21,668 shellac records · mostly British pressings, 1900s–1950s
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Cicely Courtneidge and Jack Hulbert, the famous British theatrical duo, on His Master's Voice B8506. Both were major theatre personalities of the 1920s–1930s; their records are sought by music-hall and theatre specialists.AI summary
His Master's Voice B8506 Personalities (Prs)
Cicely Courtneidge and Jack Hulbert in songs from theatrical shows, 'Birdie out of a Cage' and 'I was anything but sentimental', on His Master's Voice B8577. Courtneidge and Hulbert were major musical theatre stars of the 1920s-1930s.AI summary
His Master's Voice B8577 Personalities (Prs)
Cicely Courtneidge and Jack Hulbert, major stars of British musical theatre, recorded 'Love's Reawakening' for Columbia 9294; the pair's theatrical recordings remain popular with collectors.AI summary
Columbia 9294 Personalities (Prs)
Cicely Courtneidge and Jack Hulbert, stars of British musical theatre and film, recorded 'The Schoolmaster and the Boy' for Columbia 9593; this theatrical couple were major names from the 1920s through the 1950s.AI summary
Columbia 9593 Personalities (Prs)
Cicely Courtneidge and Jack Hulbert on His Master's Voice C2868, a selection from their theatrical work. Both were major British stage and film stars of the 1920s and 1930s, celebrated for their comedy, musicality and partnership in light musical theatre.AI summary
His Master's Voice C2868 Personalities (Prs)
Cicely Courtneidge and Jack Hulbert, a husband-and-wife team and major British musical theatre and revue performers, recorded 'Ever Open Door' for Columbia. The duo was a celebrated stage act in the 1920s and 1930s, and their theatrical recordings are of interest to collectors of British musical theatre and variety.AI summary
Columbia 9927 Music Hall
C D'Almaine was a London string musician and recording artist active in the 1920s. 'White Cockade' is a traditional Scottish tune; this Columbia 1000-series acoustic recording preserves early fiddle or violin performance from the acoustic recording era.AI summary
Columbia 1023 Instrumental
C Day Lewis, the British poet and poet laureate, reciting his own 'Birthday Poem' and works by Emily Brontë, and recitations titled 'Album', 'Statuette', and 'Christmas Tree' for HMV C3766.AI summary
His Master's Voice C3766 Personalities (Prs)
C. Day Lewis and Michéal O'Farrell performing Irish poetry and verse on Columbia DX1637. Day Lewis was a major 20th-century poet and later poet laureate; this is a historical poetry recording.AI summary
Columbia DX1637 Voice
C. Day Lewis, the Irish poet and one of the important figures in 1930s British poetry, recites his own poems on Columbia. This is a spoken-word recording of literary significance, featuring Day Lewis reading alongside M. O'Farrell.AI summary
Columbia DX1638 Voice
The C Doerr Band credited on Regal 8711, performing 'Just a cottage small' and 'When it's June down there'; Regal was a secondary label within the Columbia group.AI summary
Regal 8711 Dance
C Formichi sings the Prologue and an aria from Leoncavallo's Pagliacci, a staple of the operatic tenor repertoire, recorded for Columbia in the 1920s.AI summary
Columbia D5538 Opera
C Franklin on Lyric Records, a minor British label, with 'Rip that Melody' and 'Take me in your Arms & say you love me'.AI summary
Lyceum 0170 Voice
Carroll Gibbons and Joey Green, pianist and composer of the Savoy Hotel orchestra, on Columbia DB1326, performing a duet on light material.AI summary
Columbia DB1326 Dance
Cicely Hulbert, Bobbie Comber, Phyllis England and Muriel Kester, British stage and revue entertainers, recorded 'Taking the Air' parts 1 and 2 for Decca, a theatrical sketch or novelty piece.AI summary
Decca F2597 Music Hall
A music-hall sketch or comedic performance by C Hulbert, B Comber, P England and M Kester, 'Taking Possession', recorded in two parts on HMV B8003.AI summary
His Master's Voice B8003 Music Hall
A record credited to C King on the Cit label, pressing 'Oh Star of Eve' and a Robbins composition. Cit was a small British imprint of the 1920s–30s, and very little is known of the artist or this recording.AI summary
Citizen 681 Jazz
C. Leonard, a harp soloist, recorded these two pieces for Favorite, a tiny American label; Leonard was a minor instrumental musician of the 1920s.AI summary
Favorite 507 Instrumental
The overture to Weber's Der Freischütz in two parts, played by the American Symphony Orchestra, on Edison 80610.AI summary
Edison 80610 Orchestra
Charles Mott performing 'Blue Eyes Fairy' with orchestra conducted by Elgar himself, on HMV catalogue 02640 — an early single-sided pressing. As with the companion Mott/Elgar D456 disc in this collection, an Elgar self-conducted vocal recording is a primary document and of significant collector interest.AI summary
His Master's Voice 02640 Voice
C. Norman with A Precious Little Thing Called Love and Marie on World Echo 1003.AI summary
World Echo 1003 Voice
C Norman on WEcho 1005, a small British acoustic label from the 1920s; the artist and these ballad titles are not identified in standard discographies.AI summary
World Echo 1005 Voice
C Norman performing a 'Savoy American Medley' and 'Savoy Scottish Medley' on the minor label WEcho.AI summary
World Echo 1006 Instrumental
C Norman performing 'S'posing' and 'Through' on Wireless Echo 1009, a vocal recording on a minor British label of the 1920s–30s.AI summary
World Echo 1009 Voice
C Norman performing 'I've got a Feeling I'm falling' and 'I'm in seventh Heaven' on WEcho, an obscure British label.AI summary
World Echo 1010 Voice
C Norman on World-Echo, a small British label of the late 1920s.AI summary
World Echo 1011 Voice
C. Norman performing comic character numbers 'Don't be so unkind Baby' and 'My Wife is on a Diet' on WEcho, an unidentified British label.AI summary
World Echo 1018 Comic
C Norman performing 'Birmingham Bertha' and 'Welcome Home' on Wireless Echo 1020, a novelty or comic recording on a minor British label.AI summary
World Echo 1020 Comic
A medley performance credited to C Norman on WEcho 1027, featuring 'Savoy English medley' and 'Savoy Christmas medley'.AI summary
World Echo 1027 Dance
C Norton on Broadcast 1022, performing 'Rosary' (a popular ballad) and G Powell's 'Volunteer Organist'. Broadcast was a small British label active in the 1920s–30s; the artist is not identified in standard references.AI summary
Broadcast 1022 Voice
Credited to C Penrose on Zonophone; this is a comic music-hall novelty of the acoustic era, likely from the early 1920s.AI summary
Zonophone 1352 Music Hall
C Penrose and B Whitlock on Zonophone 1382, singing light comic novelty numbers from the early acoustic era.AI summary
Zonophone 1382 Comic
C. Penrose and B. Whitlock performing 'Father & Son' (parts 1 and 2) on Cinch, a budget British label of the 1920s.AI summary
Cinch 5374 Music Hall
Charles Penrose and B Whitlock on DuoM, a small British label, performing comic sketches 'Two Old Sports Join the Mustard Club' and 'Two of the Old Brigade'.AI summary
Duophone M148
A test pressing of Charles Penrose and Billy Whitlock in two comic sketches, 'Village Firemen' and 'Two Old Salts', for the Winner label. Test pressings were made in handfuls for approval before issue.AI summary
Winner 2802 TEST Comic
C. Penrose and B. Whitlock, likely British music-hall performers, recorded for Winner, a budget label; 'A Bottle of Port' and 'The Nervous Policeman' are comic songs typical of British variety entertainment.AI summary
Winner 2819 Music Hall
C Penrose and L Hope performing Irish comedy-song repertoire ('The Prodigal's Return', 'An Irish Courtship') on Regal 8284 from the mid-1920s.AI summary
Regal 8284 Music Hall
C Penrose and L Hope on Regal (8284) with 'The Prodigal's Return' and 'An Irish Courtship', popular sentimental songs of the acoustic era.AI summary
Regal 8284 Voice
C Penrose and R Hazell on Regal 8454, performing 'Parson and the Squire' in two parts — likely a novelty or comic dialogue piece.AI summary
Regal 8454 Comic
C. Penrose and R. Hazell performing an extended dramatic comic sketch, 'The Parson and the Squire – Village Concert', on Regal 8455, a major British label. This appears to be part 4 of a multi-part recording, typical of music-hall and comedy repertoire of the 1920s–30s.AI summary
Regal 8455 Music Hall
Regal 8456 Dance
Charles Penrose and Stanley Coltham on His Master's Voice, performing fairy-tale sketches.AI summary
His Master's Voice B2364 Music Hall
C Penrose and S Coltham performing two sentimental or novelty pieces on His Master's Voice: 'Way to the Well I Never Land' and 'Dream Pedlar'.AI summary
His Master's Voice B2365 Voice
C Rose and O Fox performing music-hall novelty material on Zonophone, a British label of the 1920s.AI summary
Zonophone 5811 Music Hall
Credited to C Russell on the Bull label, a minor British imprint; the titles 'Remember where you come from' and 'Bravo Antonio' suggest light novelty or ethnic material.AI summary
Bulldog 544 Dance
C Thomas on Gam Records, catalogue 95, performing sentimental vocal songs 'When you come Home' and 'In an old fashioned Town', from the late 1920s or early 1930s.AI summary
Gamage 95 Voice
His Master's Voice C3700
Cab Calloway, the American jazz legend known as the 'Hi-De-Ho Man', recorded 'Ghost of a Chance' and 'Come on with Me' for Okeh, catalogue 5687; Okeh was a major American jazz label and these sides date from the early 1930s.AI summary
Okeh 5687 Jazz