21,668 shellac records · mostly British pressings, 1900s–1950s
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Two operatic performers, F Austral and R Radford, recorded excerpts from Wagner's "Die Walküre" with orchestral accompaniment conducted by Albert Coates and Eugène Goossens respectively, for His Master's Voice; the high pedigree of conductor and artists suggests a substantial pre-war or early electrical recording.AI summary
His Master's Voice D680 Opera
His Master's Voice D682
F. Austral and T. Davies performing two famous operatic excerpts—the Valkyries' death-foretelling scene and the Ride of the Valkyries from Wagner's *Die Walküre*—as conducted by Albert Coates on His Master's Voice D681, an early orchestral recording.AI summary
His Master's Voice D681 Opera
A miniature concert featuring F Banta, H Burr, B Murray and others, recorded for Zonophone—one of the earliest and most prolific British labels. This medley-style recording is from the acoustic era, early 1900s or earlier.AI summary
Zonophone A3534 Orchestra
F Barnard on J Bull Records, a British budget label, with light vocal and traditional song repertoire from the 1920s–30s era.AI summary
John Bull 40746 Voice
F. Benson performing two comic novelty songs for Tower, a small British label of the early 1930s.AI summary
Tower 141 Comic
F Bernard on St 173 with 'Am I Wasting My Time on You' and 'I Wish I Had My Old Gal Back Again', a vocal recording on a small or unidentified British label from the 1920s–1930s.AI summary
Sterno 173 Voice
Two songs by F Black on Brunswick 3600, likely from the late 1930s or 1940s. Neither the artist nor the specific recording are identifiable in discographies.AI summary
Brunswick 3600 Voice
F Bond on Pil 5666, performing 'Lost chord' and 'Children's Home' — sacred or sentimental vocal material on an unidentified small label.AI summary
Pilgrim 5666 Voice
F. Browne recorded 'Alice in Wonderland' and 'Puttin' on the Ritz' for St, a small British label; both are popular songs, likely from the late 1920s–early 1930s.AI summary
Sterno 422 Voice
F. Browne with Cheer Up and Smile and Dance of the Wooden Shoes on Sterno 434.AI summary
Sterno 434 Instrumental
F Burgess on Olympian (Oly) 156, with sentimental vocal material from the early 1920s.AI summary
Oly 156 Voice
F Claremont performing 'Any old Iron' and 'Carroty' on Victor C8. A very early catalogue number on the American Victor label.AI summary
Victor C8 Music Hall
F. Claremont performing 'Carroty' and 'Any old Iron' on Our Flag (OurFlagC), catalogue 8, a small British label of the 1910s–1920s.AI summary
Our Flag C8 Music Hall
F Cooper and H Payne performing 'Welcoming him in' on Zonophone X44122.AI summary
Zonophone X44122 Voice
The F Craig Band recorded 'Hard to Get Gertie' and 'Am I Wasting My Time on You' for Regal, the British budget label, in the 1930s.AI summary
Regal 8744 Dance
F Day and A Riscoe on His Master's Voice B8278 with 'Let's Lay Our Heads Together' and 'I'd Do the Most Extraordinary Things', likely musical-theatre duet numbers or comedy novelties from the 1920s–30s era.AI summary
His Master's Voice B8278 Music Hall
F Day and A Riscoe, recorded by HMV, performing the sentimental duet 'Let's Lay Our Heads Together' and the dance number 'I'd Do the Most Extraordinary Things'. Both artists are obscure.AI summary
His Master's Voice B8278 Voice
De Lucia, Huguet, and Pini Corsi, operatic performers. Gramophone Company 054083 records Rossini's 'Barbiere di Siviglia'; an early electrical operatic recording.AI summary
Gramophone Company 054083 Opera
A performance of 'King Wenceslas' credited to F. Desmond, Arthur Askey and others for His Master's Voice, catalogue C3640, issued in two parts. Askey was a major British comedian and entertainer; this is likely a novelty or comic version of the Christmas carol.AI summary
His Master's Voice C3640 Music Hall
F Drummond, likely a British comedian or music-hall artist, performs 'That funny little Bob Tail Coat' and 'She's a Lassie from Lancashire' on Columbia, a D-series acoustic issue.AI summary
Columbia D151 Music Hall
F. Elliot on Scala, a British budget label, performing early gramophone-related novelty songs 'Come round and hear the Gramophone' and 'Hello Susie Green'.AI summary
Scala 219 Comic
F Emerson performing 'Don't Go Down the Mine Dad', a First World War song, and 'You Are My Sunbeam' on Winner, a prolific British budget label.AI summary
Winner 2010 Voice
Fred Emney and S. Fairbrother, British comic entertainers, on His Master's Voice C492, performing 'A Sister to Assist 'Er' and 'Mrs. Le Browning', likely 1920s.AI summary
His Master's Voice C492 Music Hall
F. Fazio on banjo, performing Italian romantic songs for Columbia, a British pressing of the early 1930s.AI summary
Columbia 14415F Instrumental
Frank Forde and Harry Champion with Stanley Holloway performing medley numbers 'Bull & Bush', 'Pack Up Your Troubles', 'Boiled Beef and Carrots' leading into a Holloway finale on HMV C2796, a patriotic and music-hall singalong side from World War I or the interwar era.AI summary
His Master's Voice C2796 Music Hall
F. Gilbert, a performer on DuoB, a tiny or short-lived British label, recorded 'Normandy' and 'Moon of Waikiki'. The titles suggest light orchestral or sentimental vocal material, and the catalogue number suggests an early-to-mid-1930s date. Nothing is known of the artist beyond this entry.AI summary
Duophone B5101 Instrumental
F. Gordon Lowe recorded instructional monologues on lawn tennis for Uni, a small British imprint. Lowe was a tennis professional or journalist of the early 1900s, and this disc is a novelty and instructional record rather than musical entertainment.AI summary
Unison 393 Personalities (Prs)
F Hall performs 'Waiting for you' and a band-arranged version of 'Souvenirs' on DuoM 167.AI summary
Duophone M167
F Hall, credited on the DuoM label for 'Waiting for you' and 'That's why I'm happy'. DuoM was a minor British imprint of the early 1930s; little else is known of this artist or recording.AI summary
Duophone M221
F. Hall recorded 'Where the Wild Flowers Grow' and 'Dawn of Tomorrow' for DuoC, a small British label with catalogue number 5, suggesting an early or very small pressing run.AI summary
Duophone C5 Dance
F. Hampton-Smith, identified as performing on the Tivoli Organ, on VocX 9982 with 'Minuetto' and 'Serenade'. This is a dance-hall or variety-house organ recording, likely from the 1930s. Hampton-Smith is not documented in standard sources.AI summary
Vocalion X9982 Instrumental
F Hart (first name unrecorded) singing two sentimental ballads on Winner, a cheap British label active in the 1920s and early 1930s — vocal material typical of the period but no artist information now available.AI summary
Winner 2453 Voice
F Harvey recorded 'Sticks & Stones' and 'I Do Like a S'Nice S'Mince S'Pie' for Homophone, catalogue 4618. The comic song titles suggest British music hall material.AI summary
Hom 4618 Music Hall
F. Harvey on Homophone 4618, performing 'Sticks & Stones' and the comic novelty 'I do like a s'nice s'mince s'pie'.AI summary
Hom 4618 Music Hall
Frieda Hempel and Pasquale Amato, two celebrated operatic singers, perform the operatic duet 'Figlia mio padre' on this HMV record, catalogue 2-054060, a late 1920s electrical recording.AI summary
His Master's Voice 2-054060 Opera
F Lalor and E Wilson, with a Quintette, performing two novelty songs on Columbia — 'Still We Smile' and 'Ladies Day' — likely from the 1920s.AI summary
Columbia D1400 Music Hall
Lauritz Melchior (1890–1973), one of the greatest dramatic tenors of the 20th century, recorded an excerpt from Wagner's *Tristan und Isolde* with another vocalist on the G&T (Gramophone and Typewriter Company) label, one of the earliest recording companies.AI summary
Disque Gramophone W-1149 Opera
F Lombard on Columbia with novelty and comic material from the early era of electric recording, around 1927–1929.AI summary
Columbia 1047 Comic
F Lombard on Columbia 1081, performing novelty and popular songs of the early 1920s.AI summary
Columbia 1081 Voice
F Lynne, a British performer, singing the novelty song 'Take Me Down Piccadilly' and the music hall number 'We All Go the Same Way Home' on Lyr 265.AI summary
Lyceum 265 Music Hall
F Marshall on Winner (2235), performing 'You left me for the Limelight' and 'When the Sheep are in the fold Jenny Dear'; a novelty coupling on a cheap British label.AI summary
Winner 2235 Music Hall
F Martin vocal on two popular songs, 'Sweet Music' and 'Ev'ry Day', recorded for Brunswick's RL series in the mid-1930s. Martin was a minor vocalist of the period; these are dance-band sides of no particular rarity.AI summary
Brunswick RL258 Voice
F. Mayne performs two novelty songs, 'Robin Redbreast' and 'Boiled Beef & Carrots', on Columbia British 1258 from the early 1910s. This is a very early catalogue number.AI summary
Columbia 1258 Music Hall
F Miller on Winner 2006 with 'I wonder if you miss me sometimes' and 'Your Eyes have told me so'.AI summary
Winner 2006 Voice
F. Murray (artist unidentified) on Bell 105, a rare British label. The titles are popular ballad material; the label and artist cannot be placed with confidence.AI summary
Bell 105 Voice
F. Murray credited on Bell 170, a marginal British label, with two popular songs from the 1920s or early 1930s. Murray is not a standard discographic name.AI summary
Bell 170 Voice
F Murray performing two songs, 'Little Willie's Woodbines' and 'Old grey Coat', on Bell, a British budget label, catalogue 179.AI summary
Bell 179 Voice