21,561 shellac records · mostly British pressings, 1900s–1950s
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van Phillips recorded 'Through' and 'S'Posin'' for Columbia, dance songs of the late 1920s.AI summary
Columbia 5657 Dance
Van Phillips performs 'Wind in the Willows' and 'With a Song in my Heart' on Columbia's popular CB series, catalogue 30.AI summary
Columbia CB30 Voice
Van Phillips, a British dance-band vocalist and entertainer of the 1930s, recorded 'I'm Like a Sailor' and 'High and Low' for Columbia, catalogue CB6. The CB prefix indicates a cheaper budget series.AI summary
Columbia CB6 Dance
Van Phillips recorded two popular songs for Columbia (CB67) in the early 1930s. Phillips was a known British dance-band pianist and composer; this is standard popular song repertoire of the period.AI summary
Columbia CB67 Voice
Van Phillips, a British dance-band pianist and composer of the 1920s-30s, performing 'Aren't we all' and 'If I had a Talking Picture of you' on Columbia, catalogue 5512.AI summary
Columbia 5512 Dance
Van Phillips, a British bandleader and pianist, recorded two sentimental ballads for Columbia in the 1930s.AI summary
Columbia CB146 Dance
Van Phillips on Columbia CB150, with 'It Must Be You' and 'Two of Everything' — a vocalist or instrumentalist on a major British label's mid-range series, mid-1930s.AI summary
Columbia CB150 Voice
Van Phillips recorded two popular songs for Columbia (CB160) in the early 1930s. Phillips was a known British dance-band pianist of the era, though this entry provides little identifying detail.AI summary
Columbia CB160 Voice
Van Phillips, a British pianist and bandleader active in the 1930s, recorded 'Why am I so romantic' and 'It's for you' for Columbia CB161. Phillips led a successful British dance band and is a minor figure in British jazz and dance music of the period.AI summary
Columbia CB161 Dance
Van Phillips, the British pianist and bandleader, recorded 'Beyond the blue Horizon' and 'Always in all Ways' for Columbia CB162, continuing his series of recordings for the label in the 1930s.AI summary
Columbia CB162 Dance
van Phillips on Columbia CB172, performing 'Dancing on the Ceiling' and 'No Place but Home'.AI summary
Columbia CB172 Voice
Van Phillips performing 'The Policeman's Holiday' and 'The Dance of the Cuckoos' on Regal MR660. Van Phillips was a British light-music composer and bandleader active from the 1920s onward.AI summary
Regal MR660 Dance
Columbia DB1440
Van Phillips, the noted British light-music composer, with oboist Leon Goossens, performing Phillips's own "Nicolette" and "Salut d'Amour" on Columbia DB1440. Phillips was a major figure in British film and light orchestral music, and this pairing of two elegiac pieces is a rare collaboration with one of the country's finest oboists.AI summary
Columbia DB1440 Instrumental
Van Phillips Band performing 'Little Russian rose' and 'Oh Donna Clara' on Columbia (CB159); Van Phillips was a prominent British pianist and bandleader of the 1920s–1930s.AI summary
Columbia CB159 Dance
Van Steeden performing 'Leonora' and 'No Wonder I'm Happy' on Act 11512, a ballad recording on an obscure British label.AI summary
Actuelle 11512 Voice
Van Straten on DuoUB, a small British label of the 1920s, performing two sentimental songs: 'Save a Little Sunshine' and 'In a Little Garden'.AI summary
Duophone UB2061 Voice
van Straten, credited on Winner 4592, performing 'Talking to the Moon' and 'In a Little Spanish Town' — popular sentimental songs of the 1920s–early 1930s.AI summary
Winner 4592 Voice
van Straten on Winner 4390, performing 'Valencia' and Glantz's 'The Co-Ed', popular numbers of the 1920s-30s.AI summary
Winner 4390 Dance
van Straten recorded two popular dance numbers for Winner, a small British label, in the late 1920s or early 1930s.AI summary
Winner 4393 Dance
Varaldi Tango Band recording 'Hasta la ruelia' and 'El panuelito' on His Master's Voice B2136, a mid-1920s British pressing. Varaldi was a known tango ensemble of the period.AI summary
His Master's Voice B2136 Dance
The Varaldi Tango Orchestra recorded authentic tango repertoire for His Master's Voice, one of the major British labels. 'Pajaros de Fueza' and 'Madre' are Spanish and Latin American compositions typical of the tango craze of the 1920s–30s. Very little is known of this ensemble.AI summary
His Master's Voice B2137 Dance
The Night Is Dark, a wartime radio drama disc made for the US Treasury, with Gloria DeHaven, Dell Sharbutt and Ray Noble on one side.AI summary
Varsity 7 on Vars label with "It's Tight Like That" and "Easy Rider", jazz or novelty jazz of the late 1920s.AI summary
Varsity 8147 Jazz
Varsity 8 performing 'If You Knew Susie' and 'Why Do I Love You?' on Imperial 1465, a 1920s–1930s American budget label reissue.AI summary
Imperial 1465 Dance
Varsity 8 on Imperial, an obscure British label, with 'Never Swat a Fly' and 'Sittin' on a Five Barred Gate'; Imperial was a short-lived British imprint.AI summary
Imperial 2403 Dance
Varsity Eight performing 'Oh Joe' and 'Sittin' in a Corner' on Cameo 420, an American label. Cameo was a small US independent label of the 1920s; British copies are scarce.AI summary
Cameo 420 Dance
The Varsity Eight recorded 'Knock at the Door' and 'Charley my Boy' for Cam, catalogue 574. Cam is an unrecognised British label, and nothing is known of this group.AI summary
Cameo 574 Dance
The Varsity Eight with Them Ramblin' Blues and, by a band, Me and the Boy Friend on Cameo 605.AI summary
Cameo 605 Dance
Cameo 646 Dance
The Varsity Eight were a vocal group; this Cambridge pressing of 'Milenberg Joys', a jazz number, captures small-group jazz harmony from the late 1920s.AI summary
Cameo 817 Jazz
The Varsity Eight, a British dance band, on 'Freshie' and 'Dixie Daisies' / 'Clap Hands', issued on the Cam label (catalogue 835).AI summary
Cameo 835 Dance
Varsity Eight on Dominion (DomA), a small British label, performing 'Outside' and 'Wedding of the Painted Doll'. The group is unidentified beyond the house-band name.AI summary
Dominion A119 Dance
The Varsity Eight Hollywood Ramblers, an American jazz or novelty group, recorded two popular jazz standards for Bell catalogue 351. This is likely a 1920s jazz or dance recording.AI summary
Bell 351 Jazz
Vasa Prihoda, a Czech virtuoso violinist, recorded 'Introduction & Tarantelle' and Saint-Saëns' 'Le Cygne' for Brunswick 80002; Prihoda was renowned for his technical brilliance and made numerous recordings.AI summary
Brunswick 80002 Instrumental
Váša Příhoda, the Czech violin virtuoso, plays Toselli's 'Serenade' and Drdla's 'Souvenir' on Polydor.AI summary
Polydor 47067 Classical
Vása Příhoda, the Czech violin virtuoso who was one of the most celebrated virtuosi of the interwar period, plays Corelli Variations and a Slavonic Dance on Polyphon 65985. Příhoda recorded for several labels in the 1920s–30s and his playing attracted comparison with Paganini; Polyphon pressings of major soloists are less commonly encountered in British collections than HMV equivalents.AI summary
Polyphon 65985 Instrumental
Váša Příhoda was a Czech violinist who had a major international career in the 1920s and 1930s, renowned for his technical brilliance. This Polyphon disc (catalogue 66413) pairs his 'Berceuse' with an excerpt from Schumann's Fourth Symphony conducted by Hans Pfitzner on the reverse. Příhoda's recordings are moderately collected by golden-age violin enthusiasts.AI summary
Polyphon 66413 Instrumental
Vása Příhoda, the Czech violinist and virtuoso, recorded 'Souvenir' and 'Serenata' for Decca. Příhoda was an accomplished concert and recording artist known for his technical brilliance.AI summary
Decca DE7003 Classical
Vasa Prihoda was a Czech violin virtuoso of the mid-20th century, known for technically dazzling performances. 'Introduction & Tarantelle' and 'Le Cygne' (Saint-Saëns) are standard violin showpieces; this Brunswick pressing is a commercial recording from the electrical era.AI summary
Brunswick 80002 Instrumental
Vasa Prihoda, a Czech violinist renowned for his virtuosity and wide repertoire, performing Salut d'Amour and Schubert's *Rosamunde* on Brunswick. Prihoda was an internationally celebrated concert artist of the mid-20th century.AI summary
Brunswick 7002 Classical
Vasa Prihoda, a Czechoslovak violinist, performs two solo pieces on Brunswick. Prihoda was a distinguished concert violinist and his instrumental recordings are sought by classical and collectors.AI summary
Brunswick 7003 Instrumental
Vassily Sharonov was a Russian bass who recorded for several early labels including Beka, a Berlin-based company with extensive operations recording Eastern European and Russian singers around 1905–1910. This disc, Beka 6750, contains a Koorgan ballad and 'Across the Water'. Beka pressings of Russian singers from this period are uncommon outside specialist collections.AI summary
Beka 6750 Voice
Vaughan Cornish recorded this extended instrumental piece on Columbia's popular-priced series. The unusual title and two-part structure suggest descriptive or programmatic instrumental music, though the artist is not widely documented.AI summary
Columbia D40073 Instrumental
Vaughan de Leath, one of the first woman jazz singers in American recording, performed in the 1920s and 1930s; this Parlophone R-series side couples two jazz standards from the popular repertoire.AI summary
Parlophone R3324 Voice
Ralph Vaughan Williams's 'Geud Man of Ballangigh', a folk-dance arrangement, performed on both sides of Columbia DB2242; a classical recording on the standard HMV-Columbia label.AI summary
Columbia DB2242 Classical
Ralph Vaughan Williams, the major English composer, arranged and conducted these folk dance settings for Columbia. 'Oranges and Lemons Square Dance' and 'Hunsdon House Country Dance' are from his English Folk Dance and Song Society work; this is a significant recording by a canonical British composer.AI summary
Columbia DB2241 Classical
Vaughn De Leath (1896-1943), an American singer called the first lady of radio, sings I'll Never Ask for More and, with Frank Braidwood, Sweetheart of All My Dreams on Ariel 4402.AI summary
Ariel 4402 Voice