[78-L] Gala: different label styles, is it the same company?

[David Lennick]

All the same company, as far as I know. Green labels on the risque material as 
well..Charley Drew. I don't think Gala ever reissued the Schirmer Wiley set 
(could be wrong) but they definitely repressed the Rabson's, on absolutely 
horrible shellac. ARLD lists only one Gala label in the 40s (there's another in 
1959), owned by one Ben Lane, with various New York addresses and issue dates 
between 1943 and 1950.

dl

On 11/12/2012 12:14 PM, Philip Fukuda wrote:
> I've come across three different Gala labels. Are they the same company or different?
>
> 1) Black labels with silver print. GALA in semi-Gothic lettering in front of a theater curtain. I've seen the Willie Howard and Belle Baker albums. All Yiddish material?
>
> 2) Red labels with GALA in block lettering. I've seen reissues of Lee Wiley material from Rabson's Music Box and Schirmer.
>
> 3) Black or red labels with Gala in script lettering. I've seen risque material from Dwight Fiske and others.
>
> Thanks,
> Philip
>