21,667 shellac records · mostly British pressings, 1900s–1950s
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Oly 1015 Jazz
A band (unnamed) on Oly JA 16 performing 'Raymond Overture' and 'The Blue Danube'. Oly was a minor British label; the low catalogue number suggests early pressing, possibly 1920s.AI summary
Oly JA16 Orchestra
An unattributed band performing two selections on Olympic (OlyJA), a small British label of the 1920s–30s: a Pirates of Penzance selection and "La Feria".AI summary
Oly JA43 Orchestra
A band recording of selections from the Edwardian musical The Arcadians and Strauss's Invitation to the Waltz on the Olympia Jazz label.AI summary
Oly JA9 Orchestra
An unnamed band performing 'Coronation Bells' and 'Bells of St Malo' on Pel, an obscure British label.AI summary
Pelican 12 Orchestra
An unidentified band performs 'Zampa Overture' (in two parts) on Pel 3, a scarce British label of the early acoustic era.AI summary
Pelican 3 Orchestra
A band plays a Carmen selection in two parts on Pelican 9.AI summary
Pelican 9 Orchestra
A band plays Turkish Patrol and Poppies on Pick of All 815.AI summary
Pickofall 815 Instrumental
An unnamed band on J Bull 40296, 'They All Follow Me' and 'Cosy Corner Girl'; J Bull is an unidentified small British label and the recording is obscure.AI summary
John Bull 40296 Dance
An unnamed military band on Nep (Neptune, a short-lived British label) performing 'Grenadiers March' and 'Colonel Bogey', standard brass-band repertoire.AI summary
Neptune 122 Orchestra
Neptune 230 Misc.
An unnamed military or concert band on Op (Olympian, a minor British label), with 'Gold and Silver' and 'When Love Dies'.AI summary
Opera 2509 Orchestra
A band recording of two orchestral or instrumental numbers on the Op label.AI summary
Opera 2515 Orchestra
A band plays selections from La Traviata and Rigoletto on Opera 2535.AI summary
Opera 2535 Opera
An unidentified band recorded two pieces of light orchestral novelty music for Play, a minor British label.AI summary
Play 406 Orchestra
Two instrumental pieces featuring bell effects—'Bells of St Malo' and 'Monastery Bells'—credited to 'Band' on Play label.AI summary
Play 406 Instrumental
An unidentified band recorded an operatic aria and a light orchestral piece for Play, a minor British label; generic orchestral material.AI summary
Play 420 Orchestra
An unnamed band performing the first movement of Beethoven's Symphony No. 1 on Pioneer (Pion), a small British label; catalogue 114 suggests early production.AI summary
Pioneer 114 Orchestra
A band performance of the 'Raymond Overture'—likely the overture to 'Ambroise Thomas's opera—in two parts on Pion, an obscure British imprint.AI summary
Pioneer 143 Orchestra
An unattributed band performing two pieces on Pioneer (Pion), a small British label of the 1920s: "Second Conu Guards" and "Waiting at the church".AI summary
Pioneer 58 Orchestra
A band performing selections from 'Il Trovatore' and 'Cavalleria Rusticana' on PionA, an unidentified label.AI summary
Pioneer A11 Opera
A band credited only as 'Band' recorded 'Gipsy Love' and 'Gold & Silver' for PionA Records, catalogue 24; Pioneer (PionA) was a British label of the early 1920s with very limited pressing runs.AI summary
Pioneer A24 Dance
An unnamed band on Pioneer (PionA) 29, an early catalogue number on an obscure British label.AI summary
Pioneer A29 Instrumental
An unattributed band recording of 'Zampa Overture' (by Héroid) and its continuation on Pioneer, a small British label, likely from the late 1920s or early 1930s.AI summary
Pioneer A9 Orchestra
Band on Polyphon Records, a minor British marque, with medleys of English and Welsh national themes.AI summary
Polyphon 8913 Orchestra
Pantomime comedy sketches or songs, parts 3 and 4, released on the obscure British label Scala 452.AI summary
Scala 452 Comic
An unnamed band performing 'He'd have to get out & get under' and 'On Broadway' on Scala, a British budget label. The first title is a novelty song from the World War I era.AI summary
Scala 579 Dance
A band recording of the national anthems of the Triple Entente (France, Russia, Britain) with 'La Marseillaise' as a featured item, on the Scala label. Such patriotic compilations were common from the 1910s onwards.AI summary
Scala 598 Orchestra
Band performance on Scala Records, a minor British label, featuring pantomime medleys.AI summary
Scala 634 Orchestra
An unidentified dance band recorded 'Father of Victory' and 'Anvil Chorus' for Best 548, a catalogue number suggesting a small British label of uncertain date.AI summary
Best 548 Orchestra
A band performance of two waltzes, 'After the Ball' and 'Monte Christo', on Syr, a small or short-lived British label.AI summary
Sirena 145 Dance
Two waltzes played by a band on Sirena, the Warsaw record label of the years before the First World War: the 'Waltz of the Suffragettes' and a waltz from Paul Lincke's 1911 operetta 'Grigri'.AI summary
Sirena 155 Dance
An unidentified band recorded 'Blood of Vienna waltz' and 'Stories from the Viennese Woods' for Syr (Syren), a small British label, around the mid-1920s. The repertoire suggests a light orchestra or salon group.AI summary
Sirena 359 Orchestra
A band plays Detective Dance and Love Two Step on Sirena 372.AI summary
Sirena 372 Dance
Tower 269 Misc.
A band performance of instrumental marches and dance material on Eclipse. The titles suggest salon or military band repertoire typical of the early 20th century.AI summary
Eclipse ipse122 Orchestra
A band plays the introduction to Act 3 of Lohengrin and the Grand March from Tannhäuser on Homochord HR54.AI summary
Hom HR54 Orchestra
A vocal band performing two Christmas hymns on HomS, an unidentified minor or short-lived British label. No readily available information about this recording or label.AI summary
Hom S006 Orchestra
An anonymous band or orchestra recorded 'Jolly Coppersmith' and 'Turkish Patrol' for Dac, a very obscure British imprint, catalogue 13.AI summary
Dacapo 13 Instrumental
An unnamed band on Diploma (DipA), a very minor British label; the titles suggest light classical or ragtime repertoire, catalogue 36 indicates very early production by the label.AI summary
Diploma A36 Instrumental
An unlabeled or unidentified band recording on Winner 4450, performing 'Sweet Child' and 'Who's Who Are You'. Winner was a cheap British imprint of the 1920s–30s.AI summary
Winner 4450 Dance
A dance band side on Winner, a British budget label active in the 1930s.AI summary
Winner 4476 Dance
A band on Winner, a cheap British label. The catalogue number 4593 places this in the late Winner period, probably the 1940s. 'Hard to get Gertie' and 'Shepherd of the Hills' are popular songs of the era, but the artist is unidentified.AI summary
Winner 4593 Dance
Band on Broadcast, a small British label, performing 'Faust' and 'Surrender'.AI summary
Broadcast Jr103 Orchestra
A Little Marvel 78 by an uncredited band, pairing 'When the Red Red Robin' (a popular standard) with the Merry Wives of Windsor overture. Little Marvel was a cheap British label of the early 1930s.AI summary
Little Marvel 1060 Orchestra
A band performance on Little Marvel, a minor British label, playing 'Army & Navy' and 'Shepherd of the Hills'.AI summary
Little Marvel 1082 Orchestra
A Gilbert and Sullivan medley from The Gondoliers, credited only to 'Band', on JBullB, an obscure British imprint.AI summary
John Bull 3 Orchestra
Anonymous band recording 'Jolly Mariner' and 'Bavarda March' on J. Bull B. 4, an extremely early issue from J. Bull, a poorly documented British label.AI summary
John Bull 4 Orchestra