[78-L] Need Help Identifying A Label

[Dan Van Landingham]

The only company I knew of which was Guild Records was the label Georgie Auld 
and Boyd Raeburn
recorded for in 1945.I believe the label was taken over by Musicraft when Albert 
Marx was producing
sessions there.




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From: David Lennick <dlennick at sympatico.ca>
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Sent: Wed, November 10, 2010 8:45:53 AM
Subject: Re: [78-L] Need Help Identifying A Label

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
>>>m
>>>
>>> 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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