Both Krazy Kat (in England) and Collectables in the U.S. have reissued a lot of Gotham material. Not sure what the business connections are.
Gene
--- On Thu, 9/18/08, eugene hayhoe <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
From: eugene hayhoe <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] Gotham Records and Goody Records
To: [log in to unmask]
Date: Thursday, September 18, 2008, 1:48 PM
Both Krazy Kat (in England) and Collectables in the U.S. have reissued a lot of Gotham material. Not sure what the business connections are.
Gene
--- On Thu, 9/18/08, Roger and Allison Kulp <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
From: Roger and Allison Kulp <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] Gotham Records and Goody Records
To: [log in to unmask]
Date: Thursday, September 18, 2008, 1:43 PM
There are two series of Gotham compilation CDs,one of gospel one of
R&B.Here's one of each
http://www.cduniverse.com/search/xx/music/pid/2681211/a/Best+Of+Gotham+Gospel.htm
http://www.cduniverse.com/search/xx/music/pid/1009274/a/Gotham+Recording+Stars.htm
Roger
--- On Wed, 9/17/08, Aaron Levinson <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
From: Aaron Levinson <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] Gotham Records and Goody Records
To: [log in to unmask]
Date: Wednesday, September 17, 2008, 8:06 AM
Amazingly Gotham still survives today as the Discmaker empire. They
recently bought CD Baby as a matter of fact. The Empire label was owned
by Morris Ballen and the Ballen family to my knowledge are still in the
driver's seat. They actually put out a surprisingly good number of
records in a variety of genres. I do not believe that the Gotham catalog
has ever been reissued but
someone should do it as the stuff was quite hip overall. As far as the
Goody connection goes I would be surprised if it was not Sam
Goody as Morris and Sam were to my knowledge contemporaries.
AA
Tom Fine wrote:
> I have a Gotham Records 78-RPM disk, part of an album of Don Jose
> rhumbas and sambas, that has the top of label with the Gotham emblem
> obviously pasted on top of the original label. Underneath is the song
> info and then across the bottom in small print is Goody Record Corp.
> Was Goody the original company or did Gotham buy out Goody or license
> Goody sides? Was this Goody the original Sam Goody himself?
>
> I would date this album from the late 1940's. Gotham Album Series G-1,
> "Rhumbas y Sambas Played by Don Jose and his Orchestra". The
other
> three disks in the set are Gotham original labels. The first three
> disks are Gotham 101, 102 and 103. The fourth disk, with the pasted
> Gotham emblem on top is 3004, I'm assuming that's the Goody
catalog
> number.
>
> Thanks for any/all info.
>
> -- Tom Fine
