21,561 shellac records · mostly British pressings, 1900s–1950s
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Perceval Allen was an English soprano active in the early 1900s who recorded ballads and oratorio pieces for G&T; her records of this type turn up reasonably often from the period.AI summary
G&T 3269 Voice
The English soprano Perceval Allen sings 'Bid Me Discourse' on a single-sided G&T.AI summary
G&T 3653 Voice
The English soprano Perceval Allen sings 'Rejoice Greatly, O Daughter of Zion' from Handel's 'Messiah' on a single-sided G&T.AI summary
G&T 3661 Classical
Perceval Allen singing the hymn 'How Beautiful Are the Feet' on G&T, the early Gramophone & Typewriter Company label. An early acoustic sacred vocal recording.AI summary
G&T 3662 Voice
Perceval Allen performing two Scottish traditional songs, 'Robin Adair' and 'Comin' thro' the Rye', on Columbia 2668. A vocal performance in the salon style common to early acoustic recordings.AI summary
Columbia 2668 Voice
'Farewell Song', sung by the English soprano Perceval Allen on a single-sided G&T.AI summary
G&T 3709 Voice
Perceval Allen singing the hymn 'God is a Spirit' on Gramophone Company (GCo) 04025, a sacred vocal recording from the early electrical era.AI summary
GCo 04025 Voice
The English soprano Perceval Allen and the tenor John Harrison sing the duet 'O Love Divine' on a single-sided G&T.AI summary
G&T 04006 Voice
Percy Grainger on Columbia performing 'Shepherd's Hey' and 'Country Gardens', English folk settings by the Australian composer and pianist, recorded for the classical repertoire.AI summary
Columbia DB1664 Classical
GCo 04006
Percival Mackey recorded 'Tea for Two' and 'I Want to Be Happy' for Columbia—light instrumental or dance arrangements from the 1920s–1930s by a British bandleader of the period.AI summary
Columbia 3663 Dance
Percival Mackey, a British bandleader, performing popular dance material on Columbia 3847. Mackey led a well-known British dance band of the 1920s-30s.AI summary
Columbia 3847 Dance
Columbia CB168
Percival Mackey, a British bandleader and violinist active in the 1920s–1930s, on Columbia with light dance and song material. Mackey led one of Britain's popular dance orchestras.AI summary
Columbia 3709 Dance
Percival Mackey at the piano on Columbia 3230, performing 'My Pet' and 'Greenwich Witch', likely light piano pieces or novelty numbers from the early 1920s.AI summary
Columbia 3230 Instrumental
Percival Mackey Band, a British dance orchestra, recorded 'Here in My Arms' and 'Tiny Flat Near Soho Square' for Columbia, typical of the light dance music popular in the 1920s–30s.AI summary
Columbia 4184 Dance
Percival Mackey's orchestra recorded prolifically for Regal in the 1920s and 1930s. This MR-series side of light popular material represents his vast catalogue of budget-label releases. Mackey recordings are extremely common and have minimal collector value.AI summary
Regal MR421 Dance
Percival Mackey led a popular British dance orchestra in the 1930s; this Regal pressing represents his mainstream commercial output of sentimental and novelty material.AI summary
Regal MR445 Dance
Percival Mackey, a prolific British bandleader and composer, on Regal; these sentimental orchestral titles typify his output of the late 1920s–early 1930s.AI summary
Regal MR424 Orchestra
Percival Mackey Band on Columbia 4090, a British dance orchestra, with 'Gentlemen prefer blondes' and 'I don't care what you used to be'.AI summary
Columbia 4090 Dance
Percival Mackey, a London bandleader and theatre musical director of the 1920s, with Delibes' 'Naila' intermezzo and 'Echoes of Ireland' on Columbia.AI summary
Columbia 3821 Orchestra
Percival Mackey led the New Mayfair dance band, a popular British ensemble of the 1920s and 1930s; this His Master's Voice side features two light dance pieces.AI summary
His Master's Voice B6553 Dance
Percival Mackey's Band on Columbia — Mackey was a British bandleader and conductor active in the 1920s–30s.AI summary
Columbia 4173 Dance
Percy Buck on Columbia D40103: a spoken-word educational recording on music appreciation, recorded in the electrical era (post-1925).AI summary
Columbia D40103 Personalities (Prs)
Percy Faith, Canadian composer and conductor, led popular orchestral-pop arrangements for Columbia; this 40000-series pressing from the 1950s represents a major commercial orchestral act.AI summary
Columbia 40277 Orchestra
Percy Grainger performing Chopin's Scherzo Op. 31 No. 2 across two sides on Columbia catalogue 2025M. Grainger was a distinctive and accomplished pianist; Columbia pressings of his Chopin playing are of moderate collector interest.AI summary
Columbia 2025M Instrumental
Percy Grainger performing his own fantasy on Strauss's Der Rosenkavalier across two sides on Columbia DB28. The DB-series Columbia is a 12-inch pressing series; Grainger's own fantasy arrangement of the Rosenkavalier waltzes is a distinctive and characteristic piece of his piano writing, and a Columbia DB-series pressing is moderately uncommon.AI summary
Columbia DB28 Instrumental
Percy Grainger performing his own 'Shepherd's Hey' (dated 1914) coupled with C. Sharp's arrangement of 'La Paloma' on HMV E147. Grainger was both a distinctive composer and pianist; a self-performed HMV pressing of 'Shepherd's Hey' — one of his most famous pieces — is a primary document of his own interpretations.AI summary
His Master's Voice E147 Instrumental
Percy Grainger was an Australian-born composer and pianist whose folk-influenced music and eccentric personality made him one of the most distinctive figures in early twentieth-century music. This disc on the Pianola label, catalogue 1/2, couples his 'Spring Song' with Elgar's 'Salut d'Amour' played by J. H. Clapham; the Pianola label is not a standard commercial imprint and may indicate a piano-roll transcription or specialist pressing.AI summary
Pianola 1/2 Instrumental
Percy Grainger performing Liszt's Hungarian Fantasy across two sides on Columbia A6115. Grainger was a distinctive and accomplished pianist as well as a composer; the A-series Columbia suggests an American-market pressing of his piano work.AI summary
Columbia A6115 Instrumental
Percy Grainger performing Chopin's Polonaise in E Major across two sides on Columbia A6205. Grainger was a distinctive and accomplished pianist; Columbia A-series pressings of his Chopin playing are of moderate collector interest.AI summary
Columbia A6205 Instrumental
Percy Grainger performing Liszt's Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 on Columbia L1302, a 12-inch pressing. Grainger was a distinctive and technically accomplished pianist as well as a composer; his Columbia piano recordings are collected by enthusiasts of early keyboard playing. A 12-inch Grainger Columbia pressing is moderately uncommon.AI summary
Columbia L1302 Instrumental
Percy Grainger performing Chopin's Polonaise in A Flat Major and Prelude in A Flat on Columbia L1352 — a 12-inch pressing. Grainger was a distinctive and accomplished pianist; Columbia L-series 12-inch pressings of his Chopin playing are moderately uncommon.AI summary
Columbia L1352 Instrumental
Percy Grainger performing Liszt's Hungarian Fantasy on Columbia L1368, a 12-inch pressing. Grainger was a distinctive and accomplished pianist as well as a composer; his Columbia piano recordings are collected by enthusiasts of early keyboard playing.AI summary
Columbia L1368 Instrumental
Percy Grainger, the Australian-born pianist and composer, performing Brahms' 'Étude/Waltz' and Chopin's 'Prelude in A Flat Major' on Columbia 7109, an electrical recording of one of the twentieth century's great pianists.AI summary
Columbia 7109 Classical
Percy Grainger performing Liszt's Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 on Columbia L1302 — a duplicate of id 15084 in this collection. Both copies should be compared for condition before sale.AI summary
Columbia L1302 Instrumental
Percy Holland recorded accordion music for Bell, a very minor or possibly short-lived British label, with catalogue number in the Accordions series. No further information is available about this artist.AI summary
Bell Accordions AB0012 Instrumental
Percy Honri, a British music hall comedian and performer, on Winner Records, catalogue 2501. Comic songs typical of his stage work.AI summary
Winner 2501 Music Hall
Percy Honri, a British mouth-organ player and entertainer, recorded 'Rubinstein's Melody in F' and 'Barcarolle' for Winner 2542. Honri was known for skillful harmonica playing.AI summary
Winner 2542 Instrumental
Percy Mayfield, an influential American blues and R&B artist, recorded 'My heart' and 'Lonesome highway' for Speciality, catalogue 439.AI summary
Speciality 439 Voice
Percy Mott on His Master's Voice, recorded on the very early C-series (catalogue C15) with two short pieces: 'Welcome' and 'All aboard'. The early catalogue number suggests this is among HMV's earliest 78rpm releases.AI summary
His Master's Voice C15 Voice
Andrés Perelló de Segurola was a Spanish bass who sang at the Metropolitan Opera and other major houses in the early 20th century; this G&T disc captures him in a Gounod Faust aria.AI summary
G&T 52633 Opera
Perello de Segurola performing the finale trio from Faust on the G&T label, a very early British-based imprint (the Gramophone & Typewriter Company) of the 1900s–1910s.AI summary
G&T 54019 Opera
The Perfect Dance Orchestra with Barbara and Leonora on Perfect 322.AI summary
Perfect 322 Dance
Johann Strauss II's waltz 'Wine, Women and Song', played in two parts by the Perfect Symphony Orchestra on the Perfect label.AI summary
Perfect P413 Orchestra
Credited to Perley Stevens on the obscure label VT, 'Caressing you' and 'Give your little baby lots of lovin' are typical dance-novelty vocals; Stevens and the label are not established.AI summary
VT 1809 Dance
Perry Bradford, the songwriter who persuaded OKeh to make the first blues vocal record with Mamie Smith in 1920, leads his Jazz Phools in 'Lucy Long' and 'I Ain't Gonna Play No Second Fiddle' from 1925, a session with Louis Armstrong in the band.AI summary
Vocalion V1030 Jazz
Perry Como on His Master's Voice 1251, with 'Marcheta' and 'I Don't See Me in Your Eyes Anymore'. Como was one of the most popular and widely recorded singers of the 1940s–1950s, known for his smooth baritone and mainstream appeal.AI summary
His Master's Voice 1251 Voice