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

[Malcolm Rockwell]

Yeah, I agree, even though some labels say Gala Record Corporation and 
others say Novelty Record Company. The latter may just be a distributor. 
The only other Gala label I've seen is out of Georgia. They released pop 
and CW material in the late 1950s.
Malcolm

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On 11/12/2012 7:21 AM, David Lennick wrote:
> 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
>>
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