21,670 shellac records · mostly British pressings, 1900s–1950s
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J Lewis recorded 'Who Threw the Water on the Tom Cat's Back' and 'When It's Night Time in Italy' for Imperial 1242, a minor British label.AI summary
Imperial 1242 Voice
J. Lynton on Mayf 2016. Mayf was an obscure British label, likely short-lived. The artist is unidentified and the titles are standard popular vocal material of the 1920s-1930s era, but the recording cannot be placed beyond its label and catalogue information.AI summary
Mayfair 2016 Voice
J Marvin and E Smalle on HMV B2441, performing 'Blue Skies' and 'I've Grown So Lonesome Thinking of You'. Unidentified vocalists on a standard HMV pressing.AI summary
His Master's Voice B2441 Voice
J McCallum on Oop (an obscure British imprint), singing 'She's the Lass for me' and 'Ta ta my Bonnie Maggie Darling', light popular material of the 1920s–30s.AI summary
Opera 164 Voice
A celebrated duet between tenor John McCormack and soprano Lucrezia Bori, two of the finest singers of the 1920s, performing the great Act III finale from Verdi's *La traviata* ('Parigi o cara') and the Rigoletto quartet ('Bella figlia dell'amore') on a His Master's Voice electrical recording.AI summary
His Master's Voice DM104 Opera
J Mclean on a VocTEST label pressing 'La la la'; the test-pressing status and lack of further detail make this a curiosity of uncertain provenance and artist identity.AI summary
Vocalion TEST Personalities (Prs)
J Miller and C Farrell on His Master's Voice B3183, two popular songs from the late 1920s.AI summary
His Master's Voice B3183 Voice
His Master's Voice B2517 Personalities (Prs)
J Mills recorded 'On the Day King George is Crowned' for Zonophone, likely in 1911 or at a Coronation jubilee; this is a topical souvenir disc from the acoustic era.AI summary
Zonophone 580 Voice
His Master's Voice B8279 Personalities (Prs)
J. Mills and L. Browne performing 'I'm on a See Saw' and 'Nonny No' on His Master's Voice B8279. This record represents a duet or dance number from the light-entertainment repertoire of the 1920s–30s.AI summary
His Master's Voice B8279 Dance
J Mills and L Browne recorded 'I'm on a See Saw' and 'Nonny no' for His Master's Voice, a British dance or novelty recording of the 1930s.AI summary
His Master's Voice B8279 Dance
J. Mills and L. Browne recorded 'I'm on a See Saw' and 'Nonny No' for His Master's Voice B8279, a late 1920s-1930s recording.AI summary
His Master's Voice B8279 Dance
J. Moskowitz performing 'Operatic Rag' and 'Panama Pacific Drag' on Victor catalogue 17978. The operatic rag was a short-lived novelty form combining ragtime with operatic melody, popular in the 1910s.AI summary
Victor 17978 Instrumental
J. Norman with Mame Bong on Parlophone CE6057-1.AI summary
Parlophone CE6057-1 Dance
Jack Norworth and Gitz Rice, American performers, recorded 'Safe in our Wardrobe for two' and 'Sally from Calais' on Columbia 525, an early issue pre-dating WWI.AI summary
Columbia 525 Voice
J Note performing 'L'Angelus de la Mer' and 'La Voix des Chenes' on Ideal, catalogue 22. An unidentified artist on a small British label.AI summary
Ideal 22 Voice
Two mid-1920s popular songs on the Curry's label: the 1925 hit 'Show Me the Way to Go Home', sung by J. Nowlan, and 'June Night', sung by J. Richman.AI summary
Curry's 200 Voice
J. O'Dea and H. O'Donovan performing 'The Mayor Proposes' parts 1 and 2 on Regal 1145, likely from an Irish revue or musical.AI summary
Regal 1145 Misc.
J Patzak (Julius Patzak) was an Austrian tenor of the operatic and lieder repertoire; this Grammophon pressing carries two operatic arias, "Don Cesar" and "Die Landstreicher", likely from the 1920s or 1930s.AI summary
Grammophon 24326 Opera
J Price on Imperial with novelty vocal material and blues-inflected songs from the late 1920s.AI summary
Imperial 1373 Voice
J Roberts and H Williamson recorded two sides of British music hall or comic material on Bel, an obscure and very short-lived British label. The titles suggest sentimental or comic song material from the early 1920s or earlier.AI summary
Beltona 1526 Music Hall
J Samehtini is an unidentified performer on the Met label, a small British imprint; the side offers light classical piano and vocal material from the 1930s–40s.AI summary
Metropole 1166 Classical
J Samuels and L Briers performing 'In and Out' and 'A Fiddlers Contest' on Emer 1063, a novelty or fiddle recording on an obscure British label.AI summary
Emerson 1063 Instrumental
J Shilkret (likely conductor/musician) performing two famous novelty and dance songs on His Master's Voice; the B2048 catalogue places this in the late 1920s or early 1930s.AI summary
His Master's Voice B2048 Dance
J Shilkret (likely Nathaniel Shilkret or a member of the Shilkret family, prominent orchestra and arrangement personnel of the 1920s–1930s) recorded two popular instrumental pieces on HMV's B-series. The titles suggest light orchestral arrangements.AI summary
His Master's Voice B1894 Instrumental
Nat Shilkret, a prolific conductor and pianist, recorded 'If You Knew Susie' and 'Don't Bring Lulu' for His Master's Voice. Both are popular vaudeville standards of the 1920s, recorded here in Shilkret's orchestral arrangement.AI summary
His Master's Voice B2048 Dance
J Shilkret on Rex catalogue 8918, a vocal ballad featuring standards of the 1930s. Rex was a British budget label.AI summary
Rex 8918 Voice
J Shilkret, credited on Victor, performing popular novelty and sentimental songs from the 1920s-30s era.AI summary
Victor 19817 Voice
J Shilkret on Victor 19931, a vocal novelty record from the late 1920s.AI summary
Victor 19931 Voice
J. Shilkret with Under Your Spell and, credited Wilbur, Serenade in the Night on Perfect 7-02-09.AI summary
Perfect 7-02-09 Dance
J Smith performing 'Left all Alone again Blues' and 'Whose Baby Are You' on His Master's Voice B1130, an early blues or novelty recording on a major British label.AI summary
His Master's Voice B1130 Jazz
J Smith recorded 'Happy' and 'I might be your Once in a While' for His Master's Voice, catalogue B1198, likely from the mid-1920s.AI summary
His Master's Voice B1198 Voice
J. Smith recorded popular sentimental songs for Victor Records. The titles are from the 1920s standard repertoire, widely recorded across all labels. Victor was a major American label with UK pressings, and such material survives in quantity.AI summary
Victor 35682 Voice
J Smith Band recorded 'Karavan' and Biese's 'When You're Alone' for Zonophone, a British budget label of the 1920s and 1930s.AI summary
Zonophone 3205 Dance
J. Spielmann performing 'Das Urteil des Paris' on the Favourite label, catalogue 2-15009. The artist is not readily identified in standard references; Favourite was an early continental label with British distribution. An unrecognised artist on an early Favourite pressing warrants investigation.AI summary
Favorite 2-15009
Violinist Joseph Szigeti and composer-pianist Béla Bartók recorded Bartók's Romanian Folk Dances together on Columbia LB6, a large-format (12-inch) coupling of historic importance. This is one of the most celebrated chamber collaborations of the 78rpm era — two giants of twentieth-century music performing Bartók's own arrangements. Columbia's LB series was a premium classical series, and this disc is sought by collectors of both historical violin recordings and Bartók.AI summary
Columbia LB6 Classical
J. Taylor credited on His Master's Voice, performing sentimental popular material of the late 1920s.AI summary
His Master's Voice B5762 Voice
J Taylor on His Master's Voice, a singer performing sentimental ballad material in the 1940s–50s.AI summary
His Master's Voice B5762 Voice
Parlophone DP265 Jazz
J Walker on Imperial Records performs two sentimental or novelty vocal numbers.AI summary
Imperial 1520 Voice
J Weintraub recorded 'Intermezzo' and 'Le Cygne' (The Swan by Saint-Saëns) on JBull, a minor marque.AI summary
John Bull 11108 Instrumental
J. Wiener and C. Doucet performing 'Harlem Blues' and 'Strike Up the Band' on Columbia, catalogue DC94. The DC series was Columbia's double-sided dance series of the late 1920s.AI summary
Columbia DC94 Jazz
Imperial 2522 Misc.
J Wilbur Band recorded 'One little Quarrel' and 'Three little Times' for Imperial, catalogue 2638, likely from the early 1930s.AI summary
Imperial 2638 Dance
The J Wilbur Band on Imperial, with a title suggesting a risqué novelty song typical of 1920s–30s dance recordings.AI summary
Imperial 2756 Dance
J. Wilbur Band recording 'Chum Song' and 'One Night Alone with You' for Imperial, catalogue 2334, from the 1920s.AI summary
Imperial 2334 Dance
A Belgian accordion player recording in French for the Odeon label; little is known of J Willekens or the reach of Odeon's continental catalogue in Britain.AI summary
Odeon 33287 Instrumental