ROYALE RECORDS

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. The he way around it was have artist do their thing - then have the backups to their thing - then mix the two - and press the recording.

Label Number - Artist - Album title [Issue Date when known][Billboard listing when known]
/ Between songs // Other side [when known]

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
Royale 1214 Arthur Sanford and Carlo Vidusso Piano Duet - Chopin
Royale 1215 Arthur Sanford and Carlo Vidusso Piano Duet - Piano Melodies of Chopin
Royale 1216 Not Given - Tschanikowsky Music
Royale 1217 Not Given - Groeg Program

Royale 1244 Not Given - Paino Encores
Royale 1245 Varied - Violin Echoes of Vienna
Royale 1246 Not Given - Prokifiev: Peter and the Wolf/Debussy: Children's Corner Suite
Royale 1249 Not Given - An Hour of Viennse Waltzes

Royale 1250 Royal Dance Orchestra - An Hour of American Waltzes
Royale 1254 Royal Dance Orchestra - An Hour of Latin American Rhythms
Royale 1255 Lani McIntire and His Hawaiians - An Hour of Hawaiian Melodies
Royale 1259 Not Given - Strauss/Bach

Royale 1275 Not Given - Falla: Nights in the Gardens of Spain/Mozart: Eine Kleine Nachtmusik
Royale 1277 Royal Dance Orchestra - Dance Party

Royale 1281 Hans Sieder and His Zither Music - Mysterious Music of Romance
Royale 1283 Not Given - Moussorgsky: Pictures At An Exhibition
Royale 1285 Not Given - An Hour of Piano Dance Music

Royale 1294 Not Given - Khachaturian: Gayne Ballet Suite/Rimsky Korsanoff: Caproccop Espagnol
Royale 1295 Vocal by The Caroleers - An Hour of Christmas Musice
Royale 1296 Not Given - An Hour of Modern Piano Rhythms

Royale 1300 Not Given - Greig Peer Gynt Suite Nos. 1 & 2
Royale 1310 Hugo Wolf - An Hour of Lieder
Royale 1311 Smetana Die Moldau Hindemith Der Schwanendreher
Royale 1313 Not Given - Debussy: Afternoon of a Faun/Ravel: Bolero
Royale 1318 Mary Bothwell - An Hour of Concert Songs
Royale 1319 Not Given - Tschaikowsky: Swain Lake Ballet
Royale 1324 Not Given - Prokofieff:Kue Suite
Royale 1326 Not Given - An Hour of Popular Favorites

Royale 1332 Not Given - An Hour of Cole Porter Tunes
Royale 1336 Not Given - An Hour of Operetta Instrmentals
Royale 1337 Not Given - Delibes: Coppelia Ballet / Choplin: Les Sylphides
Royale 1338 Not Given - An Hour of George Gershwin
Royale 1342 Not Given - Stravinsky Petrochka
Royale 1343 Not Given - An Hour of Irving Berlin
Royale 1344 Richard Strauss - Don Juan and others
Royale 1345 Not Given - Latin Hour With Noro Morales

Royale 1370 Not Given - Hour with Richard Strauss
Royale 1371 Not Given - Hour with Franz Schubert
Royale 1374 Not Given - Hour with Mendelssohn
Royale 1375 Not Given - Handel: Concerto Grosso No. 1, No. 3, No. 5

Royale 1380 Not Given - Beethoven Overtures
Royale 1382 Not Given - Berlioz Overtures
Royale 1384 Not Given - Berlioz: Harold in Italy
Royale 1388 Not Given - Listz
Royale 1389 Royal Dance Orchestra - An Hour of Tops in Pop

Royale 1393 Berlin Symphony Orchestra - Bach: Suite No. 3/No. 1,
Royale 1394 Berlin Symphony Orchestra - Concert Hour
Royale 1396 Royale Singing Strings Orchestra - An Hour of Your Favorites
Royale 1399 Berlin Symphony Orchestra - An Hour with Wagner

Royale 1400 Royale String Quartet - Beethoven: Quartet in D Major, Op.18, No. 3
Royale 1401 Berlin Symphony Orchestra - Debussy La Mer
Royale 1403 Berlin Symphony Orchestra - Smetana/Von Weber
Royale 1405 Artie Shaw - An Hour of Artie Shaw
Royale 1405 Royal Male Quartet - An Hour of Songs of America
Royale 1407 Berlon Symphony Orchestra - Tschaikowsky's Sleeping Beauty Suite
Royale 1413 Berlin Symphony Orchestra - An Hour of the World's Greatest Overtures
Royale 1415 Rosalyn Tureck, Pianist - Bach: "The Clavieruebung"
Royale 1416 Rosalyn Tureck, Pianist - Bach: "The Clavieruebung"
Royale 1417 Varied - Bach: "The Clavieruebung"
Royale 1418 Varied - Bach: "The Clavieruebung"
Royale 1419 Royal Concert Orchestra - Another Hour of Light Concert Music

Royale 1420 Royal Concert Orchestra - Two Great Favorites
Royale 1422 Andres Segovia - Plays: Bach Suite
Royale 1424 Berlin Symphony Orchestra - Listz: Hungarian Rhapsodies
Royale 1425 Arthur Murray Teaches - The Rhumba
Royale 1426 Arthur Murray Teaches - The Fox Trot
Royale 1427 Ted Straeter and His Orchestra - An Hour of "The Most Beautiful Girl In The World"

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
Royale 1436 Royal Concert Orchestra - An Hour of "Soft Lights and Sweet Music"
Royale 1437 Berlin Symphony Orchestra - A Mozart Program
Royale 1439 Frank Conners and His Orchestra - An Hour of Irish Ballads

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
Royale 1445 Royal Polka Players - An Hour of the Most Popular Polkas
Royale 1447 Louis Shankson and Ira Wright - An Hour of Piano Duet Favorites
Royale 1448 Berlin Symphony Orchestra - Another Hour of Tschaikowsky Popular Melodies
Royale 1449 Louis Shankson - Piano Pop Melodies
Royale 1450 Andrew Andrews, organist - An Hour of Revered Organ Melodies
Royale 1451 Andrew Andrews, organist - An Hour of Popular Organ Selections
Royale 1466 Artie Shaw - Artie Shaw Hour

Royale 1500 Not Given - AN HOUR OF CHRISTMAS ORCHESTRAL MUSIC
Royale 1501 Not Given - ALL THE FAVORITE CHRISTMAS CAROLS

Royale 1600 Not Given - That Boogie Beat
Royale 1601 Varied - TROVATORE/VERDI HIGHLIGHTS
Royale 1602 Leonid Hambro, Piano - MOZART: Piano Concerto No. 19, No. 17
Royale 1603 Hilde Reggiani - Coloratura Soprano
Royale 1604 Jaye P. Morgan - Have You Ever Been Lonely
Royale 1605 Georgoa Gibbs - Ballin' the Jack
Royale 1606 Gordon MaCrae - They Say It's wonderful
Royale 1607 Varied - All Star Revue
Royale 1608 Sarah Vaughan - When We're Alone
Royale 1609 Not Given - An American In Paris
Royale 1610 Jan Peerce - Jan Peerce Tenor
Royale 1611 Maria Leone, Willa Stewart, Mary Henderson, Lois Hunt, Brenda Lewis - PUCCINI: SOPRANO SOLOS
Royale 1612 Robert Riefling, Pianist, The Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra - EDVARD GRIEG CONCERTO IN A MINOR
Royale 1613 Metropolitan Opera - MARTIAL SINGHER
Royale 1614 Metropolitan Opera - PAGLIACCI HIGHLIGHTS
Royale 1616 Metropolitan Opera - BUTTERFLY HIGHLIGHTS/FAUST HIGHLIGHTS
Royale 1617 Metropolitan Opera - LUCIA Di LAMMERMOOR HIGHLIGHTS
Royale 1619 Giorgio Bardi, Valentino, Bruno Landi, Hilde Reggiani, Jan Peerce, Orch. and Chorus of the Teatro Eliseo - RIGOLETTO HIGHLIGHTS
Royale 1620 Fred Burton - Encores Of Ragtime

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 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 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

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