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

[David Lennick]

I've also seen pale grey labels, seems to me. And I've seen some that say 
something like Distinctive Recordings, but those may be Canadian issues from 
around 1949-50. Some are on nice vinyl.

dl

On 11/12/2012 12:45 PM, Malcolm Rockwell wrote:
> 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
>
> *******
>
> 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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