21,561 shellac records · mostly British pressings, 1900s–1950s
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The Royal Artillery String Band recorded a pair of Merry Widow extracts for Aco; the group is not documented in standard sources.AI summary
Aco 15294 Instrumental
The Royal Court Orchestra is not readily identified; this Winner disc from the early 1930s carries two popular instrumental numbers, 'I'm Just Wild About Harry' and 'Fire-Flicker'.AI summary
Winner 3731 Orchestra
The Royal Garrison Artillery performs 'Gas Shell Bombardment' and 'The Conundrum' on HMV D378. The title 'Gas Shell Bombardment' suggests a wartime sound-effects or descriptive piece from around 1914–18; military band descriptive pieces of this type are unusual period documents.AI summary
His Master's Voice D378 Misc.
Royal Guards Band on Cinch 5024, a ragtime piece. Cinch was a minor British label; this is a band recording from the early acoustic era or shortly after.AI summary
Cinch 5024 Orchestra
The Royal Guards Band performed light orchestral arrangements of popular pieces; this Columbia side features two patriotic or sentimental selections from the early 1930s.AI summary
Coliseum 1215 Orchestra
The Royal Guards Band, likely a British military or ceremonial ensemble, recorded 'Raggedy Rags' on Cinch 5023, a minor British label.AI summary
Cinch 5023 Orchestra
The Royal Horse Guards band play Onward Christian Soldiers and Eternal Father, Strong to Save on Diploma A134.AI summary
Diploma A134 Instrumental
Military music recorded by the Royal Horse Guards Blues, a ceremonial military band; the label 'St' (likely Sterno or similar small imprint) is not clearly identified.AI summary
Sterno 544 Instrumental
Royal Majestic Orchestra performing a serenade and Raymond Overture on Melba, a small British label.AI summary
Melba 1026 Orchestra
Royal Military Band on Pioneer 143, playing 'Raymond Overture' and two sides, likely from the early 1920s.AI summary
Pioneer 143 Orchestra
The Royal Military Band plays two patriotic pieces—'British Troops Landing in France' and 'Entente Cordiale'—on Columbia, likely recorded around the time of the First World War.AI summary
Coliseum 653 Orchestra
The Royal Military Band performing 'Calais' and 'Rosy Rapture' on Columbia is757, a British military-band recording of the late 1920s or 1930s.AI summary
Coliseum 757 Orchestra
The Royal Military Band recorded 'Barcarolle' and 'Unfinished Symphony' for Kalliope 6024. Kalliope was a British record label active in the early 1900s.AI summary
Kalliope 6024 Orchestra
The Royal Military Band recorded orchestral selections from Bizet's *Carmen* and Delibes' *Coppélia* for Gram, a small British label. These are band arrangements of opera classics, likely from the 1920s or early 1930s.AI summary
Gram 90/63 Orchestra
The Royal Military Band performing 'Bells of St Malo' and 'Tannhäuser March' on Millophone 241, a British military band recording.AI summary
Millophone 241 Orchestra
The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra under Sir Thomas Beecham on His Master's Voice, performing Delius: 'Prelude to Irmelin' and 'Concerto for Violin and Orchestra'.AI summary
His Master's Voice DB6371 Classical
Roger Bell's Jazz Band (listed as 'Rpger Bell's') recorded 'Oh That Sign' and 'Ja da' for Ampersand 1, an extremely obscure British label.AI summary
Ampersand 1 Jazz
Bruno Walter conducts the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra in the Prelude to Act III of Die Meistersinger and the Nocturne from A Midsummer Night's Dream on Columbia L1651, a 12-inch pressing. Walter is one of the most revered conductors of the twentieth century and his Columbia RPO recordings are collected by admirers of historic orchestral performance.AI summary
Columbia L1651 Classical
Rube Bloom's Bayou Boys on Columbia CB75: 'St James Infirmary' and 'One Girl' (Selvin). Rube Bloom was a composer and pianist active in the 1920s–1930s; the Bayou Boys were a hot-jazz ensemble. This is an early Columbia race-series pressing.AI summary
Columbia CB75 Jazz
Ruby Helder recorded sentimental ballads for Winner, a cheap British imprint, in the late 1920s or early 1930s; 'My Dreams' and 'Marguerite' are drawing-room songs.AI summary
Winner 2182 Voice
Ruby Helder recorded two songs — 'Tom Bowling' and 'My Pretty Jane' — for VF, a small British label, in the 1920s; VF pressings are uncommon today.AI summary
Velvet Face 1029 Voice
Ruby Helder sings Eily Mavourneen and Once Again on Velvet Face 1109.AI summary
Velvet Face 1109 Voice
Ruby Helder singing traditional ballads 'Tom Bowling' and 'My pretty Jane' on VF, an unidentified British label.AI summary
Velvet Face 1029 Voice
Ruby Helder singing 'Green Isle of Erin', recorded for His Master's Voice. An Irish vocal ballad from the early electrical era of HMV.AI summary
His Master's Voice 03365 Voice
Ruby Helder sings two sentimental ballads, "Then You'll Remember Me" and "Eily Mavourneen," on Columbia 501, a very early British Columbia pressing from around 1910–1912. Both are romantic ballad standards of the Edwardian period.AI summary
Columbia 501 Voice
Columbia 501
Ruby Heyl, a British singer, recorded "God send you back to me" and "Coming home" for His Master's Voice.AI summary
His Master's Voice B756 Voice
Ruby Murray, a Northern Irish singer, and Brendan O'Dowda recorded 'A Pretty Irish Girl' and 'Connemara' for Columbia. Murray was a popular singer in the 1950s with a chart career.AI summary
Columbia DBI4326 Voice
Decca F7190
Ruby Newman and his orchestra with Now or Never and Darling Not Without You on Victor 25405.AI summary
Victor 25405 Dance
Ruby Newman and his orchestra with Where or When and Johnny One Note on Victor 25546.AI summary
Victor 25546 Dance
Ruby Roya performing 'Monty from Monte Carlo' and 'Show me the Grizzly Guide' on Pathé Records catalogue 92483. Neither artist nor recording are established in standard reference.AI summary
Pathé 92483 Music Hall
Ruby Roya on Pathé Records, a British major label, performing novelty music-hall song of the 1920s–30s era.AI summary
Pathé 92942 Music Hall
Rudi Knabl on Elite 8553, performing German vocal material. Elite was an obscure British label; the artist is not documented in major references.AI summary
Elite 8553 Voice
Rudolf Bockelmann, the German baritone, in two sacred songs recorded for His Master's Voice: Heinrich der Vogler and Heilige Franziskus, catalogue EG1444.AI summary
His Master's Voice EG1444 Opera
Rudolf Bockelmann, the German bass-baritone, sings Sachs' Lilac Monologue from Wagner's 'Die Meistersinger' on Telefunken.AI summary
Telefunken SK1323 Opera
Rudolf Friml, the celebrated operetta composer and pianist, performs two of his own songs—'Song of the Vagabonds' and 'Only a Rose'—on this Columbia electrical recording from the late 1920s.AI summary
Columbia 4377 Instrumental
Parlophone P933
Rudolf Schock, the German tenor, sings Es war einmal am Hofe and Ha, wie in meiner on HMV DB11500.AI summary
Electron DB11500 Opera
Rudolf Schock, the German tenor, sings the Flower Song from Carmen and Abschied von der Mutter on HMV Electron DB11542.AI summary
Electron DB11542 Opera
Rudolph Ganz was a Swiss-American pianist and conductor who had a distinguished career in Chicago and recorded for Pathé in the acoustic era. The Pathé label used a distinctive centre-start playing format in its earlier years. Piano solos of this kind on early Pathé are collected by pianophile enthusiasts, and Ganz was a respected artist, though not among the very most collected pianists.AI summary
Pathé 1077 Classical
Rudolph Ganz (1877–1956) was a Swiss pianist and conductor of international standing. This Victor pressing of "Song of India" and a Minuet represents the classical piano repertoire he recorded in the acoustic and early electric era.AI summary
Victor 45531 Classical
Rudolphe Clark recorded two French songs on the Week-end label: 'Pour Être un Jour Aimé de Toi' and 'Roses du Sud' (with orchestra). Week-end was a minor Continental or British budget imprint.AI summary
Week-end 10066 Voice
Rudy Marlow Band on Diva 3007, singing 'Web of Love' and 'I'm in Love with You', likely 1930s.AI summary
Diva 3007 Dance
Rudy Starita was a British-based drummer and bandleader active in the 1920s–1930s; this Columbia DB-series side captures his jazz-influenced style.AI summary
Columbia DB619 Dance
Rudy Starita, an internationally known accordionist and bandleader, performing four novelty pieces on an unidentified 4-inch label: dance numbers and accordion selections including 'C'est l'Amour' and a medley with springtime material.AI summary
4-in-1 37
Rudy Starita, the xylophonist, with medleys of popular songs on 4-in-1, a British label of the early 1930s that put four tunes on each record.AI summary
4-in-1 46 Dance
Rudy Starita performing 'Schön Rosmarin' (the famous Kreisler violin piece) and a comedic number on the obscure British Hud label.AI summary
Hudson 407 Instrumental