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The archive laid out in time. 798 restored sides carry a documented recording year, spanning 61 years — and 351 do not. Rather than quietly leave those out, they are listed at the bottom: an archive that only shows what it can date is showing you a smaller collection than it has.

1899–1960 documented range 798 dated recordings 8 decades 351 date not yet established

Shape of the archive

Recordings by decade

Each block is one decade, sized by how many restored sides it holds. The 1940s and 1950s dominate because that is when the labels we have catalogued were most active — the earliest shellac is simply rarer, and much of it was never dated.

1 94 104 313 127 109 49 1

1890s 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s

1 recording

1890s

1899 Land of My Fathers (Hen Wlad Fy Nhadau) Madge Breese · Welsh

94 recordings

1900s

104 recordings

1910s

1910 Cavalleria Rusticana (SICILIANA) SIGNOR E. CARUSO, Mascagni · Italian 1910 Der Graf von Luxemburg: Mädel fein, Mädel klein (Lehar) anonymes Orchester · German 1910 EGY KIS LEÁNY VAN A VILÁGON ÉNNÉKEN (One Little Girl in the World for Me) Hungarian 1910 Faust - "Prison Scene," Part 3 - Alerte! Où vous êstes perdus (Then Leave Her!) (Act 5) Geraldine Farrar, Enrico Caruso, Marcel Journet, Gounod · French 1910 Faust-Scène de L'Eglise (I) (Church Scene, Part I) Geraldine Farrar, Marcel Journet, Metropolitan Opera Chorus, Victor Orchestra, Gounod · French 1910 Halloh, die grosse Revue: Rollschuhmädel (Lincke) anonymes Orchester · German 1910 Henri Albers Ambroise Thomas Hamlet Chanson Bacchique Pathé Saphir N° 149 Enregistré Ca 1910 léo472 · French 1910 MESSZE MESSZE A VILÁGBA (Farther, Farther in the World) Hungarian 1910 Moncoeurestpénétréd' épouvante Enrico Caruso, Geraldine Farrar, Charles Gounod · Italian 1910 OLola! (Siciliana) Enrico Caruso, Mascagni · Italian 1910 Rózsa S Lajos - Emlékszel e (Remember This) Rózsa S Lajos · Hungarian 1910 Welsh Songs (Edison Amberol) Amy Evans & John Roberts · Welsh 1910 Welsh Songs (Edison Amberol) John Roberts & Powell Edwards · Welsh 1910 Welsh Songs (Edison Amberol) National Welsh Mixed Quartette · Welsh 1910 Welsh Songs (Edison Amberol) Powell Edwards · Welsh 1910 Welsh Songs (Edison Blue Amberol) National Welsh Mixed Quartet · Welsh 1911 "Ma se m' è forza perderti" (Forever to Lose Thee!) Enrico Caruso, Victor Orchestra, Verdi · Italian 1911 Andreieff's Balalaika Orch. HMV D165 1911 Andreieff's Balalaika Orch. · Russian 1911 Ballgeflüster ORCHESTER VOM PALAIS DE DANSE BERLIN · German 1911 Ballo in Maschera - Barcarola - Di tu se fedele (Masked Ball - The Waves Will Bear Me) Enrico Caruso and Metropolitan Opera Chorus, Verdi · Italian 1911 Ballo in Maschera-Ma se m' è forza perderti-Romanza (Masked Ball-Forever to Lose Thee!) Enrico Caruso, Verdi · Italian 1911 Cavalleria Rusticana–Canzone Alfio (Alfio's Song) Pasquale Amato, Metropolitan Opera Chorus, Victor Orchestra, Mascagni · Italian 1911 Gioconda - Barcarola, "Pescator affonda l'esca" (Fisher Boy, Thy Bait Throw) (Act II, Scene I) Pasquale Amato, Victor Orchestra, Ponchielli · Italian 1911 Giovanni Zenatello Et Linda Canetti, Giacomo Puccini, La Bohème, Sogno Andati, Fonotipia 92817 léo472 · Italian 1911 Giovanni Zenatello Et Linda Cannetti, Giacomo Puccini, La Bohème, Torno Al Nido, Fonotipia 92818 léo472 · Italian 1911 Luxemburg - Walzer Salonkapelle KARL HAUPT · Austrian 1911 Magyar Kiralyi Postas Zenekar - Hullo Falavel ("Falling Leaves") Magyar Kiralyi Postas Zenekar · Hungarian 1911 Schatzwalzer aus Zigeunerbaron ORCHESTER VOM PALAIS DE DANSE BERLIN · Austrian 1911 Schönau, mein liebes Schönau ZONOPHON-ORCHESTER, Unbekannter Mann - Gesang, Unbekannte Frau - Gesang · German 1911 Soča voda je šumela Glasbena Matica Ljubljana · Slovenian 1911 Verschmähte Liebe ORCHESTER VOM PALAIS DE DANSE BERLIN · German 1911 Wenn die Füsschen sich heben ZONOPHON-ORCHESTER · German 1912 Che vuol dir Cìo (Surprised and Astounded!) Alda, Jacoby, Caruso, Journet, Flotow · Italian 1912 Chevuoldirciò Enrico Caruso, Marcel Journet, Flotow · Italian 1912 EUGÈ NE DE CREUS Rêve D'un Jour ( Rêve De Valse) ( HMV W 175) ( 1912) EUGÈNE DE CREUS · French 1912 Forosetta Tarantella American Symphony Orchestra, Luigi Arditi · Italian 1912 Here You Go (Гандзю книш (Вот тебе)) Meyer Kanewsky (M. Marinenko) · Russian 1912 Hunting Cavalry (Гончий кавалер (Охотничья кавалерия)) Meyer Kanewsky (M. Marinenko) · Russian 1912 Krakowiak (Краковяк) Ermolai Deminenko · Russian 1912 Martha-Che vuol dir Cìo (Surprised and Astounded) Alda-Jacoby-Caruso-Journet, Flotow · Italian 1912 Poison (Отрава) Ermolai Deminenko · Russian 1912 Qualvoluttàtrascorrere Frances Alda, Enrico Caruso, Giuseppe Verdi · Italian 1912 Rosinen-Walzer Grammophon-Orchester Berlin · Austrian 1912 Scene les Epées (Scene of the Swords) Pasquale Amato, Marcel Journet, Metropolitan Opera Chorus, Victor Orchestra, Gounod · French 1912 Solti Hermin and Kiraly Erno - Two Songs from Mozikirály ("King Of The Movies") Solti Hermin and Kiraly Erno · Hungarian 1912 Suonno 'e fantasia (Dream and Fantasy) (La Canzonetta) Titta Ruffo, Victor Orchestra, Genise, Capalongo · Italian 1912 Tarantella Sincera Caruso - De Crescenzo · Italian 1912 Zaza-Buona Zazà, del mio buon tempo (Act II) Titta Ruffo, Victor Orchestra, Leoncavallo · Italian 1913 Giuseppe Armaninni Et Taurino Parvis, Giacomo Puccini, La Bohème, OMimì Tu Più Non Torni, Columbia E 2524 léo472 · Italian 1913 Hänsel und Gretel-Hexenritt und Knusperwalzer (Witches’ Dance) Alma Gluck, Louise Homer, Humperdinck · German 1913 Rózsa S. Lajos - Rácsos kapu, rácsos ablak (Barred door, barred window) Rózsa S. Lajos · Hungarian 1913 Rózsa S. Lajos - Sirassatok engem orgona virágok (Lilac Flowers Weep For Me) Rózsa S. Lajos · Hungarian 1914 Aloha Oe TOOTS PAKA'S HAWAIIANS, Liliuokalani · Hawaiian 1914 Lu Lu - Fado Nicolino Milano · Portuguese 1914 Sèrènade Espagnole (Spanish Serenade) Enrico Caruso, Ed. Teschmacher, Landon Ronald · French 1914 Solti Hermin és Szöke Szakáll - Hogy Jarok A Tyukommal Solti Hermin és Szöke Szakáll · Hungarian 1914 Vaterländische Zono: Jeder Schuss ein Russ' Orchester mit Gesang · German 1914 Vaterländische Zonophon-Aufnahme: Kleine Prinzen Orchester mit Gesang · German 1915 Abschied (Altniederländisches Volkslied) Karl JÖRN - Tenor · German 1915 At The Yiddish Wedding Jubilee Maurice Burkhart, Jack Glogau · Yiddish 1915 Chanson Provençale Yvonne de Tréville, Eva Dell'Aqua · French 1915 Medley Of Hawaiian Waltzes Helen Louise And Frank Ferera · Hawaiian 1915 Orquesta de Antonio Romeu - Percheros y Colgadores Orquesta de Antonio Romeu · Cuban 1916 A 2077 A Kalaluhi's Hawaiian Medley Of Hulas [r 14575679] George Kalaluhi's Hawaiians · Hawaiian 1916 Aloha Sunset Land Waikiki Hawaiian Orchestra, Ioane J. Eawelo · Hawaiian 1916 Andrea Chénier-Come un bel dì di maggio (As Some Soft Day in May) Enrico Caruso, Giordano · Italian 1916 Chanson-Méditation Fritz Kreisler, George Falkenstein, Cottenet · French 1916 Corridos de la Revolución. Volumen 1- INAH 16 - México Mexican 1916 Die Csárdásfürstin (Operette) - Emmerich Kalman Fritzi MASSARY - Sopran · German 1916 Hapa Haole Hula Girl Louise and Ferera, Sonny Cunha · Hawaiian 1916 Hawaii Waltz (Hawaiian Airs) Louise & Ferera · Hawaiian 1916 Hawaiian Medley Two-Step Helen Louise - Frank Ferera (Libornio - Liliuokalani) · Hawaiian 1916 Hula Medley (Hawaiian Airs) Louise & Ferera · Hawaiian 1916 Les Pêcheurs de Perles Chanson-De mon amie (Pearl Fishers-"My Love") Enrico Caruso, Bizet · French 1916 Medley of Hawaiian Airs-No. 1 Louise and Ferera · Hawaiian 1916 O'brien Is Tryin' To Learn To Talk Hawaiian Ada Jones, Rennie Cormack · Hawaiian 1916 Samson et Dalila-Vois ma misère, hélas! (Samson and Delilah-Sore My Distress, Alas!) Enrico Caruso, Metropolitan Opera Chorus, Saint-Saëns · French 1916 Sérénade–Chantez, riez, dormez (Sing, Smile, Slumber) Emma Calvé, Darius Lyons, Gounod · French 1917 "S Almsträusli" OBERBAYERISCHE BAUERNKAPELLE · German 1917 Alegres Aviadoras Orquesta Herrera, Fernando Anckermann · Cuban 1917 Chanson Hèbraique (Hebrew Song) Alma Gluck and Efrem Zimbalist, Ravel, Pasternack · French 1917 Don Pasquale - Serenata "Com' è gentil" (Soft Beams the Light) (Act 3) Giovanni Martinelli and Metropolitan Opera Chorus, Donizetti · Italian 1917 Donnybrook Fair - Jig Patrick Fitzpatrick · Irish 1917 HAWAII, I'M LONESOME FOR YOU JUSTICE LEWIS, Louise and Ferera Waikiki, Gumble · Hawaiian 1917 HAWAIIAN BUTTERFLY LOUISE and FERERA, WAIKIKI ORCHESTRA, Santly · Hawaiian 1917 Kilima Waltz (Hawaiian Air) Louise, Ferera & Greenus Trio · Hawaiian 1917 My Waikiki Mermaid - Hula Medley WAIKIKI HAWAIIAN ORCHESTRA · Hawaiian 1917 Norwegian Echo Song ("Kom Kjyra!") Mabel Garrison, H. A. Bjerregaard, W. Thrane · Norwegian 1917 O'Brien Is Trying To Learn To Talk Hawaiian Gene Rogers, Rennie Comack · Hawaiian 1917 Sem slovenska deklica Danilova, Augusta · Slovak 1917 Three Drops of Brandy - Reel Patrick Fitzpatrick · Irish 1917 Three Little Drummers, Connaughtman's Rambles, The Joy of My Life, Nancy Hynes, Kerrigan's Jig Tom Ennis · Irish 1917 Tom Ennis - Irish Hornpipes Medley No 3 Tom Ennis · Irish 1917 Tom Ennis - Irish Jigs Medley Tom Ennis · Irish 1917 Tom Ennis - Irish Reels Medley No 6 Tom Ennis · Irish 1917 YAAKA HULA HICKEY DULA Louise and Ferera Hawaiian Troupe, Wendling, Young · Hawaiian 1918 Baym Schtefanishter Rebn בײַם שטעפֿאַנישטער רבין Abe. Schwartz's Orchestra · Yiddish 1918 Du mein Schönbrunn TANZ-ORCHESTER · German 1918 Pietà Signore (Lord, Have Mercy) Enrico Caruso, Alessandro Stradella · Italian 1919 Hat dein heimatliches Land keinen Reiz für deinen Sinn? Julius ROETHER - Bariton · German 1919 Le Régiment de Sambre et Meuse (The Regiment of Sambre and Meuse) Enrico Caruso, Paul Cézano, Robert Planquette · Italian 1919 Mia sposa sarà la mia bandiera (My Bride Shall be My Flag) Enrico Caruso, A. Rotoli · Italian 1919 Serenata Caruso (Bracco) (lyr. Caruso) · Italian 1919 Trovatore-Miserère Enrico Caruso, Frances Alda, Metropolitan Opera Chorus, Verdi · Italian

313 recordings

1920s

127 recordings

1930s

109 recordings

1940s

49 recordings

1950s

1 recording

1960s

1960 🇧🇬 Yambolsko Paidushko Horo (Paidushko from Yambol) Tzv. Blagoev Orchestra · Bulgarian

Work in progress

Date not yet established

351 restored sides have no recording year we can stand behind yet. Many early discs were pressed without a date on the label, and the catalogue numbers that would pin them down are still being researched. They are listed here rather than hidden, grouped by tradition.