21,670 shellac records · mostly British pressings, 1900s–1950s
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Illinois Jacquet, the tenor saxophonist who pioneered the honking bebop saxophone style, on Columbia LB10023, performing "Honeysuckle rose" and "Learnin the blues".AI summary
Columbia LB10023 Jazz
Ilona Kabos, a Hungarian pianist, recorded 'Duets for children' (parts on DX972/973) for Columbia; Kabos was known as a chamber musician and pianist in the mid-20th century.AI summary
Columbia DX972/973 Classical
Imito, on the Zonophone label 6134, 'Everyday Sounds' and 'English & Australian Birds'—apparently sound-effect or novelty recordings, likely from the 1920s–1930s; the artist (or label pseudonym) and the label itself remain obscure.AI summary
Zonophone 6134 Personalities (Prs)
Imperial Guards Band recorded "Gladiator March" and "Invincible Eagle March" for Phonix (Phoenix) 011, a small British label.AI summary
Phoenix 011 Instrumental
The Imperial Infantry Band recorded two light instrumental pieces, "Reverie" and "Fascination Waltz", for Odeon 44717. Odeon was a major German-owned label with substantial British pressings from the 1920s onward.AI summary
Odeon 44717 Orchestra
The Imperial Infantry Band recorded "The Balkan Princess" for Odeon, a German-owned label that pressed significant quantities in Britain from the 1920s onwards. This is a military brass-band arrangement of light repertoire.AI summary
Odeon 66719 Orchestra
The Imperial Infantry Band performing 'Distant Greeting' and 'In Toyland' on Odeon 44523, a British military band recording.AI summary
Odeon 44523 Orchestra
Imperial Military Band performing 'Whispers of Love' and 'In a Pagoda' on Odeon 44233, a British military band recording from the acoustic or early electrical era.AI summary
Odeon 44233 Orchestra
Inga Andersen on Decca F7469, recorded 'Luxury Cruise' and 'Two Hundred & Three' from the late 1940s or early 1950s.AI summary
Decca F7469 Voice
Inge Borkh, the Swiss-Austrian soprano, performing scenes from Beethoven's Fidelio on His Master's Voice DB11544 — a substantial operatic recording from the post-war period.AI summary
His Master's Voice DB11544 Opera
Ingrid Almquist was a Scandinavian vocalist recorded by HMV; these are light instrumental or vocal pieces from the 1920s–1930s era.AI summary
His Master's Voice B10256 Voice
The Ink Spots with Am I Too Late and Melody of Love on Parlophone R3977.AI summary
Parlophone R3977 Voice
The Ink Spots, the influential American vocal group who pioneered swing-era harmony singing, on His Master's Voice. 'Your Feet's Too Big' is one of their signature numbers.AI summary
His Master's Voice BD146 Jazz
The Ink Spots, one of the most commercially successful vocal groups of the 1930s–1940s, recorded two numbers for Brunswick: "My Greatest Mistake" and "I'll Never Smile Again Until I Smile at You". The Ink Spots were prolific and hugely popular.AI summary
Brunswick 3081 Voice
An educational or demonstrative recording on Columbia titled 'Instruments of the Orchestra', with separate sides featuring violin and piccolo — likely part of a music-education series from the 1920s or 1930s.AI summary
Columbia 3198 Instrumental
Educational release on Columbia demonstrating orchestral instruments by sound—trumpet and bass trombone solos.AI summary
Columbia 3200 Instrumental
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Decca casample
An orchestral instructional or demonstration disc on His Master's Voice showing the individual instruments of the orchestra. The C-series catalogue number and 'Various' artist suggest a compilation or educational release.AI summary
His Master's Voice C1311 Orchestra
International Novelty recorded a novelty or dance number 'Let It Rain' and 'My Kid' on Victor label, catalogue 19624. Victor was the American label, and UK pressings of this catalogue range are scarce.AI summary
Victor 19624 Dance
His Master's Voice B5111
The International Novelty Quartette were a recording ensemble of the 1910s–1920s; this Zonophone disc preserves two popular songs from the period in a light vocal arrangement.AI summary
Zonophone 5726 Voice
The International String Quartet performing Matthew Locke's String Quartet No. 6 on NGS 143. NGS (National Gramophonic Society) was a serious British collector's label founded in the 1920s, issuing classical chamber music for subscribers.AI summary
NGS 143 Classical
The International String Quartet performing an Italian serenade on NGS, a small or regional British label. The catalogue number 150 suggests an early label, but the artist and label have not been securely identified.AI summary
NGS 150 Classical
Ippolito Lazaro, an Italian tenor, recorded Puccini's "Turandot" for Columbia L2057. Lazaro had a recording career in the 1920s-1930s but is not widely familiar today.AI summary
Columbia L2057 Opera
Hipólito Lázaro, the Spanish lyric tenor celebrated for his ringing upper register, sings 'O Paradiso' from L'Africaine on HMV 2-052047, a large-format (12-inch) single-sided pressing from the Gramophone Company's international series. The 2-052000 HMV series is a prestigious single-sided acoustic format for international operatic tenors, and Lázaro's recordings are collected by admirers of the Spanish lyric tenor tradition.AI summary
His Master's Voice 2-052047 Opera
Irene Abendroth singing Offenbach's 'Je suis Titania' on a BBC label 78rpm. Abendroth was a respected German mezzo-soprano of the mid-20th century; BBC pressings of this era are typically concert recordings or licensed classical material.AI summary
BBC 43245 Opera
Irene Dunne, the American film and stage star, recorded 'When I Grow Too Old to Dream' and 'Lovely to Look At' on Columbia, catalogue DB1805. Both are from the 1935 film 'Roberta' and showcase her light soprano voice.AI summary
Columbia DB1805 Personalities (Prs)
Irene Dunne, the major Hollywood actress and soprano, on Columbia DB3081. Dunne recorded frequently in the 1930s–1940s; this is one of her standard film songs from that era.AI summary
Columbia DB3081 Voice
Irene Dunne recorded 'When I Grow Too Old to Dream' and 'Lovely to Look At' for Brunswick 02048 in the mid-1930s; Dunne was a major American film actress and popular singer known for her light soprano voice and sophisticated comedic timing.AI summary
Brunswick 02048 Voice
Irene Dunne was an American film star and sophisticated vocalist, celebrated for her roles in musical films of the 1930s–40s. 'When I Grow Too Old To Dream' and 'Lovely to Look At' are from her film work, recorded for Brunswick during her Hollywood years.AI summary
Brunswick 02048 Voice
Irene Eisinger performing the operetta song 'Das gibt's nur einmal' and 'Heuerigenlied' (an Austrian folk song), on Electrola EG2450, a German pressing from the 1930s.AI summary
Electrola EG2450 Voice
Pathé 1084 Voice
Irene Price vocal on Rex 9040, a small British label of the early 1930s.AI summary
Rex 9040 Voice
Irene Scharrer was a distinguished British classical pianist, and this His Master's Voice acoustic or early electrical recording captures her playing Bach's Prelude and Fugue and Debussy's Arabesque no. 2—substantial works in intimate solo performance.AI summary
His Master's Voice D576 Classical
Irene Scharrer, an accomplished British concert pianist, in two Chopin pieces—a Funeral March and an Etude with Valse—recorded for His Master's Voice in the 1920s.AI summary
His Master's Voice D83 Classical
Irene Scharrer, a British pianist of the early 20th century, performs 'Tipperary Five Variations' on His Master's Voice. Scharrer was known for her chamber music and solo recordings.AI summary
His Master's Voice 05576 Classical
Irene Scharrer performing Bach's Prelude and Fugue and Debussy's Arabesque No. 2 on His Master's Voice D576. Scharrer was a respected British pianist and composer of the early-to-mid 20th century; this is a substantial classical recording.AI summary
His Master's Voice D576 Classical
Irene Scruggs, an African-American blues guitarist and vocalist of the 1930s, performing 'You've got what I want' and 'My Back to the Wall' for Ristic 7, a tiny American label.AI summary
Ristic 7 Jazz
The Irish Guards Band, one of the British Army's most recorded military ensembles, recorded a 'Dairymaids selection' for Beka, catalogue 3107. Beka was a prominent British disc manufacturer until the mid-1920s, and military-band sides from this era are common.AI summary
Beka 3107 Orchestra
The Irish Guards Band play Holst's Second Suite in F for military band in two parts on Boosey & Hawkes 2010.AI summary
Boosey&Hawkes 2010 Instrumental
The Irish Guards Band performing two pieces for Syr Records: 'The Mountain Gnomes' and 'Ghost's Two Step'.AI summary
Sirena 107 Instrumental
Irving Berlin, the legendary American composer, sings his own compositions from the First World War era on Brunswick. 'Oh How I Hate to Get up in the Morning' was one of Berlin's hits from Yip, Yip, Yaphank (1918).AI summary
Brunswick 03492 Voice
Irving Berlin, the great American songwriter, is credited here on a Columbia acoustic recording of 'Oh How That German Could Love' and 'My Little Dutch Colleen', popular songs from the early 1910s. This represents very early recordings by one of America's most important composers.AI summary
Columbia A804 Personalities (Prs)
Irving Berlin's "This is the Army Mister Jones" and "My British Buddy" on His Master's Voice B9355, from the 1942 wartime musical film *This Is the Army*, starring and produced by Berlin himself.AI summary
His Master's Voice B9355 Personalities (Prs)
Irving Gillette and an ensemble recorded 'Christmas Eve in the toy shop' and 'Ragtime in a toy shop' for OK Records, catalogue 4208; these novelty titles date from the acoustic era, approximately 1910–1920.AI summary
Okeh 4208 Instrumental
Irving Kaufman, a prolific American vaudeville and recording artist of the 1920s, recorded 'Roses Remind Me of You' and 'Who' for Grafton 9185, a British label. The catalogue number appears to have been incorrectly labelled on this copy. Kaufman was active in the 1920s–1930s as a recording artist for many American labels.AI summary
Grafton 9185(labelwrong) Voice
Irving Kaufman, an American popular singer of the 1920s, on Guar, an obscure British label.AI summary
Guardsman 2025
Irving Kaufman, a prolific American tenor of the 1910s to 1930s, with the comic songs Schmo Plays Golf and Schmo Takes a Rest on Sterling 5003.AI summary
Sterling 5003 Comic