21,667 shellac records · mostly British pressings, 1900s–1950s
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Beniamino Gigli, one of Italy's greatest tenors, recorded the aria 'Enzo Grimaldo, Principe di Sant Afior' from Donizetti's *La Favorita* with baritone Giuseppe de Luca for RCA, catalogue 8084. Both were leading operatic artists of the 1920s–30s.AI summary
RCA 8084 Opera
B. Hale and B. Howes, performers of comedy sketches and songs, on Columbia in the DX series. The catalogue number indicates a special format from the 1930s.AI summary
Columbia DX626 Comic
A Columbia ensemble piece featuring B. Hale, B. Howes and others performing Shakespearean and theatrical material, likely from the 1930s–1940s.AI summary
Columbia DX627 Opera
A Columbia double-sided comedy sketch featuring B. Hale, B. Howes, and other performers. The DX series catalogue number indicates this is a longer-playing or special format record from the 1930s, and the sketches are typical of British music-hall comedy.AI summary
Columbia DX628 Comic
B Hale and C Mollison, performing two light popular songs on Columbia DB: 'It must be you' and 'Two of everything'.AI summary
Columbia DB350 Voice
B. Hale and George Grossmith recorded two one-step dance numbers for Columbia in the 1910s, a rare dual-artist duet from the early dance-music era.AI summary
Columbia 3629 Dance
B. Hale and J. Coyne in two pieces from the operetta Tea for Two on Columbia: "I want to be happy" and "Tea for Two", from the late 1920s.AI summary
Columbia 3630 Opera
B. Harrison and E. Fenby recorded a work by Frederick Delius for His Master's Voice, likely around the 1920s-1930s when the composer was receiving increased attention from British recording interests. HMV B3721 is a pre-war 12-inch classical series catalogue number.AI summary
His Master's Voice B3721 Classical
B. Harrison and G. Henschel performing a Sicilienne and Sarabande in E Flat on HMV E205. The HMV E-series is not a standard commercial series and may indicate a private or specialist pressing; the artists are not readily identified in standard references. Physical examination is required.AI summary
His Master's Voice E205 Instrumental
B. Howes and S. Treble performing song medleys and duets on Columbia DX709, from the dance-music and light-entertainment era.AI summary
Columbia DX709 Dance
B. Howes and S. Treble performing 'Mind how you go across the Road' and 'Music Master' on Columbia Records (DX-series). A duo performing music-hall novelty songs.AI summary
Columbia DX710 Music Hall
B James recorded 'Anything to Make You Happy' and 'Sunshine' on Conquest, catalogue 7018. Conquest was a minor British label; the artist is unidentified.AI summary
Conqueror 7018 Voice
B Jones and E Hare for Vocalion, performing the jazz novelties 'How She Loves Me Is Nobody's Business' and 'Flamin' Mamie'. Both are unrecognised jazz performers.AI summary
Vocalion X9772 Jazz
B. Jones and E. Hare with Farmer Took Another Load Away and Pardon Me While I Laugh on Banner 1605.AI summary
Banner 1605 Voice
B. King with Huggable Kissable You and Let Me Dream in Your Arms Again on Metropole 1192.AI summary
Metropole 1192 Dance
Beatrice Lillie and Gertrude Lawrence — two of the most celebrated British musical-comedy and revue stars of the interwar period — performing a Broadway Medley across two sides on HMV C1206. A disc coupling both Lillie and Lawrence is a significant entertainment document; both artists are collected by enthusiasts of interwar musical theatre and cabaret.AI summary
His Master's Voice C1206 Personalities (Prs)
B. Lockwood and G. Whelan recorded dialogue or novelty sketches for Solex, a small British label. The catalogue number 138 suggests an early period. Neither artist is established in standard discographies.AI summary
Solex 138 Comic
B. Melville, a performer of novelty and domestic-themed comedy songs, recorded for Fam, a small British imprint. The artist is not well known from standard reference.AI summary
Famous 283 Comic
B Merryl on Broadcast 723, performing 'Favourite Tunes of the Moment' in two parts. The artist is not identified in standard references; Broadcast was a small British label of the 1920s–30s.AI summary
Broadcast 723 Misc.
Berta Morena, Heinrich Knote and Fritz Feinhals, stars of the Munich Court Opera, sing the finale of Act 3 of Verdi's 'Aida' in German on a single-sided Gramophone Company disc.AI summary
Gramophone Company 044140 Opera
B Paul and D Jones on HMV B10177, an orchestral recording of classical vocal material, likely from the late acoustic era.AI summary
His Master's Voice B10177 Orchestra
B Peters sings 'Come Unto Me' and 'Sandon' on Bell, an obscure British label with minimal surviving documentation.AI summary
Bell 77 Voice
B Peters performs 'Veteran's Song' and 'The Watchman' on the obscure British label VF, catalogue 1094.AI summary
Velvet Face 1094 Voice
B Renard on two pieces: 'Mazurka Godard' and 'Alice where art thou'. Released on Exo 190, a small British label.AI summary
Exo 190 Classical
B. Scacciati and E. Molinari recorded an excerpt from Puccini's Tosca for Columbia in the early 1930s. Both were minor Italian singers not well-documented in English-language sources.AI summary
Columbia D14603 Opera
B. Thomas sang 'I'm in the Market for You' and 'Eleanor' on the St label, a small British imprint. The artist and repertoire are otherwise unidentified.AI summary
Sterno 400 Voice
B. Tinley on Peacan Records performing 'Language of Love' (with A. Rowley's 'Jog Along') — an unidentified vocalist on an obscure British label, likely 1920s-30s.AI summary
Peacock 125 Voice
B. Turner recorded two sentimental or classical-style songs for Columbia in the early 20th century.AI summary
Columbia D268 Voice
B Turner on HomS 009, two sacred vocal pieces; HomS is an unidentified label and the artist and pressing details are obscure.AI summary
Hom S009 Voice
B Wallace performs 'Waiting at the End of the Road' and 'Goin' Home' on St, a very obscure label of uncertain origin and period.AI summary
Sterno 364 Voice
B. Whitlock with Bells of the Glen and Shallow Waters on Citizen 830.AI summary
Citizen 830 Voice
The B. Whitlock Trio on Regal with two instrumental novelties, 'Arcadia' and 'Hibernian Revels'.AI summary
Regal 7901 Instrumental
B Whitlock's trio recorded two pieces for Regal Records, the British budget label.AI summary
Regal 7932 Instrumental
B Whitlock Trio on Regal performing dance and folk material of the early 1930s.AI summary
Regal 7979 Dance
B. Whitlock Trio performing 'Jollity Parade' and 'Pansy Gavotte' on Regal 7995, a mid-to-late 1920s British dance recording.AI summary
Regal 7995 Dance
B Whitlock and Charles Penrose performing two comic music-hall sketches, 'Learning the Bassoon' and 'At the Waxworks (Madame Tussauds)', on Regal 8107.AI summary
Regal 8107 Music Hall
B Whitlock and C Penrose performing British music-hall comedy sketches ('Learning the Bassoon', 'At the Waxworks [Madame Tussauds]') on Regal 8107 from the mid-1920s.AI summary
Regal 8107 Music Hall
B Whitlock and H Bluff perform 'Shipwrecked' and 'Schmidt & the Special Constable' on Zonophone — early acoustic comedy or novelty recording on a sought-after British label.AI summary
Zonophone 1619 Music Hall
B Whitlock and H Bluff on Zonophone, a British comedy duo performing music-hall sketches.AI summary
Zonophone 1633 Music Hall
B. Whitlock and H. Bluff performing 'Whitlock's Boarding House', part 2, on Winner 2899. A comic monologue or sketch series.AI summary
Winner 2899 Comic
B. Whitlock and H. Hemsley recorded the comedy sketch 'Robbie and Grandad' for Regal, a budget British label. Comic sketches and monologues were common music-hall fare in the 1920s and 1930s.AI summary
Regal 9055 Comic
B. Willmott and F. & L. Douglas performing 'A Radio Parade' on St, an unidentified British label.AI summary
Sterno 1440 Personalities (Prs)
Baby Durelle Alexander on Rex 8715, singing nursery songs and children's novelty material. The artist appears to have been a child performer of the early 1930s.AI summary
Rex 8715 Music Hall
Baden-Powell, the founder of the Boy Scout movement, records two songs associated with Scouting: 'In My Dreams I'm Going Back to Gilwell' and the 'Jubilee Jamboree Song' from the Gang Show, on Nixa.AI summary
Nixa 15090 Personalities (Prs)
A classical pianist or performer credited as Bading on Odeon, a major European label; the titles suggest operatic selections, likely 1920s–1930s.AI summary
Odeon 34118 Classical
Bailey's Dixie Dudes, a dance band of the early 1920s, recorded two novelty numbers for Columbia.AI summary
Columbia is1711 Dance
Bailey's Lucky 7 on Westport, an obscure American label, performing 'Way Down Yonder in New Orleans' and 'Who Did You Fool After All'. The band is unrecognised.AI summary
Westport 2070 Jazz
Bailey's Lucky 7 on Westport, performing 'Homesick' and 'Japanese Moon'. Westport was an obscure American label; the band is unrecognised.AI summary
Westport 2099 Jazz