Re: [ARSCLIST] Shostakovich, was Re: [ARSCLIST] early CD bashing

["Steven C. Barr(x)" <stevenc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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From: "Thomas Stern" <sternth@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> accidentally opened this post and Musicraft caught my eye - perhaps you 
> are talking of some specific genre...,
> Musicraft had a large classical catalog in the late 30's, in addition to 
> the specialty items (Revuers, Cradle, Leadbelly, Sandburg etc.)
> They abandoned classical in the 40's. and turned to jazz and pop - an 
> impressive and important catalog
>   I am not particularly informed about the Asch classical material 
> (would like any info people would care to share).  Thanks.
> 
As I recall, Musicraft first appeared in the late nineteen-thirties
as (one of?) the first "indie" (i.e. neither ARC or RCA) labels, and
specialized in recording material that the "big guys" didn't (either
obscure artists, obscure genres or a combination of both...). With
the postwar/post-ban rise of "indie" labels by the hundreds, they
decided to enter the "mainstream" market (iirc, they got a distribution
set-up with GE...). I have, somewhere in my half-vast discographic
holdings, a fairly early Musicraft catalogue...if I can dig it out,
I'll post the contained info therein...

Steven C. Barr