21,677 shellac records · mostly British pressings, 1900s–1950s
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Leslie Henson, Fred Emney and others performing a comic sketch scene from a theatrical revue on His Master's Voice.AI summary
His Master's Voice C2888 Comic
L. Henson and Stanislaus Holloway performing 'Careless Talk' on Columbia DB1965. A propaganda or wartime-topical recording from World War II era.AI summary
Columbia DB1965 Music Hall
L. Henson and T. Walls, credited on Columbia, recorded 'A Little Touch of Spring'. The catalogue number MC17 and artist credits suggest a dramatic or theatrical recording from the 1930s-40s. Nothing further is known of this recording.AI summary
Columbia MC17 Personalities (Prs)
L. Herval and J. Coast on Columbia 3904, performing 'Just We Two' and 'Memories' (credited to A. Prior), sentimental popular songs of the early 1920s.AI summary
Columbia 3904 Voice
L Hubbard recorded country and sentimental pieces 'That's Why I'm Lonesome & Blue' and 'If All the Girls Were Good Little Girls' for Zonophone in the 1920s–30s.AI summary
Zonophone 2464 Voice
L. Hudson with Painting the Clouds with Sunshine and Tiptoe Through the Tulips with Me on Metropole 1230.AI summary
Metropole 1230 Dance
L Jerome recorded 'I May Be Crazy' and 'Lily of Laguna' for St, an obscure British label, circa 1920s–30s.AI summary
Sterno 244 Voice
Louise Kartousch and Ernst Tautenhayn, stars of the Viennese operetta stage, sing duets on the Gramophone Company's label.AI summary
Gramophone Company 944349 Opera
Louise Kirkby Lunn, the celebrated English contralto, and Brinley Davies perform 'The Sailor Sighs as Sinks His Native Shore' and 'Home to Our Mountains' from Il Trovatore on Pathé 76504. Kirkby Lunn was one of the finest English contraltos of the Edwardian era and her recordings are collected by admirers of the British vocal tradition.AI summary
Pathé 76504 Opera
L Levy Orchestra and chorus performing 'Piccadilly Incident' and 'Boogie Woogie Moonshine' on Decca K1559, likely a novelty dance side from the 1940s.AI summary
Decca K1559 Dance
L Lipowska and R Blanchart perform the duets 'Là ci darem la mano' and 'Dunque io son' from Don Giovanni on Columbia A5297. Both artists are opera singers of the early recording era not widely represented in major discographies; this is a standard acoustic-era operatic duet coupling.AI summary
Columbia A5297 Opera
Leila Megane, a Welsh soprano, performing Elgar's 'Sea Slumber Song' and two songs from 'Sea Pictures' — 'In Haven' and 'Where Corals Lie' — with orchestra conducted by Elgar himself, on HMV D674. An Elgar self-conducted HMV recording with a named soloist is a primary document of the composer's own interpretations and is of significant collector interest.AI summary
His Master's Voice D674 Orchestra
Lauritz Melchior, the celebrated Danish Heldentenor, partnered with E. Bettendorf on two German operatic songs for Parlophone, catalogue E10527. Melchior was the leading Wagnerian tenor of the twentieth century and his recordings remain highly sought.AI summary
Parlophone E10527 Opera
L. Pasini-Vitale recorded Italian operatic repertoire, 'Dimmi se Credi' and 'Strano Figlio', for Fon (92567/8), an Italian or European label from the 1920s-30s. Limited biographical information survives about this artist.AI summary
Fonotipia 92567/8 Opera
L Richardi is credited on a ScDL (Scala) label 78, a small British imprint; the songs are sentimental vocal numbers typical of budget pressing output.AI summary
Scala De Luxe DL92 Voice
L. Richardi performing romantic-era vocal music—'Under the Lime Trees' and Tosti's 'Mattinata'—on ScDL, a European pressing label.AI summary
Scala De Luxe DL92 Voice
L. Roberts, recorded a 'Medley of Popular Songs' (parts 1 and 2) for Pathé 78892, a British label of the late 1920s.AI summary
Pathé 78892 Misc.
L. Russell performing 'Because' on the Sovereign label with no catalogue number. Sovereign is an obscure imprint not identified in standard references; the absence of a catalogue number makes assessment impossible without physical examination.AI summary
Sovereign Voice
Telefunken E197
Piano duet—L. Shakespeare and E. Rutterford—of Weber's Last Waltz and another piece on Winner, a cheap British label of the 1920s–30s.AI summary
Winner 3440 Instrumental
L Shakespeare and E Rutterford recorded 'Alexis' and 'Robin Adair' for Winner, a British budget label popular in the 1920s and 1930s.AI summary
Winner 3584 Misc.
A dramatic reading of 'Lady Audley's Secret', a Victorian melodrama by the actor-singers L Sherwood, I Swinley and N Shelley, on Regal in the 1930s.AI summary
Regal 2239 Voice
A duet or comedy song featuring L St John and F Leslie on Columbia's F-series catalogue.AI summary
Columbia F1063 Music Hall
Regal 1785 Personalities (Prs)
L Terry recorded two popular vocal pieces for Piccadilly Records, a cheap British budget marque of the 1930s.AI summary
Piccadilly 475 Voice
L Trimble and A Wiederhold performing two sentimental Victorian ballads—'In the Gloaming' and 'Old Rustic Bridge by the Mill'—on Winner, a budget British label.AI summary
Winner 2515 Voice
L'Incognita, unidentified vocalists, on Zonophone GO54, performing classical vocal duets and art songs.AI summary
Zonophone GO54 Opera
L'Orchestre A Bosc (Orchestre A. Bosc or similar) was a French or continental European orchestra. This HMV K-series side pairs two instrumental pieces: 'Coquelicot' (poppies) and 'Vif argent' (quicksilver), representing light continental dance-band material.AI summary
His Master's Voice K82 Orchestra
La Houppa on Ideal 12.512, performing 'Chipe moi par le Pal'tot' and 'Narcisse'. Ideal was a minor European label; the artist credit and language suggest a French or Continental recording.AI summary
Ideal 12.512
Panachord 9005 Orchestra
Gounod's 'Funeral March of a Marionette', later familiar as the Alfred Hitchcock theme, played by the La Scala orchestra on a single-sided G&T disc.AI summary
G&T 0540 Orchestra
La Scala Orchestra on G&T, the early Gramophone & Typewriter Company label, recording the Freischutz Overture (Carl Maria von Weber). An early acoustic orchestral recording from a prestigious early label.AI summary
G&T 0542 Classical
G&T 0544 Orchestra
Arturo Toscanini conducts the La Scala Orchestra in the Aragonaise from Bizet's Carmen on Victor 64999, a single-sided acoustic pressing. This is a companion to the other Toscanini La Scala Victor in this collection; single-sided acoustic Victor pressings of Toscanini's earliest conducting career are collected by orchestral 78 enthusiasts.AI summary
Victor 64999 Classical
Arturo Toscanini conducts the La Scala Orchestra in a Mozart minuet from the Symphony in E flat on Victor 74668, a single-sided 12-inch red-seal pressing. Toscanini's pre-war La Scala Victor recordings are historically important documents of his early career and are collected by admirers of both Toscanini and historic orchestral performance.AI summary
Victor 74668 Classical
Ladd's Black Aces on Gennett, a small American label, performing 'Stop Your Kidding' and 'Yankee Doodle Blues' — likely a jazz or novelty ensemble from the 1920s, UK pressing.AI summary
Gen 4995 Jazz
Laddie Cliff, a British comedian, singer and revue performer, recorded 'Fried Chicken' for Columbia. Cliff was popular in stage revue in the late 1920s–30s.AI summary
Columbia 3438 Music Hall
Laddie Cliff, a British performer and composer active in revue and musical theatre, recorded 'It's a great little World' and 'Nice Baby' for Columbia. Cliff was known for comic and novelty material.AI summary
Columbia 4080 Music Hall
Laddie Cliff, a British actor and entertainer of the 1920s–1930s, performing two songs on Columbia 4340. Cliff was known for stage revues and light entertainment.AI summary
Columbia 4340 Personalities (Prs)
Laddie Cliff, a leading British musical theatre comedian and actor, with M Gideon and P Monkman on His Master's Voice B1552, recording material from theatrical shows of the 1920s.AI summary
His Master's Voice B1552 Music Hall
Lake and Barrasford performing 'Amusing the baby' and 'On their Carolina Honeymoon' on Winner Records, a minor British label.AI summary
Winner 3543 Voice
Winner 3319 Comic Irish
Decca C.16027 Voice
Lally with Laughing at the Rain and I'm Happy When I'm Hiking on Filmophone 215.AI summary
Filmophone 215 Dance
Lally on Decca 2634 with a 'What's Next' medley from the earlier Decca numerical series.AI summary
Decca 2634 Dance
A singer credited to 'Lally' on Dur, an unidentified British label.AI summary
Durium 10 Voice
Credited to Lally on Dur, a small British label of uncertain status, performing 'Goodnight little Girl' and 'I lost my Heart in Heidelberg'.AI summary
Durium 15 Dance
Lally with She Didn't Say Yes and Gypsy Moon on Durium 16. Durium records were thin resin-coated discs, not shellac.AI summary
Durium 16 Dance