[78-L] Parade Records

[Glenn Longwell]

There are two Parade Record Co.'s that I know of.  Both labels I have are here:
 
http://www.majesticrecord.com/labelsp.htm
 
I need to update the page but here's what I've learned.  The early Parade I have, these two sides were also licensed to Apollo and came out on Apollo 1112.  Apollo had distribution rights to the entire country except Philadelphia.  So it would seem likely this Parade was from Philadelphia.  The second Parade is listed as having a NY address, not NJ.  Is there a third one?  In the 1950 Billboard articles I've seen this Parade, started by Wally Wolsky, was being listed as "the new Parade Record Company."  So I would guess that the original one, from Philadelphia, was dead by then.  
 
There were a few other records I have from this era with string bands.  Mummers, Media, Palda (at the same link as above but I have yet to write anything about it on the page) and Krantz are a few labels that come to mind.
 
Glenn

--- On Mon, 1/18/10, David Lewis <uncledavelewis at hotmail.com> wrote:


From: David Lewis <uncledavelewis at hotmail.com>
Subject: [78-L] Parade Records
To: "78-l" <78-l at 78online.com>
Date: Monday, January 18, 2010, 9:08 AM



During the recording ban of 1947-48 there was something of a fad for Mummers Parade bands on record. The various Mummers bands were not members of the AFM, and the money they made was paid into a central fund to benefit the Mummers themselves, so in a sense they exempt from the ban. A friend of mine found a copy of Apollo 1111 credited to the "Phillie All Star String Band." The label notes that the sides were licensed from Parade Records, and in the end groove the Parade matrices are crossed out and provisional Apollo ones added. In addition to that I found an old article on the web about the Philly Mummers "string band" phenomenon and which noted that the little Parade Records concern had licensed some masters to a "major label" -- meaning Apollo.

My question is -- is this "Parade Records" the same that manufactured Hit Parader material in the 50s? I would assume the Parade that recorded the Phillie All Star String Band would have been based out of Philadelphia, but the later Parade shows an address in New Jersey.

This would be a great question to put to Fred Williams, but I understand he is not available at the moment. 

Uncle Dave Lewis
uncledavelewis at hotmail.com

                          
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