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

[David Lennick]

But Belle Baker and Willie Howard's discs wouldn't have been issued on those.

dl

On 11/12/2012 3:49 PM, Mike Harkin wrote:
> If you can find the issues pressed on reclaimed porcine excrement, they
> sound 100% better.
>
> Mike in Plovdiv
>
> Ouch!  Bit my tongue trying to pull it out of my cheek....
>
> --- On Mon, 11/12/12, Philip Fukuda<78rpm at sbcglobal.net>  wrote:
>
>> From: Philip Fukuda<78rpm at sbcglobal.net>
>> Subject: Re: [78-L] Gala: different label styles, is it the same company?
>> To: 78-l at klickitat.78online.com
>> Date: Monday, November 12, 2012, 8:28 PM
>> Thanks for the quick reply. I haven't
>> seen any Gala issues derived from Keynote or Apollo yet.
>>
>> I agree. All the ones I've heard were pressed on gravel (er,
>> horrible-sounding shellac).
>>
>> Philip
>>
>>
>>> ------------------------------
>>>
>>> Message: 8
>>> Date: Mon, 12 Nov 2012 18:24:56 +0000
>>> From: david.diehl at hensteeth.com
>>> Subject: Re: [78-L] Gala: different label styles, is it
>> the
>>> same
>>>      company?
>>> To: "78-L Mail List"<78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
>>> Message-ID:
>> <W4434724207103491352744696 at webmail46>
>>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
>>>
>>> Earliest Gala are credited to Novelty Record Co. in
>> the
>>> Empire State Bldg., which was also promoting a Turf
>> Derby
>>> gambling/puzzle record in 1943/4. Ben Lane was the
>> owner
>>> until he sold out to Jubilee in 1950. Label colors may
>>> reflect the pressing plant used for any particular run
>> ;
>>> i.e. grey with red print may be Keynote pressings, Aqua
>> and
>>> silver or green and silver may be Apollo.
>>>    DJD
>>> Visit the Blue Pages: the Encyclopedic Guide to 78 RPM
>> Party
>>> Records
>>> http://www.hensteeth.com
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: David Lennick [mailto:dlennick at sympatico.ca]
>>> Sent: Monday, November 12, 2012 11:21 AM
>>> To: '78-L Mail List'
>>> Subject: Re: [78-L] Gala: different label styles, is it
>> the
>>> same company?
>>>
>>> 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.dlOn 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>___________________
>>>    ____________________________78-L mailing list78-L at klickitat.78online.comhttp://klickitat.78online.com/mailman/listinfo/78-l
>>>
>>>
>>
>> _______________________________________________
>> 78-L mailing list
>> 78-L at klickitat.78online.com
>> http://klickitat.78online.com/mailman/listinfo/78-l
>>
> _______________________________________________
> 78-L mailing list
> 78-L at klickitat.78online.com
> http://klickitat.78online.com/mailman/listinfo/78-l
>
>