21,561 shellac records · mostly British pressings, 1900s–1950s
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Wild Bill Davison, a Chicago-school cornet player and a key figure in the swing-to-bebop transition. Commodore 575 ('At the Jazz Band Ball' and 'Baby Won't You Please Come Home') is from Condon's important label.AI summary
Commodore 575 Jazz
Wild West Jazz Band on Zonophone performing early jazz novelty material. Zonophone was a significant British label of the 1920s–30s.AI summary
Zonophone 1992 Jazz
Wilf Carter performing 'The Round-Up in the Fall' and 'Take Me Back to Old Montana' on Regal. Carter, known as 'Montana Slim', was a Canadian country singer and yodeller who recorded extensively in the 1930s-1950s. Regal was a British budget label.AI summary
Regal MR2157 Country
Wilf Carter, the Canadian singing cowboy known professionally in the US as Montana Slim, performs 'A Cowboy's Best Friend Is His Pony' and 'The Hobo's Blues' on a UK Regal pressing.AI summary
Regal 23147 Country
Wilf Carter (also known as Montana Slim), a Canadian country singer, recorded "Everybody's Been Some Mother's Darling" and "Dusty Trails" for Regal G23551 in the 1930s.AI summary
Regal G23551 Country
Wilf Carter, the Canadian yodelling singer known as 'Montana Slim', recorded two Western novelties for RCA Bluebird, a budget label of the 1930s-40s.AI summary
Bluebird B-4600 Country
Wilf Carter, the Nova Scotia-born singing cowboy also known as Montana Slim, with 'Sway Back Pinto Pete' and 'Lovers' Lullaby Yodel' on Regal Zonophone, the EMI label that carried most of the country music issued in Britain and Australia.AI summary
Regal Zonophone G13255 Country
Wilf Carter, the Nova Scotia-born singing cowboy also known as Montana Slim, with 'Yodelling Love Call' and 'Moonlight Prison Blues' on Regal Zonophone's G series, the EMI label that carried most of the country music issued in Britain and Australia.AI summary
Regal Zonophone G25107 Country
Wilf Carter, the Nova Scotia-born singing cowboy also known as Montana Slim, with 'I'm Gonna Ride to Heaven on a Streamline Train' and 'The Two-Gun Cowboy' on Regal Zonophone's G series. Regal Zonophone was the EMI label that carried most of the country music issued in Britain and Australia.AI summary
Regal Zonophone G23208 Country
Wilf Carter, the Nova Scotia-born singing cowboy also known as Montana Slim, with 'I Bought a Rock for a Rocky Mountain Gal' and 'Streamlined Yodel Song' on Regal Zonophone's G series. Regal Zonophone was the EMI label that carried most of the country music issued in Britain and Australia.AI summary
Regal Zonophone G24916 Country
Wilfred Virgo recorded 'Arethusa' and 'Hybrias the Cretan' for GramD, a small or obscure British label. Both titles are classical or concert pieces. Nothing is known of Virgo or GramD Records.AI summary
Grammavox 2029/2062 (A20) Classical
Wilfred Virgo for Polyphon, performing the sentimental ballads 'Come Sing to Me' and 'Grey Eyes'. Virgo is unrecognised.AI summary
Polyphon 8893 Voice
Wilfred Virgo on Millington Records (Mil), a British small label, performing light vocal and operatic repertoire, likely 1920s–30s era.AI summary
Millophone 84 Voice
Wilfred Virgo singing 'Come Where the Night Birds Are Singing' and 'Nobody Knows Nobody Cares' on Winner 2195, from a small British label of the early 1900s.AI summary
Winner 2195 Voice
Wilfred Virgo and others performing 'Doubt Not' and 'Turn On Old Time' on VF 1054, credited on an obscure British label with minimal information.AI summary
Velvet Face 1054
Wilfred Worden performing two Chopin waltzes on Decca, likely an early classical piano recording.AI summary
Decca F2708 Classical
Wilhelm Backhaus, the renowned German pianist, performing two concert pieces for His Master's Voice. This is a prestigious early electrical recording by one of the 20th century's greatest keyboard interpreters, from the D-series which featured major classical artists.AI summary
His Master's Voice D995 Classical
Wilhelm Hesch, Austro-German baritone, recorded operatic arias in German for Gramophone Company. The catalogue number places this as an early electrical recording.AI summary
Gramophone Company 3-42977 Opera
Wilhelm Hesch, the Czech bass of the Vienna Court Opera, sings the Hermit's aria from Weber's 'Der Freischütz' and a second operatic bass piece in German on G&T.AI summary
G&T 3-42267 Opera
Wilhelm Hesch, Austro-German baritone. G&T 3-42371 records operatic arias; early electrical operatic recording.AI summary
G&T 3-42371 Opera
Wilhelm Hesch, the Czech bass of the Vienna Court Opera, sings Figaro's 'Se vuol ballare' and Basilio's 'Calumny' aria in German on G&T.AI summary
G&T 3-42396 Opera
Wilhelm Hesch was an Austro-German baritone of the early 20th century. G&T 3-42397 contains operatic arias in German.AI summary
G&T 3-42397 Opera
Wilhelm Hesch, the Czech bass of the Vienna Court Opera, sings Rocco's 'Gold' aria from Beethoven's 'Fidelio' and a Mozart aria in German on G&T.AI summary
G&T 3-42733 Opera
Wilhelm Strienz, 'Vor Dir Liegt Das Glück' and 'Sag Beim Abschied Leise Servus', on His Master's Voice EG3783; Strienz was an Austrian or German vocalist, recorded for a major label with German-language popular songs of the 1920s or 1930s.AI summary
His Master's Voice EG3783 Voice
Wilkie Bard, a Scottish music-hall comedian, recorded comic songs for the Alb (Albatrox or Albion) label, a minor British imprint.AI summary
Albion 1420 Music Hall
Wilkie Bard, a Scottish music-hall entertainer of the Edwardian era, recorded 'Let me sing' and 'Sea shells' for Jumbo Records.AI summary
Jumbo 23242/5 Music Hall
Wilkie Bard on Columbia is508 — 'All Change for Llanfairfechan' and 'Robert Go to Dinner' — is from the Columbia 'is' sub-series, an early and slightly less common variant of the Columbia catalogue. 'All Change for Llanfairfechan' is a topographical comic song well suited to Bard's style. The is-series pressings are less common than standard Columbia.AI summary
Coliseum 508 Music Hall
Wilkie Bard (1874-1944), the music hall comedian, with Sea Shells and Let Me Sing on Ariel 1858.AI summary
Ariel 1858 Music Hall
Wilkie Bard (1874-1944), the music hall comedian, with I Want to Sing in Opera and When the Bugle Calls on Ariel 1861.AI summary
Ariel 1861 Music Hall
Wilkie Bard, the music-hall comedian, with 'Will You Sing This Glee with Me?' and 'I Really Can't Reach That Top Note' on Albion.AI summary
Albion 1420 Music Hall
Wilkie Bard, the major Edwardian music-hall comedian, on the Jumbo label, catalogue 253, with 'Let Me Sing' and 'Sea Shells'. Jumbo was a cheap British budget marque; Bard recordings on Jumbo are among the commoner of his many label appearances.AI summary
Jumbo 253 Music Hall
Wilkie Bard was a major Edwardian music-hall comedian, one of the most popular character performers of his generation. This Jumbo label disc, catalogue 254, couples 'You, You, You' with 'The Policeman'. Jumbo was a cheap British budget marque of the early recording era; Bard recordings on Jumbo are among the commoner of his many label appearances.AI summary
Jumbo 254 Music Hall
Wilkie Bard, the major Edwardian music-hall comedian, on the Jumbo label, catalogue 255, with 'My Little Deitcher Girl' and 'All Day and Martin'. Jumbo was a cheap British budget marque; Bard recordings on Jumbo are among the commoner of his many label appearances.AI summary
Jumbo 255 Music Hall
Wilkie Bard, the major Edwardian music-hall comedian celebrated for his character songs, on the Jumbo label, catalogue 295, with 'I've Struck a Chorus' and 'Put Me Upon an Island'. Jumbo was a cheap British budget marque; Bard recordings on Jumbo are among the commoner of his many label appearances.AI summary
Jumbo 295 Music Hall
Wilkie Bard, the major Edwardian music-hall comedian, on the Jumbo label, catalogue 563, with 'When the Bugle Calls' and 'I Want to Sing in Opera'. Jumbo was a cheap British budget marque; Bard recordings on Jumbo are among the commoner of his many label appearances.AI summary
Jumbo 563 Music Hall
Wilkie Bard, the major Edwardian music-hall comedian, on the Jumbo label, catalogue 674, with 'Waltz Waltz Waltz' and 'When You See Me Dance the Minuet'. Jumbo was a cheap British budget marque; Bard recordings on Jumbo are among the commoner of his many label appearances.AI summary
Jumbo 674 Music Hall
Wilkie Bard, the major Edwardian music-hall comedian, on the Jumbo label, catalogue 702, with 'What Will Be Will Be' and 'Robert Go to Dinner'. Jumbo was a cheap British budget marque; Bard recordings on Jumbo are among the commoner of his many label appearances.AI summary
Jumbo 702 Music Hall
Wilkie Bard, the major Edwardian music-hall comedian, performing 'Will You Sing This Glee With Me' and 'I Want to Sing in Opera' (dated 1910) on the Scala label, catalogue 405. Scala is a small and obscure imprint; Bard recordings on Scala are less common than his Jumbo or HMV sides.AI summary
Scala 405 Music Hall
Wilkie Bard, the major Edwardian music-hall comedian, on the Scala label, catalogue 406, with 'I Can Say Truly Rural' and 'When the Bugle Calls'. Scala is an obscure imprint; a Bard recording on this label may be less common than his Jumbo or HMV sides.AI summary
Scala 406 Music Hall
Wilkie Bard, the music-hall comedian, with 'All Change for Llanfairfechan' and 'The Doorkeeper at Frightley's' on Beka.AI summary
Beka 41166 Music Hall
Wilkie Bard, the major Edwardian music-hall comedian, on the Jumbo A-series, catalogue A208, with 'I Really Can't Reach That Top Note' and 'Come Up in My Balloon'. Jumbo was a cheap British budget marque; Bard recordings on Jumbo are among the commoner of his many label appearances.AI summary
Jumbo A208 Music Hall
Wilkie Bard, a British music-hall performer and recording artist active in the 1900s–10s, performing a medley on His Master's Voice B4132.AI summary
His Master's Voice B4132 Music Hall
Wilkie Bard, the music-hall comedian, with 'Sea Shells' and 'Let Me Sing' on Ariel.AI summary
Ariel 1858 Music Hall
Wilkie Bard was a leading Edwardian music-hall comedian, particularly celebrated for his dame roles in pantomime. HMV 02438 is a single-sided ten-inch pressing, placing this in the early HMV acoustic period, around 1907–1912. The 02 prefix on HMV identifies comic and variety material. Bard is a significant name and single-sided HMV pressings of his comic songs are sought by music-hall collectors.AI summary
His Master's Voice 02438 Music Hall
Wilkie Bard, the Edwardian music-hall comedian famous for his catchphrase 'I want to sing in opera,' on HMV 02434 — 'Night Watchman.' The HMV 02xxx series is a single-sided 12-inch acoustic pressing on one of HMV's larger-format early series, making this a more unusual format than his standard 10-inch output.AI summary
His Master's Voice 02434 Music Hall
Wilkie Bard, the major Edwardian music-hall comedian, performing 'Wriggly Rag' (dated 1913) and 'You've Got to Sing in Ragtime' on HMV C533. The HMV C-series is a standard acoustic-era pressing; Bard recordings on HMV are more sought than his Jumbo budget sides.AI summary
His Master's Voice C533 Music Hall
Wilkie Bard, the music-hall comedian, with 'Don't Play in the Shadows', backed by 'My Girl's Got Long Hair' by C. Rose, on Ariel.AI summary
Ariel 945 Music Hall
Wilkie Bard, the music-hall comedian, sings his hit 'I Want to Sing in Opera' and 'When the Bugle Calls' on the Valkyrie label.AI summary
Valkyrie 332 Music Hall