21,671 shellac records · mostly British pressings, 1900s–1950s
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Edith Wilson, the blues and jazz vocalist, with trumpeter Johnny Dunn on two blues sides: He used to be your Man but he's my Man now and Dixie Blues, on Columbia A3787.AI summary
Columbia A3787 Jazz
The Editor of Tit Bits (the British weekly magazine) performing novelty material on Regal, a budget British label from the late 1920s or early 1930s.AI summary
Regal 7842 Comic
Edmond Clement, a celebrated French tenor of the Belle Époque era, recorded French operatic excerpts from Manon and Le Roi d'Ys for Victor; these are transfers of much earlier acoustically recorded material.AI summary
Victor 6062 Opera
Edmond Clément, the French tenor admired for his elegant style, sings 'Pourquoi me réveiller' from Massenet's 'Werther' on a single-sided Victor Red Seal.AI summary
Victorola 64234 Opera
Edmond Clément, the French tenor, recorded operatic repertoire including Gounod's 'Pourquoi me réveiller?' for His Master's Voice. Clément was a celebrated singer of the Belle Époque and early 20th century.AI summary
His Master's Voice DA496 Opera
Edmond Hall was a Creole clarinetist from New Orleans who had a long career in swing and traditional jazz. Climax 17, the 'Celestial Express' session, is from a small label and is scarce.AI summary
Climax 17 Jazz
Edmund Hockridge with A Stranger in Paradise and It's Love on a Parlophone R4011 promotional copy.AI summary
Parlophone R4011 PROMO Voice
Edmund Hockridge with The Man from Laramie on a Parlophone R4051 promotional copy.AI summary
Parlophone R4051 PROMO Voice
Edmund Hockridge with This Same Heart and No Other Love on Nixa N15048.AI summary
Nixa N15048 Voice
Edmund Hockridge, a popular British baritone of the 1950s, recorded "A Stranger in Paradise" (the famous Borodin melody from Kismet) and "It's Love" for Parlophone. These are straightforward popular ballads of the era.AI summary
Parlophone R4011 Voice
Edna Brown, a popular singer of the early acoustic era, recorded for Victor. This Victrola 78 dates from the late 1920s and represents sentimental ballad material of the period.AI summary
Victor 17552 Voice
Edna Hicks recorded early blues and jazz material for Vocalion. This pressing of two blues numbers dates to the late 1920s, when Vocalion was an active American and British concern. The title 'Walking and talking blues' suggests classic blues repertoire.AI summary
Vocalion 14650 Jazz
Edna Hicks performing classic blues material, 'Down Hearted Blues' and 'Gulf Coast Blues', on Brunswick 2463. The catalogue number and recording style suggest a 1920s origin.AI summary
Brunswick 2463 Jazz
Edna Hicks performs 'I'm Goin Away' and 'You're Always Messin Round with My Man' on this Victor record, catalogue 19083, likely from the late 1920s.AI summary
Victor 19083 Jazz
Edoardo Castellano, an Italian tenor, sings 'Giunto sul passo estremo' from Boito's 'Mefistofele' on Zonophone.AI summary
BlueZono X1777 Opera
Edris Coombes, a singer, recorded a romantic ballad for HMV's early electrical catalogue (03207 series); little is known of this artist beyond this catalogue entry.AI summary
His Master's Voice 03207 Voice
Edward Davies sings two Welsh traditional songs—'Hen ffon fy nain' (Grandmother's Walking Stick) and 'Dafydd y Garreg Wen' (David of the White Stone)—on Zonophone, a British label that recorded widely in regional folk traditions.AI summary
Zonophone 1130 Voice
Sir Edward Elgar recorded his own composition Chanson de Nuit for His Master's Voice; this two-sided acoustic recording captures the British composer performing his own work in the early electrical recording period.AI summary
His Master's Voice 2-0885 Classical
Edward Fairfield on Odeon 32640, performing sentimental popular vocal material. Fairfield is unidentified in standard recording discographies, and this Odeon pressing is a routine commercial recording of the 1930s-1940s era.AI summary
Odeon 32640 Voice
Edward Favor recorded 'Louisiana Lou' for Columbia 490, a sentimental or narrative song from the very early Columbia catalogue, likely 1910s–20s.AI summary
Columbia 490 Voice
Edward Floyd performs 'Two Eyes of Grey' and 'Lighterman Tom' on this Apollo record, catalogue 170, a minor British imprint of the 1920s.AI summary
Apollo 170 Voice
Edward G. Robinson in Big Town, the radio drama in which he starred as a newspaper editor, in six sides on the Red White Blue label.AI summary
Red White Blue Personalities (Prs)
Edward G. Robinson in 'Big Town', the American radio drama series in which he starred as a crusading newspaper editor, on a six-sided set.AI summary
Red White Blue Personalities (Prs)
Edward G. Robinson in 'Big Town', the American radio drama series in which he starred as a crusading newspaper editor, on a six-sided set.AI summary
Red White Blue Personalities (Prs)
Edward Halland on Bell, a minor British label of the early 1930s. 'A Frog he would a wooing go' is a traditional English song. Halland's identity and recording career are not established in standard reference works.AI summary
Bell 261 Voice
Edward Halland recorded 'Little Man & Maid' and 'See saw Margery Daw' for Bell, an early British imprint.AI summary
Bell 264 Personalities (Prs)
Edward Halland performing two hymns on Guardian (Guar), a small British label of uncertain period, likely 1920s-30s.AI summary
Guardsman 1033
Edward Lloyd, a celebrated Victorian tenor (1845–1927), recorded 'Star of Bethlehem' for Gramophone & Typewriter Co., one of the earliest recording labels. Lloyd's voice was recorded in the very early years of the gramophone, when recording technology was primitive.AI summary
GCo 02139 Voice
Edward Lloyd, a British tenor of the Victorian era, performing 'The Holy City' (by Stephen Adams) on GCo (Gramophone Company); Lloyd was one of the most celebrated concert singers of the late 19th century.AI summary
GCo 02157 Voice
Edward Lloyd was one of the foremost English concert tenors of the late Victorian and Edwardian era; this acoustic G&T single carries his recording of Mendelssohn's Elijah aria 'If with all your hearts'.AI summary
G&T 3-2085 Classical
Edward Lloyd, a British concert baritone. G&T 3-2801 ('If with All Your Hearts') is an acoustic recording of a major vocal soloist.AI summary
G&T 3-2801 Voice
Edward Lloyd was one of the most prolific and popular English concert tenors of the Edwardian era; this G&T disc presents his famous rendition of 'I'll Sing Thee Songs of Araby'.AI summary
G&T 3-2024 Voice
Edward Lloyd, the leading English concert tenor of the Victorian era, sings 'I'll Sing Thee Songs of Araby' on a single-sided G&T, recorded after he had retired from the platform.AI summary
G&T 02095 Voice
Edward Lloyd, the celebrated Victorian tenor and oratorio singer, recorded 'Come Into the Garden Maud' and 'Lend Me Your Aid' on His Master's Voice D821. Lloyd was one of the most famous English vocalists of the late 19th century, and this is a later electrical or late acoustic recording under his name.AI summary
His Master's Voice D821 Voice
Edward Lloyd, the leading English lyric tenor of the Victorian era and a favourite of Sullivan and Elgar, sings 'I'll Sing Thee Songs of Araby' and 'Sound an Alarm' from Handel's Judas Maccabaeus on HMV D822. Lloyd made very few recordings given his fame, and his HMV discs are collected by admirers of the Victorian English tenor tradition.AI summary
His Master's Voice D822 Classical
Edward Lloyd, a celebrated English tenor of the Victorian and Edwardian era, singing two operatic arias on His Master's Voice E330, part of HMV's early classical catalogue.AI summary
His Master's Voice E330 Opera
Edward Lyndoe recorded 'What's Your Lucky Star January' for Regal, a British budget label, as a two-sided piece.AI summary
Regal MR1151 Personalities (Prs)
Edward Lyndoe performs 'Plan with the Planets' — likely a novelty or instructional item — on Regal MR1182, a budget British label, circa 1930s–40s.AI summary
Regal MR1182 Personalities (Prs)
Edwards on 'Cryin for the Moon' and 'I'll fly to Hawaii', from HMV B5172. The identity of Edwards and the date are unverified; the Hawaiian-themed side suggests the 1920s-1930s. This is a minor vocal or light novelty recording.AI summary
His Master's Voice B5172 Voice
Edwin Fischer on His Master's Voice DA 1389, performing two solo piano works: Schubert's Adagio and Beethoven's Minuet. Fischer was a major Swiss classical pianist and conductor.AI summary
His Master's Voice DA1389 Classical
Edwin Lehn was an American jazz pianist and composer. 'Mess is Here' and 'Stormy Weather' are early jazz and popular songs. This Brunswick recording, with a very low catalogue number, suggests an early or test pressing.AI summary
Brunswick 78 Jazz
Edwin Sawtelle on Bell Records performing Hawaiian-style vocals, 'Beautiful Kahana' and 'Blue lei'; likely a British recording from the 1920s–1930s.AI summary
Bell LKS21 Hawaiian
Edythe Baker singing 'When we're alone' and 'Hotch' for Decca M416, a vocal record from the mid-1930s. Baker was a recording vocalist of the early swing era.AI summary
Decca M416 Voice
Effie Atherton recorded 'My Young Man's Ever So Nice' and 'Dennis the Menace from Venice' for His Master's Voice; the titles suggest novelty or comedy songs from the 1920s–1930s by a performer not well-documented in jazz or popular music histories.AI summary
His Master's Voice BD287 Comic
White Way Orchestra performing 'Tea for Two' and 'Oriental Night' on Radiex 1248, an obscure British label. Radiex was a minor and short-lived British imprint of the late 1920s–early 1930s.AI summary
Radiex 1248 Orchestra
Eide Norena, the celebrated Norwegian soprano, performing the Mad Scene from Hamlet in two parts on Parlophone R20145.AI summary
Parlophone R20145 Opera
Eight Musical Notes on Ar (Ariel?) 4511, a dance-band novelty from the 1920s–30s. The label is not clearly identified and the band is not a major recording group.AI summary
Ariel 4511 Dance
Eileen Barton, an American recording artist, recorded 'If I knew you were comin' (a novelty hit of the late 1940s) for Trutone; this is a budget British pressing of American material.AI summary
Trutone 445 Voice