21,668 shellac records · mostly British pressings, 1900s–1950s
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Ernest Hastings performing two English patriotic or novelty songs—'Roast Beef of Old England' and 'There's Nothing Over Sixpence in the Store'—on His Master's Voice. The second title suggests material from the Second World War period.AI summary
His Master's Voice B2481 Voice
Ernest Hastings recorded '& yet I don't know' and 'Matilda' for HMV C1052, a UK pressing from the early 1930s. Hastings was a minor British vocalist.AI summary
His Master's Voice C1052 Voice
Ernest Hastings recorded "My Word You Do Look Queer" and "Gerrard 64" for His Master's Voice C-series catalogue 1095. Hastings is not identified in general discographies; the second title suggests a topical or novelty recording.AI summary
His Master's Voice C1095 Music Hall
Ernest Hastings was a British vocalist; this His Master's Voice pressing pairs two sentimental popular songs from the 1920s.AI summary
His Master's Voice C1138 Voice
Ernest Hastings recorded 'It's the same thing every Night' and 'Drake is going to Sea' for Winner catalogue 3002, likely early-to-mid 1920s.AI summary
Winner 3002 Music Hall
Ernest Hastings recorded 'Oh dear What can the matter be' for HMV, a traditional English song. Hastings is not well documented; the catalogue number suggests early acoustic era.AI summary
His Master's Voice C1138 Voice
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Ernest Hastings is not identified by artist or title on this Columbia 2940 pressing. Without catalogue information or a legible label, this record cannot be reliably described or valued.AI summary
Columbia 2940
Ernest Jones, 'Mississippi Bubble' and a second title, on Columbia 5583; an early recording on one of the major labels, with a catalogue number suggesting an early-1900s pressing.AI summary
Columbia 5583
Ernest Jones performing "Pompadour" and "Swanee Echoes" on Columbia 5491, an early acoustic issue. The artist is otherwise unidentified.AI summary
Columbia 5491 Voice
Ernst Kraus, the German heroic tenor, sings Siegfried's Forging Songs from Wagner's 'Siegfried' on G&T.AI summary
G&T 3-42670 Opera
Ernest Lough, a legendary boy treble, recorded two sacred vocal pieces—"Vesper Hymn" and "Ave Maria"—for His Master's Voice. Lough was the most famous choir boy of his era and a popular recording artist.AI summary
His Master's Voice B8697 Voice
Ernest Lough was an English boy soprano celebrated for his ethereal rendition of 'The Holy City'; this His Master's Voice recording from the late 1920s became one of the best-selling records of the era and remains iconic.AI summary
His Master's Voice B8712 Voice
Ernest Pike singing 'Killarney' on Zonophone 42356. Zonophone was a budget label with large pressings; Pike was a minor vocalist of the interwar years.AI summary
Zonophone 42356 Voice
Ernest Pike performing 'Alice, Where Art Thou?' on Zonophone, a British subsidiary of the Zon-o-phone company. The catalogue number and label suggest an Edwardian or early 1900s acoustic recording.AI summary
Zonophone 42357 Voice
Ernest Pike singing 'Eileen Alannah' and 'Kathleen Mavourneen' on Zonophone 494, a British label of the 1900s–1910s. Both are traditional Irish ballads.AI summary
Zonophone 494 Voice
Ernest Pike performing 'Sing Me to Sleep' on GC, an obscure British label with an early catalogue number.AI summary
Gramophone Company 3-2279 Voice
Ernest Pike was a British tenor of the early twentieth century; this Pathé recording of 'I'll Sing Thee Songs of Araby' and 'Killarney' represents light classical or art-song material from the early acoustic era.AI summary
Pathé 77677
Ernest Pike performing two songs on Zonophone A12, a very early issue catalogue. Zonophone was a British label of the 1900s–1920s.AI summary
Zonophone A12 Voice
Ernest Pike was one of the most prolific British tenors of the acoustic recording era, appearing on dozens of labels between the 1900s and 1920s; his records survive in fair numbers today.AI summary
G&T 3-2316 Voice
Ernest Pike performing two sentimental songs on Regal G7891 from the early era.AI summary
Regal G7891 Voice
Ernest Pike sings O Sole Mio and Schubert's Serenade on Duophone UB2018.AI summary
Duophone UB2018 Voice
Zonophone Z24007
Ernest Pike, a baritone, recorded opera duets with identified soprano partners (Violetta and Yarrow) for Zonophone, a British label of the early 1900s.AI summary
Zonophone GO1 Opera
Ernest Pike and A Yarrow perform operatic excerpts—'In the Combat' from Verdi's La Traviata and the Miserere—on Zonophone's early GO series, a rare British label run.AI summary
Zonophone GO1 Opera
Ernest Pike and A. Yarrow performing the operatic duet 'O Night of Hymen' (likely from Rossini's *L'italiana in Algeri*) for Zonophone X-series, an early acoustic catalogue from the 1900s–1910s.AI summary
Zonophone X44160 Opera
Zonophone X44123
A duet recorded on Zonophone, a British budget label, pairing Ernest Pike with vocalist 'Mme Violetta' on the operetta standard 'Home to our Mountains'.AI summary
Zonophone X44123 Opera
Ernest Rutterford on Columbia IS-series performs Scottish Strathspeys and reels, traditional dance music recorded acoustically or in the early electric era.AI summary
Columbia IS1034 Instrumental
Ernest Rutterford with Dance of the Skeletons and Sand Dance on Portland 8047.AI summary
Portland 8047 Instrumental
Winner 3407 TEST Opera
Ernest Shand, the Edwardian music-hall comedian, on Zonophone catalogue 42263, with 'Nobody Knows, Nobody Cares'. Zonophone 42000-series pressings of Shand's work are moderately uncommon.AI summary
Zonophone 42263 Music Hall
Ernest Shand, the Edwardian music-hall comedian and monologist, on Pathé catalogue 92861, with 'Introductions' and 'I Went On My Way Rejoicing'. Pathé issued a wide range of British music-hall performers and pressings of this type are moderately common.AI summary
Pathé 92861 Music Hall
Ernest Shand, the Edwardian music-hall comedian and monologist, on Pathé catalogue 92863, with 'Husband's Strike' and 'We Really Had a Most Delightful Evening'. Pathé issued a wide range of British music-hall performers and pressings of this type are moderately common.AI summary
Pathé 92863 Music Hall
Ernest Shand, the Edwardian music-hall comedian and monologist, on Pathé catalogue 92864, with 'In America' and 'Nelson and Me'. Pathé issued a wide range of British music-hall performers and pressings of this type are moderately common.AI summary
Pathé 92864 Music Hall
Ernest Shand, the music-hall comedian who was also a composer for the guitar, with 'At the Seaside' and 'Oh, Isn't It Singular' on Ariel.AI summary
Ariel K113 Music Hall
Ernest Shand's The Husband's Strike and Daily Mirror Front Page on Ariel 9332.AI summary
Ariel 9332 Music Hall
Ernest Shand, the Edwardian music-hall comedian and monologist, on Polyphon catalogue 5662 with 'The Husband's Strike' and 'Nelson and Me'. Polyphon was a major continental pressing firm with British distribution; Shand sides on the label are moderately uncommon.AI summary
Polyphon 5662 Music Hall
Ernest Shand, the Edwardian music-hall comedian and monologist, performing 'Lloyd Jarge' and 'Horatio' on Columbia catalogue 2336. Columbia pressings of Shand's work in the 2000-series are moderately common.AI summary
Columbia 2336 Music Hall
Ernest Shand performing 'The Bachelor' on the G&T label; an early acoustic recording from an unidentified artist on one of the most prestigious recording marques of the early gramophone era.AI summary
G&T 3-2354 Music Hall
Ernest Shand, the Edwardian music-hall comedian and monologist, on Zonophone catalogue 42433, with 'Look at the Weather'. Zonophone pressings of Shand's work in the 42000-series are moderately uncommon.AI summary
Zonophone 42433 Music Hall
Ernest Shand on Neo label, catalogue 17215, with 'Questions' and 'In the Summer' — companion to Neo17219/20 in this collection. As with that disc, the Neo label is a short-lived minor British imprint and Shand is a documented Music Hall comedian-singer; these form a small Neo grouping of modest specialist interest.AI summary
Neo 17215 Music Hall
Ernest Shand — a comedian, singer and ukulele entertainer popular in the Edwardian and early 1920s Music Hall — recorded for several labels, here on Neo (a small British imprint), catalogue 17219/20, with 'At the Ball' and 'Wide World'. Neo was a short-lived British label of the early 1920s and is not common in collections; Shand's output on it is of interest to Music Hall specialists.AI summary
Neo 17219/20 Music Hall
Ernest Shand's Zonophone 1029 is a double-sided pressing, placing it a little later than his earliest single-sided issues — probably around 1906–1908. 'In America' suggests a topical song about emigration or the American craze, a common music-hall subject of the period. Shand was a capable Edwardian comedian whose Zonophone output is consistently sought by music-hall collectors.AI summary
Zonophone 1029 Music Hall
Ernest Shand, the Edwardian music-hall comedian and banjo specialist, performs 'King Rufus' and 'Lullaby' on Zonophone 1069. The 1069 Zonophone number places this in the early British acoustic series, probably around 1906–1909; Shand is a recognised music-hall recording name and this is an early-period pressing.AI summary
Zonophone 1069 Music Hall
Zonophone 1121 Music Hall
Ernest Shand was an Edwardian music-hall comedian and monologist. This Beka pressing, catalogue 9709, contains 'Short Stories' and 'Little Bo-Peep'. Beka was a Berlin-based label with extensive European and British distribution; Shand is a moderately documented music-hall name.AI summary
Beka 9709 Music Hall
Ernest Shand, the British music-hall comedian, singer, and banjo-comedian popular in the Edwardian era, performs 'The Husband's Strike' and 'Poor Noah Moore' on Zonophone 748 — an extremely early Zonophone number, placing this among the very earliest British Zonophone pressings, probably around 1900–1903. Shand is a recognised name in early British recording and a catalogue number this low is a document of the first years of British disc recording.AI summary
Zonophone 748 Music Hall
Ernest Shand was a British music-hall comedian and character performer who recorded extensively in the Edwardian era. Zonophone 809 is an early catalogue number, placing this around 1903–1905, in the single-sided Zonophone period. Shand's Zonophone sides at low catalogue numbers are genuinely early acoustic recordings and are becoming uncommon.AI summary
Zonophone 809 Music Hall