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Greetings, This email is for anyone currently doing research on Club '99' Records. I was Ellen Lebow's tape editor and did the shipping for the most of 10 years (1971-1980). We worked out of her home at 42-39 81st St in Elmhurst, NY. I never got into a lot of detail or history about the company. I left Ellen in 1980. She passed away a few years later. I have 99% of the Club '99' collection on LP and quite a few CDs. I can give you a few facts which you may or may not have. In no particular order: Bernard "Ben" Lebow died in 1968. Unfortunately, I never met him. He produced or help produce other labels such as Period and Scala. Ben Lebow also hosted/narrated a radio program called "Great Artists of the Past". I HAVE ONE OF THOSE PROGRAMS ARCHIVED. Their engineer was the late David B. Hancock who was also a pianist. Number 119, "Tales of Offenbach II" was never produced though the test pressing was. I have it, though there is no listing of who the artists are - no paperwork. Ellen also had plans to issue Emilio De Gogorza, and she had plans to issue a series called "Wagner's Master Singers". Ellen sold the Club 99 master tapes to Qualiton in the early 80s. I have the complete catalogue on paper and JPG plus a few pages of newspaper articles which were printed along with the catalogue. I can email them. Ben Roth Recorded Sound Archives Florida Atlantic University -----Original Message----- From: Association for Recorded Sound Discussion List [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of David Lewis Sent: Friday, September 18, 2015 12:03 AM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] New York Gramophone Society - questions Thomas, I don't know much, but I have work in progress towards a study of Club 99. 55 is pretty far along in their chronology, suggesting that the Kipnis Testimonial Record was picked up by Club 99 after NYGS ran out of stock on the title. I had the Matzenaur once; it was very nice, red vinyl record. best, Dave Lewis Hamilton, OH On Sat, Sep 12, 2015 at 9:35 PM, Thomas Stern <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > 1. Would someone provide a brief (or not so brief) history of the NEW > YORK GRAMOPHONE SOCIETY ?? > > I've googled, and found various bits of information: > > started mid-1950's > > board of governors: including John Secrist, Bert Annenberg, John > Christie, Robert Nathan, and Ely Winer > > headed by Albert Wolf and Ely C. Winer > > ended about 1969 with death of Albert Wolf ?? > > > > 2. Recordings > > Issued by NYGS - LP L1 Alexander Kipnis Testamonial 1958 > > The track-list/title of this lp appears to be the same as CLUB > 99-55 > > WERE THERE ANY OTHERS ISSUED BY NYGS ??? > > > > "Produced for the New York Gramophone Society" > > COLLECTORS GUILD 611 Margaret Matzenauer-personal choice > > COLLECTORS GUILD 668 Maria Kurenko with Orchestra > > (is this from airchecks, 78's or newly recorded ?????) > > ANY OTHERS ??? > > What was the relationship between NYGS and CLUB 99 and Collectors > Guild ??? > > > > Thanks! > > Best wishes, Thomas. > > >