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THIS IS FOR INFORMATION ONLY!
THIS IS NOT THE ALLEGRO, Founded in 1982, based in Portland, OR
The Allegro Label is one of many labels 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 R C A Victor (Radio Corporation of America),
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 now know that 'those'
artists 'moved' with Mr. Oberstein but their material did, since he signed them to RCA Victor, in doing so his
contract also gave him the rights to their 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. This is a life time of what happen,
but in short - 1945, "Obie" goes back to R C A Victor - as Head of Artists and Repertoire, that´s 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 is going to make them money - fox in the hen house). By May 1948, again out on his
own and now with several labels that he is marketing under, using the new LP (33 1/3 rpm) format - doing nothing more
than repressing the 78s into 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 Records, the
Allegro label here, Ultiphonic, Gramophone,
and more.
His catalogs 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.
We have no association with ALLEGRO RECORDS or any one in the recording industry.
Should you be interested in acquiring albums listed here (all of which are out of print), we suggest you to our
YOUR KEY TO COLLECTIBLES©
AUCTIONS/CLASSIFIEDS
Music Section
We are always working to get YOU a complete list of ALLEGRO RECORDS
Label Number - Artist - Album title [Issue Date when known][Billboard listing when known]
/ Between songs // Other side [when known]
This list is incomplete
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ALL 719 Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra - Piano Concerto In A Minor, Op. 16 (1964)(England) Molto Moderato //Adagio / Allegro Marcato |
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Marian McPartland & Jimmy McPartland - Mystery March/Herbie Mann & Joe Puma - Make Me Care/ Maxine Sullivan & Charlie Shavers - Loch Lomond/ John Kirby Sextet - Schubert´s Serenade/John Kirby Sextet - Jazz A La Classique// Tony Scott - Over & Over/Mary Lou Williams - Jericho/Earl "Fatha" Hines - Humoresque/Rex Stewart - Stewart's Blues |
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High Society/Yellow Dog Blues/South Rampart St./Ja Da// |
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The Sound Of Music/Maria/My Favorite Things/Do-Re-Mi/Sixteen Going On Seventeen// |
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Roy Orbison - Problem Child/Roy Orbison - You're My Baby/Jerry Lee Lewis - Bonnie B/Jerry Lee Lewis - Lewis Boogie/ |
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The Moors In Granada/Cante Jondo/Saeta In Sevilla/Allegrias// |
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A Spoonful Of Sugar/Let's Go Fly A Kite/Fidelity Fiduciary Bank/Step In Time/Chim Chim Cheree// |
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Strike Up The Band/I Guess I'll Have To Change My Plans/Chicago/Growing Pains/Life Is A Song// |
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Walking The Dog/Coconut Woman/Yellow Bird/Stone Cold Dead In De Market/Peanut Vendor// |
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Gypsy Love Song/I'm Falling In Love With Someone/A Kiss In The Dark/Sweethearts/Kiss Me Again/ When You're Away/Thine Alone/The Willow Plate Suite-Chang, The Lover-The Mandarin's Garden/ A Wedding Procession/The Little Garden House/Kong Shee/Spanish Serenade/Indian Summer/ Fleurette/Streets Of New York/I Want What I Want When I Want It/Mascot Of The Troop |
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Torna A Surriento/Chitarra Romano/Ticta ticta/Anema E Core/Oh, Marie/Luna Rossa/No Cara Piccina/Mama; ll Bacio// |
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I'm Through With Love/Don't Worry About Me/September Song/Gentleman Friend/I Feel So Smoochie/ Trouble Is A Man/It's Magic/The One I Love Belongs To Someone Else/It's You Or No One/Love Me Or Leave Me/ Hundred Years From Today/Time After Time/Everything I Have Is Yours/Lover Man |
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If YOU have any ALLEGRO CDs, Records, or Tapes to sell - please do so in the
YOUR KEY TO COLLECTIBLES©
AUCTIONS/CLASSIFIEDS
ALL 770 Various Artists - The Golden Era Of Dixieland Jazz
ALL 777 The Parris Mitchell Strings - The Sound Of Music [1965]
ALL 778 Roy Orbison, Jerry Lee Lewis & Tommy Roe - Roy Orbison Sings [1965]
ALL 780 Carlos Montoya - Flamenco Guitar [1965]
ALL 781 Various Artists - Songs From Mary Poppins [1966][UK]
ALL R 799 Tony Bennett With Count Basie Orchestra - One Night Stand [1966][UK]
ALL 817 Russ Henderson And His Caribbean Boys - Caribbean Carnaval! [1966][UK]
AL-2 Not Given - Beethoven's Wonderful Sonata Opus 96
AL-5 Not Given - Bach's Italian
1412 Not Given - Wagner - Lohengrin-Arios
1413 Not Given - An Hour Of The World´s Greatest Overtures
1414 Not Given - Brahms: Symphony No. 2
1415 Not Given - Bach: The Clavierutbung-Partita No. 1 & 2
1416 Not Given - Bach: The Clavierutbung-Partita No. 4
1417 Not Given - Bach: The Clavierutbung-Partita No. 5 & 3
1418 Not Given - Bach: The Clavierutbung-Partita No. 6
1419 Not Given - Another Hour Of Light Concert Music
1420 Not Given - Prokofieff: Classic Symphony
1421 Not Given - The Two Great Favorites - Tschaikowsky: Nutcracker Suite/Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue
1422 Andres Segovia - Andres Segovia plays Bach Suite Rey De La Torre
1423 Not Given - The Hit Songs
1424 Not Given - Liszt: Hungarian Rhapsodies No. 1, & 15 - Rumanian Rhapsody
1425 Not Given - Arthur Murray Teaches - The Rhumba/The Fox Trot
1426 Not Given - William Shakespear - The Merry Wives of Windsor
1427 Not Given - An Hour of "The Most Beautiful Girl In The World"
1428 Not Given - Boris Godounov: Arias
1429 Not Given - Wagner: Die Meistersinger Von Nurnberg-Arias
1430 Not Given - Von Weber: Der Freischutz-Arias 
1432 Not Given - Mozart: Co Fan Juttl-Arias 
1432 Not Given - Another Hour Of Instrumental Favorites
1433 Not Given - The Heart Of The Islands In Song
1434 Not Given - 16 Brahms Hungarian Dances
1435 Not Given - Bruch: Violin Concerto-G Minor/Beethoven: Sonata No. 5 "Spring"
1436 Not Given - An Hour Of "Soft Lights And Sweet Music"
L1510-A7 Various Artists - Tops in Pops
1572 Kurt Maier - Echoes of Italy (Allegro Royale)
1903 Kurt Maier Pianist with Rhythm - Sampler of 10 Encore Records (Allegro Royale)
1904 Varied - Opera Sampler (Allegro Royale)
4106 Sarah Vauhgan - Sarah Vauhgan Sings 10" (8 tracks)
ACS 8034 K. Perkins/American Radio Symphony Orchestra/M. Brown, conductor - Rhapsody in Blue / An American In Paris (Cassette)