I used to have a Sun record by Pesachke Burstein
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Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] Query regarding ownership of 78s - posted by Mike 
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> I've seen a Jewish 78 rpm Sun label.   Pre-Sam Phillips, as I recall. Dick
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> Reply. Indeed, in the record biz, something that appears to have
> 'vanished' at certain time may yet be lurking around invisibly. Same is
> true of my own Hosptal Records label, which had no new releases between
> 1993 and 2005.
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> David "Uncle Dave" Lewis
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> Dave Lewis wrote:
>> No. This Banner was strictly a US Jewish-market label; although
> Wikipedia puts its founding in 1939, I always thought it was post-war.
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> Banner is not listed in the 1945-1946 Billboard Music Yearbook but IS
> listed in the 1947-48 Billboard Encyclopedia of Music.  Another reason
> why not to use wikipedia as a source.
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>> It is not related to ARC, and lasted into the LP era for at least 8 LP
> releases.
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> More like 20 or 25 issues.  And they were in print into the 80s.
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>> They were the main label for the Barry Sisters until they signed with
> Roulette,
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> Their first LP was on Cadance, before they went to Roulette.
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>>  and I had the idea -- don't know how -- that Mo Levy might have bought
> Banner in order to own their back catalogue.
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> Nope.  Never happened.
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>> But the Barry Sisters' Roulette LPs seemed to have been new to that
> company and in stereo, whereas everything on Banner was in mono. Of
> course, Roulette was famous for gussying up mono recordings into fake
> stereo, but that does not provide closure to this question.
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> All the Roulette Barry Sisters are real stereo.  I have them.  The
> Cadence was mono.  Banner was mono and then rechanneled into the worst
> fake stereo ever to hit the streets.
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>> Banner was in business at least 13 years, making Jewish records, and
> then they simply vanished; I have no idea if Mo Levy bought them or not.
> Anyone in the know?    David "Uncle Dave" Lewis
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> They never vanished.  They started issuing the CD versions of their LPs
> by the late 80s or early 90s. And although Mo Levy and Manny Wells might
> have run around with some of the same characters, I see no connection.
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> Mike Biel  [log in to unmask]