[78-L] Rex Hollywood

[Glenn Longwell]

Having read that Maurice Rapoport, the owner of Rex Records record store and the Metro/Rex/Rem labels, didn't pay royalties to the artists then skipped off to Mexico I was wondering if these Tatum sides on Rex/Rem were bootlegs or legitimate reissues. So I did a little searching in Billboard.

It turns out he paid for the masters with a bogus check on a closed account then didn't show up on the court date (3/8/47).  Cited with contempt of court he must have eventually paid.  An article a year later (5/15/48) about MGM stopping him from using the Metro name says that was pressing numerous disks from purchased ARA masters.  This article says he received a 30 day jail sentence and fined for not adhering to an injunction to stop selling Metro records after a certain date.  This guy just couldn't be trusted could he?

Glenn

--- On Fri, 2/26/10, Geoffrey Wheeler <dialjazz at verizon.net> wrote:

From: Geoffrey Wheeler <dialjazz at verizon.net>
Subject: [78-L]  Rex Hollywood
To: 78-l at klickitat.78online.com
Date: Friday, February 26, 2010, 6:16 AM

Regarding an Art Tatum album issued on ARA, David Lennick says: “It's 
listed in the Tatum Discography as on ARA, Rex or Rem (I forget and 
don't
have the book handy), plus the 9766 LP issues on labels like Black 
Lion.”

I think this exchange on Rex Hollywood and sister labels has been most 
helpful because it brings forth evidence in a public forum of a direct 
link between ARA and Rex/REM/Metro Hollywood that is more than Rex et 
al simply licensing ARA product for reissue. I have the Wingy Manone 
sides on ARA, Rex, and Metro, the Tatum album on ARA, plus most of the 
jazz content on ARA singles.

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