Company and pressed British and European recordings. The Avolos may have been a musical group or pseudonym.AI summary
Zonophone X46753 Instrumental
Zonophone 62123/4 Voice
Nat Ayer, a British composer and pianist, recorded two songs for Zonophone in the 1910s, including a patriotic number.AI summary
Zonophone 1607 Voice
Nat Ayer, an American songwriter and composer of early 20th-century comic operetta and musical theatre, on Zonophone 1523 with 'Come teach me how to love' and 'I hope when I reach Loveland you'll be there'.AI summary
Zonophone 1523 Voice
Nat Ayer, a composer and performer active in music hall and early musical comedy, recorded 'Since Chumley Came Back from London Town' and 'The Flappers' Parade' for Zonophone 1646. Both titles are character songs from the 1920s.AI summary
Zonophone 1646 Music Hall
Nat Ayer, a British composer and songwriter known for Edwardian musical comedy, recorded 'Come and take me out tonight' and 'He'll tell you where to go' for Zonophone, catalogue 1781. These appear to be from his own compositions or associated stage works.AI summary
Zonophone 1781 Music Hall
Nat Ayer was a celebrated British composer and songwriter of the Edwardian era, prolific for the musical theatre. This Zonophone recording captures two of his theatrical numbers from the early 1910s.AI summary
Zonophone 1566 Music Hall
Nat Ayer, a British songwriter and performer of the 1910s–20s, recorded 'Come Teach Me How to Love' and 'I Hope When I Reach Loveland You'll Be There' on Zonophone; Ayer was active in musical theatre and popular song.AI summary
Zonophone 1523 Voice
Nicolai Figner was a leading lyric tenor of the Imperial Russian opera in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries — Tchaikovsky wrote the role of Hermann in 'The Queen of Spades' for him. This Zonophone disc (2-62481) couples 'In the Garden Shadows' with 'Printemps', the latter sung by R Figner (presumably his wife, the soprano Medea Mei-Figner). Early Zonophone pressings of major Russian singers are valued by collectors.AI summary
Zonophone 2-62481 Voice
Olive Fox vocal on 'Ma' and 'I don't think it matters', issued on Zonophone 2217, an early acoustic-era British label. Fox was an obscure vocalist; nothing is known of her recording career or these performances.AI summary
Zonophone 2217 Voice
Olly Oakley on Zonophone, performing character or novelty material; the catalogue number is low, suggesting a recording from the 1910s-20s.AI summary
Zonophone 1174 Music Hall
Credited to Olly Oakley on Zonophone, with the intriguing titles 'Queen of Burlesque' and 'Insurgents Patrol'.AI summary
Zonophone 1015 Personalities (Prs)
Olly Oakley on Zonophone 1237 recorded 'Devil May Care' and 'Sunflower Dance'; Zonophone was a significant British label of the 1900s–1930s.AI summary
Zonophone 1237 Dance
Olly Oakley on Zonophone 948, recorded in the early acoustic era. The titles indicate popular vocal material of the 1910s-1920s period, but the artist is unrecorded in standard discographies.AI summary
Zonophone 948
An operatic chorus performing the famous 'Chorale' from Gounod's *Faust* on Zonophone X44502, a single-sided pressing from an early British label.AI summary
Zonophone X44502 Opera
The Original Capitol Orchestra (possibly a studio band) on Zonophone 2355 — 'I Wish I Could Shimmy Like My Sister Kate' and 'Apple Sauce.' 'Sister Kate' is a New Orleans jazz standard from the early 1920s; Zonophone 2xxx is a relatively early catalogue number. A period dance-jazz pressing on a common label.AI summary
Zonophone 2355 Jazz
Paul Veron on Zonophone oX22168: 'Arie des Kasper'. The artist is not readily identified; Zonophone was a major British label active from the 1900s through the early 1950s. The oX prefix suggests a foreign-language or ethnic recording.AI summary
Zonophone X22168
The Peerless Orchestra is not readily identified; this Zonophone disc from the early acoustic era carries two ragtime-era numbers, 'Turkey Trot' and 'Waiting for the Robert E Lee', likely recorded in the 1910s–early 1920s.AI summary
Zonophone 1001 Orchestra
Peter Dawson, the celebrated British baritone, performing 'Old Flagged Path' and 'Lackaday' on Zonophone 1282, an early recording from the acoustic era.AI summary
Zonophone 1282 Voice
Peter Dawson, one of Britain's finest baritones of the early 20th century, on Zonophone 2195. Dawson had an enormous recording career spanning four decades and recorded everything from ballads to comic songs.AI summary
Zonophone 2195 Voice
Peter Dawson, the celebrated Australian baritone, recorded "Sleepy Hollow Tune" and "Song of the Homeward Bound" for Zonophone in the early 1900s. Dawson was one of the most prolific recording artists of the acoustic era.AI summary
Zonophone 2623 Voice
Peter Dawson, the Australian-born baritone and one of the most prolific recording artists of the 1900s–1920s, on Zonophone performing two sacred songs.AI summary
Zonophone 743 Voice