weird Red Norvo lp i just found

[chewy-chew-chew-bean-benitez]

its on RAVE records- part of JEMO enterprises....okay, and on the back cover over the Rave logo in upper left corner- is a TAMPA label stiker plasterd over the other logo- Tampa TP-35, for $1.98, a 3.98 value----

WHAT THE HELLS UP W. THIS U GUYS....is it Rave, is it tampa, is rave really tampa, did tampa buy it out? whats up

its called NORVO....Naturally!

[Big Beat Steve]

Not weird at all, just obscure. I've had the VSOP repro reissue of the Rave LP for a number of years.

This was a 1957 recording issued in between his Contemoprary and RCA Victor dates. According to the discographies this record (on Rave 101) was reissued on Tampa 35. Looking at your LP, I guess when Tampa secured the rights to this they also obtained a batch of unsold Rave pressings and marketed them as their own by just slapping their label sticker on it.

Who knows ... might have happened with others too (Tampa reissuing recordings originally issued on Skylark, for example).

[The Magnificent Goldberg]

Skylark was owned by Robert Scherman. Was in existence from about 1950 to late 1954.

Tampa was owned by Robert Scherman & Irving Shorten. First record issued Jan 1955.

more later - Tesco delivering

MG

[AllenLowe]

I think that's the famous snuff LP - what you hear in the background is the sound of Red strangling Oscar Peterson -

[The Magnificent Goldberg]

Part 2

The only company Tampa took over in the fifties was Mode (end 1958).

Rave was owned by Jemo Recording Ent and started up in about April 1957. It was still making records in mid 1959, so I guess it must have been taken over some time in the sixties. I don't know who was behind Jemo.

MG

[gslade]

I think that's the famous snuff LP - what you hear in the background is the sound of Red strangling Oscar Peterson -

That made me spill my Lemonade