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Multinational label. 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, cutting directly from "masters" and thus eliminating the "mother" and "stamper" discs used for mass production of commercial records. This policy was only maintained during the first few years, however, and 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. President of Concert Hall was Dr. . 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 all across the US, Canada and Europe. There were also releases for the Japanese market. Some plants can be identified by 1 or 2 letters on the labels: AH = Artone Holland P = Philips Phonografische Industrie or Phonodisc B.V. D, M = unknown PE = Philips Records Ltd. (Philips England) TU = Turicaphon AG Some other plants can only be detected in the runouts: ARC = Allentown Record Co. Inc. I = RCA Records Pressing Plant, Indianapolis M1, M3, M6 = Pathé Marconi, Chatou R = RCA Records Pressing Plant, Rockaway TU = Turicaphon AG Codes such as "F8OL-4513" or "E 3 K U 5586" on the labels and/or runouts would mean a mastering by an RCA Victor studio (see here for complete reference). Codes such as "EB-xxxx" (e.g. EB-2287) or "GB-xxx" (e.g. GB-288) on the labels and/or runouts would mean Manufactured By Capitol Custom.
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Mød Musiken
Danish series by Concert Hall, e.g. for the childrens introduction to music. In addition to the name appearing as a dominant text logo on center labels, it is also seen (sometimes exclusively) on...
Möt Musiken
La Grande Musica Della Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
A Series under the Parent Label .
Bourse De La Danse
French serie
Musical Masterpiece Society
Musical Masterpiece Society was a daughter of Concert Hall. Just as Concert Hall, Musical Masterpiece Society worked with a subscription for post-order, but with Musical Masterpiece Society one did...
Varieton
Cheap pressing multinational label (mainly Germany, Austria and Switzerland). Label Code: LC 33163
Musical Masterworks Society
Musical Masterworks society was the earliest name of the Musical Masterpiece Society label by David and Sam Josefowitz, founders of the Concert Hall Society. Because the name 'Masterwork" w...
Jazz Series
US series.
Sans Souci
Unterhaltungsplatten-Club der Concert Hall
Historical Recordings
Jazz & Blues recordings.
Introduction To Music
UK classical music educational series.
Musikalische Meisterwerke Serie
German series of Concert Hall / Musical Masterpiece Society
Rarities Collection
Reissue label later seen with Concert Hall Society logos
Edition limitée
Tante Ernas Kinderstunde
The company "Concert Hall" in Frankfurt am Main had various "labels" where you could sign up for. So also "Tante Ernas Kinderstunde". In the advertising brochure man reads: "Every month, as a memb...
Einführung In Die Musik
German 10 "LP series in which classical composers are presented in radio play form and with music examples, 1960/70s. Each issue contains an illustrated booklet-
Concert Hall Limited Recordings
Limited edition series, always pressed on various shades of red vinyl, which came in two types of editions: First, a subscription series of classical releases generally limited to 2000-3000 hand...
Schlagerserie
German 7" series, around late 1950s/ early 1960s
Discothèque
European (series) most likely from 1970's.
Contact Label
1st German address: Concert Hall GmbH Grüneburgweg 9 Frankfurt am Main Germany 2nd German address: Concert Hall GmbH Myliusstrasse 50 Frankfurt/M. Germany