[78-L] NYC record store labels - Schirmer, Rabson's Music Box, Gramophone Shop, LMS, others?

[David Lennick]

Schirmer was really a publisher label, and did light jazz and classical..two 
albums of Rudolf Friml, a couple of Dana Suesse sets, Benjamin Britten playing 
Balinese music, quite a wide variety in fact. Nocturne seems to have been 
related to Schirmer, although that may just be coincidental since most of us 
have seen only one Nocturne 78, Swinging The Jingle (a jazzed-up Pepsi Cola spot).

Gramophone Shop Varieties did 2 singles by Beatrice Lillie, two albums of Alec 
Templeton, Reginald Gardiner's "Trains", one disc by composer-pianist Alex 
Fogarty which I've never seen, and a 12-incher of Sarah Bernhardt from 
cylinders. That may be the entire GSV catalogue.

There were historical classical recordings issued by some of the specialty 
shops as well.

dl

On 9/8/2012 2:53 PM, Philip Fukuda wrote:
> Every so often, I'll run into one of these New York City store labels.
>
> I'm most familiar with Liberty Music Shop. I have Jack Raymond's LMS listing, so I know LMS specialized in society bands, show tunes, adult humor and limited jazz (Casper Reardon, Lee Wiley). I'm guessing they focused on a "sophisticated" clientele. My question concerns label chronology. Which ones came first? I've seen several, with different store addresses.
>
> For Schirmer, I only have a handful of issues, again Lee Wiley and Casper Reardon. How long did they issue records? Does anybody have a listing?
>
> For Rabson's Music Box, I only have one Lee Wiley. Again, how long did they issue records? Does anybody have a listing?
>
> For Gramophone Shop, I only have several Alec Templetons on Gramophone Shop Varieties. I know there was a Beatrice Lillie as well. Again, how long did they issue records? Does anybody have a listing?
>
> Are there other New York City record stores that issued 78s (other than Commodore, which is well-documented)?
>
> Thanks.
>
> Philip Fukuda
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