21,670 shellac records · mostly British pressings, 1900s–1950s
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Columbia L1027
Sir Henry Wood conducting Tchaikovsky's Concerto in B Minor for Two Pianos with Columbia, recorded on two discs (L1071/1072). A rare surviving orchestral concerto recording by the eminent British conductor.AI summary
Columbia L1071/1072 Classical
Henson and others in a Laughter Record in two sides on Columbia DB146.AI summary
Columbia DB146 Comic
Herb Jeffries, the African-American baritone and swing vocalist, recorded 'Autumn in Rome' and 'Love me or leave me' for Oly Records, a minor American label, likely in the 1950s.AI summary
Oly 801 Voice
Herbert Beerbohm Tree, the legendary British stage actor, reciting 'Antony's Lament over Caesar' and 'Falstaff's Speech on Honour' for HMV's early electrical series.AI summary
His Master's Voice E161 Personalities (Prs)
Herbert Beerbohm Tree, the great Shakespearean actor, recorded in dramatic soliloquies for His Master's Voice: Hamlet's reflection on death and a scene from 'Svengali' (from *Trilby*).AI summary
His Master's Voice E162 Personalities (Prs)
Herbert Berger's St Louis Club orchestra performing 'Fuzzy Wuzzy Bird' and 'Trot Along' on OK 4753, a dance recording from the late 1920s.AI summary
Okeh 4753 Dance
Herbert Cave performing two operatic arias — 'Mariamne' and 'On with the motley' (from Pagliacci) — on the VF label, a small British imprint of uncertain date.AI summary
Velvet Face 1007 Opera
Herbert Ernst Groh was an Austrian tenor and light opera singer popular in Central Europe in the 1920s–30s. This Odeon recording of German sentimental material represents his repertoire, though he is little known in English-speaking markets.AI summary
Odeon eon26316 Opera
Herbert Langley, a British tenor of the 1920s–1930s, performs a comic monologue and an orchestral arrangement (conducted by Goosens) on Columbia catalogue L1370, suggesting a mid-1930s pressing of a relatively popular disc.AI summary
Columbia L1370 Voice
Herbert Lodge's Belgravian Band with Painting the Clouds with Sunshine and, by the Astoria Dance Players, Tiptoe Through the Tulips on Piccadilly 453.AI summary
Piccadilly 453 Dance
Herbert Mundin, a British character actor and comedian, performing comic monologues on Columbia.AI summary
Columbia DB343 Comic
Herbert Payne (Ernest Pike) on GC 3-2156, with one side titled 'Three Makes Jolly Fine Company'. The label and catalogue suggest an early recording.AI summary
Gramophone Company 3-2156 Voice
Herbert Roth's ensemble recorded two Alpine-themed instrumental pieces on Amiga, an East German state label.AI summary
Amiga 40/123 Instrumental
Herbert Rule recorded two songs on J. Bull H37, a variant or subsidiary label of the J. Bull imprint.AI summary
John Bull H37 Voice
Herbert Rule performing novelty or comic material for Bell Records, a small British label. 'Everybody's Tired of Doing It' and 'Woolloomooloo' suggest comedy songs or character pieces.AI summary
Bell 470 Comic
Herbert Rule was a popular British music hall comedian and singer of the early 1900s; this Winner pressing captures two of his comic numbers, 'I do like cheap Sea Trips' and 'The Spaniard that blighted my Life'.AI summary
Winner 2204 Music Hall
Herbert Rule recorded 'Everybody's tired of doing it' and 'Woolloomooloo' for Winner, a British label active in the 1920s–30s.AI summary
Winner 2269 Voice
Regal G7249
Polyphon 16300
Regal T5868
Herbie Fields, an American jazz musician and bandleader, performing two pieces on His Master's Voice: the novelty 'Huggin' and Chalkin'' and his own composition 'Blue Fields'.AI summary
His Master's Voice B9558 Jazz
Herbie Haymer, a tenor saxophonist and swing musician, performing two uptempo numbers on the Sunset label. Haymer was a sideman in major swing orchestras of the 1930s–40s, and small-label swing recordings are collected by jazz enthusiasts.AI summary
Sunset 7561 Jazz
Herbie Haymer on Merc (1098) with 'China boy' and 'Under a blanket of blue'; this is likely an earlier or alternate recording by the saxophonist on Mercury.AI summary
Mercury 1098 Jazz
Herbie Haymer Quintet on Sunset (7561) with 'Black market stuff' and 'Laguna leap'; Haymer was an American tenor saxophonist, and this is likely a 1950s jazz recording on an American label.AI summary
Sunset 7561 Jazz
'Herbuveaux' is an unidentified artist recorded on Brunswick, a major label, in the early 1930s.AI summary
Brunswick 3666 Dance
Herman and Minnie on BusyBeeA 79, a recording credited as 'Various [For RGVV]'; cataloguing information is insufficient to determine the content or artist identity.AI summary
BusyBee A79 Music Hall
The Herman Chittison Trio, a jazz ensemble, performs 'How High the Moon' and 'Song Is Ended' on Musicraft, an American label specialising in jazz and popular music of the 1940s–1950s.AI summary
Musicraft 315 Jazz
Herman Darewski was a British bandleader and composer; this Parlophone disc from the early 1930s carries 'Memory Lane', a sentimental instrumental number.AI summary
Parlophone F1530 Dance
Herman Finck, a British composer and conductor, recorded selections from 'The Cabaret Girl', a musical comedy, for Columbia's light entertainment catalogue.AI summary
Columbia 907 Music Hall
Herman Finck conducting what appears to be a medley or selections from the musical *Battling Butler* on Columbia 920, an early British label number from around 1924–1925.AI summary
Columbia 920 Orchestra
Herman Jadlowker, a celebrated tenor from the Vienna State Opera, recorded an extract from Wagner's Lohengrin for His Master's Voice. The catalogue number 042375 places this in HMV's very early electrical catalogue, circa 1925–1928.AI summary
His Master's Voice 042375 Opera
Dominion B13 Instrumental
Herman Wasserman plays a Spanish Dance by de Falla and Rustle of Spring on Dominion B14.AI summary
Dominion B14 Instrumental
Hermanas Aguila, a Latin vocal group, recorded 'Ven' and 'Nada Espero' for Peerless, a small American independent label of the 1920s–30s. UK copies of this label are uncommon.AI summary
Peerless 910 Voice
Hermann Bachmann, the German baritone, sings Lothario's entrance from Thomas's 'Mignon' and a 'Fuhrmannslied' on G&T.AI summary
G&T 3-42913 Opera
Hermann Jadlowker was a Latvian-born tenor who had a major career at the Berlin Royal Opera and internationally in the early twentieth century. This Polyphon disc, catalogue 72663, contains two German songs. Jadlowker's recordings are collected by specialists in early German operatic singing.AI summary
Polyphon 72663 Opera
Hermann Jadlowker, the tenor admired for his technique, sings from Wagner's 'Lohengrin', including the Grail Narration.AI summary
Electron DB775 Opera
Hermann Jadlowker was a celebrated Austro-Hungarian tenor of the early 20th century. This Gramophone recording of 'Zur Johannisnacht' represents the acoustic era of his career, when he was at the height of his fame.AI summary
Gram 70667 Opera
Hermann Schey on SupraA Records, featuring a classical medley of Prussian marches and light instrumental music.AI summary
SupraA 011 Classical
Hermann Weil, the German baritone, and Peter Müller sing arias from Un ballo in maschera and Così fan tutte in German on Gramophone Company 2-44487.AI summary
Gramophone Company 2-44487 Opera
Hermine Bosetti, an early operatic soprano, performing 'Arie der Rosine' (an aria) on His Master's Voice. The early catalogue number (HMV 2-43489) dates this to the acoustic era of the late 1920s.AI summary
His Master's Voice 2-43489 Opera
Hermine Kittel, a German soprano, performing the quartet from Verdi's *Rigoletto* on GCL 044069—an acoustic recording from the early electrical transition.AI summary
GCL 044069 Opera
Hermione Gingold and Gilbert Harding with Oh, Grandma and Takes Two to Tango on Philips PB104.AI summary
Philips PB104 Personalities (Prs)
Herr Steiner performing operatic tenor arias 'Walther's Prize Song' (from Die Meistersinger) and 'Rinaldo' for Pop 495, a budget British label.AI summary
Popular 495 Opera
Herr Steiner, a vocalist or musician, on Pop Records with two classical or sacred vocal pieces ('Ave Maria', 'Spring Song'); Pop was a minor British label.AI summary
Popular 498 Classical
'Down Vauxhall Way' and 'Buy My Strawberries' credited to Herwin on Columbia 2185; Vauxhall was a working-class London area and these titles suggest popular comedy or character songs from the early dance era, though the artist remains unidentified.AI summary
Columbia 2185
Hetty King was a popular music-hall male-impersonator, one of the most celebrated in the tradition established by Vesta Tilley. This Zonophone pressing, catalogue 150 — an extremely low catalogue number — contains two music-hall songs. A Zonophone number as low as 150 is characteristic of very early pressings and warrants close examination of the disc and label for dating.AI summary
Zonophone 150 Music Hall