[78-L] DESTO records - information requested OT

[David Lennick]

David Bonner's book about YPR and other children's labels has quite a bit of 
info about Desto, which does seem to have existed twice, in the early 50s and 
then in the 60s as an adjunct of Urania and a repository (in bad fake stereo) 
for old American Recording Society releases.

dl

On 11/23/2010 1:09 PM, Thomas Stern wrote:
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> Can someone supply a history of DESTO RECORDS ???
>
> I've searched the internet and come up with an incomplete outline of it's history (below).
>
> The WIKI article should be updated.....
>
> Thanks!
> Best wishes, Thomas.
>
> WIKI credits start c.1964, CMS distribution in the 1970's, demise early 1980's.
>
> according to articles in BILLBOARD:
> Desto founded c.May 1951 by Henry Goldsmith
>   first release John Gay's Beggar's Opera - shipped in September 1951
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>   1952 release Kern, Gershwin albums
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>   1954 Billboard indicates ATLANTIC has issued 2 GEORGE BYRON albums from the defunct Desto label.
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>   1960's-70's various releases noted in Billboard
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>   1970  CMS offers Classical albums from DESTO with study guides by DAVID HALL.
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>   SEPT 1974  CMS takes over manufacturing distribution and promotion.
>              also marketed in UK by PEERLESS
>              DESTO artistic management HORACE GRENNELL
>
>   What happened to the DESTO Label run by Henry Goldsmith?
>   What is the history between 1954 and the 60's?
>   When did Horace Grennell take over the label?  Is he the same person associated with Children's Record Guiild?
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>   Last reference to DESTO in Billboard that I've found notes release of the Medieval&  Renaissance SAMPLER, OCTOBER 1980.
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>    When did DESTO (CMS??) actually cease operations?
>
>    Where are their masters and who owns the rights to them?
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