The Phonograph Era · 1900—1926

Shellac, before the
microphone learned manners

Sides pressed between 1900 and 1926, transferred from original discs and catalogued the way a museum catalogues a specimen: performer, label, catalogue number, matrix, and the day it was cut. Everything here is public domain in the United States.

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Sides shelved

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Earliest pressing

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Latest pressing

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Billed artists

Pulling sleeves…

The record houses

Fifteen imprints, written up

VictorCamden, New Jersey1901 – 1929 Victor Red SealCamden, New Jersey1903 – 1929 His Master's VoiceHayes, Middlesex1898 – 1931 ColumbiaNew York and London1889 – 1931 OdeonBerlin1903 – 1932 BrunswickChicago and Dubuque1916 – 1930 EdisonWest Orange, New Jersey1912 – 1929 ZonophoneNew York, then London1899 – 1931 PathéParis1906 – 1932 OKehNew York1918 – 1934 ParamountPort Washington and Grafton, Wisconsin1917 – 1932 GennettRichmond, Indiana1917 – 1934 VocalionNew York1916 – 1925 DeccaLondon1929 onwards BerlinerPhiladelphia, Washington and Montreal1894 – 1900