[78-L] Lee Wiley/Liberty Music Shop

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The earliest mention I have of Gala is a review of a Willie Howard disc in October, 1943, credited to the Favorite Mfg. Co. I have one red label Lee Wiley disc which I would guess is from 1944, no later.
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Billboard Music Year Book, 1944 lists Lee Wiley recording for Commodore and Gala Sep 28 1946 advert directed to juke box operators Gala 1020 1021 Nan Blakstone with Artie Fields and his Orchestra various mentions of Gala up to 1952 -----Original Message-----From: 78-l-bounces at klickitat.78online.com[mailto:78-l-bounces at klickitat.78online.com]On Behalf Of Michael BielSent: Wednesday, January 27, 2010 8:57 PMTo: 78-L Mail ListSubject: Re: [78-L] Lee Wiley/Liberty Music ShopThanks for the help. I would really like to find an exact recordingdate for the Music Box recordings but early early Feb could be possible. These two albums were reviewed together in April 1940's American RecordGuide: "Liberty evidently set a precedent when it brought out theGershwin album for shortly thereafter Rabson issued the Rodgers andHart." The two reviews that followed on that page are for Rodgers'R&Hart Columbia C-11 and Pinocchio RCA P-18. Han Enderman wrote:>> Was the Rabsons' release also issued in 1940, parallel with Gala? Label is not in ARLIE.>> The Music Box Album is pres. identical to the Gala Album.My research shows that it is obvious that the original issue was MusicBox. Since it seems the Gala discs are also numbered 1-4, they might bethe first Gala issue. When did Gala go into business?>> And Rabson is incorrect; label name is Music Box, released by Rabsons' Music Shop.I've seen the records and have photographed them. Yes the label name onthe Rodgers and Hart is Music Box, and the store which commissionedthem, and whose name IS on the label, is "Rabson's Music Shop, 111 West52nd St. New York City". It is easy to miss the label name Music Box atthe top of the label when the store name and address takes up most ofthe lower half! > I'm pretty sure the Gala issue is later. Both sets appear to be Decca-type pressings.This seems to be the only issue that Rabson made on Music Box. There isno indication as to what distribution they had to other stores beyondtheir own store, likewise Liberty Music Shop and Gramophone ShopVarieties. We know that Commodore was widely distributed. GeoffreyWheeler can probably provide the answer. The reason I bring this all upis because the Gala issue might be a replacement for nationaldistribution.> I have both but the Music Box is in a substitute > album, so no info from the liner of that one.I can send the photos of the cover and liner notes. Also, the cover isone of the alternate photos on the Amazon page for the CD, Vol 3. exceptthat the two Music Box copies I photographed had a binding with verticalcandy striped pink and purple cloth binding rather than the blackpebbled paper that is in the photo, and the title printing is a muchdarker red-purple. What does the Gala cover look like? Is this photoreally the Gala, not the Music Box? http://www.amazon.com/gp/customer-media/product-gallery/B00009QGDZ/ref=cm_ciu_pdp_images_1?ie=UTF8&index=1>> All Galas (1-4) state "Recorded by Ernie Anderson".> As for LMS, my set consists of 3 laminated pressings and one> non-laminated, and get this..Ernie Anderson's name appears> on the laminated pressings only! dl Interesting. Makes it seem obvious that the non-laminated are later,and the pressings I saw at R&H were laminated with Ernie's credit.Thanks for the discographical info, making it obvious the Libertysession was earlier than the Columbia sessions with Rodgers, but thatColumbia was blindsided when the plans also included a R&Hart albumissued simultaneously if not earlier.Mike Biel mbiel at mbiel.com _______________________________________________78-L mailing list78-L at klickitat.78online.comhttp://klickitat.78online.com/mailman/listinfo/78-l_______________________________________________78-L mailing list78-L at klickitat.78online.comhttp://klickitat.78online.com/mailman/listinfo/78-l