21,668 shellac records · mostly British pressings, 1900s–1950s
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Burt Shepard on Zonophone 42536, performing 'Hello old girl'.AI summary
Zonophone 42536 Voice
Burt Shepard performs 'The Boy and the Cheese' and 'Nonsense' on Pathé 60440. Shepard was a prolific early recording artist in the comic novelty genre; his Pathé pressings are less common than his Odeon equivalents and are of period interest to collectors of early comic recordings.AI summary
Pathé 60440 Comic
Burt Shepard performs Laughing Song on Gramophone Company 2-2803, a single-sided issue.AI summary
Gramophone Company 2-2803 Music Hall
Burt Shepard recorded 'Waling Home with Angeline' on the GC label, a very early British imprint.AI summary
Gramophone Company 3-2269 Voice
Regal 6505 Music Hall
Burt Shepard recorded for Zonophone in the early 1920s; this pressing of 'No Wedding Bells for me' and 'Oh oh Antonio' is a comic or sentimental popular vocal.AI summary
Zonophone 38 Voice
Burt Shepard recorded 'Sahara' and 'I will I won't' for Zonophone, catalogue 57. Extremely scarce catalogue information exists on this artist and these recordings.AI summary
Zonophone 57 Music Hall
Burtnett performing 'Wedding of the Painted Doll' and 'Love Boat' on Brunswick 3965, a dance recording from the late 1920s or early 1930s.AI summary
Brunswick 3965 Dance
Burtnett recorded 'I'm a Dreamer' and 'Turn on the Heat' for Brunswick, catalogue 4573. Burtnett is an unidentified artist; these are dance-novelty titles typical of the 1920s–30s.AI summary
Brunswick 4573 Dance
Burtnett was a British vocalist; this Brunswick recording pairs two popular songs, likely from the early 1930s.AI summary
Brunswick 4104 Voice
Burtnett on Brunswick 01006, performing 'Little White Lies' and 'I Wonder How It Feels'. Brunswick was a major label; the catalogue format (01006) suggests an early or special pressing.AI summary
Brunswick 01006 Voice
Burtnett recorded "Go Home and Tell Your Mother" and "I'm Doin' That Thing" for Brunswick catalogue 01024. The artist is not identified in standard discographies, and the catalogue number suggests an early issue on Brunswick's numerical series.AI summary
Brunswick 01024 Dance
Bushkin recorded 'Portrait of Tallulah No. 2' and 'Dah'ling' on Columbia 39214, likely 1940s. This is likely Joe Bushkin, an American jazz pianist; 'Portrait of Tallulah' suggests a character sketch of actress Tallulah Bankhead.AI summary
Columbia 39214 Instrumental
Henry Busse, a trumpeter and bandleader prominent in the 1920s dance-band era, recorded 'Deep Elm' and 'Charlestonette' for His Master's Voice. Busse's hot trumpet style was popular on both sides of the Atlantic, and his recordings remain sought by jazz and dance-music collectors.AI summary
His Master's Voice B5037 Dance
Henry Busse was an American trumpeter and bandleader best known for his Hot Lips recordings in the late 1920s. This Decca disc pairs two of his signature pieces: 'Hot Lips' and 'Way Down South in New Orleans', capturing the hot-jazz spirit that made him a minor star of the hot-dance era.AI summary
Decca F5330 Jazz
Clarinettist Buster Bailey with 'Am I Blue' and 'Blue Room' on Philips.AI summary
Philips 84 Jazz
Buster Bailey, the pioneering jazz clarinetist, on Decca F5492, performing 'Call of the Delta' and 'Shanghai Shuffle', likely mid-1930s.AI summary
Decca F5492 Jazz
An unnamed band recorded 'Leonora' and 'Light Cavalry' for But, catalogue 171. But was a minor British label active in the early 1930s.AI summary
Butterfly 171 Orchestra
Buzz Adlam and his orchestra play 'In a Sentimental Mood' and 'Azure', American swing-era instrumentals issued on Parlophone's R series in Britain.AI summary
Parlophone R3029 Dance
Bix Beiderbecke's only solo piano recording, his own 'In a Mist', coupled with 'Wringin' an' Twistin'', a 1927 trio with Frankie Trumbauer and Eddie Lang, on Vocalion.AI summary
Vocalion 3150 Jazz
Brunswick 03265 Dance
Byron Harlan, popular American recording artist of the early 1900s, on Lead 311. Harlan was one of the first prolific recording voices in the acoustic era.AI summary
Lead 311 Voice
Byron Harlan, a prolific American singer of the 1900s-1910s, recorded 'On the banks of the Wabash' (a classic American song by Paul Dresser) and a sacred choir number for Lead, a short-lived British label. Harlan was known for sentimental and comic numbers.AI summary
Lead 340 Voice
Byron Harlan sings In the Evening by the Moonlight, Dear Louise and Farewell, Nellie Mine on Britannic 2307.AI summary
Britannic it2307 Voice
Byron Harlan on Pathé 1107, performing "How Ya Gonna Keep 'Em Down on the Farm?" and a wartime novelty from the First World War era. Harlan was a prolific acoustic-era tenor vocalist.AI summary
Pathé 1107 Voice
C. Alderson performed 'Le Cygne' (Saint-Saëns) and Dvořák's 'Humoresque' on the Melot label, catalogue 1050. Melot was a small British imprint, and Alderson appears to have been an instrumental or light classical performer, but little is known of this artist or pressing.AI summary
Meloto 1050 Classical
C Bonheur performing 'That old Gang of Mine' and 'Don't build a Wall round the girl you love' on Imperial; an obscure 1920s light-vocal coupling.AI summary
Imperial 1257 Voice
C Bonheur, accompanied by Bertram, recorded 'Home in Pasadena' and 'Carolina Lullaby' for Imperial, a small British label of the 1920s; an obscure performer on a minor imprint.AI summary
Imperial 1296 Voice
C Bonheur performs 'California' and 'Dream Daddy' on Imperial, a cheap British budget label of the early 1930s. The artist is unrecorded in standard discographies.AI summary
Imperial 1355
C Bonheur on Imperial 1355, a cheap British marque of the 1920s–30s, performing two popular American dance numbers of the era, 'California here I come' and 'Dream Daddy'.AI summary
Imperial 1355 Dance
C Bonheur performing 'Hum a Little Tune' and 'All Alone' on Imperial, a British budget label of the 1920s-30s.AI summary
Imperial 1372 Voice
C. Bonheur performing 'Where is That Girl Who Was Stolen from Me' and 'Sally's Come Back' on Imperial 1485, a British 1920s voice recording.AI summary
Imperial 1485 Voice
C. Bonheur, an unidentified singer, on Imperial with early 1930s vocal numbers.AI summary
Imperial 1515 Voice
C Bonheur recorded operatic arias for the Imperial label. 'Sheba' and the aria 'O Star of Eve' from Tannhäuser show classical vocal repertoire, but the artist Bonheur is not a well-known name in vocal recording. Imperial was a small British marque.AI summary
Imperial 1111 Opera
C. Bonheur recorded 'Shores of Minnetonka' and 'Sorry' for Imperial 1124.AI summary
Imperial 1124 Instrumental
C Bonheur performing two sentimental songs on Imperial, a small British label. No readily available information about this artist or pressing.AI summary
Imperial 1208 Voice
Imperial 1352 Personalities (Prs)
Celestina Boninsegna, one of the most admired dramatic sopranos of the early recording era, sings 'C'era un re di Thule' and the 'Aria dei gioielli' from Faust on Columbia D8080. Boninsegna's recordings are collected by enthusiasts of the early dramatic soprano, and her Columbia pressings are among her most sought-after.AI summary
Columbia D8080 Opera
Celestina Boninsegna sings 'C'era un re di Thule' and the 'Aria dei gioielli' from Faust on Columbia D8080 — a duplicate of id 1963 in this collection. Both are the same pressing; one copy is the one to sell.AI summary
Columbia D8080 Opera
C. Brosa was a classical guitarist and composer of the early 20th century, known for Spanish guitar repertoire. This DuoD label side pairs two lieder, suggesting a classical rather than dance recording. DuoD was an obscure British label.AI summary
Duophone D518
C Brosa performing classical music—'Allegro' and 'Cradle Song'—on the Duo label, catalogue 519. The artist may be a chamber musician or piano accompanist from the 1920s-30s.AI summary
Duophone D519
C Brosa plays classical violin repertoire—'Schlummerlied' and 'Liebeslied'—on DuoD, an obscure label with minimal surviving documentation.AI summary
Duophone D518
C. Brosa on Duo, performing 'Cradle Song' and 'Allegro'. Duo was an obscure British label; the artist is unrecognised.AI summary
Duophone D519
C Clifton performing 'My Dreams' and 'Nirvana' on Citizen 763, a ballad recording on a minor British label.AI summary
Citizen 763 Voice
C Collins on Zonophone, performing two comedic Welsh-themed songs of the early 1900s.AI summary
Zonophone 1650 Music Hall
C Collins on Zonophone with Welsh novelty and music-hall material from the 1920s or early 1930s.AI summary
Zonophone 1650 Music Hall
C Compton on Winner 2835, performing 'Sympathy' and 'Absent'. The artist is not identified in standard references; Winner was a small British label of the 1920s–30s.AI summary
Winner 2835 Voice
C Conway recorded two popular songs for Phony, a British label of the 1920s-30s. Conway and the label are not well documented.AI summary
Phonycord 98 Voice