21,561 shellac records · mostly British pressings, 1900s–1950s
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Vic Oliver, husband of Winston Churchill's daughter and a stage and radio personality, performing what appear to be comedy monologues or spoken-word pieces on Columbia.AI summary
Columbia FB1227 Personalities (Prs)
Vic Oliver was an Austrian-born British comedian, wit and entertainer of the 1930s–1950s, known for radio work and revue. This Columbia recording (FB1611) of his comic monologues represents his stage and broadcast material. Oliver is sought by British comedy and radio enthusiasts.AI summary
Columbia FB1611 Comic
Vic Oliver, an Austrian-born comedian and composer popular in British radio and entertainment, performing comic sketches on His Master's Voice, late 1930s–early 1940s.AI summary
His Master's Voice B9169 Comic
Vic Oliver on 'Tickling the Ivories', recorded for His Master's Voice B9181. Vic Oliver was an American pianist, conductor and entertainer popular in British radio in the 1930s–40s; this side showcases his light entertainment repertoire.AI summary
His Master's Voice B9181 Instrumental
Victor Alix on Parlophone performing an aria from Auber's opera 'La Muette de Portici', a nineteenth-century grand opera staple.AI summary
Parlophone E11085 Opera
Victor Borge, the Danish comedian and pianist, recorded 'Phonetic Punctuation' for Columbia, catalogue DC536. Borge's witty and musical comedy routines, combining piano playing with spoken humour, are beloved by collectors of sophisticated comedy.AI summary
Columbia DC536 Comic
Victor Carne recorded 'To Mary' and 'Serenata' for VocX, catalogue 9726. The repertoire and artist name suggest light vocal or operetta material; the label is unidentified.AI summary
Vocalion X9726 Voice
Victor de Maunee recorded 'I pitch my lonely Caravan' and 'In the great unknown' for Columbia, catalogue WO1. The 'WO' prefix is unusual and may indicate a special series or early catalogue variant.AI summary
Columbia WO1 Voice
Victor Feldman, the British child prodigy who became a leading vibraphonist and pianist in American jazz, leads his quartet in 'Mop Mop' and 'Lady Bird' on Esquire.AI summary
Esquire 10-1004 Jazz
Victor Herbert, the Irish-American composer and bandleader, recorded instrumental sides for early American Zonophone before becoming famous for his operettas. Zonophone 1561 is a single-sided pressing, placing this in the early acoustic era, roughly 1900–1906. Herbert's early Zonophone band sides are sought by collectors of Edwardian cylinders and discs, and single-sided Zonophones in this number range are uncommon survivors.AI summary
Zonophone 1561 Orchestra
Victor Herbert's Band performs the 'Waltz from Faust' on Zonophone 9281, an early pressing from the Zonophone label's British series. Victor Herbert was the celebrated Irish-American composer and bandleader; Zonophone was one of the earliest British disc labels, and single-sided issues in this catalogue range date from approximately 1905–1910.AI summary
Zonophone 9281 Orchestra
Victor Herbert's Band performs the Espana Waltz on Zonophone 9384, a single-sided early British pressing. Like the companion Zonophone by Victor Herbert's Band in this collection, the 9000-series number places this in the 1905–1910 range; Herbert was the celebrated Irish-American composer and these early Zonophone band pressings have modest but real period appeal.AI summary
Zonophone 9384 Orchestra
Sentimental ballad credited to Victor King on Syr, a small or short-lived British label of the early 1930s.AI summary
Sirena 293 Voice
Victor Military Band on Victor 17487 with 'Bobbin' Up and Down' and 'International Rag', American military-band recordings from around 1910–1920.AI summary
Victor 17487 Orchestra
Victor Mil Band performing 'Listen to This' and 'Brown Skin' on Victor 18203 — likely a commercial British or American pressing of the 1920s–1930s.AI summary
Victor 18203 Dance
Victor Military Band was a studio group assembled by the Victor Company; this pressing pairs two novelty and traditional songs in the military-band style typical of the 1910s–1920s.AI summary
Victor 35402 Orchestra
The Victor Military Band recorded popular songs and vaudeville novelties for the Victor label in the 1910s. 'I can dance with Everybody but my Wife' and 'Yaaka hula hickey dula' (a Hawaiian novelty hit) are typical of American dance music from this period, though this is a US Victor pressing rather than a British issue.AI summary
Victor 35546 Dance
Odeon PO2
Victor Norbury was a British organist and composer of light orchestral and vocal pieces. This Scala recording showcases salon-style instrumental music typical of the 1920s–1930s.AI summary
Scala 514 Instrumental
Victor Opferman, a classical pianist, recorded 'Chanson Polonaise' and 'Slumber Song' for Winner 2048, a classical or light instrumental record from the early 1920s.AI summary
Winner 2048 Classical
Victor Opferman (an unidentified or obscure musician) performing 'Chanson Polonaise' and 'Glow Worm' (Frosini), instrumental numbers typical of the 1920s–30s light orchestral and musical arrangement tradition. This ExoB pressing is from an obscure British label.AI summary
Exo B456 Instrumental
Victor Opferman, a cellist and composer, recorded instrumental selections for the minor British label VF. This record includes a performance of Franz Drdla's 'Serenade', a popular salon piece of the period.AI summary
Velvet Face 1044 Instrumental
Victor Opferman Quartet on Dacapo, an obscure small British label, with classical and operatic arias.AI summary
Dacapo 323 Classical
Victor Opferman's Quartet play Braga's Serenade and Hearts and Flowers, two light-classical favourites of the salon repertoire, on Gamage G571.AI summary
Gamage G571 Instrumental
Victor Opferman's Quartet on GamG 573, performing 'Chant sans Paroles' and 'Broken Melody'.AI summary
Gamage G573 Instrumental
An unnamed orchestra on His Master's Voice, likely from the 1920s–early 1930s based on the catalogue format; an instrumental dance or light classical piece.AI summary
His Master's Voice 0280627 Orchestra
The Victor Orchestra with Rhythms for Children in two sides on Victor 20153.AI summary
Victor 20153 Orchestra
Victor Orchestra performing two orchestral pieces on His Master's Voice, likely from the 1920s-30s.AI summary
His Master's Voice 0280627 Orchestra
Victor Schioler performing two Chopin piano pieces (Mazurka Op. 68 No. 2 and Waltz Op. 69 No. 1) on Magic, an undocumented small British label of the 1920s–1930s.AI summary
Magic 2008 Classical
Columbia FB2989
Victor Silvester and his Ballroom Orchestra on Columbia DB4123 performing two Richard Rodgers songs from the film *My Fair Lady*—recorded in the popular ballroom-dance style.AI summary
Columbia DB4123 Dance
Columbia DB3762 Dance
Columbia DB3713 Dance
Victor Silvester and his Ballroom Orchestra recorded 'Brahms Lullaby' and 'Chopin Nocturne' for Columbia—classical arrangements for ballroom dancing, from the bandleader famous for his strict-tempo dance records.AI summary
Columbia FB3458 Dance
Guardsman 1414
Victor Young and his orchestra on Brunswick 01641, performing light romantic material. Young was a major bandleader, arranger and film composer of the 1930s and 1940s; his Brunswick sides are moderately common.AI summary
Brunswick 01641 Orchestra
Victor Young, the American composer-conductor, recorded 'I Live Again' and an untitled piece for Decca 1280 in the early 1930s; Young became famous later in Hollywood for his film scores, and his early dance-era recordings are less commonly sought than his later work.AI summary
Decca 1280 Orchestra
Brunswick 82732
Victor Young's Singing Strings, a popular orchestral group, recorded 'Ruby' and the 'Song from Moulin Rouge' for Decca.AI summary
Decca 28675 Orchestra
Victoria de los Angeles was a celebrated Spanish soprano known for her roles in opera and art song; this His Master's Voice recording captures her in Wagner arias, preserving one of the great voices of the mid-20th century.AI summary
His Master's Voice DB21095 Opera
His Master's Voice DB21457
Victoria de los Angeles, the celebrated Spanish soprano, recording 'Din Dan Boleran' and 'El Cant des Ogells' (Catalan folk songs) for HMV. De los Angeles is one of the greatest lyric sopranos of the 20th century.AI summary
His Master's Voice DA977 Voice
Victoria de los Angeles, the celebrated Spanish soprano, recorded these two Spanish songs—a farruca and the traditional canción 'Clavelitos'—for His Master's Voice, likely in the 1950s.AI summary
His Master's Voice DA1926 Opera
Victoria de los Angeles, the celebrated Spanish soprano, recorded these two Spanish songs—a saeta and traditional canción—for His Master's Voice, likely in the 1950s.AI summary
His Master's Voice DA1929 Opera
Victoria de los Angeles was a celebrated Spanish soprano and one of the great lyric voices of the 20th century; this His Master's Voice side captures two operatic arias.AI summary
His Master's Voice DA2030 Opera
Victoria de los Angeles, the celebrated Spanish soprano, in Spanish song on His Master's Voice. De los Angeles was one of the finest operatic voices of the 20th century and remains actively collected.AI summary
His Master's Voice DA1961 Opera
Victoria de los Angeles, the celebrated Spanish mezzo-soprano, performing two selections from La Maja y el Ruiseñor on HMV's premium DB label. De los Angeles was one of the most important Spanish vocal artists of the mid-20th century.AI summary
His Master's Voice DB21069 Opera
Victoria Hopper singing 'Love's Wisdom' and 'Lorna's Song' on His Master's Voice B8249. Hopper was a British actress and singer active in the 1920s–30s, and this represents a light popular song of the period.AI summary
His Master's Voice B8249 Voice