Produced by Eli "Obie" Oberstein's Record Corporation of America from 1939 through 1957
Mr. Oberstein tendered his resignation on March 1, 1939 to the (Radio Corporation of America) RCA Victor, where he worked. At the time, the trade publication Variety announced that Artie Shaw, Tommy Dorsey, Larry Clinton, Sammy Kaye, Dick Todd and Buddy Clark expected to join him. Mr. Oberstein along with his partners; Phillip Kastel, Lewis A. Jaffa are forming a company, tentatively named 'Discs, Inc.' and will be releasings records by the above name artists. Those first group of labels was Variety/Varsity/Elite. Well, we know now that 'those' artists did not 'move' with Mr. Oberstein but their material did, since 'he' signed those folks to RCA Victor, but in doing so his contract also gave him 'rights' to that material - so he just reissued the material under another musician's name who was not as well known at the time of the first issues on the RCA Victor label. Now this is a life time of what happens but in short - in 1945, "Obie" goes back to RCA Victor - as Head of Artists and Repertoire, the section that 'finds' artists and who is going to be promoted. (This is a guys who took from them in the first place and is now allowed to see who they are going to make them money - fox in the hen house). By May 1948 he is again out on his own and now has several labels that he is marketing under, using the new LP format - doing nothing more than repressing the 78s in to 45 rpm, 33 1/3 in both 10" then 12" formats. By the 50s, Mr. Oberstein was reissuing material recorded for his labels on new "junk" labels such as Royale, Allegro, Ultiphonic, Gramophone, and more.

The catalog consisted of re-releases of Allegro Records and tapes from German radio along with masters from the old 78 RPM Sonora, Majestic and Musicraft labels. The Tops label, including masters recorded by the old Black and White label was acquired around 1955 and jazz material was obtained from Savoy and the German Climax label. When The American Federation of Musicians refused to sign a contract with Oberstein, new releases used instrumental backups recorded in Europe to back American performers. Thats how he worked his way around it - have artist do their thing - then have the backups to their thing - then mix the two - and press the recording.

Royale 1201 Berlin Symphony Orchestra - Strauss Waltzes On The Beautiful Blue Danube / Wine Women And Song / Enjoy Your Lives / Music Of The Spheres / Acceleration Waltzemperor Waltz

Royale 1202 Berlin Symphony Orchestra - Viennse Waltzes Need Information

Royale 1214 Arthur Sanford and Carlo Vidusso Piano Duet - Chopin Need Information

Royale 1215 Arthur Sanford and Carlo Vidusso Piano Duet - Piano Melodies of Chopin Need Information

Royale 1216 Not Given - Tschanikowsky Music Need Information

Royale 1217 Not Given - Groeg Program Need Information

Royale 1226 Rome Symphony Orchestra - Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6 [1951] Need Information

Royale 1227 Not Given - Music of the Ballet Need Information

Royale 1233 Royal Dance Orchestra - An Hour of Light Concert Music Need Information

Royale 1237 Rome Symphony Orchestra - Borodin: Symphony No. 2 [1951] Need Information

Royale 1244 Not Given - Paino Encores Need Information

Royale 1245 Varied - Violin Echoes of Vienna Need Information

Royale 1246 Not Given - Prokifiev: Peter and the Wolf/Debussy: Children's Corner Suite Need Information

Royale 1249 Not Given - An Hour of Viennse Waltzes Need Information

1250 Royal Dance Orchestra - An Hour of American Waltzes The Waltz You Saved For Me / Three O'Clock In The Morning / Two Hearst In Waltz Time / Let Me Call You Sweetheart / Alice Blue Gown / Carolina Moon / Poeme // Meet Me Tonight In Dreamland / Memory Lane / Waiting / Missouri Waltz / In Apple Blossom Time / Wabash Moon / Beautiful Ohio

Royale 1257 Berlin Symphony Orchestra conductor Karl List - Dvorak: Symphony No. 9 [1952] Need Information

1277 Royal Dance Orchestra - Dance Party - An Hour Of Modern Dance Tempos Rhumba Fantasy / La Cumparsita / Minute Samba / I'm Living From Kiss To Kiss / Bomba / Baila La Conga / Momba // All Through The Night / The Charleston / Clarinet Polka / Let Me Call You Sweetheart / Emperor Waltz / Down Yonder / Virginia Reel / Red River Valley With Calls

Royale 1254 Royal Dance Orchestra - An Hour of Latin American Rhythms Need Information

Royale 1255 Lani McIntire and His Hawaiians - An Hour of Hawaiian Melodies Need Information

Royale 1259 Not Given - Strauss/Bach Need Information

Royale 1274 Royal Dance Orchestra - An Hour of Star Dust Pop Concert Need Information

Royale 1275 Not Given - Falla: Nights in the Gardens of Spain/Mozart: Eine Kleine Nachtmusik Need Information

Royale 1277 Royal Dance Orchestra - Dance Party Need Information

Royale 1281 Hans Sieder and His Zither Music - Mysterious Music of Romance Need Information

Royale 1283 Not Given - Moussorgsky: Pictures At An Exhibition Need Information

Royale 1285 Not Given - An Hour of Piano Dance Music Need Information

Royale 1294 Not Given - Khachaturian: Gayne Ballet Suite/Rimsky Korsanoff: Caproccop Espagnol Need Information

Royale 1295 Vocal by The Caroleers - An Hour of Christmas Musice Need Information

Royale 1296 Not Given - An Hour of Modern Piano Rhythms Need Information

Royale 1300 Not Given - Greig Peer Gynt Suite Nos. 1 & 2 Need Information

Royale 1310 Hugo Wolf - An Hour of Lieder Need Information

Royale 1311 Smetana Die Moldau Hindemith Der Schwanendreher Need Information

Royale 1313 Berlin Symphony Orchestra conductor Karl List - Debussy: Afternoon of a Faun/Ravel: Bolero Need Information

Royale 1318 Mary Bothwell - An Hour of Concert Songs Need Information

Royale 1319 Not Given - Tschaikowsky: Swain Lake Ballet Need Information

Royale 1324 Not Given - Prokofieff:Kue Suite Need Information

Royale 1326 Not Given - An Hour of Popular Favorites Need Information

Royale 1332 Not Given - An Hour of Cole Porter Tunes Need Information

Royale 1336 Not Given - An Hour of Operetta Instrmentals Need Information

Royale 1337 Not Given - Delibes: Coppelia Ballet / Choplin: Les Sylphides Need Information

Royale 1338 Not Given - An Hour of George Gershwin Need Information

Royale 1342 Not Given - Stravinsky Petrochka Need Information

Royale 1343 Not Given - An Hour of Irving Berlin Need Information

Royale 1344 Richard Strauss - Don Juan and others Need Information

Royale 1345 Not Given - Latin Hour With Noro Morales Need Information

Royale 1357 Not Given - Hour with Tschaikowsky Need Information

Royale 1362 Not Given - Wagner/Brahms Need Information

Royale 1364 Not Given - Hour with Chopin Need Information

Royale 1370 Not Given - Hour with Richard Strauss Need Information

Royale 1371 Not Given - Hour with Franz Schubert Need Information

Royale 1374 Not Given - Hour with Mendelssohn Need Information

Royale 1375 Not Given - Handel: Concerto Grosso No. 1, No. 3, No. 5 Need Information

Royale 1380 Not Given - Beethoven Overtures Need Information

Royale 1382 Not Given - Berlioz Overtures Need Information

Royale 1384 Not Given - Berlioz: Harold in Italy Need Information

Royale 1388 Not Given - Listz Need Information

Royale 1389 Royal Dance Orchestra - An Hour of Tops in Pop Need Information

Royale 1393 Berlin Symphony Orchestra - Bach: Suite No. 3/No. 1 Need Information

Royale 1394 Berlin Symphony Orchestra - Concert Hour Need Information

Royale 1396 Royale Singing Strings Orchestra - An Hour of Your Favorites Need Information

Royale 1399 Berlin Symphony Orchestra - An Hour with Wagner Need Information

Royale 1400 Royale String Quartet - Beethoven: Quartet in D Major, Op.18, No. 3 Need Information

Royale 1401 Berlin Symphony Orchestra - Debussy La Mer Need Information

Royale 1403 Berlin Symphony Orchestra - Smetana/Von Weber Need Information

Royale 1405 Artie Shaw - An Hour of Artie Shaw Need Information

Royale 1405 Royal Male Quartet - An Hour of Songs of America Need Information

Royale 1407 Berlon Symphony Orchestra - Tschaikowsky's Sleeping Beauty Suite Need Information

Royale 1413 Berlin Symphony Orchestra - An Hour of the World's Greatest Overtures Need Information

Royale 1415 Rosalyn Tureck, Pianist - Bach: "The Clavieruebung" Need Information

Royale 1416 Rosalyn Tureck, Pianist - Bach: "The Clavieruebung" Need Information

Royale 1417 Varied - Bach: "The Clavieruebung" Need Information

Royale 1418 Varied - Bach: "The Clavieruebung" Need Information

Royale 1419 Royal Concert Orchestra - Another Hour of Light Concert Music Need Information

Royale 1420 Royal Concert Orchestra - Two Great Favorites Need Information

Royale 1422 Andres Segovia - Plays: Bach Suite Need Information

Royale 1424 Berlin Symphony Orchestra - Listz: Hungarian Rhapsodies Need Information

Royale 1425 Arthur Murray Teaches - The Rhumba Need Information

Royale 1426 Arthur Murray Teaches - The Fox Trot Need Information

Royale 1427 Ted Straeter and His Orchestra - An Hour of "The Most Beautiful Girl In The World" Need Information

Royale 1432 Royal Concert Ensemble - Another Hour of Instrumental Favorites Need Information

Royale 1433 Lani McIntire and His Hawaiians - The Heart of the Islands in Song [1952] Mono Kuu Aina Aloha / Aloha and Goodnight / My Purple Lio / Lei Aloha / Hula Lullaby / Hawaiian Lei of Love / Halihi // Beautiful Carnation / Polynesian Rhythm / Little Menehunse / Drums of Samoa / Lullaby / Enchantment / Steel Guitar

Royale 1434 Berlin Symphony Orchestra - 16 Brahms Hungarian Dances Need Information

Royale 1436 Royal Concert Orchestra - An Hour of "Soft Lights and Sweet Music" Need Information

Royale 1437 Berlin Symphony Orchestra - A Mozart Program Need Information

Royale 1439 Frank Conners and His Orchestra - An Hour of Irish Ballads Need Information

Royale 1441 Berlin Symphony Orchestra - George Handel Water Music Suite Need Information

Royale 1443 Three Suns and The Royale Cocktail Group - Cocktail Hour Jealousy / Girl of My Dreams / Flower Dance / Who's Sorry Now / Busy Holiday / Stardust / Barcarolle // When Your Smiling / Body And Soul / Get Happy / Tea For Two / Ohmarie / Chop Sticks / Stella By Starlight

Royale 1444 Berlin Symphony Orchestra - Mozart Need Information

Royale 1445 Royal Polka Players - An Hour of the Most Popular Polkas Need Information

Royale 1447 Louis Shankson and Ira Wright - An Hour of Piano Duet Favorites Need Information

Royale 1448 Berlin Symphony Orchestra - Another Hour of Tschaikowsky Popular Melodies Need Information

Royale 1449 Louis Shankson - Piano Pop Melodies Need Information

Royale 1450 Andrew Andrews, organist - An Hour of Revered Organ Melodies Need Information

Royale 1451 Andrew Andrews, organist - An Hour of Popular Organ Selections Need Information

Royale 1466 Artie Shaw - Artie Shaw Hour Need Information

Royale 1500 Not Given - An Hour Of Christmas Orchestral Music Need Information

Royale 1501 Not Given - All The Favorite Christmas Carols Need Information

Royale 1600 Not Given - That Boogie Beat Need Information

Royale 1601 Varied - Trovatore/Verdi Highlights Need Information

Royale 1602 Leonid Hambro, Piano - Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 19, No. 17 Need Information

Royale 1603 Hilde Reggiani - Coloratura Soprano Need Information

Royale 1604 Jaye P. Morgan - Have You Ever Been Lonely Need Information

Royale 1605 Georgoa Gibbs - Ballin' the Jack Need Information

Royale 1606 Gordon MaCrae - They Say It's wonderful Need Information

Royale 1607 Varied - All Star Revue Need Information

Royale 1608 Sarah Vaughan - When We're Alone Need Information

Royale 1609 Not Given - An American In Paris Need Information

Royale 1610 Jan Peerce - Jan Peerce Tenor Need Information

Royale 1611 Maria Leone, Willa Stewart, Mary Henderson, Lois Hunt, Brenda Lewis - Puccini: Soprano Solos Need Information

Royale 1612 Robert Riefling, Pianist, The Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra - Edvard Grieg Concerto In A Minor Need Information

Royale 1613 Metropolitan Opera - Martial Singher Need Information

Royale 1614 Metropolitan Opera - Pagliacci Highlights Need Information

Royale 1616 Metropolitan Opera - Butterfly Highlights/Faust Highlights Need Information

Royale 1617 Metropolitan Opera - Lucia Di Lammermoor Highlights Need Information

Royale 1619 Giorgio Bardi, Valentino, Bruno Landi, Hilde Reggiani, Jan Peerce, Orch. and Chorus of the Teatro Eliseo - Rigoletto Highlights Need Information

Royale 1620 Fred Burton - Encores Of Ragtime Need Information

Royale 1827 Not Given - Dave Rose Hits [1954] 10" recorded in Europe Need Information

Royale 1880 Not Given - Old Time Quartet [1954] 10" Need Information

Royale 18107 Royale Fiddlers/Royale Polkateers - Swing Your Partner 10" recorded in Europe Hornpipe / Shut the Door / Raggedy Ann / Bile Bem Cabbage Down / Irish Dance // The American Polka / Funny Polka / Up Tempo Polka / Belgian Polka / Slav Polka / Bright Polka

Royale 18136 Fontaine Sisters - Fontaine Sisters and Orchestra [1955] 10" Hi Fi Need Information

Royale 18140 Milton Cross (Narrator) - The Nutcracker Suite [1955] 10" Hi Fi Need Information

Royale 18144 Not Given - Hits from Ziegfield Follies [1955] 10" Hi Fi Need Information

Royale 18153 Pee Wee Hunt - Pee Wee Hunt & His Dixieland Band [1956] 10" (6 tracks) Muskrat Ramble / Basin Street Blues / The Preacher and the Bear // Royal Garden Blues / Sunny Side of the Street / After You've Gone

Royale 18165 Not Given - Music of Duke Ellington and Others [1956] 10" Hi Fi Need Information

Royale 18166 Earl "Fatha" Hines - Great Jazz Piano Solos - 10" (6 tracks) Monday Date / Off Time Blues / Panther Rag // Stowaway / Just Too Soon / Chicago High Life

Royale 18169 Teddy Wilson - Teddy Wilson His All Stars and Orchestra [1956] 10" Hi Fi Need Information