[78-L] ROYCROFT label

[David Lennick]

I sold a Rudolph Gruen disc a couple of months ago as well as the Cheerio album 
(the Gilberts are in it), and I have 2 or 3 incomplete sets of The English 
Singers, with some variant sides. I first found out about this label while 
scanning Jim Hadfield's Record Research magazines (and photocopying several of 
them..I've since acquired a long run of them). The discs are all recorded and 
pressed by Cameo and the matrix numbers fit with that label. Lousy surfaces. 
Everything I've seen seems to be from about 1929 but they were certainly 
available after that date since the English Singers are listed in the 1931 
Gramophone Shop catalogue.

dl

On 10/27/2012 2:30 PM, Thomas Stern wrote:
>
> Can anyone supply discographical data for any ROYCROFT recordings ??
>
> This label was produced by THE ROYCROFTERS (Elbert Hubbard, arts-crafts movement), East Aurora, NY in the late
> 1920's - dates variously given as 1927-1930, some up to 1933.  Supposedly pressed by CAMEO (NYC), distributed
> by Wm.H.Wise&  Co.
> Anyone have information about WHERE they were recorded.
>
> Performers primarily THE ENGLISH SINGERS, but also Marion Kerby&  John Jacob Niles, Rudolph Gruen, The Gilberts, Gerry Riegger.
>
> Catalog numbers I am aware of range from 151 - 180
> .
> Are there any CATALOGS?  REVIEWS?  ADVERTISEMENTS? etc. ????
>
> Does anyone have the CD: THE ENGLISH SINGERS OF LONDON - Eclectra 2039 ??
>    Are these all from Roycroft, HMV or both??
>    Do the annotations contain any matrix numbers for the Roycroft recordings?? - if so would you send a scan???
>
> ROYCROFT fascinates me.  I would like to see a complete discography, and any references to these recordings -
> Perhaps those on this list can make that happen?
>
> THANKS!
> Best wishes, Thomas.
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