At this late date, I can't prove any of this, but I remember from my days selling Everest in Manhattan from shop to shop that there were two stores diagonally opposit one another at 4th St. and 1st or, possibly 2d Ave. One was Metro Music, the other's name I can't recall. An old NY phone book will supply the name. They catered to Jewish clientelle. The owner of Metro owned Menorah and I think the other had a large financial interest in Banner. Steve Smolian ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dave Lewis" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Wednesday, March 03, 2010 2:29 PM Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] Query regarding ownership of 78s - posted by Mike Gray No. This Banner was strictly a US Jewish-market label; although Wikipedia puts its founding in 1939, I always thought it was post-war. It is not related to ARC, and lasted into the LP era for at least 8 LP releases. They were the main label for the Barry Sisters until they signed with Roulette, and I had the idea -- don't know how -- that Mo Levy might have bought Banner in order to own their back catalogue. 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. 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 Assistant Editor, Classical Rovi Corporation Rovi. The new name for Macrovision. CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This email message (including any attachments) is for the sole use of the intended recipient and may contain confidential and privileged information -----Original Message----- From: Association for Recorded Sound Discussion List [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Art Shifrin Sent: Tuesday, March 02, 2010 9:48 PM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] Query regarding ownership of 78s - posted by Mike Gray Is the Banner Records of the Plaza Music Group & later ARC the same as what became Leisure Time Music? My guess is no, but it'd be worth clarifying. Art (Shiffy) Shifrin www.shifrin.net