[78-L] Hawaiian Recording and Publishing Co

[Malcolm Rockwell]

Since no paper ledgers exist for this label a guesstimate of c. 1953/54 
is pretty good, judging by oral histories. There are only 5 known 78rpm 
issues, the last 3 being numbers by Ed Kenney from a minor stage play 
"49th Star" which made its debut in 1954. Ironic in that both the 49th 
State label and the title of the play allude to Hawaii being the 49th 
State. They only missed by one. Alaska became the 49th state, Hawaii is 
50th.
The Magoon family name is an old one in the state and probably goes back 
to the 1840s or earlier. Eaton "Bob" Magoon was the owner of the 
Hawaiian record label.
As to the 49th State label, I have plenty of dupes if you want more! 
Email me off list for info.
Malcolm

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On 9/2/2010 7:24 PM, 78records at cdbpdx.com wrote:
> Greetings.  I just acquired a collection of 78s with many Hawaiian record labels and found one I haven't seen before.  It can be viewed here:
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> http://78records.cdbpdx.com/HPARC/
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> This is H-1-A/B and I've found an H-2-A/B online, both by the Morgan Sisters.  I've looked on the 'net and there isn't a whole lot of information available on the artists or the label.  A YouTube person said this label is c.1953 and that's about all I know.
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> Any info on how long this company was in business? How many records were released?  Which artists recorded for this label?
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> Thanks!
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> P.S. - Also got my first '49th State' label.  Cool!
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> CDB
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