21,561 shellac records · mostly British pressings, 1900s–1950s
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An orchestra performs the Fra Diavolo Overture by Auber in two parts on Beka 12598. Beka was a German-origin label with British distribution active in the 1900s–1910s; overture recordings on early Beka pressings are period acoustic items of modest specialist interest.AI summary
Beka 12598 Orchestra
An unidentified orchestra performed 'Florentiner March' and 'Indra March' on Beka 31619, an early German-manufactured issue.AI summary
Beka 31619 Orchestra
An orchestra performs 'Gaiety and Reveille' and an octet performs 'Comedy Allegro' on the Kine label, catalogue 012. Kine is an unidentified label; the very low catalogue number and the unrecognised artists make this impossible to assess without further identification.AI summary
Kine 012 Misc.
An orchestra performs 'In Merry Mood and Last Post' and an octet performs 'Staggering Uncertainty' on the Kine label, catalogue 014 — a companion to Kine 012 in this collection. The Kine label remains unidentified; the same assessment applies.AI summary
Kine 014 Misc.
A winner orchestra side with light classical titles from the early 1900s; routine instrumental repertoire.AI summary
Winner 2268 Orchestra
An orchestra on Winner, performing 'Nights of Gladness' and 'The Night Birds' — both popular salon and ballroom pieces. Winner was a budget British label of the 1920s-30s.AI summary
Winner 2341 Dance
An orchestra and bell ensemble performing 'Holiday Bells' and 'Brilliant Waltz' on the Play label, a small British imprint. Descriptive and novelty instrumental recordings of this type were common budget releases.AI summary
Play 103336 Instrumental
Odeon 36628
Orchestra Circola di Milano recorded 'Silenziosamente T.Amo' and 'Crapa Pelada' for Columbia. An Italian orchestra performing popular music.AI summary
Columbia DQ1873 Orchestra
Orchestra Fucilli recorded 'Boogie Woogie' and 'The Kiss Polka' for Columbia, dance and novelty orchestral sides, likely from the 1930s-40s.AI summary
Columbia D13196 Dance
Radiola E080T Orchestra
The Orchestra of the Paris Opera House recorded two classical orchestral pieces for Ar Records, the 'Tannhäuser' March from Wagner and the Waltz from Gounod's 'Faust'; a pre-electric recording from the early 20th century.AI summary
Ariel 5074 Orchestra
Decca KF454 Classical
Orchestre des Bals de L'Opéra ('Orchestra of the Opera Balls') was a French recording ensemble, likely active in the 1920s–1930s. 'L'Oeil Crève' quadrille is a traditional French dance suite, recorded on His Master's Voice K83, an early and rare catalogue number.AI summary
His Master's Voice K83 Dance
L'Orchestre des Bals de l'Opéra recorded French quadrille and novelty dance music for His Master's Voice. The catalogue 230552 places this in the early acoustic era, around 1910–1915.AI summary
His Master's Voice 230552 Orchestra
Orchestre Hawaien Gino Bordin performing 'Lola' and a French-language title on Parlophone 85.265, a European pressing. Gino Bordin led a well-known Hawaiian ensemble of the 1920s–30s active in Paris and on the Continent.AI summary
Parlophone 85.265 Hawaiian
Offenbach's La Chauve-Souris (The Bat) performed by the Orchestre Symphonique on the Sup label, a Czech pressing from the early acoustic era.AI summary
Superior 2102 Orchestra
Ord Hamilton on Decca F6585, performing 'Angel', a vocal recording from the late 1930s–40s on the major British label Decca.AI summary
Decca F6585 Voice
Ord Hamilton singing 'Life is just a Bowl of Cherries', a standard of the early 1930s, recorded for Decca.AI summary
Decca F2781 Voice
Oreste de Berdardi singing tenor arias 'La Donna è Mobile' and 'Questa O Quella' from Verdi's Rigoletto on DomB 17. De Berdardi cannot be placed with confidence in standard discographies; this is a very early catalogue number on an unrecognised label.AI summary
Dominion B17 Opera
Broadcast Jr111 Misc.
An organ plays Softly Awakes My Heart and a Great Masters selection on Hudson 1811.AI summary
Hudson 1811 Instrumental
Organ performance with vocal by J. Lester on Home Decalogue Records, an obscure British label, performing two sentimental or novelty pieces.AI summary
Hom D1202
The Original Capitol Orchestra (possibly a studio band) on Zonophone 2355 — 'I Wish I Could Shimmy Like My Sister Kate' and 'Apple Sauce.' 'Sister Kate' is a New Orleans jazz standard from the early 1920s; Zonophone 2xxx is a relatively early catalogue number. A period dance-jazz pressing on a common label.AI summary
Zonophone 2355 Jazz
An original-cast recording of Kurt Weill and Maxwell Anderson's Lost in the Stars, the 1949 musical based on Alan Paton's novel, on Decca DU40136-41.AI summary
Decca DU40136-41
The Original Dixieland Five, pioneers of jazz recording, performing their famous compositions for HMV's B-series; however, the catalogue number B8642 is from the mid-1930s, likely a reissue of earlier acoustic sides.AI summary
His Master's Voice B8642 Jazz
The Original Dixieland Jass Band (noted as 'Five' here) on His Master's Voice B8648, a reissue of their classic 1917 recordings 'Original Dixieland One Step' and 'Barnyard Blues'. These are seminal hot jazz and novelty numbers that established the band's international fame.AI summary
His Master's Voice B8648 Jazz
The Original Dixieland Jazz Band, the first jazz group to record, on His Master's Voice; early hot jazz of c. 1920.AI summary
His Master's Voice B1022 Jazz
The Original Dixieland Jazz Band were white New Orleans musicians who made the first jazz recordings in 1917 and became recording stars of the 1920s. This Victor 26000-series pressing documents their influential ensemble style.AI summary
Victor 26039 Jazz
The Original Dixieland Jazz Band, the pioneering hot-jazz group that made the first jazz recordings in 1917, on Victor 18564 with 'Fidgety Feet' and 'Lazy Daddy'. These are instrumental jazz sides from the early 1920s.AI summary
Victor 18564 Jazz
The Original Dixieland Jazz Band performing 'St Louis Blues' and 'Jazz me Blues' for Victor 18772, a US pressing.AI summary
Victor 18772 Jazz
The Original Dixieland Jazz Band, the pioneering white jazz ensemble who made the first jazz records (1917), performing 'Palesteena' and 'Margie' on His Master's Voice B1199. UK copies of ODJB recordings are scarce.AI summary
His Master's Voice B1199 Jazz
The Original Dixieland Jazz Band, pioneers of jazz recording, performing 'Home Again Blues' and a 'Rose Medley' on His Master's Voice.AI summary
His Master's Voice B1227 Jazz
The Original Dixieland Jazz Band's 1918 Victor recordings, including 'Ostrich Walk' and 'At the Jazz Band Ball', were among the first jazz sides ever issued; UK copies of Victor's early jazz catalogue are extremely uncommon.AI summary
Victor 18457 Jazz
Victor 18483 Dance
The Original Dixieland Jazz Band, the pioneering ensemble that made the first jazz recordings in 1917, recorded 'Fidgety Feet' on Victor 25668. This band was revolutionary in establishing jazz as a recordable and commercial art form.AI summary
Victor 25668 Jazz
Vocalion 3099 Jazz
This disc on the 'Jazz Collection' reissue series carries two sides by the Original Dixieland Jazz Band, the group credited with the first jazz record ever issued, in 1917; 'Barnyard Blues' and 'At the Jass Band Ball' are among their best-known numbers.AI summary
Jazz Collection 53 Jazz
The Original Dixieland Jazz Band on Brunswick, a historic early jazz ensemble whose 'Tiger Rag' and 'Reisenweber Rag' were among the first jazz records made; UK copies of their Brunswick sides are uncommon — early American jazz on budget British labels did not survive well.AI summary
Brunswick 02500 Jazz
The Original Dixieland Jazz Band on Victor 18729 with 'Home Again Blues' and 'Crazy Blues'. This is an American import of one of the earliest and most historically significant jazz groups, credited with the first jazz recordings in 1917.AI summary
Victor 18729 Jazz
The Original Dixieland Jazz Band's 'Bluin' the Blues' and 'Sensation Rag' on HMV, reissuing the pioneering early jazz ensemble that recorded the first jazz records in 1917.AI summary
His Master's Voice B1022 Jazz
The Original Dixieland Jazz Band recorded 'Tiger Rag' and 'Jazz Me Blues' for His Master's Voice. The ODJB were the first jazz ensemble to record, in 1917, and remained influential through the 1920s–30s, though this is a later HMV pressing rather than their historic acoustic sides.AI summary
His Master's Voice B8466 Jazz
The Original Hoosier Hot Shots were an American hillbilly and novelty group popular in the 1930s and 1940s; this Rex pressing of 'San' and 'Them Hill billies are...' is a British issue of their light-hearted material.AI summary
Rex 8744 Country
Original Hoosier Hot Shots, an American novelty and cowboy band, on two comedy numbers on Rex, a British budget label.AI summary
Rex 8745 Country
The Original Indiana Five, a New York small jazz band of the 1920s, play 'Deep Henderson' and 'Spanish Mamma' on American Harmony.AI summary
Harmony 217 Jazz
The Original Indiana 5 recorded hot dance sides for Harmony. 'Struttin' Jerry' and the Arkansas Travellers' 'Stompin' Fool' are typical of the small jazz combos of the late 1920s.AI summary
Harmony 459 Jazz
The Original Indiana Five, an early jazz band, with Some of These Days and The Memphis Blues on Cameo 1138.AI summary
Cameo 1138 Jazz
The Original Indiana Five recorded 'So Is Your Old Lady' and '(Broadway Bellhops) Tonight's My Night' for Regal, catalogue 8714, likely 1920s.AI summary
Regal 8714 Jazz