Gilmar Records G-257 Compact Long Play

 

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In 1956, Martian Gilbert formed Gilmar Records. Martian then kicked off his label's success with an extensive radio, television, and newspaper ad campaign selling a three-record set of E.P. 45s containing 18 hit songs. The campaign was a success and had nearly 10,000 orders placed. At first, the 45/78 rpm records were pressed with three songs per side. Also, they issued compact LPs with four hits per side. The 45 rpm generic sleeves suggest they made 12 inch LPs too- but I have never seen them (although I suspect they may have been issued on the Value Record label). Soon the 78 rpm releases were dropped, and the number of songs increased per side to eight songs per 45 rpm EP and five songs per 33 1/3 rpm compact LP. The company sponsored a TV program in the '60s named "The Record Hop." Gilmar Records folded sometime in the mid to late '60s (the exact date this occurred is uncertain).  

Tracklist:  

A1: Boll Weevil Song 

A2: Raindrops 

A3: Travelin' Man 

A4: Quarter To Three 

B1: Stand By Me

 B2: Writing On The Wall 

B3: Running Scared 

B4: Mama Said  

No artists are credited on the record label, and Gilmar Record sleeves were all generic (i.e., they were not release specific).

Vienna State Opera Orchestra- Dvorak Symphony in D Minor Op Posthumous (Concert Hall Records F-11) 1952

 

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Per Discogs: "Concert Hall Society, Inc. was a record club founded in 1946. The company originally announced that it would turn out only 2,000 copies of its albums, pressing directly from "masters" and thus eliminating the "mother" and "stamper" discs used for mass production of commercial records. However, this policy was only maintained during the first few years. Concert Hall quite rapidly evolved into a budget label for classical music, often operating as a record sales club in various countries. Releases were available only to members.

[The] President of Concert Hall was Dr. David Josefowitz.

Concert Hall didn't have a pressing plant of its own but had its releases - and those of its various sub-labels - pressed by various pressing plants and then distributed across the US, Canada[,] and Europe. There were also releases for the Japanese market." (https://www.discogs.com/label/44301-Concert-Hall : accessed 26 July 2021)

Symphony In D Minor, Op. Posth.

Composed By – Antonín Dvořák

• A1  1st Mvt.: Allegro 
• A2  2nd Mvt.: Andante 
• B1  3rd Mvt.: Scherzo: Allegro Feroce 
• B2  4th Mvt.: Finale: Allegro Con Brio

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