21,671 shellac records · mostly British pressings, 1900s–1950s
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H Bluff and B Whitlock recorded 'The Auctioneer' and 'The Tram Conductor', likely comic sketches or monologues, for Imperial, catalogue 956; Imperial was a small British label of uncertain dating.AI summary
Imperial 956 Comic
H. Bluff and B. Whitlock recorded comic monologues—'Cohen Phones the Gas Co' and 'Cohen Phones the Exchange'—for Imperial Records, a small British label of the early 1900s.AI summary
Imperial 957 Music Hall
H Bluff, V Watson and B Bent performed the comedy sketch 'Mr & Mrs Brown's Pro Party' Parts 1 and 2 for Winner 4425, a British record label known for music-hall and novelty material.AI summary
Winner 4425 Comic
H. Buxton sings two sentimental ballads on the Imperial label: 'Don't Leave Me Mammy' and 'I've Lost the Best Pal I Had' (composed by C. Boneur). Imperial was a budget British imprint.AI summary
Imperial 1107 Voice
H Buxton on Imperial 1136, singing 'Molly Kennedy' and 'Yes We Have No Bananas', likely 1920s.AI summary
Imperial 1136 Voice
H Cove recorded two Scottish-themed pieces, 'Hail Caledonia' and 'Anchored (Alan Turner)' for VF, an unidentified small British label. The catalogue number and repertoire suggest early-to-mid 20th century.AI summary
Velvet Face 1271 Voice
A piano-accompanied ragtime piece credited to H Cove and T Yorke on Winner, a British label of the early 1910s. The title 'Hear that Orchestra Rag' suggests a novelty rag with orchestral effects, typical of the period's popular instrumental piano music.AI summary
Winner 2285 Instrumental
H Cove and J Charman recorded 'At the Mississippi Cabaret' and 'I Want to Go Back to Michigan' on Winner 2808. Winner was a British budget label of the early 1920s; both are popular song numbers of the period.AI summary
Winner 2808 Voice
H Cove and T Jackson recorded 'Where you goin' and 'Row' for Tri, catalogue 20293. Nothing is known of these artists or the label Tri.AI summary
Triumph 20293 Jazz
H Cove and T Jackson performed 'Ragtime Cowboy Joe' and 'Ragtime Soldier Man' for Winner, a cheap British pressing from the 1910s of repertoire from the ragtime era.AI summary
Winner 2255 Dance
H. Cove and W. Thompson with On the 5.15 and On My Way to Dublin Bay on Popular 594.AI summary
Popular 594 Voice
H Cove and W Thompson recorded 'Pick of the Family' and 'Mississippi Cabaret' for Popular 595. Popular was a minor British label of the 1920s.AI summary
Popular 595 Music Hall
H. Cove and W. Thompson with Minstrel Parade and Simple Melody on Popular 605.AI summary
Popular 605 Voice
H Cove and W Thompson performing 'Kkk Katy' and 'Mary dear' on the Pop label (919), an obscure British imprint.AI summary
Popular 919
H Cove and W Thompson on Scala Records, a British label of the 1920s-30s, with American novelty numbers 'I want to go back to Michigan' and 'Bring me back my Loving Honey Boy'.AI summary
Scala 655 Voice
H Cove and W Thompson performing 'Are you from Dixie' and 'The Green Grass grew all around' on Scala, a minor British label. These artists are unidentified.AI summary
Scala 856 Dance
Two ragtime songs of 1912, 'Hitchy-Koo' and 'Waiting for the Robert E. Lee', sung by H. Cove and W. Thompson on Grammavox.AI summary
Grammavox E90 Ragtime
'Black Bottom' and 'For My Sweetheart' by H. Daniels and P. de Rose on Imperial 1683; Imperial was a small British label.AI summary
Imperial 1683 Dance
H. Donovan on Imperial Records performing two sentimental popular numbers of the 1920s–30s era. Donovan is not a documented recording artist and details on this pressing are scarce.AI summary
Imperial 1215 Voice
H. Eisdell performing 'In a Persian Garden', part 7, on HMV 02674. This is a choral setting by Frederick Cowen, a Victorian composer; HMV's 02000-series are early electrical recordings.AI summary
His Master's Voice 02674 Classical
H. Eisdell recorded 'Parted' for HMV—a vocal ballad by an untraced singer on a major label, catalogue number suggesting 1900s–10s acoustic era.AI summary
His Master's Voice 02459 Voice
H. Fay and B. Desmond performing sentimental ballads 'Kentucky Lullaby' and 'At the End of an Irish Moonbeam' on Uni 157, an unidentified British imprint.AI summary
Unison 157 Voice
H Fay and S Kirkby performing 'You've Got to Sing in Ragtime' and 'All Change for Llanfairfechan' on Zonophone 767, from the early 1910s or 1920s.AI summary
Zonophone 767 Music Hall
H Flecker conducts 'Christ's Hospital Service' and related liturgical items (W H Fyfe's 'Parade for Dinner' and 'Grace') on His Master's Voice HB1. This appears to be a record of the Christ's Hospital school service or ceremony.AI summary
His Master's Voice HB1 Classical
H Forman performing two sentimental popular songs, 'Have you got another Girl at Home like Mary' and 'My Girl's a Yorkshire girl', on Zonophone 91, a very early catalogue number from the label's first decade.AI summary
Zonophone 91 Voice
A His Master's Voice B-series recording of *The Stately Homes of England*, a Noël Coward song in two parts, performed by named vocalists (French, Landon, Gatrell, Carter) from the 1930s or 1940s.AI summary
His Master's Voice B8741 Music Hall
H. Hall performing a 'Musical Comedy Switch' on Decca K581, a two-part piece.AI summary
Decca K581 Music Hall
H Hall recorded 'Hieland Laddie' and 'Sylvia waltz' for Decca, catalogue F2357, likely from the 1930s.AI summary
Decca F2357 Instrumental
H Hall Band performing light orchestral material on Columbia's FB series, a budget line of the 1930s-40s.AI summary
Columbia FB1039 Orchestra
H Jans and H Whalen (likely vaudeville performers) recorded a theatrical sketch for His Master's Voice B2675.AI summary
His Master's Voice B2675 Comic
H Kenrick performing two comic songs on JBull 40441. JBull was a British label, likely minor; the high catalogue number suggests late 1920s or 1930s.AI summary
John Bull 40441 Comic
H. Kenrick with Every Fellow's in Love with a Girl and I'm Afraid to Go Home in the Dark on John Bull 40442.AI summary
John Bull 40442 Music Hall
This is a novelty or comic piece featuring three performers, recorded for Columbia. The catalogue and style suggest an early 1930s recording.AI summary
Columbia FB2717 Comic
H Lanin's orchestra performing dance music including the Black Bottom on Columbia, circa mid-1920s.AI summary
Columbia 4153 Dance
H Lanin, credited on Winner, a cheap British budget imprint, performing dance-band material in the 1920s-30s idiom.AI summary
Winner 3926 Dance
H. Larson performing two instrumental pieces — 'Little Song' and a Drdla Serenade — on Citizen Records, catalogue 799. Citizen was a small British label.AI summary
Citizen 799 Instrumental
H Leoni and M Crawford perform 'Think of Me' and 'You May Take Me Round Paree' on HMV B908. Without further identification of these artists this is difficult to place precisely; the B-prefix HMV series is a standard acoustic-era 10-inch popular format.AI summary
His Master's Voice B908 Voice
H Long performing two popular songs on the Phoen (Phoenix) label, a minor British imprint. The artist is unidentified, and neither song appears to be a major standard.AI summary
Phoenix 189 Voice
H Lovell performing 'Ma' and 'Sally' (the latter arranged by Ray Carr) on Belt 102, a minor British label.AI summary
Beltona 102 Voice
A Ren label recording pairing two sentimental songs—"Il Bacio" (The Kiss) and "Softly Awakes My Heart" from *Samson and Delilah*—credited to the H.M. Scots Guards with soloist Leggett. Ren was a small British label of the 1920s–30s.AI summary
Rena 1266 Instrumental
H MacPherson on Inv 249, Scottish-sounding comic or novelty material 'The same as his Father did before him' and 'Have you seen our John', from the 1920s–30s.AI summary
Invicta 249 Comic
Leo Fall's operetta music performed by H Marischka with quartet, on the GC label, a rare surviving fragment of early 20th-century Austro-German operetta recordings.AI summary
Gramophone Company 4-42083 Opera
H. Payne on Zonophone 947, performing Christmas novelty material on an early British acoustic label. The artist is unidentified and these titles are evidently seasonal recordings with limited appeal beyond their original 1920s market.AI summary
Zonophone 947
H. Roy on Broadcast label, this pressing of 'Queen Was in the Parlour' and 'Song of Happiness' is from an unidentified artist.AI summary
Broadcast 774 Voice
H. Roy, a performer of Hawaiian and novelty songs, recorded these numbers for the Ar label. The artist is not well known from standard reference; the Hawaiian content on the B-side is typical of 1930s popular repertoire.AI summary
Ariel 4888 Hawaiian
H Roy on Ariel Records 4907, performing two numbers including a Gonella composition ('Solitude'). Ariel was a minor British label; artist is only partially identified.AI summary
Ariel 4907 Instrumental
Harry Roy with Cheek to Cheek and Piccolino, two Irving Berlin songs of 1935-36, on Ariel 4914.AI summary
Ariel 4914 Dance
H Roy recorded 'I'd love to take Orders from you' and 'Deep Feelin' (credited to Bunkhouse Boys) for Ar, catalogue 4936. Ar is an unrecognised British label.AI summary
Ariel 4936 Dance