21,561 shellac records · mostly British pressings, 1900s–1950s
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Motor car noises, a sound-effects record, on HMV E574.AI summary
His Master's Voice E574
Mouloudji, the French singer, with Si tu t'imagines and Comme un petit coquelicot on Philips PB347.AI summary
Philips PB347 Voice
Mound City Blowers on Parlophone R1003 with 'I Can't Believe That You're in Love with Me' and 'Little Girl' (credited to Joe Venuti). The Mound City Blowers were an early jazz ensemble featuring members of the Chicago jazz scene, recording in the late 1920s; this Parlophone release represents an important period of early jazz recording.AI summary
Parlophone R1003 Jazz
Mound City Blowers performing two early jazz numbers on Brunswick 2648: 'You Ain't Got Nothin' I Want' and 'Barb Wire Blues'. The Mound City Blowers were an important American jazz ensemble of the 1920s–early 1930s.AI summary
Brunswick 2648 Jazz
The Mound City Blowers, a hot dance and jazz group of the 1920s, performing 'Tailspin Blues' and Duke Ellington's 'Creole Love Call' on His Master's Voice—significant jazz material of the hot-jazz era.AI summary
His Master's Voice B6252 Jazz
The Mound City Blowers, a hot-jazz ensemble of the 1920s, recorded 'Muskrat Ramble' and 'High Society' for Decca F7808, both standards of the New Orleans jazz repertoire. This is a later Decca pressing than their original recordings.AI summary
Decca F7808 Jazz
The Mound City Blowers, an American jazz and novelty band of the 1920s, recorded 'Arkansaw blues' and 'Blue blues' for Brunswick. The group was known for hot dance and novelty jazz sides in the New Orleans and early jazz idiom.AI summary
Brunswick 2581 Jazz
The Mound City Blowers, a hot-jazz group of the late 1920s, recorded 'Red hot' and 'San' for Brunswick, catalogue 2602.AI summary
Brunswick 2602 Jazz
The Mound City Blowers were an early hot-dance and jazz novelty ensemble; this Brunswick coupling captures their energetic style on two blues-tinged dance numbers from the late 1920s, part of the label's important catalogue of early American jazz.AI summary
Brunswick 2648 Jazz
Mound City Blowers, a jazz novelty ensemble from the 1920s, performing classic New Orleans jazz numbers 'Muskrat Ramble' and 'High Society' on Decca.AI summary
Decca F7808 Jazz
The Mound City Blowers, a small jazz ensemble, recorded 'What Do I Care What Somebody Said' and 'Nervous Puppies' for Brunswick in the late 1920s or early 1930s. The ensemble was a minor jazz group of the early swing era.AI summary
Brunswick 3484 Jazz
The Mound City Blue Blowers, a novelty harmonica ensemble and jazz group from New York, recorded 'Hello Lola' (marked as 1929) and 'One Hour' for His Master's Voice. The group was famous for their mouth-organ sound and recordings.AI summary
His Master's Voice B8952 Jazz
Mr and Miss Brighten, a duet act, on His Master's Voice in the 1920s, performing sentimental popular material.AI summary
His Master's Voice B1665 Voice
Mr Aumonier, credited on Odeon 3835, performing 'Les Boeufs' and 'Primavera'.AI summary
Odeon 3835 Voice
Mr. Bachmann performing instrumental solo pieces—a serenade and novelty number—on JBullB (J. Bull), an obscure British label of the early 1930s.AI summary
John Bull 118 Instrumental
Mr Cope-Bulmer performs 'The Shield of our mighty Empire' and 'Stick to your guns' on Gramophone D 221. Both titles are patriotic/military songs, likely from the early 1900s or a later period of national mobilisation. The artist is unidentified. GramD may be an early or regional imprint.AI summary
Grammavox D221 Music Hall
Mr D'Avison performing Punch & Judy sketches on Pigmy, an unidentified label. The catalogue number 7 suggests a very early or small label.AI summary
Pigmy 7 Comic
Flotsam and Jetsam, the British comedy double act, on Columbia — popular entertainers in British radio and theatre during the 1920s–30s.AI summary
Columbia DB624 Music Hall
A performer credited as 'Mr Rastus' recorded these two comic songs for Ar, a short-lived or obscure British label, probably in the 1920s or 1930s.AI summary
Ariel 975 Comic
Mark Hambourg (note: catalogue lists 'Mrk') was a celebrated Russian-British concert pianist of the twentieth century, known for his virtuosic interpretations and recordings. 'Prelude' is listed for both sides, suggesting either a single piece or a treatment filling both sides. This His Master's Voice B69 pressing is from the 1920s or earlier, a very early catalogue number.AI summary
His Master's Voice B69 Classical
Mrs A Stewart Holt performing Stephen Foster's 'Old Folks at Home' on Columbia 30128. A parlour or domestic vocal recording from the early 20th century.AI summary
Columbia 30128 Voice
Mrs Jack Hylton (the dancer Enid Hylton) recorded 'In a Little Gypsy Tea Room' and 'There's No Day Like Today' for Cr, an obscure British label, possibly in the 1930s.AI summary
Crown 1 Voice
Mrs Jack Hylton's band recorded 'There's No Day Like Today' and 'In a Little Gypsy Tearoom' for Crown, a small British imprint with catalogue number 1.AI summary
Crown 1 Dance
Mrs Jack Hylton's band, a dance orchestra led or associated with the wife of bandleader Jack Hylton, performing two dance numbers on Cr, a minor label. No readily available information about this orchestra or its recordings.AI summary
Crown 244 Dance
Mseleku and His Merry Makers on HMV J.P.32, with the Zulu-titled Ezintabeni and Yimbi Indawo.AI summary
His Master's Voice J.P.32
The Mudlarks, a 1950s vocal group, perform two novelty-style songs for Columbia — a post-war doo-wop era recording.AI summary
Columbia DB4099 Voice
The Mudlarks on Columbia DB4133, performing 'Book of Love', a novelty vocal group recording from the mid-1950s.AI summary
Columbia DB4133 Voice
Muggsy Spanier, a pioneering Chicago jazz trumpeter, recorded "I Wish I Could Shimmy Like My Sister Kate" and "Eccentric" for His Master's Voice (B9047), likely dating to the late 1920s. These are early hot-jazz recordings from a key figure in early American jazz.AI summary
His Master's Voice B9047 Jazz
Muggsy Spanier was an influential Chicago jazz cornetist of the 1920s-30s, a key figure in hot jazz and swing. This His Master's Voice recording, catalogue B9047, documents his style during a period when his work was actively recorded in Britain.AI summary
His Master's Voice B9047 Jazz
Muggsy Spanier on His Master's Voice B9042, a landmark hot-jazz recording of 'At the Jazz Band Ball' and 'Livery Stable Blues' — the latter a canonical New Orleans jazz piece.AI summary
His Master's Voice B9042 Jazz
Muggsy Spanier and his ensemble performing two jazz standards on His Master's Voice B9067. Spanier (1906–1967) was an American cornet player and bandleader; a significant figure in hot jazz and Dixieland of the 1920s–1940s.AI summary
His Master's Voice B9067 Jazz
Muggsy Spanier was a celebrated American jazz cornetist and bandleader; this HMV pressing features two jazz standards, "Black and Blue" and "Dinah", recorded with his Ragtime Band.AI summary
His Master's Voice B9067 Jazz
Mugsy Spanier, an American jazz cornetist and bandleader, recorded 'Big Butter and Egg Man' and 'Dipper Mouth Blues' on His Master's Voice. UK copies of these jazz standards from a major American artist are scarce.AI summary
His Master's Voice B9033 Jazz
Cornettist Muggsy Spanier with 'The Lady's in Love with You' and 'Whistlin' the Blues' on Commodore, the New York jazz label.AI summary
Commodore 576 Jazz
Mugsy Spanier was a Chicago-style jazz cornetist, recorded here for Commodore, the influential New York jazz specialist label run by Milt Gabler and prized by collectors.AI summary
Commodore 586 Jazz
Cornettist Muggsy Spanier with 'Angry' and 'Snag It' on Commodore, the New York jazz label.AI summary
Commodore 616 Jazz
Mugsy Spanier, an American jazz cornetist, on V-Disc 394, performing 'Pat's Blues' and 'Rose Room' (credited to Goodman). V-Discs were non-commercial transcription discs pressed for American armed forces during World War II.AI summary
VDisc 394 Jazz
His Master's Voice B9008
Cornettist Muggsy Spanier with 'Alabama Jubilee' and 'Caution Blues' on American Mercury.AI summary
Mercury 5528 Jazz
His Master's Voice B9008
Mugsy Spanier, a jazz cornet virtuoso associated with hot jazz and swing, recorded 'Riverside Blues' and 'Rosetta' in the 1930s–40s. 'Com' is an unidentified label; if this is a legitimate Spanier recording, it may be scarce.AI summary
Commodore 586 Jazz
Munro recorded 'My Inspiration is You' and 'Just a Little Fond Affection' for the Ar label.AI summary
Ariel 4305 Dance
Munro with Jericho and I'll Always Be in Love with You on Ariel 4423.AI summary
Ariel 4423 Dance
An artist credited as Munro sings the comic numbers 'There's Something Wrong with the Weather' and 'Tears from My Inkwell' on Columbia.AI summary
Columbia FB2273 Comic
Munro on His Master's Voice BD5242, performing 'Vieni vieni' and 'Le Touquet'. The titles are Italian and French respectively.AI summary
His Master's Voice BD5242 Voice
A performer or band credited to Munro on the Sav label (likely Savoy), a small British marque, recording popular songs of the 1920s–30s.AI summary
Savana 1589 Voice
Munro credited on His Master's Voice BD5280, a date that places this in the early 1930s. The artist is unidentified; the title suggests a sentimental popular song of the era.AI summary
His Master's Voice BD5280 Voice
Munro recorded 'Me and My Girl' and 'Lambeth Walk' for His Master's Voice, likely from the late 1930s when these songs from Noël Gay's musical were highly popular.AI summary
His Master's Voice BD5324 Voice