21,659 shellac records · mostly British pressings, 1900s–1950s
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Antonio Notariello performing 'Teach Me to Love' and 'Agnus Dei' on the Witton label, catalogue 6003 — a companion to the Witton 6002 discs (ids 2339 and 6470) in this collection. Witton is an extremely obscure label; all three Witton discs in this collection require specialist examination.AI summary
Witton 6003 Voice
Antonio Notariello performing 'The Star' and the Handel aria 'Ombra Mai Fu' on the Witton label, a minor British imprint.AI summary
Witton 6005 Voice
An Aeolian orchestra on Vocalion, performing 'Marche Hongroise' and 'Lente' — concert performances of instrumental and orchestral material.AI summary
Vocalion J04007 Orchestra
A band performing two folk or traditional pieces: 'Peasants Wedding' and 'Mill on the Rocks', credited to Apollo, a small or short-lived British label.AI summary
Apollo 138 Instrumental
Apollo Granforte, an Italian baritone, singing Neapolitan and Italian songs for His Master's Voice. Granforte was an opera and popular singer active in the early 20th century, but he is now little known outside specialist circles.AI summary
His Master's Voice DA1053 Opera
April Stevens, the popular American singer, recorded these vocals for His Master's Voice in the 1950s; That Naughty Waltz and I Like to Talk to Myself are light entertainment pieces of their era.AI summary
His Master's Voice JO357 Voice
April Stevens, an American popular singer and later rock-and-roll figure, on His Master's Voice from the 1950s performing pop ballad material.AI summary
His Master's Voice B10152 Voice
April Stevens recorded 'The Tricks of the Trade' and 'Put Me in Your Pocket' for HMV (JO305). April Stevens was an American pop singer and actress of the 1950s; HMV JO series suggests mid-1950s UK pressing.AI summary
His Master's Voice JO305 Voice
Araci de Almeida, a Brazilian singer, recorded samba and folk material for Parlophone's international DP series in the 1950s.AI summary
Parlophone DP259 Voice
ARC (likely a house band or orchestra) on 'You're the Top' and 'I Get a Kick Out of You', two Cole Porter standards from his 1934 musical 'Anything Goes', issued on Rex 8523. Rex was a budget British label; these are typical 1930s popular dance covers.AI summary
Rex 8523 Dance
Credited as ARC on Perfection (Perf), a small British label of the 1920s–30s; catalogue 15624 is a high number suggesting later Perfection production or reissue.AI summary
Perfect 15624 Voice
ARC recorded popular dance material for Mayf, an obscure British label. The catalogue number and format suggest early 1930s pressing.AI summary
Mayfair 2198 Dance
ARC performing 'Honeymoon Parade' and 'Hikin' Down the Highway' on Pan, a small British label.AI summary
Panachord 25070 Dance
ARC (likely a house band or pseudonym) performing 'I've Got Five Dollars' and 'When Yuba Plays the Rumba on the Tuba' on Decca F2999.AI summary
Decca F2999 Dance
ARC (likely a house ensemble or studio group on the budget label ARC) recorded 'Strangers' and 'Voice in the old Village Choir' for Decca, catalogue F3007; ARC credits typically masked studio musicians on lower-cost pressings.AI summary
Decca F3007 Voice
ARC (likely an abbreviation or pseudonym for a session band) recorded 'Hummin' to Myself' and 'Downhearted' for Decca F3082 in the mid-to-late 1930s.AI summary
Decca F3082 Dance
An orchestra credited to ARC recorded 'Night Shall Be Filled with Music' and 'If You Were Only Mine' for Decca F3083, a British pressing from the 1930s–1940s.AI summary
Decca F3083 Orchestra
ARC (likely the American Record Company) is credited on this Winner disc, a cheap British label, of 'Don't Let It Happen Again' and 'Sleepy Head', with titles suggesting novelty or sentimental material.AI summary
Winner W139 Voice
Archer (unidentified artist) on Brunswick, recording 'Sunny' and 'Who'—likely vocal or novelty material from the late 1930s.AI summary
Brunswick 2997 Dance
Archer recorded two popular sentimental songs for Brunswick: 'There Ain't No Maybe in My Baby's Eyes' and 'When Day Is Done', probably in the 1920s or 1930s.AI summary
Brunswick 3399 Voice
Archer on Brunswick 3452, with 'High Up in the Hills' and 'Yankee Rose' — a vocalist of unknown significance on a major American label's British pressing, 1930s.AI summary
Brunswick 3452 Voice
Archie Bleyer was an American bandleader and recording artist of the 1950s; this Kristall coupling is a reissue or budget pressing of his light-orchestral work.AI summary
Kristall 309 Orchestra
Archie Camden was a leading British bassoon soloist of the mid-twentieth century; this Columbia record pairs him with conductor Hamilton Harty in Mozart's Bassoon Concerto, an important work in the bassoon repertoire.AI summary
Columbia L1826 Classical
Arden-Ohman on His Master's Voice B6050, performing 'Can This Be Love' and 'Fine and Dandy'.AI summary
His Master's Voice B6050 Dance
Arden-Ohman with 'I got Rhythm' and 'Embraceable you' on HMV (B6174), the American piano duo performing Gershwin standards in the early 1930s.AI summary
His Master's Voice B6174 Instrumental
The Arden-Ohman Orchestra, a jazz-influenced dance band of the 1920s–30s, recorded two popular songs for HMV; Arden and Ohman were prolific Brunswick recording artists, and their Decca and HMV sides are collected by hot-dance enthusiasts.AI summary
His Master's Voice B5634 Dance
Arden-Ohman (likely referring to Victor Arden and Phil Ohman, the American piano duo) recording 'Should I' and the High Hatters' 'A Bundle of Old Love Letters' for His Master's Voice B5791, mid-1920s.AI summary
His Master's Voice B5791 Jazz
Arden-Ohman, a piano duo or light-music ensemble, recorded 'Sleepy Town Express' and 'You Didn't Have to Tell Me' for His Master's Voice, catalogue B6002. A minor dance or novelty recording.AI summary
His Master's Voice B6002 Dance
Arden-Ohman (a piano duo) recorded 'Should I' and, on the reverse, the High Hatters' 'A Bundle of old Love Letters' for His Master's Voice, catalogue B5791, likely from the late 1920s.AI summary
His Master's Voice B5791 Instrumental
Arden-Ohman, a jazz duo active in the late 1920s, recorded 'Looking for a Boy' and 'That certain Feeling' for Brunswick 3035. Both are Gershwin standards.AI summary
Brunswick 3035 Jazz
Arden and Ohman, a piano duo popular in the 1920s, recorded these two pieces for His Master's Voice in the mid-to-late 1920s, with the B-side credited to the High Hatters.AI summary
His Master's Voice B5791 Instrumental
A Vitaphone sound-on-disc soundtrack record for the 1929 Warner Bros. film The Argyle Case, starring H. B. Warner, Lila Lee and ZaSu Pitts. Vitaphone discs were large and played at 33 1/3 rpm.AI summary
Ariel Band, 'Southern Rose' and 'Save Your Sorrow for Tomorrow', on Ar 632; a dance or popular band on what appears to be a small or house label from the 1920s or 1930s.AI summary
Ariel 632 Dance
The Ariel Military Band plays Blaze Away and Colonel Bogey on Ariel 742.AI summary
Ariel 742 Instrumental
Aristodemo Giorgini, an Italian operatic singer. G&T 52168 records 'Recondita Armonia' (Tosca); an early electrical operatic recording.AI summary
G&T 52168 Opera
Arkie Shibley was an American country and western musician of the 1940s–50s; this Maple Leaf label recording suggests a country or Western swing novelty, though Maple Leaf pressings in UK collections are rare.AI summary
Maple Leaf G201 Country
Armand Crabbe recorded 'Le temps s'envole' and 'Na Coieta ay, ay, ay' for His Master's Voice DA755; 'Na Coieta ay, ay, ay' suggests Portuguese or Iberian dance music from the 1930s–40s.AI summary
His Master's Voice DA755 Dance
New Orleans pianist Armand Hug and drummer Ray Bauduc with 'Breezin' Along' and 'Little Rock Getaway' on American OKeh.AI summary
Okeh 6802 Jazz
Armand Tokatyan, the Metropolitan Opera tenor, sings the 'Siciliana' from 'Cavalleria rusticana' and 'Amor ti vieta' from 'Fedora' on Vocalion.AI summary
Vocalion B3121 Opera
Armando Orefiche was a Cuban bandleader and pianist known for mambo and cha-cha recordings. 'La Rumbita' and 'Cha-cha la Negra' are Latin dance numbers; this Decca C16112 pressing is from a mainstream commercial Latin-music catalogue.AI summary
Decca C16112 Dance
Armida Senatra performing a Romance in F across two sides on Columbia catalogue is4007 — a duplicate of id 17573 in this collection. As with that disc, the 'is' prefix Columbia series is unusual and the artist is not readily identified; both copies should be examined together.AI summary
Coliseum 4007 Instrumental
Armida Senatra performing Rubinstein's Romance across two sides on the Tow label, catalogue 1006. Tow is an obscure label not readily identified in standard references; Senatra is not widely documented. An unrecognised artist on an unidentified label warrants investigation.AI summary
Tower 1006 Instrumental
Armida Senatra performing a Romance in F across two sides on Columbia catalogue is4007 — the 'is' prefix suggesting a specialist or international series. The artist is not readily identified in standard references; the unusual series prefix warrants investigation.AI summary
Coliseum 4007 Instrumental
A recording of war-time songs performed at an Armistice Festival in 1933, released on Columbia as a documentary curiosity of British popular patriotic music.AI summary
Columbia DB1242
Armstrong (forename not given) performing two jazz sides for His Master's Voice: 'I hate to leave you now' and 'Hello (McKinney)'.AI summary
His Master's Voice B6335 Jazz
Louis Armstrong, the most influential jazz musician of the 20th century, recorded these early jazz sides for Columbia. 'Lonesome blues' and 'King of the Zulus' are from his classic period. Columbia DB3340 is a later UK pressing, not an original 1920s release.AI summary
Columbia DB3340 Jazz
Armstrong performing 'Dusky Stevedore' and 'Mississippi Basin' on His Master's Voice B6387, likely Louis Armstrong in the mid-1920s.AI summary
His Master's Voice B6387 Jazz