[78-L] Need Help Identifying A Label

[David Lennick]

Yet another name for this label..GUILD. I have a ten-inch LP of Ferde Grofe 
conducting his "Aviation Suite" in a plain blue jacket with gold printing, 
which names the title and composer and says GUILD RECORDS  33 1/3 RPM. The disc 
inside has the Rem Hollywood label and LP-2 (as well as matrix numbers 
1196-1197 and 1198-1199 in the land, indicating that the source was 78s cut at 
Radio Recorders). Also, the label is a small 78 type and doesn't indicate the 
speed. This piece probably sounded better at 78 anyway.

dl

On 11/5/2010 11:02 AM, David Lennick wrote:
> Per ARLD, it began as Rex, possibly around 1947, and changed the name to Rem
> some time in 1949. Metro is listed as an affiliate label. One odd thing is that
> there's also a Rex in New York in 1951, owned by "Richard Morros". Any relation
> to Boris Morros, the proprietor of ARA, a number of whose masters ended up on
> Rex/Rem?
>
> No direct connection shown from ARA (which went belly up in 1946) to Rem..the
> latter label probably just bought up available masters that were sitting at
> Radio Recorders or the pressing plant, although any reissues I've seen have
> been re-dubbed from the original lacquers and sound substantially better. If
> you can find an unworn SPELLBOUND on Rex/Rem vinyls, grab it (my copy uses both
> label names, by the way).
>
> dl
>
> On 11/5/2010 10:56 AM, bradc944 at comcast.net wrote:
>> I have a couple of Rex discs, and the (IIRC) label name is usually in the runout with the pressing number.  One look and it says "METRO-1271" up there....
>>
>> Nice find :)
>>
>> Brad
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: David Lennick<dlennick at sympatico.ca>
>> To: 78-L Mail List<78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
>> Sent: Fri, 05 Nov 2010 14:39:21 -0000 (UTC)
>> Subject: Re: [78-L] Need Help Identifying A Label
>>
>> Yup, that's what it looks like to me as well. I've had Rem and Rex but not a
>> Metro. All the same company. Late 40s, reissued a lot of ARA titles like the
>> Spellbound and Art Tatum albums.
>>
>> dl
>>
>> On 11/5/2010 10:29 AM, Peter Fraissinet wrote:
>>>
>>> Metro Hollywood:
>>> http://www.tedstaunton.com/labels/1940-1949.pages/Metro.Hollywood/metro.hollywood.htm
>>>
>>> Peter Fraissinet
>>> 412 Mann Bldg.
>>> Dept. of Plant Biology
>>> Cornell University
>>> Ithaca NY 14853
>>>
>>>>
>>>> On 11/5/2010 10:15 AM, Malcolm - Venerable Music wrote:
>>>>> Hello Everyone - While out junkin' this past weekend I picked up several
>>>>> records on an unknown (to me) label. Usually when I see something I'm not
>>>>> familiar with, I buy it if the price is reasonable. For some reason the
>>>>> label names on all of the records (I think there are three) are blacked
>>>>> out with nail polish. Unlike most, they also note that they are Licensed
>>>>> For Radio Broadcast.
>>>>> Here is a link to the picture of the label -
>>>>> http://www.venerableradio.com/Cuba.jpg
>>>>> It's a black label with a couple of large buildings on the right -
>>>>> probably from the late 40s?
>>>>> Thanks for any help you can provide.
>>>>> Malcolm
>>>>>
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