816 shellac records · mostly British pressings, 1900s–1950s
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The Black Diamonds ensemble recorded Christmas music—including 'For Unto Us a Child Is Born'—for Zonophone, a British label owned by the Gramophone Company, in the early 1920s.AI summary
Zonophone 951 Classical
The Blue Lyres performing 'Blue of the Night' and 'Perry Werry Winkle' on Zonophone 6093. Zonophone was an early British label, and this record represents a vocal group or novelty number from the acoustic-to-electric transition era.AI summary
Zonophone 6093 Voice
Tom Foy on Zonophone 578, performing novelty vocal material. Foy appears to have been a minor vocalist recorded by Zonophone in its early years.AI summary
Zonophone 578 Voice
Tom Foy on Zonophone 636, a British singer performing comic or novelty material of the 1920s-30s.AI summary
Zonophone 636 Music Hall
Tom Foy, a Yorkshire dialect comedian and music-hall performer, performs 'I'm Not One as Wants to Say Owt' and 'If We Live to Be Ninety Nine' on Zonophone — early acoustic comedy recording in strong regional dialect.AI summary
Zonophone 726 Music Hall
Zonophone 1098 Music Hall
Tom Foy on Zonophone 1118, performing comic novelty 'Nearly Wedded' and 'Ah've Been to a Wedding'.AI summary
Zonophone 1118 Music Hall
Tom Foy, a Yorkshire comedian and music-hall performer, performs 'I've had some Money Left Me' and 'Nineteen Bright Pounds' on Zonophone — early acoustic comedy recording on a sought-after British label.AI summary
Zonophone 1191 Music Hall
Tom Foy, an unidentified performer, recorded 'First Time That I Come Up to London' and 'Live & Learn' for Zonophone, catalogue 1233, in the early 1920s. Zonophone issues of this era are moderately scarce.AI summary
Zonophone 1233 Music Hall
Tom Foy on Zonophone 1308, a British singer of the 1920s-30s recording light comedy songs.AI summary
Zonophone 1308 Music Hall
Tom Foy, a Scottish music-hall comedian, recorded 'Our Straits Canal' and 'Wales Whales & Weals', novelty and dialect songs, for Zonophone. Foy was a theatrical performer of the 1920s–1930s, and his recordings for this major label reflect the comic and topical material he performed on stage.AI summary
Zonophone 1519 Music Hall
Zonophone 1678 Music Hall
Tom Foy, a Yorkshire-dialect comedian and music-hall artist, performs 'More Trouble' and its part two on Zonophone — a rare acoustic recording of a minor but real figure in early British variety.AI summary
Zonophone 1694 Music Hall
Tom Foy, a Scottish dialect comedian and music-hall performer, recorded comic songs in Scots dialect for Zonophone, a major label of the 1920s. Foy was a theatrical figure of some local standing, and his Zonophone recordings are among the surviving examples of Scottish comic material from that era.AI summary
Zonophone 1816 Music Hall
Tom Foy, a British music-hall performer, in parts 3 and 4 of a comic monologue on Zonophone, part of a longer serialised work typical of early recording-era entertainment.AI summary
Zonophone 1098 Music Hall
Tom Foy was a British music-hall or vaudeville performer active in the 1920s–1930s. This Zonophone recording of 'I'm Upset' and 'I'm Excited' reflects the comic novelty song tradition.AI summary
Zonophone 883 Music Hall
Tom Foy on Zonophone 1010, 'Yorkshireman in London'; a music-hall novelty side from a secondary British label of the late 1920s or 1930s.AI summary
Zonophone 1010 Music Hall
Tom Foy on Zonophone performing comic music-hall novelties from the 1920s.AI summary
Zonophone 593 Music Hall
Zonophone 620 Personalities (Prs)
Tom Foy, a British music-hall comedian, on Zonophone 636, performing comic novelty songs 'Donkey & Me' and 'Fool of the Family'.AI summary
Zonophone 636 Music Hall
Zonophone 666
Tom Foy recorded 'I've been to China' and 'Amateur Theatricals' for Zonophone 764, a comic or novelty vocal record from the early 1910s.AI summary
Zonophone 764 Comic
Tom Foy on Zonophone 883, a British imprint of the 1920s–30s.AI summary
Zonophone 883 Music Hall
Tom Foy on Zonophone 963, performing comic music-hall numbers 'Wot's t'Time' and 'My Bunker Bump'.AI summary
Zonophone 963 Music Hall
Tom Foy, the Yorkshire dialect comedian, offers 'My Farewell to Sarby Brig' and 'A Little Shepherd' on a later Zonophone pressing.AI summary
Zonophone 1678 Music Hall
Tom Foy, a Yorkshire dialect comedian popular on the halls, performs two comic monologues, 'My Girl's Promised to Marry Me' and 'Courting', on an early Zonophone disc with a low catalogue number pointing to the pre-First World War era.AI summary
Zonophone 578 Music Hall
Tom Jones recorded two Welsh novelty or folk-style songs for Zonophone.AI summary
Zonophone 925 Music Hall
Tom Jones, a Welsh singer, recorded 'The Welshman in London' and 'The Taff Vale Porter' for Zonophone; a performer distinct from the later rock star of the same name.AI summary
Zonophone 925 Voice
Tommy Handley, the British comedian and star of the ITMA radio show, recorded 'The Dis-Orderly Room' (Parts 1 and 2) for Zonophone; Handley was one of the most popular entertainers of wartime Britain, and his comedy recordings capture the humour and topical references of the 1940s.AI summary
Zonophone 2900 Comic
Tommy Handley, the British comedian famous for the radio show ITMA, recorded 'The Dis-Orderly Room' in two parts for Zonophone; a novelty or comedy piece typical of his stage and recording work in the 1920s–1930s.AI summary
Zonophone 2900 Comic
Tubaphone on Zonophone catalogue 146, one of the earliest issues of this secondary EMG label, with 'Bluebells' and 'Snowdrops'.AI summary
Zonophone 146 Instrumental
The Two Rascals performing popular duets 'If You Show a Little Love for Me' and 'My Mammy' for Zonophone, a Gramophone Company subsidiary label. The catalogue number places this in the early 1920s.AI summary
Zonophone 2211 Voice
The Two Rascals performing 'Lucy' and 'The Wedding of Molly McGee' on Zonophone, a British imprint.AI summary
Zonophone 2221 Music Hall
Van Biene's 'The Broken Melody', a sentimental violin showpiece of the late Victorian era, recorded for Zonophone on catalogue 47852.AI summary
Zonophone 47852 Instrumental
Van Biene on 'Shadows of the Night' and 'Deep blue Sea', from Zonophone 885. Van Biene was a Belgian or European instrumental or orchestral recording artist; Zonophone 885 suggests a mid-catalogue release from the 1920s-1930s. The identity and genre are unclear.AI summary
Zonophone 885 Instrumental
Venie Clements performing 'Humorous Stories About Children' on Zonophone, a British label operated by Gramophone Company subsidiaries from the 1920s-1930s.AI summary
Zonophone 807 Comic
Vesta Victoria was a major music-hall performer of the Edwardian era, best known for 'Waiting at the Church', whose recordings survive in moderate numbers. This Zonophone disc, catalogue 747 — a low number suggesting an early pressing — contains 'Poor Old Adam' and 'Don't Sing the Chorus'. Early Zonophone pressings of major hall names are more uncommon than their later major-label equivalents.AI summary
Zonophone 747 Music Hall
Vesta Victoria, the much-loved music-hall comedienne known for 'Waiting at the Church' and 'Poor John', sings 'It's Easy to Be a Lady' and 'Look What Percy Picked Up in the Park' on Zonophone 918, a very early Zonophone pressing in the 900-series. Victoria is one of the most collected Edwardian music-hall names, and early Zonophone pressings of her work are genuinely uncommon.AI summary
Zonophone 918 Music Hall
Victor Herbert, the Irish-American composer and bandleader, recorded instrumental sides for early American Zonophone before becoming famous for his operettas. Zonophone 1561 is a single-sided pressing, placing this in the early acoustic era, roughly 1900–1906. Herbert's early Zonophone band sides are sought by collectors of Edwardian cylinders and discs, and single-sided Zonophones in this number range are uncommon survivors.AI summary
Zonophone 1561 Orchestra
Victor Herbert's Band performs the 'Waltz from Faust' on Zonophone 9281, an early pressing from the Zonophone label's British series. Victor Herbert was the celebrated Irish-American composer and bandleader; Zonophone was one of the earliest British disc labels, and single-sided issues in this catalogue range date from approximately 1905–1910.AI summary
Zonophone 9281 Orchestra
Victor Herbert's Band performs the Espana Waltz on Zonophone 9384, a single-sided early British pressing. Like the companion Zonophone by Victor Herbert's Band in this collection, the 9000-series number places this in the 1905–1910 range; Herbert was the celebrated Irish-American composer and these early Zonophone band pressings have modest but real period appeal.AI summary
Zonophone 9384 Orchestra
Victoria Monks, the popular Edwardian music-hall singer known for 'Buy Me Some Almond Rock', on Zonophone catalogue 43112, with 'If You Want to Have a Row'. Zonophone pressings of Monks's work are moderately uncommon; the 43000-series Zonophone suggests an acoustic-era pressing.AI summary
Zonophone 43112 Music Hall
Victoria Monks, the popular Edwardian music-hall singer, on Zonophone catalogue 43139, with 'I Wish I Had a Pal Like You'. Zonophone pressings of Monks's work in the 43000-series are moderately uncommon; a companion disc to id 14002 in this collection.AI summary
Zonophone 43139 Music Hall
Victoria Monks performing 'Sweet Saturday Night' and 'I'm Leaving Home' on Zonophone catalogue 25 — an extraordinarily low catalogue number suggesting one of the very earliest Zonophone pressings ever made. This appears to be a duplicate of id 20157 in this collection. A Zonophone number as low as 25 requires specialist examination before any sale or pricing.AI summary
Zonophone 25 Music Hall
Victoria Monks performing 'Pompeii' and 'Open the Door' on Zonophone catalogue 7 — an extraordinarily low catalogue number suggesting one of the very first Zonophone pressings ever made. A Zonophone number as low as 7 is potentially among the rarest early British acoustic discs in existence and must be examined and assessed by a specialist before any sale.AI summary
Zonophone 7 Music Hall
Victoria Monks, the popular Edwardian music-hall singer, performing 'Sweet Saturday Night' and 'I'm Leaving Home' on Zonophone catalogue 25 — an extraordinarily low catalogue number suggesting one of the very earliest Zonophone pressings made. A Zonophone catalogue number as low as 25 is of the greatest rarity and historical significance regardless of the artist; this disc must be examined and assessed by a specialist before any sale.AI summary
Zonophone 25 Music Hall
Vincenzo Reschiglian performs 'So ben che' on Zonophone 10720. The Zonophone 10000 series is a Continental or Italian pressing series; Reschiglian was an Italian tenor of the early acoustic era. Continental Zonophone series pressings of Italian operatic artists are uncommon outside specialist collections.AI summary
Zonophone 10720 Opera
Vincenzo Reschiglian, an Italian opera singer, recorded a tenor aria from Verdi's *Rigoletto* for Zonophone, a major British label of the early 1910s.AI summary
Zonophone 92017 Opera