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The Encyclopedic Guide to 78 R. P. M. Party Records
© David Diehl 1996
Updated 8/30/2000

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GALA

IMAGE OF LATER STYLE
Apparently started during WWII by Ben Lane. Primarily but not exclusively a party label, Gala also released masters of show tunes from other companies such as Rabson and Schirmer in the mid-1940's, mostly in albums. May have leased some of the MUSICRAFT PARTY RECORDS catalog or obtained material from a common source. Numbering is rather haphazard, with some records using master numbers instead of catalog numbers. Dwight FISKE issues range from 099 through 250, with later 10" releases reusing earlier 12" numbers but with different backings. Later numbers are in blocks of 1000 by artist with the highest (7000) devoted to Sheila Barrett. Alternate takes are abundant, indicated by number if the side designations are letters, by letters if the side designations are numerical. There are cases where one take is undesignated and other takes are lettered or numbered. Label colors vary over time and according to where they were pressed. Earlier labels are gold on black, later design is silver on black or red while red on gray labels suggest Keynote pressings. Aqua labels with silver print also occur.

GAYETY ORIGINAL
Superb Record Co. 5747 Melrose Ave., Hollywood, CA. Late 1940's yellow label with black print. ASR 1000-1002 known.

Hal GILLES and Herbi HARDT
--Chicago, late 1940's.
(U.B. 9616) Sixteen Old Ladies Stuck in a Lavatory Part 1...HARGILL unnumbered
(U.B. 9617) Sixteen Old Ladies Stuck in a Lavatory Part 2...HARGILL unnumbered

GENERAL TAVERN TUNES
Produced by the Consolidated Record. Co., 1600 Broadway, New York City. Owned by Hazard Reeves of Reeves Sound Studios, Gordon Mercer of MUSICRAFT and John H. Green. General began rereleasing comedy, blues and risque records as budget Tavern Tunes after 1940. Green enlisted in the Army at the end of 1942 and Reeves went into war-related work. Eli Oberstein purchased the old Reeves studio in 1944. Some risque items were released on black labels without any company identification, perhaps by Oberstein. (See ***) The General catalog was purchased by COMMODORE in 1946, at least one TAVERN TUNES was issued in 1947. Blue label with silver print.

Georgia GIBBS -see Frankie TRUMBAUER

GLAMOUR BOYS
In the Gloaming................................................FAV 1002

GIGGLES
In the 1950's Houston's Duke/Peacock label decided to get into the party record biz but released just #1, derived from its only LP. Label is black and green on white.

GOOD-HUMOR
See description and listing of known releases.

GRAMOPHONE SHOP VARIETIES
The Gramophone Shop in New York City was a well-known source of imported classical music beginning in the 1920's. Its Varieties label was introduced around 1934, silver label with blue print.

Coot GRANT and Sox WILSON
Real names Leola B. Wilson (nee Pettigrew) and Kid Wesley Wilson. Recorded extensively for race labels beginning in the mid-1920's, including their classic "Keep Your Hands Off My Mojo" for Okeh.
--Los Angeles, early 1950's.
Keep Out of My Back Yard.....................BLUE RECORDS 135
Vaccinating Doctor...........................BLUE RECORDS 135

GROOVE
No relation to the RCA product, no. 1002 reported.

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