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Castle Records in CA was owned by David X. Miller. Below is the post from
Han Enderman yesterday about the Castle Labels.


>>>* ARLIE lists 5 Castle labels (no prewar Castle known).

*1) New York 1948-49, with 500/1000/2000 series. Jazz/gospel/R&B.

2) California 1949-51. 1100-1600 series. Pop.

3) Portland, OR. Ca.1948-1951. Traditional jazz. Issues (1 unn.-)2-15.
Listed in Ty's ODP.

4) Poss. Detroit 1955 (r&b). No issues reported.

5) Boonton, NJ. A 500 series from 1958-59 and thus poss. only 45rpm. Pop.

Re these series:

1) Pres. this label issued Castle 500/501 with the Chu Berry-Charlie Ventura
ts duets. Other issues in the 500 & 1000 series never seen. An image of 2000
has "Castle Records, Inc." along the upper rim and in large capitals
"Spirituals" as (kind of) label name.

2) Abbott & Costello issues (with picture labels) in a 1200 series (started
at ca.1250?) are fairly common. In 1200-1500 series (mxs with CA/CAS prefix
on label) also Jimmie & Ruth Dodd, Cyril Smith ("How Fights Start In
Saloons"), Vallee with Benny Krueger, Slim Coates. There are 2 label types:
A single star at 12h & label name in upper case (no castle pictured), or 6
stars along the upper rim and the label name in script letters.

3) I have images of the not uncommon Portland label (most issues except 1 &
14). Mx.nrs with HF prefix. Printed in blue & red, except unnumbered first
issue(s). Usually Monte Ballou present.

4 & 5) Never seen.

Han Enderman

Also here are some links for the CA Castle that I have found last night and
today:

Billboard Apr 10, 1948

http://books.google.com/books?id=f_UDAAAAMBAJ&lpg=RA1-PA39&dq=Castle&pg=RA1-PA39#v=onepage&q=Castle&f=false

Castle Records Latest Try by Bebe Daniels

Billboard Jun 5, 1948

http://books.google.com/books?id=iPUDAAAAMBAJ&lpg=PA19&dq=Castle&pg=PA19#v=onepage&q=Castle&f=true

Castle Sues UAR over Abbott and Costello Gag Disk

Billboard Jul 31, 1948


http://books.google.com/books?id=e0UEAAAAMBAJ&lpg=PA19&dq=Castle&pg=PA19#v=onepage&q=Castle&f=false

Castle Acquires A&C Routines

Billboard Nov 27, 1948


http://books.google.com/books?id=WA4EAAAAMBAJ&lpg=PT44&dq=Castle&pg=PT44#v=onepage&q=Castle&f=false

Dave Miller Takes Over Castle Records

Billboard Sep 11, 1948 (
http://books.google.com/books?id=Th4EAAAAMBAJ&lpg=PA33&dq=Castle&pg=PA33#v=onepage&q=Castle&f=false
)

AD:

The Big 3 on Castle Records

Billboard Sep 18, 1948(
http://books.google.com/books?id=Ah4EAAAAMBAJ&lpg=PA36&dq=Castle&pg=PA36#v=onepage&q=Castle&f=false
)

AD:

The Big 3 on Castle Records

MichelleS
On Fri, Oct 1, 2010 at 3:15 PM, Ron L'Herault <lherault at bu.edu> wrote:

> The Castle one in CA was just for the Castle Jazz Band, wasn't it?
>
> Ron L
>