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14th Oct 2016, 4:01 PM
	KeithS SUBS Member since Dec 2009 12492 Points Moderator	The Sale to Crowell- Collier Publishing Company The US part of the Concert Hall catalogue was sold to Crowell- Collier Publishing Company in July 1956. . Crowell-Collier bought only the US operation with a view to expanding their market for pre- recorded tapes The Josefowitz brothers will act for C-C in an advisory capacity In Europe, nothing changed and it was business as usual Nov 1956 Billboard Crowell-Collier in trouble with Vanguard Records for advertising tracks with Count Basie as “Guest” which shouldn’t have been made known for contractual reasons but on the up side they had just signed a contract to lease RCA Victor archive Jazz masters Spring 1957 March Ad in Billboard wants distributors to stock more product and an effort is being made to clear out non-sellers so everyone can concentrate on the good stuff Under new management, Concert Hall recordings were being offered at a knock down price with the note that certain were discontinued items and will never again be available CHS 1500, 1501 and 1502 announced as new releases June 1957 Crowell-Collier have acquired the rights to Dave Brubeck masters in a deal with Fantasy records. Releases will appear on the Jazztone label and must not compete with any Fantasy product. September 1957 Crowell-Collier trying to sell the whole Concert Hall Group even though everything is operating as usual with scheduled release etc. During C-C ownership much has been remastered and repackaged…newly recorded and new leasings made….BUT November 1957 Some key personnel leave C-C and set up their own production company called Bouree. George T. Simon is President. Alan Silver of Concert Hall and Jazztone will be Production manager December 1957 Crowell-Collier signs a deal with Urania Record Distributors whereby from Jan 01 1958 Urania will become responsible for the whole disc and stereo tape catalogues and a comment that” the mail order activities of Concert Hall and Jazztone will be sharply curtailed during the early months of 1958”