21,561 shellac records · mostly British pressings, 1900s–1950s
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W. Randall with As Long as I've Got the 'Eart and I Like Your Town on Guardsman 513.AI summary
Guardsman 513 Music Hall
W Rendell recorded 'Hindustan' and 'I'm sorry I made you cry' on Oly label, catalogue 117; a vocal or light orchestral side from a minor British imprint.AI summary
Oly 117 Personalities (Prs)
W Sizer, performing two sentimental ballads on Invicta Records: 'Take me back to the Garden of Love' and 'My Heart is with you tonight'.AI summary
Invicta 262 Voice
W Sizer performing 'The Rosary' and 'Lost Chord' on Opera label 2556, an unidentified British imprint. Both pieces are sentimental vocal favourites; the label and artist are obscure.AI summary
Opera 2556 Voice
W Strong on Zonophone, performing sentimental ballads typical of the 1910s-1920s acoustic era.AI summary
Zonophone 1797 Voice
W. Taylor performing 'Nazareth' and 'Star of Bethlehem', hymn or sacred vocal pieces, on Parlophone E-series — a religious or classical vocal recording.AI summary
Parlophone E5467 Classical
W. Thompson recorded 'Sylvester' and 'I'm a Middy in the King's Navee' for Diplomat (DipC), a short-lived or regional British label. No information available on the artist.AI summary
Diploma C109 Voice
W Virgo on Opera label 28, performing 'Come Into the Garden Maud' and 'Farewell to Summer'. Both are 19th-century vocal standards; Opera was a small British imprint. Virgo is unidentified.AI summary
Opera 28 Voice
W. Virgo and A. Chapman performing two nautical numbers, 'All's Well' and 'Larboard Watch', on the Tri label 2036, a minor British imprint.AI summary
Triumph 2036 Music Hall
W. Virgo and A. Chapman recorded 'He played it on his Fiddle-de-dee' for Invicta Records, a small British label. The artists are unidentified in standard references.AI summary
Invicta 161 Music Hall
W. Virgo and A. Chapman performing 'The Moon hath Raised her Lamp above' and 'Excelsior' on Empire (Emp) 88, a small British label.AI summary
Empire 88 Voice
W Virgo and A Chapman on OlyJA 132, performing 'Excelsior' and 'The Moon has raised her Lamp above'.AI summary
Oly JA132 Voice
W Virgo and A Chapman recorded 'All's Well' and 'Larboard Watch' for Pal 90, a small British budget label of uncertain date. Both artists are unidentified.AI summary
Palladium 90 Jazz
Virgo, Chapman and Mulligan performing a duet on Whit 91, a minor British budget label of the early 1930s.AI summary
Whit 91 Voice
A chamber or vocal ensemble piece credited to W Virgo and Chapman & Carr performing operatic selections on Exo, a short-lived British label. The catalogue number and label suggest an early pressing, but the record is not well known.AI summary
Exo 198 Personalities (Prs)
W Virgo and R Carr in quartette, performing 'Entrance of Mikado' and 'Tit Willow' from Gilbert & Sullivan's 'The Mikado' on VF, an obscure British label, catalogue 1137.AI summary
Velvet Face 1137 Opera
The entrance of the Mikado from Gilbert and Sullivan's 'The Mikado', sung by a quartet including Robert Carr, coupled with an oboe concertino, on Velvet Face.AI summary
Velvet Face 1137 Opera
W Virgo and S Kirkby recorded a two-part hymn arrangement for Winner, a cheap British marque of the 1930s.AI summary
Winner 2221 Classical
The Wabash performing an instrumental and a novelty vocal on DuoD, an obscure British marque of the 1920s–1930s.AI summary
Duophone D4008
A small-label dance recording of 'Sweet Sue' credited to Wabash on Duo, a little-known British imprint. The catalogue number and label suggest an early 1930s pressing, but the artist is unidentifiable from standard reference.AI summary
Duophone D4009
'Because My Baby Don't Mean Maybe Now' and 'I Don't Care' recorded by the Wabash (artist or ensemble unclear) for the DuoD label, catalogue 4003. DuoD was a small British label; the artist is unidentified.AI summary
Duophone D4003
Wabash performing 'Chloe' and a song credited to Paul, on DuoD, an obscure British pressing from the late 1920s or early 1930s.AI summary
Duophone D4006
Wadsworth performing 'Ringtail Blues' and 'Sensation' on Pathé, a major European label with British distribution in the 1920s–1930s.AI summary
Pathé 22050 Jazz
Wag Abbey recorded 'Dripping Well' and a piece credited as 'Danse d'Hesoin' for Piccadilly, a cheap British budget label of the 1930s–40s.AI summary
Piccadilly 133 Misc.
Waikiki Hawaiian Trio performing Hawaiian instrumental music — 'Na lei o Hawaii' and 'Hilo March' — on the Sunset label, a minor British imprint.AI summary
Sunset 1086 Hawaiian
Waikiki Hawaiian Trio on Sunset Records, performing Hawaiian standards 'Na lei o Hawaii' and 'Hilo March'.AI summary
Sunset 1086 Hawaiian
The Waikiki Serenaders, featuring the guitarist and singer Al Bowlly, recorded 'With My Guitar and You' and 'Kiss Waltz' for Broadcast, a small British label; Hawaiian guitar music was fashionable in the 1920s–1930s.AI summary
Broadcast 643 Hawaiian
Waldorf Astoria Band, an unidentified ensemble, recorded instrumental selections for Act, a minor British label of uncertain date.AI summary
Actuelle 10103 Orchestra
The Waldorf Astoria Orchestra performing 'Peggy O'Neill' and an instrumental piece on the Aco label, a budget British imprint active in the 1920s.AI summary
Aco 15057 Orchestra
The Waldorf Astoria Orchestra was a popular British dance orchestra. 'Tell Me' and 'Synco Breeze' are dance standards from the early 1920s. This Columbia A2783 pressing is from the earliest Columbia numerical series in Britain.AI summary
Columbia A2783 Dance
The Waldorf Astoria Orchestra was a popular British dance orchestra, probably named after the London hotel or in imitation of the American hotel. 'Peggy O'Neil' and 'Haunting Waltz' are dance standards from the 1920s. This 'Sc' label pressing is poorly identified; the catalogue number suggests an obscure or short-lived British marque.AI summary
Scala 327 Dance
Wallace, a performer or ensemble, recorded these two popular songs for the Ar label, the second a band arrangement of a music-hall favourite.AI summary
Ariel 4609 Dance
Wallace performing 'Ro-Ro-Rollin' Along' and 'Painting the Clouds with Sunshine' on Ar 4622, a popular vocal or novelty recording on a small British label.AI summary
Ariel 4622 Voice
Wallace (artist unidentified) on Columbia CB94. The titles are popular standards; the CB series suggests early or mid-1930s pressing.AI summary
Columbia CB94 Voice
Columbia CB166 Dance
Wallace on Imperial 2011 (possibly 2098), a dance-era vocal record on a minor American label.AI summary
Imperial 2098 Voice
Wallace on Imperial 2174, credited with a sentimental ballad from the mid-1920s.AI summary
Imperial 2174 Voice
Wallace on Imperial 2888, two standards 'I cover the Waterfront' and 'Hold me', from the 1930s–40s.AI summary
Imperial 2888 Voice
Wallace Rose with Beyond the Clouds and Invitation Waltz on Homochord H574.AI summary
Hom H574 Dance
Wally Bishop Band recorded sentimental popular songs for Regal in the 1940s. The Bishop band was a British dance ensemble of modest standing.AI summary
Regal MR3078 Dance
Wally Bishop and his band performing 'Happy Birthday to Love' and 'Strangers in the Dark' on Regal MR2538. The Regal label was a secondary British imprint used for dance-band and popular material from the 1920s onwards.AI summary
Regal Zonophone MR2538 Dance
Walsh and Barker on Columbia Records with 'You can't fool the boys behind the Desk' and 'You better go now'. The DB series suggests a late 1920s-early 1930s pressing.AI summary
Columbia DB1816 Voice
Walsh and Barker recorded these two novelty pieces for Regal, a British budget label. The titles 'Daisy, Tessie and Mabel' and 'Ding dong, Ping pong' suggest light comic or music-hall material from the 1920s-1930s, but the artists are not well documented.AI summary
Regal MR1473 Comic
Walter Brooks recorded 'Shanghai' and a piece titled 'One Million Times Per Day' for Grafton Records—light orchestral or vocal numbers from a minor British label of the 1930s–1940s.AI summary
Grafton 9094 Voice
Walter Camp's 'Daily Dozen' exercises, recorded in two parts on the Musical label; Camp was an American sports figure and fitness pioneer whose radio exercise programme was broadcast nationwide in the 1920s–30s.AI summary
Musical Personalities (Prs)
Walter de la Mare, the celebrated English poet, reads selections from his own poetry on this HMV record, catalogue B8177, likely from the 1930s.AI summary
His Master's Voice B8177 Personalities (Prs)
Walter Fischer, a classical organist, recorded the Reinberger Organ Concerto in two parts for Brunswick 80007. Brunswick's 8000 series was used for classical and serious music, and this is a full concert piece.AI summary
Brunswick 80007 Classical
Walter Gieseking, the German-French pianist renowned for his luminous Debussy and Ravel interpretations, plays both Arabesques by Debussy on Parlophone E11109. Gieseking's Debussy recordings are among his most sought-after and his Parlophone pressings are collected by enthusiasts of historic piano playing.AI summary
Parlophone E11109 Classical