[78-L] All Spice Records

[davdieh at aol.com]

 J.C. is in traditional garb except for the substitution of Tony Lamas for sandals. Much more appropriate footgear for what One would have to walk on in Texas.



 The Covergirl Comedienne is in an assisted living facility in the northeast and not at all interested in this particular aspect of her career.


 
I have zero substantive info on what became of Mercer's operation. Rumors abound but he traveled in an unsavory circle.
-David Diehl


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Was it the blank label stuff that got him in trouble?  I can't see the
All-Spice sides really hurting him because they are so tame and it looks
like he put them out on the Royalty label in the first place.

Where does Belmont live?  Around Dallas?  I'd like to talk to her and see
what she remembers about these.

And is the Jesus statue so popular because the cowboy boots is all He is
wearing?  Might have to go to Paris just for that.


> [Original Message]
> From: <davdieh at aol.com>
> To: <78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
> Date: 4/27/2009 2:58:05 PM
> Subject: Re: [78-L] All Spice Records
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> Belmont made a couple of country records for Bullet and also Excelsior.
Her picture graced the cover of Song Hits in 1946. She's still alive, BTW.
If you think Waco is dull, try Paris, Texas. The main attraction is a
statue of Jesus in cowboy boots at the cemetery. The local paper carried
news of every yarn shoppe and hardware store opening but not a word about
Swing Records. The address given in the city directories is in a
residential neighborhood, presumably where Jimmy and Dorothy Mercer lived.
Recording was usually done in Dallas. Dunno if he had a press in the
garage, the quality was so dreadful. At one point I thought Mercer might
have used Sonora but even that would have been better than what Swing put
out. I believe Zest was another of his party labels along with a bunch of
blank label stuff.
> David Diehl
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> This is for David Diehl but also for anyone who can point me to more
information 
> about All Spice/Royalty/Swing/Personality.
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> All-Spice was a party label produced by the owners of Royalty Records in
Paris, 
> Texas.
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> A couple of months ago in Waco, that great party town, I came across some
All 
> Spice 78s and had no idea of their origin until I turned one over and
found that 
> the other side had a Royalty label on it.  
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> Googling All Spice led me to David's website and his excellent
information.
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> Last week in Shreveport I found two 78s on the Personality label and I
suspect 
> this is part of the Royalty empire because the label design is identical
to 
> Royalty including the three type faces used.
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> I also have two Swing 78s that site Paris, Texas, on their labels.  These
are 
> western swing 78s.  One is by Roy Lee Brown, younger brother of Milton.
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> Any info on All-Spice/Royalty/Swing/Personality would be very much
appreciated.
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> The following have All-Spice labels on both sides:
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> no # Red Riding Hood/no # Rip Van Winkle
> no # He Don't Wanna /no # Good Man Is Hard to Find
> no # Row Row Row/no #  Argentina
> DB-1 Row Row Row /no # Argentina
> DB-1 Row Row Row/ DB-6 Good Man Is Hard to Find
> DB-2 Down Argentene Way/DB-5 Mrs. Rip Van Winkle
> DB-4 Red Riding Hood/DB-8  He Don't Wanna
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> These have Royalty labels on both sides:
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> DB-1 Row Row Row/DB-6 Good Man Is Hard to Find
> DB-4 Red Riding Hood/DB-8 He Don't Wanna
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> This one has a Royalty label on one side and an All-Spice label on the
other
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> Royalty label DB-6 Good Man Is Hard to Find/All-Spice label  DB-1 Row Row
Row
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> All sides are by Dale Belmont/The Cover Girl Comedienne/Johnny Cola Trio.
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> The only references I've found to Dale Belmont are a Time magazine story
about a 
> dispute over a photo of Dale in a tight sweater and that she was married
to a 
> partner of Jack Ruby's.
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> Bill McClung
> bmcclung at ix.netcom.com
> EarthLink Revolves Around You.
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