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14th Oct 2016, 4:01 PM
	KeithS SUBS Member since Dec 2009 12492 Points Moderator	Here's what I've got on Concert Hall.....any further input welcome CONCERT HALL GROUP In The US Started by The Josefowitz brothers Concert Hall Society was advertising LP’s in record catalogues starting 1950 The Handel Society began in late 1951 and discs were available in 1952 catalogues The Chamber Music Society began in May 1952 and offered LP’s in red vinyl All above three labels were available in retail stores but in an effort to supply customers in a post order club form , Musical Masterworks Society was formed. Legal problems with Columbia over the “Masterworks” title led to a renaming - Musical Masterpiece Society. In 1953, popularity of the series meant a change of address to larger premises Nov 1954 Billboard Bell records have closed a deal with Musical Masterpieces for the distribution of its Pop Music Masters in various European countries. MMS and its affiliate Concert Hall operate mail order record clubs here and abroad MMS will now have access to Bell masters it feels suitable for exploitation in European countries where it currently operates including France, Holland Switzerland and Western Germany. The deal will not include Great Britain where Bell are attempting a separate deal. Also excluded are Belgium & Luxembourg The Varieton label was used for Pop Material 1955 Billboard “Concert Hall With its Musical Masterpiece Society, Opera Society and Jazztone is operating in virtually all European countries:- Holland, France, Germany, Italy. The biggest operation is in West Germany where most of the records are pressed Jazztone began 1955 In 1955 Concert Hall had bought the master recordings of the defunct Dial and Pax labels and began the Jazztone imprint releasing an impressive array of artists into the European market – all available through a catalogue and post order service. Each month an archive recording and a new recording would appear and in August it was reported that ten albums were already in the catalogue In March 1955 they announced that these same recordings would now be available in retail shops but on the Concert Hall Label. Jazztone will now be only 12” discs but Concert Hall can still be available on 10”. According to the Sound Foundation site, Jazztone ceased to be in 1960 May 1955 Billboard Concert Hall has acquired the mail-order rights for Milt Gabler’s Commodore label for release on Jazztone. Among the Commodore masters are sides by Jelly Roll Morton from when Gabler bought out Hazard Reeves’ General Records May 1956 Billboard Concert Hall varies its operations in each country.Many of its discs are pressed in the US. Some are made in one European country and shipped to another. In some countries the outfit simply supplies the discs to a local mail order promoter – in others it maintains its own organisation.