21,559 shellac records · mostly British pressings, 1900s–1950s
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Linzer Baum, a German or Austrian folk ensemble, recorded traditional songs for His Master's Voice. The programme suggests Alpine folk material.AI summary
His Master's Voice BA955
Lionel Brough performing 'Curate Story' on the GC label, a very minor British imprint; likely a music-hall or comic piece.AI summary
Gramophone Company 1403 Music Hall
Lionel Hampton, the pioneering vibraphonist and bandleader, on Brunswick 04042, performing "Hamp's walkin boogie" and "Ridin on the land".AI summary
Brunswick 04042 Jazz
Lionel Hampton, the virtuoso vibraphone player, on Columbia; 'Airmail Special' is one of his celebrated swing compositions, and 'Midnight Sun' is a ballad showcase.AI summary
Columbia LB10021 Jazz
Lionel Hampton, the virtuoso vibraphonist and bandleader, performing 'Shufflin' at Hollywood' and 'Hot Mallets' on His Master's Voice — rare British issues of this major jazz figure.AI summary
His Master's Voice JO18 Jazz
Lionel Hampton recorded 'Central Avenue Breakdown' and 'When Lights Are Low' for HMV (B9750). Hampton was a pioneering vibraphone and drums player in jazz and swing; these sides are from his hot instrumental repertoire of the late 1930s–40s.AI summary
His Master's Voice B9750 Jazz
Lionel Hampton's vibraphone and xylophone work on these two instrumental sides, recorded for His Master's Voice in the 1940s, demonstrates the virtuosity that made him a jazz innovator.AI summary
His Master's Voice JO18 Jazz
Lionel Hampton was one of the most important jazz vibraphonists of the swing era; this HMV 10-inch pressing of 'Shoe Shiners Drag' and '12th Street Rag' captures the small-group swing sound.AI summary
His Master's Voice JO23 Jazz
Lionel Rothery, a British vocalist, recorded sentimental ballad material for Imperial.AI summary
Imperial 1042 Voice
Lionel Rothery on Imperial 1374, performing "One little one more" and "Has anyone seen my Pom".AI summary
Imperial 1374
Lionel Rothery recorded 'I want to go down the Dear Old Strand' and 'What are the Wild Waves saying' for Guar (Guardia?) catalogue 951.AI summary
Guardsman 951
Two comic or novelty songs by Lionel Rothery on Pil (Pilotone), a small British marque of the interwar period.AI summary
Pilgrim 5664 Comic
Lionel Rothery performing "I Want Some Money" and "Pucker Up & Whistle" (composed by G. Currie) on Imperial 1041, a small British label.AI summary
Imperial 1041 Music Hall
Lionel Rothery (a British comedian and entertainer) performs 'Oh Auntie' and 'The Minstrel Boy' on Imperial, a British label of limited output and period.AI summary
Imperial 3734 Music Hall
Lionel Tertis, the British viola virtuoso who virtually created the modern viola repertoire, recorded two keyboard pieces arranged or transcribed for viola, "Melody in F" and "Chant sans Paroles", for Columbia.AI summary
Columbia 5230 Classical
Lionel Tertis (viola) with George Reeves (piano), performing Hassan's Serenade and the third movement of a Delius sonata, on Columbia L2343; Tertis was one of the first great viola virtuosi to make concert recordings, and his interpretations of English music are historically important.AI summary
Columbia L2343 Classical
Vocalion D02011
Credited to Lipton on HomHN 1, a catalogue number suggesting an early or obscure British label, with two popular songs.AI summary
Hom HN1 Voice
Lipton performing a 'Gold Diggers of 1933 Selection' for HomHR (Home Records HR-series), likely early 1930s.AI summary
Hom HR15 Orchestra
Credited to Lipton on HomHN (Homochord), a British budget label of the 1920s–30s. The titles suggest light dance or novelty material.AI summary
Hom HN4 Dance
Lipton performing 'Supposin'' and 'One Rose' on Decca F6070.AI summary
Decca F6070 Voice
Lipton performing the jazz-influenced novelty songs 'Harlem' and 'Cowboy' on Decca F6283, a British pressing.AI summary
Decca F6283 Jazz
Lipton on an unidentified label, catalogue 4in1 12, a medley record or multi-track recording from the 1920s–30s of uncertain pressing history.AI summary
4-in-1 12
Lipton on an unidentified label, performing 'Marching along together/Song of the Bells' and McGovern's 'You're my Everything/Ooh that Kiss', medley recordings of the 1920s-30s.AI summary
4-in-1 16
Credited to Lipton, an unidentified artist, on an unlabeled 4-inch disc (4in 117). The titles suggest light popular material of the 1920s–30s—'Little Miss Gadabout', 'A Bedtime Story', 'Rock Your Cares Away', 'Mad About the Boy'.AI summary
4-in-1 17
Lipton performing four songs from the music-hall and operetta traditions on an unlabelled or unidentified label. The catalogue reference '4in118' is cryptic and cannot be placed.AI summary
4-in-1 18
Lipton recorded two accordion-based dance medleys—'In a Shanty in Old Shanty Town/Round the Bend of the Road' and 'Dinah/Accordeon Joe'—on an unidentified label, catalogue number suggesting an early pressing.AI summary
4-in-1 20
Lipton performing a medley of popular songs including 'Moonlight the Dance and you', 'Say it isn't so', and pieces attributed to Mantovani; label information is missing.AI summary
4-in-1 24
Lipton performing 'There's Something About a Soldier / Moment I Saw You' and 'Love Tales / I'm Playing with Fire' on an unidentified label.AI summary
4-in-1 36
Lipton is credited with four Rabin compositions: 'And So I Married the Girl' / 'Farewell to Arms' and 'Deep Water' / 'Twenty Million People', pressed on a 4-inch acetate or test disc (4in144). The label is unknown and the format is unusual for commercial release.AI summary
4-in-1 44
Credited to Lipton, label unknown. The catalogue number 4in151 is unclear in format. The titles include light classical and march repertoire typical of the 1930s and 1940s.AI summary
4-in-1 51
Lipton performs 'Soon' and 'Down by the River' on Cine, a minor British label. The artist's full identity and genre are unclear.AI summary
Cinecord 12 Voice
Lipton on Cine 18, a British label of uncertain date and significance.AI summary
Cinecord 18 Voice
A small-label vocal recording credited to Lipton on Pea, a British imprint of which little is known. The artist is unidentifiable from standard reference and may be a pseudonym or regional performer.AI summary
Peacock 624 Voice
Lipton on St (Sterno) 1092 with 'Dreaming' and 'Wanderer'. Sterno was a British budget label of the late 1920s–1930s; the artist is otherwise unidentified.AI summary
Sterno 1092 Voice
Lipton on St 1140 with 'Butterflies in the Rain' and 'Old Father Thames', a British vocal recording from the 1920s–1930s on a small label.AI summary
Sterno 1140 Voice
Lipton recorded a '42nd Street' selection for St, catalogue 1211, the highest catalogue number yet from this small British label, suggesting a late pressing.AI summary
Sterno 1211 Dance
Two songs credited to an artist named Lipton on the St label, catalogue 1227. The label and catalogue are not readily identifiable in standard discographies.AI summary
Sterno 1227 Dance
Lira de San Cristobal was a Mexican or Central American string ensemble; this Peerless record of 'La Chiapaneca' and 'Sandunga' brings Latin-American regional music to British listeners in the early commercial recording era.AI summary
Peerless 2021 Instrumental
Both arias here are from Puccini — 'L'altra notte in fondo al mare' from Mefistofele (actually Boito) and 'Mi chiamano Mimì' from La Bohème — suggesting a soprano of Italian repertoire. Lisa Cavalieri is not a widely documented name in standard vocal discographies, and the Columbia A5172 number places this in the acoustic period, around 1906–1910. Early Columbia opera pressings by documented but not famous sopranos attract modest specialist interest.AI summary
Columbia A5172 Opera
Lita Roza, a British popular singer, performing 'Five Oranges, Four Apples' and 'Tonight My Heart She Is Crying' on Decca F10884. Roza was a vocalist active in the postwar British popular music scene.AI summary
Decca F10884 Voice
Lita Roza on Decca performing 'Joey' and 'Idle Gossip', light popular songs of the 1950s by the British-born vocalist.AI summary
Decca F10335 Voice
Lita Roza, a well-known British dance-band vocalist of the 1950s, sings 'Foolishly' and 'Tomorrow' on Decca.AI summary
Decca F10479 Voice
Little Tich, the renowned music-hall comedian, appears here on Ariel, a cheap British label of the 1920s that pressed material from Vocalion masters.AI summary
Ariel 944 Music Hall
Little performing two popular songs on Columbia FB1061, a British pressing. The FB series indicates special or longer material on Columbia.AI summary
Columbia FB1061 Voice
Little Jimmy Dickens on Columbia MC3399, performing 'Hillbilly Fever' and 'Country Boy'. Dickens was an American country-music star; the MC prefix is unusual for Columbia and may indicate a special series or reissue.AI summary
Columbia MC3399 Country
Little Johnny recorded two novelty or children's songs for Decca Records, 'Baby Lover' and 'Rickety Rackety Rendezvous'; artist is otherwise unplaced.AI summary
Decca F10990 Rock
Little Mary Hagan, a child vocalist, recorded novelty songs for Winner, a cheap British budget label of the 1920s–1930s.AI summary
Winner W27 Voice