21,668 shellac records · mostly British pressings, 1900s–1950s
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MGM 493
Gene Krupa, the innovative swing drummer, recorded 'Grandfather's Clock' and 'I Know That You Know' for Brunswick; this disc captures Krupa during his most collectible years.AI summary
Brunswick 8124 Jazz
Gene Krupa, the legendary swing drummer, on Brunswick; these lighter pop titles do not represent his best-known recording work but capture his broader repertoire in the late 1930s.AI summary
Brunswick 8161 Jazz
Gene Krupa's orchestra with 'Fightin' Doug MacArthur' and 'Night of Nights' on American OKeh.AI summary
Okeh 6635 Jazz
Gene Krupa's orchestra with 'Me and My Melinda' and 'Pass the Bounce' on American OKeh.AI summary
Okeh 6619 Jazz
Gene Krupa, the pioneering jazz drummer, recorded these two hot jazz sides for Columbia Records on the LB10000 series, an early electrical recording series from the late 1920s. Krupa was one of the first drummers to be prominently featured in a jazz ensemble, and these sides are important examples of his early work.AI summary
Columbia LB10000 Jazz
Gene Krupa, the influential American jazz drummer and bandleader, on Columbia LB10033, performing "Overtime" and "Capital idea".AI summary
Columbia LB10033 Jazz
Gene Krupa was the most famous swing drummer of the 1930s and 1940s. 'Rhythm Jam' and 'Wire Brush Stomp' are instrumental showcases of his drumming style, recorded for Columbia. This British pressing documents important American swing-era material.AI summary
Columbia DB5048 Jazz
Gene Krupa's orchestra plays 'Blue Rhythm Fantasy' on American OKeh.AI summary
Okeh 5627 Jazz
Gene Krupa and his orchestra recorded 'Yes My Darling Daughter' and 'Blues Krieg' for OK 5909. Krupa was one of the most important drummers and bandleaders in jazz history.AI summary
Okeh 5909 Jazz
Gene Krupa, the swing-era drummer. Okeh 6106 ('Wire Brush Stomp' and 'Hamtramck') captures his dynamic drumming style.AI summary
Okeh 6106 Jazz
Gene Krupa's orchestra with Let Me Off Uptown, his 1941 hit with Anita O'Day and Roy Eldridge, and Flamingo on Okeh 6210.AI summary
Okeh 6210 Jazz
Gene Krupa, the swing-era drummer and bandleader, recorded 'Body and Soul' and 'Stompin' at the Savoy' for Columbia 38214. Both are standards of hot jazz and swing; Krupa's versions are highly sought by collectors.AI summary
Columbia 38214 Jazz
Gene Krupa's drum band recording of 'Lemon drop' and 'Bop boogie' on Columbia DB2543, a post-war swing and bebop side from the American jazz drummer and bandleader.AI summary
Columbia DB2543 Jazz
Gene Krupa, the influential swing-era drummer and bandleader, leads his orchestra on 'Jam on Toast' and 'Tutti Frutti', recorded for Columbia's DB series in the late 1940s.AI summary
Columbia DB5050 Jazz
Gene Krupa, the pioneering American jazz drummer and bandleader, recorded 'Opus No. 1' and 'Leave us Leap' for Columbia. 'Opus No. 1' was Krupa's signature piece and a major jazz recording.AI summary
Columbia M192 Jazz
Gene Krupa's orchestra performing swing jazz on OK Records, an American label that was distributed in the UK in the late 1930s.AI summary
Okeh 5997 Jazz
Gene Krupa was the drummer who defined the swing era's rhythmic energy. Okeh 6210 ('Let Me Off Uptown' and 'Flamingo') are classic swing recordings of the late 1930s.AI summary
Okeh 6210 Jazz
Gene Krupa, the star swing drummer and bandleader, performs 'Tuxedo Junction' and 'Drummin' Man' on a UK Parlophone pressing.AI summary
Parlophone R2730 Jazz
Gene Krupa, the celebrated American jazz drummer and bandleader, recorded 'By the sleepy lagoon' and 'Little white lies' for Columbia LB-series. These are popular songs in the swing idiom.AI summary
Columbia LB10029 Jazz
Gene Rodemich's orchestra, an early jazz and hot dance ensemble, recorded 'Cry Baby Blues' and 'Just Like a Rainbow' for Brunswick in the 1920s, representing the early jazz-dance repertoire.AI summary
Brunswick 2159 Dance
Gene Rodemich was an American bandleader and pianist of the 1920s, recorded for Brunswick; 'On the Isle of Wicki Wacki Woo' is a novelty dance number of the era.AI summary
Brunswick 2474 Dance
Gene Rodemich led a prominent Kansas City dance band in the 1920s; this Brunswick recording is from the jazz-influenced dance-band repertoire of the era.AI summary
Brunswick 2558 Dance
Gene Rodemich's band recorded "I'm Sitting Pretty" and "Linger Awhile" for Brunswick in the early 1920s. Rodemich was an American bandleader active in the dance-band and early jazz era.AI summary
Brunswick 2526 Dance
Gene Vincent with Be-Bop-a-Lula and Woman Love on Capitol CL14599, the British 78 of his 1956 debut.AI summary
Capitol CL14599 Rock
Gene Wolf recorded two spirituals or gospel pieces, "White Man Let My People Go" and "I Feel Like My Time Ain't Long", on the Regal label — material suggesting African-American spiritual or blues tradition.AI summary
Regal MR1634 Personalities (Prs)
General Booth, credited on Columbia 2075, 'Please Sir Save Me' and 'Through Jordan', are likely Salvation Army or religious revival songs from the early 1920s or 1910s; the artist (a performer credited by rank or sobriquet) and label remain vague.AI summary
Columbia 2075
A Salvation Army recording attributed to General Booth, performing hymns and spiritual songs on Columbia.AI summary
Columbia 2075 Voice
General William Booth, founder of the Salvation Army, recorded 'Rope Wanted' and 'Don't Forget' on Columbia 2074 — one of the very few recordings attributed to Booth personally, made in his extreme old age before his death in 1912. This is a historically extraordinary document: the voice of the Salvation Army's founder on disc.AI summary
Columbia 2074 Personalities (Prs)
General William Booth — founder of the Salvation Army — on Columbia 2075, coupling 'Please Sir Save Me' with 'Through Jordan.' Spoken-word records by major religious and social figures of the Victorian and Edwardian era are an uncommon collecting area, and Booth's public significance gives this historical weight beyond the gramophone market.AI summary
Columbia 2075 Personalities (Prs)
General Booth, likely a novelty or pseudonymous artist, on Columbia performing religious or topical material on a very early Columbia label.AI summary
Columbia RO98
Gennaro de Tura, an Italian tenor, sings the 'Siciliana' from 'Cavalleria rusticana' on G&T.AI summary
G&T 2-52593 Opera
Geno Foreman recorded "Go Tell Aunt Rhodie" and "Foggy Mountain Top" on an unlabeled or unidentified disc, catalogue ..7778/4. These are American folk or rural titles, and the catalogue format is unclear.AI summary
..7778/4 Jazz
Genoa Keawe, the great Hawaiian falsetto singer, with 'Lovely Ginger Lei' and a medley of hulas on 49th State, the Honolulu label of the 1940s and 50s. 49th State records seldom turn up in Britain.AI summary
49th State 200 Hawaiian
Genoa Keawe, the great Hawaiian falsetto singer, with 'Keahi' and 'A 'oia', on 49th State, the Honolulu label of the 1940s and 50s. 49th State records seldom turn up in Britain.AI summary
49th State 182 Hawaiian
Genoa Keawe Mahalo e Hilo Hanakahi on a 49th State Records pressing, a Hawaiian vocal group recording Hawaiian standards.AI summary
49th State 283 Hawaiian
George Formby, the ukulele-playing Lancashire comedian and film star, recorded 'Sitting on the Sands All Night' and 'Five and Twenty Years' on Regal; Formby was one of the most popular British entertainers of the 1930s–40s.AI summary
Regal MR2232 Personalities (Prs)
George Formby, the ukulele-playing Lancashire comedian and Britain's top film star of the late 1930s, with 'Swinging Along' and 'Lad from Lancashire' on Regal Zonophone.AI summary
Regal Zonophone MR3206 Personalities (Prs)
George Formby Jr., the Lancashire ukulele comedian and film star, performing two of his characteristic comic monologues on Regal. Formby was one of the most popular variety entertainers of the 1930s–40s.AI summary
Regal MR2752 Personalities (Prs)
George Formby Jr., the Lancashire entertainer and ukulele player, on Regal — one of his earliest recordings. Formby was a major British music-hall star and comic singer in the 1930s–40s.AI summary
Regal MR Personalities (Prs)
George Formby Jr., the Lancashire comedian and ukulele player, recorded 'Dare Devil Dick' and 'Bunkam's Travelling Show' for Regal. Formby was one of Britain's most popular entertainers of the 1930s and 1940s, famed for his bawdy humour and musical gifts.AI summary
Regal MR2295 Personalities (Prs)
George Formby Jr. with 'When we feater our nest' and 'You're a li-a-ty' on Regal MR2430 from his peak years in the 1930s–1940s.AI summary
Regal MR2430 Personalities (Prs)
George Formby Jr., the legendary British music-hall entertainer and ukulele virtuoso, performing "Somebody's Wedding Day" and "Easy-Going Chap" on Regal, from his prolific recording years in the late 1930s.AI summary
Regal MR2506 Personalities (Prs)
George Formby Jr on Regal MR 2752, with two comedy songs. Formby was one of Britain's most popular comedians and entertainers of the 1930s–1940s, famous for ukulele-banjo accompaniment and cheeky humour.AI summary
Regal MR2752 Personalities (Prs)
George Formby Jr, the legendary British comedian and ukulele entertainer, performs two novelty songs on Columbia: 'Mad March Hare' and 'You Don't Need a Licence for That'. Formby's recordings remain in demand among collectors of British comedy and music-hall material.AI summary
Columbia FB3251 Personalities (Prs)
George Formby Jr was Britain's most popular entertainment star of the 1930s and 1940s, famed for his ukulele and comedy; this Decca record of 'Believe it or not' and 'In a little Wigan Garden' is from his vast recording output for the label.AI summary
Decca F3950 Personalities (Prs)
George Formby Jr., the Lancashire comedian and star of British music hall and film (1904–1961), performing 'You're Everything to Me' and 'The Emperor of Lancashire' on Regal (catalogue MR3512). Formby was one of the most popular British entertainers of the 1930s–1940s.AI summary
Regal MR3512 Personalities (Prs)
George Formby Jr, the British ukulele entertainer and comedian, recorded extensively for Regal in the 1930s; this pressing offers two of his novelty comedy songs.AI summary
Regal MR2571 Personalities (Prs)