[78-L] Melotone Recording Studio, Manhattan

[David Lennick]

This Melotone was the one that recorded Florence Foster Jenkins and which 
provided recording services for vanity pressings as well as some commercial 
issues such as a Richard Dyer-Bennet set on Stinson (recorded with Melotone's 
usual incompetence, a wide margin and running onto the label). FloJay's highest 
number is 194 and she died in late 1944, if this helps.

dl

Joel Bresler wrote:
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> I am trying to get information on a series of Jewish Folk Songs by Sarah
> Gorby. They were recorded at the Melotone Recording Studio, 25 Central Park
> West, New York. Has anyone studied the matrices from this studio or have
> other dating information for such 78s? I am trying to date number 242A. The
> labels are blue background with a picture of the artist; no number. 
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> It appears they were also released on Meloton S.R.L., Argentina and on
> Londisc, Argentina, same photo as the Meloton S.R.L. Was there a
> relationship between the commercial Melotone label and the studio? 
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> Thanks for any information,
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> Joel 
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