21,561 shellac records · mostly British pressings, 1900s–1950s
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Victoria Hopper was a British singer; this His Master's Voice recording from the early era of electrical recording documents a minor artist from the classical or art-song tradition.AI summary
His Master's Voice 8249 Voice
Victoria Monks recorded 'Open the door' and 'Pompeii' for TwinT 3003/4, a minor British or European label, likely popular vocal songs from the 1930s–40s.AI summary
Twin T3003/4 Voice
Victoria Monks sings Sweet Saturday Night and I'm Leaving Home on Twin T3005/6.AI summary
Twin T3005/6 Music Hall
Ariel 1829 Music Hall
Victoria Monks, the music-hall singer famous for 'Won't You Come Home, Bill Bailey', sings 'I'm Leaving Home' and 'Take Me Back to London Town' on Ariel.AI summary
Ariel 1830 Music Hall
Victoria Monks, the popular Edwardian music-hall singer, on the Hom label — likely Homophon — catalogue 4378, with 'You Might Shake Hands' (dated 1910) and 'Judgement Day'. Homophon was a continental-based label with European distribution; Monks sides on Hom are less common than her major-label recordings.AI summary
Hom 4378 Music Hall
Victoria Monks performing 'Enjoy Yourself' and 'I Do Feel So Lonely' on the Hom label — likely Homophon — catalogue 787. Homophon was a continental-based label with European distribution; Monks sides on Hom are less common than her major-label recordings.AI summary
Hom 787 Music Hall
Victoria Monks was a popular Edwardian music-hall singer known for patriotic and sentimental songs. This Jumbo pressing (167) couples 'Take Me Back to London Town' with 'I'm Leaving Home.' Jumbo was a minor British budget label, and Monks is a modestly collected name in Edwardian music-hall.AI summary
Jumbo 167 Music Hall
Victoria Monks on Jumbo 195 — 'Say Hello Old Man' and 'I Wish I Had a Pal' — is a companion to Jumbo 167 in this collection. Both are typical of her sentimental and patriotic Edwardian output on the Jumbo budget label. Minor collected name on an uncommon label.AI summary
Jumbo 195 Music Hall
Victoria Monks was a popular Edwardian music-hall singer known for sentimental and comic songs. This Jumbo label disc, catalogue 263, couples 'Love Song' with 'Moving Day'. Jumbo was a cheap British budget marque; Monks recordings on Jumbo are among the commoner of her label appearances.AI summary
Jumbo 263 Music Hall
Victoria Monks, the popular Edwardian music-hall singer, performing 'Love Song' and 'I Wish I Had a Pal Like You' on the Scala label, catalogue 413. Scala is a small and obscure imprint not readily identified in standard references; a Monks pressing on this label may be genuinely uncommon.AI summary
Scala 413 Music Hall
Victoria Monks, the popular Edwardian music-hall singer known for 'Buy Me Some Almond Rock', on Zonophone catalogue 43112, with 'If You Want to Have a Row'. Zonophone pressings of Monks's work are moderately uncommon; the 43000-series Zonophone suggests an acoustic-era pressing.AI summary
Zonophone 43112 Music Hall
Victoria Monks, the popular Edwardian music-hall singer, on Zonophone catalogue 43139, with 'I Wish I Had a Pal Like You'. Zonophone pressings of Monks's work in the 43000-series are moderately uncommon; a companion disc to id 14002 in this collection.AI summary
Zonophone 43139 Music Hall
Victoria Monks performing 'Sweet Saturday Night' and 'I'm Leaving Home' on Zonophone catalogue 25 — an extraordinarily low catalogue number suggesting one of the very earliest Zonophone pressings ever made. This appears to be a duplicate of id 20157 in this collection. A Zonophone number as low as 25 requires specialist examination before any sale or pricing.AI summary
Zonophone 25 Music Hall
Victoria Monks performing 'Pompeii' and 'Open the Door' on Zonophone catalogue 7 — an extraordinarily low catalogue number suggesting one of the very first Zonophone pressings ever made. A Zonophone number as low as 7 is potentially among the rarest early British acoustic discs in existence and must be examined and assessed by a specialist before any sale.AI summary
Zonophone 7 Music Hall
Victoria Monks, the popular Edwardian music-hall singer, performing 'Sweet Saturday Night' and 'I'm Leaving Home' on Zonophone catalogue 25 — an extraordinarily low catalogue number suggesting one of the very earliest Zonophone pressings made. A Zonophone catalogue number as low as 25 is of the greatest rarity and historical significance regardless of the artist; this disc must be examined and assessed by a specialist before any sale.AI summary
Zonophone 25 Music Hall
The Victory Band performed medley selections 'Ragtime Medley' and 'Paso Doble Medley' on Decca F8225, a British dance label pressing of the mid-1930s.AI summary
Decca F8225 Dance
Vido Musso was a saxophonist and bandleader active in American jazz from the 1930s; this Trilon pressing of two of his sides is from an obscure British label of uncertain date and pressing history.AI summary
Trilon 184 Jazz
The Vienna Philharmonic under Wilhelm Furtwängler performing the 'Emperor Waltz' and 'Pilgrims' Chorus' (two parts) on His Master's Voice DB21174. A prestigious electrical recording of classic repertoire by one of the era's greatest conductors.AI summary
His Master's Voice DB21174 Orchestra
Wilhelm Furtwängler conducting the Vienna Philharmonic in Cherubini's Overture "Anacreon" for His Master's Voice. Furtwängler's pre-war recordings are prized by classical collectors for their interpretive authority and the Vienna Philharmonic's playing.AI summary
His Master's Voice DB21493 Classical
The Vienna Philharmonic under conductor Felix Weingartner performing Beethoven's Symphony No. 8 in F Major on His Master's Voice D1481/3—a prestigious multi-disc set from the electrical era.AI summary
His Master's Voice D1481/3 Classical
Columbia ROX171 Orchestra
Columbia ROX171 Orchestra
A Vienna symphony orchestra conducted by Paul Kerby performs Grieg's Peer Gynt suites on Columbia Records, capturing the light orchestral repertoire popular on 78rpm recordings.AI summary
Columbia DB1268/9 Orchestra
Vilhelm Herold performing the duet 'La Traviata' (Verdi) with Danish title 'Kom lad os flygte' (Come let us flee) on GCL 084006, a Scandinavian classical vocal recording.AI summary
GCL 084006 Opera
Vilh. Herold singing a duet from Verdi's 'La Traviata' (with the title 'Kom lad os flygte', 'Let us flee together' in Danish) on GCL 084006. GCL (Gramophone Company, London) records date from the early acoustic era, c. 1900–1910.AI summary
GCL 084006 Opera
Vilhelm Herold, a tenor, performing the 'Blomsterarien' (Flower Song) from Bizet's 'Carmen' on GCL 082013, an operatic vocal recording on an obscure label.AI summary
GCL 082013 Opera
Vilhelm Herold was a celebrated Danish tenor of the early 20th century; this G&T acoustic disc of the Lohengrin entrance aria is of interest to collectors of early Scandinavian operatic recordings.AI summary
G&T 042137 Opera
Vince Martin with Cindy, Oh Cindy, the 1956 folk-pop hit he recorded with the Tarriers, and Only If You Praise the Lord on London 8340.AI summary
London 8340 Rock
Vincent Hards, recorded on GramD 122 (Gramophone Company), performed 'Doreen' and 'E'en bravest heart,' sentimental vocal pieces. The artist and label details are obscure.AI summary
Grammavox 2182/2199 (D122) Voice
Vincent Lopez, an American pianist and bandleader, recorded 'Once in a Lifetime' and 'Blue Shadows' for Brunswick 4059. Lopez was a prominent jazz pianist and bandleader of the 1920s–30s, known for dance-hall and swing arrangements.AI summary
Brunswick 4059 Jazz
Vincent Lopez, an American pianist and bandleader, recorded for the DuoD label, a small independent. Lopez was active in the 1920s–1930s; UK copies of his recordings are uncommon.AI summary
Duophone D4004
Regal MR3130
Vincent Lopez was a prominent American bandleader and organist; this Regal recording pairs 'Creaking Old Mill on the Creek' and 'With the Wind and the Rain in Your Hair'.AI summary
Regal MR3282 Dance
Vincent Lopez was an American pianist and bandleader active from the 1910s; this Imperial disc from the late 1920s carries two popular ballads.AI summary
Imperial 2356 Dance
Vincent Lopez was a popular American bandleader and pianist of the 1920s–30s; this Regal pressing offers two of his dance sides, 'Little Rendezvous in Honolulu' and 'Lovely Lady'.AI summary
Regal MR2077 Dance
Vincent Lopez Orchestra performing 'Titina' and 'While We Danced Till Dawn' on Parlophone E5376, a 1930s American big-band recording.AI summary
Parlophone E5376 Orchestra
Vincente Gomez, a classical Spanish guitarist, on Brunswick 02820. Gomez was an accomplished performer recorded internationally, and this appears to be flamenco material.AI summary
Brunswick 02820 Classical
Vincenzo Reschiglian performing 'O vecchio cor che batti' on Columbia catalogue 10376. The artist is not widely documented in standard vocal discographies; the Columbia 10000-series is a standard early catalogue range. An unrecognised artist on an early Columbia number warrants investigation.AI summary
Columbia 10376 Opera
Vincenzo Reschiglian performs 'So ben che' on Zonophone 10720. The Zonophone 10000 series is a Continental or Italian pressing series; Reschiglian was an Italian tenor of the early acoustic era. Continental Zonophone series pressings of Italian operatic artists are uncommon outside specialist collections.AI summary
Zonophone 10720 Opera
Vincenzo Reschiglian, an Italian opera singer, recorded a tenor aria from Verdi's *Rigoletto* for Zonophone, a major British label of the early 1910s.AI summary
Zonophone 92017 Opera
Viola McCoy recorded 'Midnight Blues' and 'Triflin' Blues' for Gennett, an American label, in the classic blues idiom. McCoy was an American blues singer of the 1920s, and Gennett catalogue 5128 suggests an early acoustic recording.AI summary
Gen 5128 Jazz
Viola McCoy, an American blues and jazz singer of the 1920s, performs two early jazz sides for Columbia: 'Strut long Papa' and 'Laughin crying Blues'.AI summary
Columbia A3867 Jazz
Viola McCoy, a prolific African-American blues and vaudeville singer who recorded under many names in the early 1920s, records 'Midnight Blues' and 'Triflin' Blues' on Gennet 5128. Gennett was the Indiana independent label that also recorded Louis Armstrong and Jelly Roll Morton; original Gennett pressings of 1920s blues artists are scarce and collected internationally.AI summary
Gen 5128 Jazz
Violet Essex was a singer of the 1920s. This very early HMV B-series acoustic recording, numbered B1391, captures 'Somewhere in fairyland' and the traditional Irish number 'Peggy O'Neill'.AI summary
His Master's Voice B1391 Voice
Violet Essex recorded 'How Do I Know I Love You' and a duet with Dawson ('I Want the Sun and Moon') for His Master's Voice in the 1920s–30s.AI summary
His Master's Voice B1114 Voice
Violet Essex, a British entertainer, performing "Follow Yvette" and "Just to Hold You in My Arms" (accompanied by H. Williams) on Columbia 3507, part of Columbia's early acoustic catalogue.AI summary
Columbia 3507 Voice
Violet Essex recorded for Ar, an unidentified small British label, singing 'The Letter Song' and 'My Hero', likely from the 1920s or early 1930s.AI summary
Ariel 596 Voice