21,667 shellac records · mostly British pressings, 1900s–1950s
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An uncredited band performing two German-language novelty or light entertainment numbers on Polyphon, a major European label; catalogue 30723 places this in the interwar period.AI summary
Polyphon 30723 Dance
A dance band performs two novelty numbers for Polyphon, a German label with British pressing — a scarce small-label issue.AI summary
Polyphon 5547 Dance
A band on Polyphon 9997 performing "The Policeman's Holiday" and "Grizzly Bear" — an acoustic or early electric dance recording from the 1920s. Unidentified performers.AI summary
Polyphon 9997 Dance
A band recording of two popular songs on the Popular (Pop) label, likely from the 1920s. The catalogue number and label suggest an early British or American pressing.AI summary
Popular 1207 Dance
An unnamed band performing 'The Turkey Trot' and 'The Bogie Walk' on Scala, a small British label, likely from the 1920s.AI summary
Scala 83 Dance
An unnamed band on Columbia 1025, performing 'Swing Song' and 'Ringelreihen'. Columbia 1025 is a very early catalogue number from the label's first years of operation.AI summary
Columbia 1025 Dance
An unidentified band performing two pieces from Gounod's opera Faust—the Soldiers' Chorus and a Waltz—on Columbia.AI summary
Columbia 1093 Orchestra
An unnamed band performing a medley march and 'Teddy Bears Picnic' on Columbia 1098, catalogue number suggesting an early 1920s British pressing.AI summary
Columbia 1098 Orchestra
An unnamed band performing a selection from Veronique (the operetta by Messager) on Columbia 25767.AI summary
Columbia 25767 Orchestra
A band performing 'Marche Militaire' and Chopin's 'Polonaise' for Curry's Records 120, a British label of obscure provenance. Curry's catalogue numbers and output are largely unrecorded.AI summary
Curry's 120 Orchestra
A dance band on 'Hit the Deck' selection (two parts), from Curry's 347. 'Hit the Deck' was a popular operetta of the 1920s; this is a medley or selections recording. Curry's was a small British label.AI summary
Curry's 347 Dance
An unidentified band recorded the '1812 Overture' Finale and 'Old Comrades' for Curry's, a minor British label, catalogue 88. Nothing is known of this label or the ensemble.AI summary
Curry's 88 Orchestra
An unidentified band performing 'Ram Sami' and 'Rio Nights' on Curry's label, credited only as an imprint name — possibly a retailer's house label or a very small specialist pressing.AI summary
Curry's 94
A band plays Sweetheart and Confidence on Actuelle 10490.AI summary
Actuelle 10490 Dance
An unidentified band recorded 'The Sun Has Got His Hat On' (Noel Gay's 1932 novelty hit) and 'Hand Me Down My Walkin' Cane' for Dur, a minor British label.AI summary
Durium 27 Dance
A band plays Why Waste Your Tears and Night Shall Be Filled with Music on Durium 34. Durium records were thin resin-coated discs, not shellac.AI summary
Durium 34 Dance
An unnamed band recorded 'I do like to see a Game of Football' and 'Underneath the Arches' for Dur 36, an unidentified label. Both titles are British music-hall standards, suggesting an early-to-mid 1920s date.AI summary
Durium 36 Music Hall
Credited only to 'Band' on Dur 38, performing 'Three's a Crowd' and 'Sweethearts for ever'; Dur was an obscure British label and the lack of artist name is unusual.AI summary
Durium 38 Dance
Band performing 'How are you' and 'When they're on the Love Parade' on Dur 39, an obscure British label.AI summary
Durium 39 Dance
Band on Dur, a small British label, performing 'You Loving Me' and 'Little Yvonne'.AI summary
Durium 43 Dance
An uncredited band performs two light novelty numbers on Dur, a small or obscure British label, catalogue 44.AI summary
Durium 44 Dance
A band plays Yes Mr Brown/Leave a Little for Me and If You Would Learn to Live on Durium F1. Durium records were thin resin-coated discs, not shellac.AI summary
Durium F1 Dance
A band performs 'What More Can I Ask' and 'Brighter Than the Sun' on Durham Music 1 — catalogue number 1 of an entirely unidentified label. The combination of an unrecognised label and the opening catalogue number makes this impossible to assess without further identification; it may be a private or very limited pressing.AI summary
Durium M1 Dance
Band instrumental on DurM 4, a British label of uncertain provenance.AI summary
Durium M4 Orchestra
An unidentified band performing two pieces—'Pallida Signora' and 'Alcala'—on DurT, an obscure British label with a very low catalogue number.AI summary
Durium T40 Orchestra
An unnamed band performing 'Sally's Smile' and a fox trot arrangement of 'John Brown's Body' on Broadcast, a British budget label of the 1930s.AI summary
Broadcast Jr101 Dance
Broadcast Jr102 Dance
An unnamed band performing two novelty dance pieces on Broadcast: 'Sea Shanty Fox Trot' and 'Hawaiian Fox Trot'—examples of the instrumental dance-music filler of the 1920s.AI summary
Broadcast Jr105 Dance
A dance band recording of two period ballroom pieces on the Broadcast label, a cheap British marque of the early 1930s.AI summary
Broadcast Jr106 Dance
A Broadcast pressing of orchestral standards: the Russian March and Delibes' Ballet Égyptien, performed by an unnamed band. Broadcast was a cheap British budget label of the 1920s–30s.AI summary
Broadcast Jr107 Orchestra
Broadcast Jr108 Misc.
Unnamed band performs two novelty selections—'Jolly Tars' and 'Eyes of Rosie O'Reilly'—on Broadcast Jr116.AI summary
Broadcast Jr116 Orchestra
A band recording of two movements from 'The Quaker Girl', a light operetta by Lionel Monckton, on Bell 256, a British label.AI summary
Bell 256 Opera
A dance band on Bell 276 with British patriotic material: marches by the Grenadier and Scots Guards, and 'Rule Britannia'. Bell was a small British label; the recording date and band identity are unclear.AI summary
Bell 276 Orchestra
An unnamed band on Bell Records performs two orchestral concert pieces: the overture to *Les Huguenots* and Ketèlbey's orchestral evergreen 'In a Monastery Garden'.AI summary
Bell 315 Orchestra
A dance band recording of two popular ballroom numbers, one featuring xylophone, on the Bell label, a small British pressing from the 1920s and 1930s.AI summary
Bell 328 Dance
A military tattoo recording on the Bell label. Bell was a small British imprint, and military and ceremonial music on such labels are seldom collected.AI summary
Bell 358 Orchestra
A band performing 'Magic Moments' and 'Barcelona' on Bell 364, from an unknown date on a small British label.AI summary
Bell 364 Dance
An unidentified band on the Bell label, performing 'Wanna go back again blues' and a celeste instrumental titled 'Celestina'. Bell is an obscure or short-lived British imprint.AI summary
Bell 368 Dance
An unnamed band performing two novelty pieces on Bell, a minor British label: 'Lonesome and Sorry' and a xylophone novelty titled 'Manella'.AI summary
Bell 377 Instrumental
An untitled band recording on Bell 388 performing 'That certain Party' and an anonymous 'Whistling Scot'. Bell was a short-lived British label of the early 1920s; the artist and pressing details are obscure.AI summary
Bell 388 Dance
An unidentified dance band recorded 'Black Bottom' and 'Old Airs pt 2' for Mars Records, a small British label. The catalogue number and label suggest an early-to-mid 1920s release.AI summary
Marspen 263 Dance
An unnamed band performing an 'Old Favourites waltz' and 'Cadiz March' on Odeon, a major label, catalogue 44344.AI summary
Odeon 44344 Dance
An unidentified orchestra on Odeon, performing operatic selections; the catalogue number and format suggest 1920s–1930s.AI summary
Odeon 64042 Orchestra
A band recording of 'Whispering of the Flowers' and 'Love's Mystery' on Tower, a small British budget label. The artist credit is generic and the recordings are otherwise undocumented.AI summary
Tower 2010 Orchestra
A band performing a Carmen selection on Duophone, an obscure British label, with the selection split across two sides.AI summary
Duophone A1015 Orchestra
An unidentified band recorded 'My Heart Belongs to the Girl' and 'Forever & Ever' on Film label, catalogue 142; a dance side from a minor British imprint.AI summary
Filmophone 142 Dance
An uncredited band performing two popular songs, 'A Little Love Song' and 'King's Horses', on Film, a minor British film-related label; catalogue 161 places this in the late 1920s or early 1930s.AI summary
Filmophone 161 Dance