21,561 shellac records · mostly British pressings, 1900s–1950s
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Will Osborne's orchestra performing dance standards on Columbia; Osborne was a bandleader active in the 1920s–1930s.AI summary
Columbia 1988D Dance
Will Osborne and his orchestra on Panatrope Records, a cheap British label, performing two sentimental popular numbers of the 1920s–30s era. Will Osborne was a British dance-band leader; Panatrope was a budget marque of limited distribution.AI summary
Panachord 25350 Dance
Will Osborne and his band with Waltzing in a Dream and, by Romano, What Do I Care, It's Home on Panachord 25498.AI summary
Panachord 25498 Dance
Will Osborne Orchestra on Winner, American dance orchestra sides, 'Thanks' and 'Day You Came Along'—popular dance music from the early 1930s.AI summary
Winner W23 Dance
Will Randall with P.C. Green and Ginger You're Balmy on Dacapo 184.AI summary
Dacapo 184 Music Hall
Will Strong, credited here and elsewhere as Peter Dawson, performing popular ballads on His Master's Voice in the early 1920s.AI summary
His Master's Voice B1109 Voice
Will Terry, a British vocalist of the 1920s–30s, recorded 'Put Me Amongst the Girls' and 'Oh the Merry Widow' for Columbia in the early acoustic era.AI summary
Columbia D125 Voice
Will Terry, a British male vocalist, recorded 'On the Isle of Anglesey' and 'Mother' for Pathé, catalogue 60332.AI summary
Pathé 60332 Voice
Will Terry performing ragtime piano pieces 'Farmyard Ragtime' and 'Everybody's Two Step' on Beatall 356, an obscure British label from the early 1920s.AI summary
Beatall 356 Instrumental
Will Terry recorded two sentimental or novelty songs for J. Bull, a small British label, with titles about travel and hardship.AI summary
John Bull 40269 Voice
Will Terry performing 'I Shan't Go Back to Aldershot' and 'When George the Fourth Was King' on Cinch, a British budget label — comic or novelty songs, likely from the 1920s or 1930s.AI summary
Cinch 5054 Comic
Will Terry performing the music-hall standards 'I Do Like to Be Beside the Seaside' and 'I've Been Out with Charlie Brown' on Gram E1 (Gramophone label E series).AI summary
Grammavox E1 Music Hall
Will Terry on Gramophone Electrical, performing 'Don't take me home' and 'I'm afraid to go Home in the Dark'.AI summary
Grammavox E8 Music Hall
Will Terry, a minor British or American singer, recorded 'Mysterious Moon' and 'The Spaniard that Blighted my Life' (a novelty ballad) for Op, an unidentified British budget label. Artist and label are both obscure.AI summary
Opera 110 Voice
Will Terry sang 'It's the Only Bit of England That We've Got' and 'Oh the Steamer, Oh the Sea' on Columbia D126. These are patriotic or sentimental songs of the 1920s-30s on a major label.AI summary
Columbia D126 Voice
Will Terry, a British vocalist of the 1920s–30s, recorded 'Where Oh Where' and 'Jolly Jarge' for Columbia in the early acoustic era.AI summary
Columbia D96 Voice
Will Terry is not identified in standard discographies. 'Oh the Merry Widow' was recorded on Columbia 26184, a catalogue number consistent with early-to-mid 1920s release.AI summary
Columbia 26184 Voice
Will Terry, credited on Fest 7075, with 'Come Round and Hear the Gramophone' and a cover of Pierce's 'When you're far from the Old Folks at Home'.AI summary
Festival 7075 Voice
Will Terry recorded on Fest, a small British imprint, performing two light instrumental pieces.AI summary
Festival 7093 Instrumental
Will Terry with Come Over to Hanover and Ship Ahoy on John Bull 40804.AI summary
John Bull 40804 Music Hall
Will Terry on Twin T 2013/4, performing 'Don't stick it out like that' and 'Would you like to save my life?'. Twin Records was a small British label; no reliable information available about this artist.AI summary
Twin T2013/4 Music Hall
Will Terry recorded 'If the World Were Ruled by Girls' and 'Goodnight Mr Brown I'm Out' for Pathé. These are light novelty and comic songs from the 1910s–1920s music hall period.AI summary
Pathé 60330 Music Hall
Will Terry on Fav (Favorite), a minor British label. The titles suggest popular ballad or novelty material; the artist does not appear in standard discographies.AI summary
Favorite 67052
Will Terry on Gramophone E 10 performing 'All the Nice Girls Love a Sailor' and the traditional Scots song 'Wedding of Sandy McNab'. GramE 10 is an extremely early pressing, likely pre-1914.AI summary
GramE 10 Music Hall
Will Terry on Gramophone Electrical, a small British label of the late 1920s, performing two popular songs: 'Molly O'Morgan' and 'Tiny Seed of love'.AI summary
Grammavox 4015/4026 (E2) Voice
Will Terry with Everybody's Two Step and Cock-a-Doodle Do on Palladium 114.AI summary
Palladium 114 Dance
Will Thompson, a male vocalist, performs two popular songs on Columbia, catalogue IS1089; the catalogue series and numbering suggest a recording from the 1920s.AI summary
Coliseum 1089 Voice
Will Thompson with It's a Long Way to Tipperary and I'm Lonesome on Invicta 275.AI summary
Invicta 275 Voice
Will Thompson in two songs recorded for Crown, a small British label, with the titles 'When They Ask You What Your Name Is' and 'Sometimes'.AI summary
Crown 565 Voice
Will Thompson with Heart of Molly Malone and Blue Eyes on Popular 596.AI summary
Popular 596 Voice
Will Thompson credited on Pioneer (PionC) 59, a small British label, with two early popular songs.AI summary
Pioneer C59 Voice
Will Thompson recorded two romantic popular songs on GramD (Gramophone Company general or archive series), catalogue 209, likely pre-1910s or very early acoustic period. Thompson and this catalogue series are not clearly identifiable.AI summary
Grammavox D209 Music Hall
Willard Cele performing 'Penny Whistle Boogie' and 'Penny Whistle Blues' on Decca, likely from the late 1940s or 1950s.AI summary
Decca F9691 Instrumental
Willard McDaniel, an American jazz or novelty vocalist, recorded 'Your Feet's too big' and 'I'm waiting for Ships that never come in' for Crown, catalogue 101. These are jazz-comedy numbers typical of 1920s novelty recording.AI summary
Crown 101 Jazz
Willem Mengelberg, one of the greatest orchestral conductors of the early 20th century, recorded Cherubini's 'Anacréon Overture' and Beethoven's 'Symphony No. 8' for Columbia. Mengelberg conducted the Amsterdam Concertgebouw Orchestra and was a major figure in the concert music of the 1920s–40s.AI summary
Columbia L1973 Orchestra
Wilhelm Backhaus, the renowned German pianist (1884–1969), recorded for His Master's Voice throughout his long career; this early HMV electrical recording (05533 series) couples Chopin's Waltz in A flat, a staple of the recital repertoire.AI summary
His Master's Voice 05533 Classical
Willi Domgraf-Fassbaender, a German baritone, recorded Schubert lieder—"Ach Öffnet Eure Augen" and "Dort vergiss Leises Fleh'n"—for His Master's Voice in the 1920s or early 1930s. Domgraf-Fassbaender was an important Lieder interpreter of the era.AI summary
His Master's Voice EG2323 Opera
Willi Ostermann, the Cologne songwriter and singer, with two Rhein songs on Electrola EG7783.AI summary
Electrola EG7783 Voice
Wilhelm Backhaus, the great German pianist celebrated for his Beethoven and Brahms interpretations, plays a Prelude and Étude and a 'Forgeron Mélomane' on HMV 035515, a single-sided 12-inch pressing from the early Gramophone Company series. Backhaus made some of his earliest recordings for the Gramophone Company, and single-sided 12-inch HMV pressings from the 035000 series are early acoustic items of collector interest.AI summary
His Master's Voice 035515 Classical
William Backhaus was a celebrated pianist and Beethoven specialist. This His Master's Voice recording features two Chopin studies, representing mid-20th-century classical piano repertoire from a major artist.AI summary
His Master's Voice 05513 Classical
William Backhaus, the distinguished German pianist, performing Glazunov's 'Reverie' and Mozart's Concerto No. 2, part 3, on His Master's Voice 05534. Backhaus was one of the greatest pianists of the twentieth century.AI summary
His Master's Voice 05534 Classical
William Backhaus, one of the greatest pianists of the 20th century, performing Schubert's *Moment Musical* and *Hark the Lark* on His Master's Voice. Backhaus was a celebrated virtuoso and prolific recording artist.AI summary
His Master's Voice 05550 Classical
William Ditcham performs 'Alabama Skedaddle' and 'Baby's Lullaby' on Winner, a British acoustic-era label whose early catalogue is now scarce.AI summary
Winner 2156 Instrumental
William Ditcham performing two songs on Pathé 1513. Ditcham and this Pathé catalogue number are unplaceable without research.AI summary
Pathé 1545 Voice
William Flynn Orchestra recorded instrumental selections for Radiola, an obscure British label of the early 1930s.AI summary
Radiola 004 Orchestra
Wilhelm Furtwängler, the legendary German conductor, recorded 'Die Meistersinger' for His Master's Voice; acoustic or early electric recording of one of the greatest conductors of the 20th century.AI summary
His Master's Voice 95427 Classical
William Herold performing two Danish songs — a Knud Lavard ballad and a Lange-Müller serenade — on HMV catalogue M47, from the Scandinavian M-series. Herold was a celebrated Danish tenor of the early recording era; his HMV M-series recordings are uncommon in British collections and of interest to collectors of Scandinavian vocal discs.AI summary
His Master's Voice M47 Voice
William McCulloch performing 'Grandfather Tells the Children About David & Goliath' (Parts 1 & 2) on Columbia 4058, a British pressing from the early 1920s. The title suggests religious or narrative recitation material.AI summary
Columbia 4058 Voice