Research Guides: Analog sound recordings: Physical recordings

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Rosa Ponselle: the Columbia recordings
Alessandro Moreschi : the complete recordings
The last of the castrati, singing and directing the Sistine Capel Choir in what was presumably their typical repertoire in 1902. Bonus: the voice of Pope Leo XIII.
Gilbert and Sullivan: Iolanthe, and acoustice recordings 1900-1912
The features are D'Oyly Carte from 1930; the fill-ups are from W. S. Gilbert's lifetime, including a few singers who had created their roles.
Gilbert and Sullivan: The Gondoliers, and acoustic recordings 1898-1911

United States Marine Band: the Bicentennial Collection
Discs 1 and 2 are acoustic era, interesting for performing style and repertoire choice.
Sousa marches recorded by the Sousa Band
Recorded 1897-1930. Note that Sousa almost never directed for recording sessions.

Black Europe
2 big volumes plus 44 CDs reissuing the recordings of virtually every black person who recorded anything in Europe during the acoustical era.
Global accordion: early recordings
Accordion music from Europe, Africa, and the Americas.
Lost sounds : blacks and the birth of the recording industry, 1891-1922
Early black recordings in America