21,671 shellac records · mostly British pressings, 1900s–1950s
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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
Duke Ellington, the legendary American jazz composer and bandleader, performing 'Hawk Talks' and 'Fancy Dan' on Columbia. These are sides from Ellington's prolific recording career; UK pressings of his work are commonly found, though all Ellington recordings have collector interest.AI summary
Columbia DC573 Jazz
Duke Ellington on His Master's Voice B9448, performing 'In the Mood to be Wooed' and 'Carnegie Blues'. Ellington was the greatest American composer and bandleader of the 20th century.AI summary
His Master's Voice B9448 Jazz
Duke Ellington's 'Perfume Suite' (parts 1 and 2) on V-Disc 516, a 12-inch non-commercial recording made for American servicemen during the Second World War.AI summary
VDisc 516 Jazz
His Master's Voice B9324
Duke Ellington, a foundational figure in jazz and one of the most recorded artists of the 20th century, on Columbia 5486, performing 'I Must Have That Man' and Selvin's 'Honey' — early jazz recordings from the mid-1920s.AI summary
Columbia 5486 Jazz
A pressing credited to Duke Ellington and Benny Goodman on BD 183, attributed to 'The Dixieland Band' with 'Delta Serenade' and 'The Dixieland Band'.AI summary
BD 183 Jazz
Duke Ellington, the paramount figure in American jazz and composition, recorded 'Tiger Rag' in two parts for Brunswick. This is one of the most recorded jazz standards, and Ellington's numerous versions span his entire recording career; this pressing documents his early-1930s swing-era recording.AI summary
Brunswick 1338 Jazz
Duke Ellington recorded 'Ring Dem Bells' and 'Three Little Words' for HMV in the late 1920s; these are early dance-band and novelty sides from his prolific commercial recording period.AI summary
His Master's Voice B5945 Jazz
Duke Ellington recorded 'Reminiscing in Tempo' for Brunswick (02104). 'Reminiscing in Tempo' is a celebrated Ellington composition and extended instrumental; this is a Brunswick UK pressing of one of the most important jazz recordings of the 1930s.AI summary
Brunswick 02104 Jazz
Duke Ellington, one of the greatest jazz composers and bandleaders, credited to BD label — performing jazz standards. The catalogue number and label are unusual and require verification.AI summary
BD 5760 Jazz
Duke Ellington was one of the greatest jazz composers and bandleaders of the 20th century; this Parlophone pressing offers two early hot-dance sides from his prolific recording career.AI summary
Parlophone R2202 Jazz
Duke Ellington's 'Creole Rhapsody', recorded in 1931 and issued on Brunswick 01145, is one of the composer's most important extended jazz compositions and a cornerstone of his early catalogue.AI summary
Brunswick 01145 Jazz
Duke Ellington on Brunswick 01527 with 'Get Yourself a New Broom' and 'Stormy Weather'. This is a late 1930s pressing of two Ellington standards; Ellington was one of the most important jazz composers and bandleaders of the era.AI summary
Brunswick 01527 Jazz
Duke Ellington's 'Black and Tan Fantasy' is one of his early masterpieces, a moody blues-inflected composition recorded in the late 1920s; this Brunswick pressing is from his most prolific and influential period, and the side is a perennial favourite of jazz collectors.AI summary
Brunswick 01540 Jazz
Duke Ellington and his orchestra on Brunswick 01377, 'Blue Harlem' and 'Best Wishes', representing Ellington's prolific output for Brunswick in the 1930s–40s.AI summary
Brunswick 01377 Jazz
Brunswick 01426 Jazz
Duke Ellington, the legendary jazz composer and bandleader, recorded 'Twelfth Street Rag' and 'Bundle of Blues' for Brunswick 01573. Both are important jazz pieces; Ellington was prolific on Brunswick in the late 1920s and early 1930s.AI summary
Brunswick 01573 Jazz
Duke Ellington and his orchestra recorded 'East St Louis' and 'Baby When You Ain't There' for Brunswick 01681 in the late 1920s. These are foundational early Ellington sides.AI summary
Brunswick 01681 Jazz
Duke Ellington's orchestra recorded these two sides for Parlophone; Drop Me Off at Harlem and Clarinet Lament are sophisticated compositions showcasing Ellington's harmonic and orchestral innovations.AI summary
Parlophone R2876 Jazz
Duke Ellington recorded 'Margie' and 'Accent on Youth' for Brunswick in the early 1930s; these are dance-band sides from his prolific commercial recording period.AI summary
Brunswick 02096 Jazz
Duke Ellington's orchestra with Band Call and Isle of Capri on Capitol 14132.AI summary
Capitol 14132 Jazz
Duke Ellington's orchestra with Boo-Dah and Give Me the Right on Capitol CL14012.AI summary
Capitol CL14012 Jazz
Duke Ellington's orchestra with Twelfth Street Rag and Chile Bowl on Capitol CL14229.AI summary
Capitol CL14229 Jazz
Duke Ellington's early Jungle Band, a Brunswick recording from 1928 featuring 'The Mooche', one of Ellington's first compositions and a jazz standard. This is a hot-dance side from the formative period of his orchestra.AI summary
Brunswick 1235 Jazz
The Duke of Wellington's Own Band recorded 'Steadfast and True' and 'Puppchen' for PionA (Pioneer), catalogue 57, a very low catalogue number on a small British budget label.AI summary
Pioneer A57 Orchestra
Pioneer A45 Personalities (Prs)
Duncan and Godfrey recorded the comedy sketch 'Coster's Christening' in two parts for Regal; a British comedy duo of the early 1900s–1920s.AI summary
Regal 6558 Comic
The Duncan Sisters, a popular American vaudeville duo of the 1920s, perform two novelty numbers on this His Master's Voice pressing: 'Oh Sing-a-loo' and 'The Argentine, Portuguese and Greek'.AI summary
His Master's Voice B1419 Music Hall
Durant and West performing 'What Do You Do Sunday, Mary?' and 'It Ain't Gonna Rain No Mo' on Scala 709, a minor British dance label.AI summary
Scala 709 Dance
A Durium pressing comprising six discs of recordings by a dance band and Terry's quick-changers ensemble. Durium was a British budget label known for releasing multiple discs of compilation material.AI summary
Durium Dance
An easy French language course on Durium, in a set of six records.AI summary
Dusolina Giannini, the American soprano, sings In mezo al mar and Fa la nana bambin on Victrola 1192.AI summary
Victorola 1192 Opera
Dusolina Giannini and others perform operetta selections from 'Die lustige Witwe' (The Merry Widow) for HMV's DA series, recorded in the late 1920s.AI summary
His Master's Voice DA4446 Opera
Dusty Rhodes performs 'Porter' and 'Ice Cream' on the Favourite (Fav) label, a cheap British imprint.AI summary
Favorite 884
Dutch Daly performing 'Auld Robin Gray' on Zonophone catalogue 12814. The artist is not widely documented in standard music-hall references; the 12000-series Zonophone is an early acoustic-era catalogue. An unrecognised artist on an early Zonophone number warrants investigation.AI summary
Zonophone 12814 Music Hall
Dutch Daly performs 'Yarns' and 'Spring song' on Columbia 2216, likely a humorous or narrative piece paired with a popular tune.AI summary
Columbia 2216 Voice
Columbia 2216 Music Hall
Tempo A32 Jazz
The Dutch Swing College Band play When the Saints Go Marching In in two parts on Philips PB470.AI summary
Philips PB470 Jazz
Dutreix performing 'Air de Jean' on Vocal, catalogue 0174. An unidentified artist on an obscure small label.AI summary
Vocalion 0174 Voice
Dwight Fiske was an American comedian and singer known for satirical and novelty comedy songs, recorded under his own Fiskana label. These two comic songs are typical of his theatrical novelty material from the 1920s–1930s.AI summary
Fiskana 36108 Comic
His Master's Voice C2798 Personalities (Prs)
E Bartlett and an orchestra conducted by John Barbirolli perform Debussy's Deux Danses in two parts on NGS 71. This is a companion to the Barbirolli NGS Delius pressing in this collection; a second Barbirolli NGS recording further demonstrates his early conducting career under the National Gramophonic Society, which issued repertoire unavailable on commercial labels.AI summary
NGS 71 Classical
E. Berger, performing two classical lullabies (Wiegenlied)—one by Mozart, one by Brahms—for Polyphon, a German label.AI summary
Polyphon 47068 Classical
E. Bettendorf recorded two sides of Weber's *Oberon* overture for Parlophone; little is known of this artist beyond this coupling.AI summary
Parlophone E10525 Classical
E Bettendorf and Karin Branzell performing an excerpt from Wagner's *Lohengrin* on Parlophone P9497. Branzell was a celebrated Swedish mezzo-soprano of the early-to-mid 20th century; this is an operatic duet from the 1930s-40s.AI summary
Parlophone P9497 Opera