21,557 shellac records · mostly British pressings, 1900s–1950s
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The Louisiana Five, an early jazz ensemble, recorded 'Slow and Easy' and 'Dance o'Mania' (the latter with the Happy Six) for Columbia A2949, one of the earliest jazz recordings on disc in Britain. This is an extremely early jazz recording from the late 1910s.AI summary
Columbia A2949 Jazz
The Louisiana Five, an early jazz ensemble, recorded 'Slow and Easy' and 'Dance o'Mania' (with the Happy Six) for Columbia A2949, one of the earliest jazz recordings on disc in Britain from the late 1910s.AI summary
Columbia A2949 Jazz
Under the comic stage name Lovejoy Enoch Ramsbottom, a novelty performer sings 'The Rain Came Pitter Patter Down' and 'When Moaning Minnie Moans No More' on Columbia, the latter title referring to wartime air-raid siren slang.AI summary
Columbia FB2652 Comic
Lovie Austin, a Chicago pianist, composer and bandleader, recorded 'Heebie jeebies' and 'Mojo blues' for Jazz-JRS (a modern reissue label).AI summary
JazzJRS 118 Jazz
Another Century label reissue of Lovie Austin's 1920s Chicago recordings, here pairing 'Frog Tongue Stomp' and 'Jackass Blues'.AI summary
Century 3007 Jazz
Lovie Austin was a pioneering blues and jazz pianist and bandleader on the 1920s Chicago scene; this Century label pressing reissues her 'Steppin' on the Blues' and 'Trombone Man', originally recorded for Paramount.AI summary
Century 3017 Jazz
Jazz Collection 19 Jazz
Lown on His Master's Voice B5968, with the High Hatters on the flip, 'You're the one I care for' and 'Overnight', from the 1930s–40s.AI summary
His Master's Voice B5968 Dance
Lown, likely the bandleader Arthur Lown, on Imperial 2235, a budget British label, performing 'I love you Believe me I love you' and 'If you were the only girl in the World', from the 1920s or early 1930s.AI summary
Imperial 2235 Dance
Lown recorded 'Blue is the Night' and 'Alone with my Dreams' (credited to Lanin) for Imperial Records, catalogue 2305. Imperial was a cheap British label.AI summary
Imperial 2305 Voice
The London Symphony Orchestra under Albert Coates performing Scriabin's 'Le Poème d'Extase', a two-part recording on Columbia L1380.AI summary
Columbia L1380 Orchestra
Sir Granville Bantock's 'Immortal Hour' was a famous British operetta, and here the London Symphony Orchestra under Rutland Boughton performs the Love Duet and Faery Chorus on Columbia Records, capturing British light opera of the early 20th century.AI summary
Columbia 935 Opera
The London Symphony Orchestra under Rutland Boughton performs the Love Duet and Faery Chorus from Boughton's opera The Immortal Hour on Columbia 935. The Immortal Hour had a celebrated West End run in the early 1920s and Boughton was a significant if eccentric figure in British musical nationalism. Columbia 935 is a low catalogue number, suggesting an early electrical or late acoustic pressing, and this is a historically interesting document of an unusual British operatic work.AI summary
Columbia 935 Classical
Frank Bridge conducting the London Symphony Orchestra in his own tone poem 'Seascape' (and its companion piece 'Sea Foam'), issued on Columbia L1500. Bridge is now best remembered as Benjamin Britten's teacher, but was himself a respected composer and conductor; this LSO coupling was part of Columbia's serious British music programme of the late acoustic or very early electrical era, around 1921–1925. Collector interest in Bridge as a composer has grown steadily.AI summary
Columbia L1500 Orchestra
The London Symphony Orchestra under Frank Bridge, performing two short orchestral pieces (Debussy and possibly Bowen) on a Columbia long-playing L-series disc.AI summary
Columbia L1501 Orchestra
The LSO conducted by Hollingsworth performing 'Tackling a Problem', 'Signs of the Times' and 'Voice Within' on the JBF label, catalogue 7. JBF is an extremely obscure label not identified in standard references; a catalogue number as low as 7 suggests a very early or very limited pressing, and the label warrants expert identification before any sale.AI summary
John Bath 7 Orchestra
The London Symphony Orchestra under Gustav Holst performing 'Jupiter' (from The Planets) parts 1 and 2 for Columbia's L series, a landmark electrical recording from the late 1920s.AI summary
Columbia L1459 Classical
The London Symphony Orchestra conducted for 'Jupiter' from Holst's The Planets on Columbia L1459R, a classical orchestral recording from the electrical era; a landmark early electrical recording of this famous work.AI summary
Columbia L1459R Classical
The London Symphony Orchestra under Gustav Holst recorded his own orchestral work 'Uranus' from the suite 'The Planets' for Columbia. Holst composed the work in 1914-1916, and this recording likely dates from the late 1920s or early 1930s based on the L-series catalogue number. Composer-conducted recordings of major works are valued by collectors.AI summary
Columbia L1509 Classical
Columbia L1542 Orchestra
The London Symphony Orchestra under Gustav Holst performing two movements from his *The Planets*: 'Mercury' and 'Marching Song No. 2', on Columbia L1543. This is an important recording by the composer himself conducting one of his most celebrated works.AI summary
Columbia L1543 Classical
The London Symphony Orchestra under Sir William Walton—or conducted in collaboration with Gustav Holst himself—performing the 'Jupiter' movement from Holst's *The Planets* on Columbia L1459. This is a major orchestral work recorded electrically in the late 1920s.AI summary
Columbia L1459 Orchestra
HMV D195 pairs the LSO under Arthur Nikisch playing the Marriage of Figaro overture (from around 1913) with Mackenzie conducting a Little Minister overture. Nikisch was one of the most celebrated conductors of the pre-war era and his recordings with the LSO are among the most historically important early orchestral 78s. This disc is of real collector interest.AI summary
His Master's Voice D195 Orchestra
The London Symphony Orchestra conducted by Richard Strauss, performing the Rosenkavalier waltz from his opera on Columbia L1422, an electrical recording of a great twentieth-century composer leading his own orchestra.AI summary
Columbia L1421 Orchestra
The London Symphony Orchestra conducted by Richard Strauss, performing 'Salome's Dance' from his opera on Columbia L1422, an early electrical recording of a major twentieth-century composer leading his own orchestra.AI summary
Columbia L1422 Orchestra
The London Symphony Orchestra under Felix Weingartner performing Beethoven's Symphony No. 7 for Columbia Records on the L-series, a premium classical catalogue of the 1930s. Weingartner was one of the most recorded conductors of the era, and this Beethoven symphony remains a benchmark recording.AI summary
Columbia L1480 Classical
Felix Weingartner conducting the London Symphony Orchestra in the fourth part of Beethoven's Symphony No. 7, from Columbia's album series.AI summary
Columbia L1481 Classical
The London Symphony Orchestra under Felix Weingartner performing Beethoven's Symphony No. 7 (parts 4 and 6) for Columbia's L series, a landmark electrical recording from the late 1920s.AI summary
Columbia L1482 Classical
The London Symphony Orchestra under Felix Weingartner performing Beethoven's Symphony No. 7 (parts 6 and 8) for Columbia's L series, a landmark electrical recording from the late 1920s.AI summary
Columbia L1483 Classical
Felix Weingartner conducting the London Symphony Orchestra in Beethoven's Seventh Symphony and a Grieg dance, on Columbia's prestigious long-playing L series; a major conductor and important orchestral recording.AI summary
Columbia L1484 Orchestra
Felix Weingartner conducting the London Symphony Orchestra in Beethoven's Symphony No. 8, released on Columbia long-playing 78 (L series), catalogue L1538.AI summary
Columbia L1538 Orchestra
Felix Weingartner conducting the London Symphony Orchestra in the fourth part of Beethoven's Symphony No. 8, recorded for Columbia's album series.AI summary
Columbia L1539 Classical
The London Symphony Orchestra under Felix Weingartner performing the final movement of Beethoven's Symphony No. 8, recorded for Columbia's 'L' series (long-playing or album series). Weingartner was one of the great conductors of the early 20th century.AI summary
Columbia L1540 Classical
The London Symphony Orchestra conducted by Felix Weingartner in Beethoven's Symphony No. 8 and a Shakespearean entr'acte, a significant classical recording from Columbia's prestigious L-series.AI summary
Columbia L1541 Classical
Lt J Ashton recorded for the Imperial label in the early 1930s; 'Beat the Drum' and 'Smiler Rag' suggest military or novelty material on a rare British imprint.AI summary
Imperial 954 Dance
Scala 822 Dance
Lu Watters, an American jazz cornet player, recorded 'Trombone Rag' and 'Sunburst Rag' for Vogue—jazz instrumental sides from the West Coast revival jazz scene of the 1940s-1950s.AI summary
Vogue V2175 Jazz
Lu Watters on Jazz Man 15, performing "Terrible blues" and "High society"; Jazz Man was a small West Coast independent jazz label founded to document bebop and swing.AI summary
JazzMan 15 Jazz
Lu Watters' Yerba Buena Jazz Band, a influential revivalist outfit from California, on 'Maple Leaf Rag' and 'Black and White Rag' for the JazzMan label (catalogue 1). Watters was a pioneer of West Coast jazz revival in the 1940s.AI summary
JazzMan 1 Jazz
Lucan and McShane, a famous Irish comic duo, perform sketches from their long-running radio show for Columbia — these comedy sides are sought by music-hall and Irish comedy collectors.AI summary
Columbia FB2663 Music Hall
Lucan and McShane, the popular Irish comic duo, recorded a sketch with Old Mother Riley for Columbia; the recording includes two sides of material, probably in the 1930s or 1940s.AI summary
Columbia FB2685 Comic
Columbia FB2702 Personalities (Prs)
Lucan and McShane in 'Old Mother Riley in the Police Force', one of their music-hall sketches, on Columbia FB2734; the duo were stars of Irish and British variety.AI summary
Columbia FB2734 Music Hall
Lucan and McShane, stars of the long-running British pantomime and music-hall act 'Old Mother Riley', perform 'Old Mother Riley on the Farm' on Columbia FB2685. This appears to be from the late 1940s.AI summary
Columbia FB2685 Music Hall
Lucan and McShane, performing two comic sketches on Columbia: 'Old Mother Riley's Budget' and 'Old Mother Riley takes her Medicine'. This is likely from the 1940s–50s, when the Old Mother Riley character was popular in British variety and film.AI summary
Columbia FB2702 Comic
Lucan and McShane, popular British music hall comedians, recorded 'Old Mother Riley in the Police Force' for Columbia FB2734. Old Mother Riley was their most famous character.AI summary
Columbia FB2734 Music Hall
Luciano Tajoli, the Italian popular singer, recorded 'Arriverderci Roma' and 'Maruzzella' for Parlophone; both are Italian standards and 'Arriverderci Roma' was a major European hit.AI summary
Parlophone PO217 Voice
Lucia Bernardo, an unidentified performer, on two instrumental pieces: 'Spoiled Trumpet Serenade' and 'Apaches' with orchestra. Issued on Arti, a small British label of unclear date and extent.AI summary
Artiphon 1342 Misc.