Boris Rose
Amateur engineer, radio recording enthusiast and record company executive, born January 4, 1918, died December 31, 2000. Rose was responsible for a host of bootleg labels, the most important being jazz radio broadcasts on [l=Alto Records], [l=Ozone (4)], and [l=Session Disc]. Others focused on popular entertainment or scores from musicals and dance movies, and a few were devoted to Country & Western. All in all he released about 400 LPs. Labels he created include these labels: [l=Accessor Pro] (1, Judy Garland) [l=Alto Records] (25, Various jazz artists) [l=Almagamated Records (4)] (1, Louis Armstrong And His Orchestra) [l=Ambrosia] (6, Lester Young) [l=Andros Records] (1, Andrew Sisters) [l=Antron] (1, Bing Crosby) [l=Aspen (3)] (2, Billie Holiday) [l=Axtor Disque] (3, Charlie Parker, Bud Powell) [l=Bamboo Industries Records] (1, Bunny Berigan) [l=Beppo] (1, Charlie Christian, Wes Montgomery) [l=Big Chief-Jerollomo] (1, one-off for Fletcher Henderson, Bill Harris, Sidney Bechet) [l=Big Molly] (1, Charlie Ventura) [l=Bombasi] (1, Charlie Parker, Lennie Tristano) [l=Bonsard] (1, Duke Ellington) [l=Boris Rose] (1, New Orleans Bootblacks) [l530097] (1, Nelson Eddy, Jeanette MacDonald) [l=Broadcast Tributes] (7, various Jazz and Pop) [l=Caliban] (50, Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Leslie Caron, Frank Sinatra, Doris Day, Betty Grable, Dick Powell, Ruby Keeler, Dorothy Lamour, Lloyd Nolan, Betty Hutton, Fred MacMurray, Gordon MacRae, Donald O´Connor, Andy Russell, Jeanette MacDonald, Lew Ayres, Jimmy Durante, Gloria De Haven, June Allyson, Paul Whiteman, Diamond Horseshoe, Eddie Cantor, Mae West, Mitzi Gaynor, Lucille Ball, Bing Crosby, Marion Davies, Marlene Dietrich, Pola Negri) [l=Carib (2)] (1, Benny Goodman) [l=Chakra (3)] (2 (identical), Miles Davis) [l=Chazzer] (7, George Auld, Red Rodney, Art Tatum, Thelonius Monk, Flip Philips, Bill Harris, Sonny Stitt, Gene Ammons, Al Cohn, Zoot Sims, Charlie Parker, Gerry Mulligan, Shorty Rogers, Chet Baker, Clark Terry, Bob Brookmeyer) [l=Country Loon] (2, Gene Autry) [l=Crazed Olaf Records] (1, Charlie Parker) [l=Critter Records] (1, Bing Crosby & Bob Hope) [l=Donna Discs] (1, Benny Goodman) [l=Drum Boogie Disc] (1, Gene Krupa) [l=Elysium (2)] (1, Charlie Parker) [l231672] (4, Coleman Hawkins) [l=Flankenzudeutch Istanbul] (1, Bing Crosby, Marlene Dietrich, Tallulah Bankhead) [l=Forsgate Products] (1, Bunny Berigan) [l=Fran Staterna] (1, Charlie Christian, Wardel Gray) [l=Frogbien Records] (1, Bing Crosby). [l=Ginzo Disc] (1, Woody Herman) [l=Girth Records (3)] (1, Paul Whiteman) [l1802157] (1, Brew Moore) [l=GRAPON] (1, Grace Moore, Lily Pons ) [l=Ho-Ho-Ho Records] (1, Bing Crosby & Frank Sinatra) [l=Invincible (3)] (1, Charlie Parker) [l=J For Jazz] (6, John Coltrane, Cecil Taylor, Charles Mingus, Phil Woods a.o.) [l=Jung Cat Records] (1, Charlie Parker, Various jazz artists) [l=Kasha King] (1, Radio broadcasts) [l=King Of Swing Records] (1, Benny Goodman) [l=La Mere D'Oiseau Disques] (2, Charlie Parker) [l=Lamton] (1, Bing Crosby) [l=Lee-Bee Discs] (1, Bing Crosby) [l=Main-Man] (1, Charlie Parker) [l=Meexa Discox] (1, Charlie Parker) [1] [l674424] (1, Miss Lee Wiley) [l=Memory Records (10)] (1, Al Jolson) [l=Mickoon's Menagerie] (2, Fats Waller / Jimmie Noone) [l=MK Records (9)] (1, Max Kaminsky) [l=Montage (7)] (1, Richie Kamuca, Duke Ellington, Jimmy Rushing) [l=Mopaque] (1, Chubby Jackson) [l=Movie God Records] (1, James Dean) [l=New Country Loon] (1, Gene Autry) [l=Oberon (2)] (1, Charlie Parker) [l=Obligato] (3, Judy Garland) [l=Okidoke Records] (1, Charlie Parker) [l=Ozone (4)] (25, Various jazz artists) [l=Parktec] (1, Charlie Parker) [l=Parade Of Hits (2)] (1, Bunny Berigan) [l=Pelican Records (22)] (1, Bing Crosby) [l=Pianola (2)] (1, Hank Duncan) [l=Peace-Maker Discs] (1, Gene Autry) [l=Pelekum Records] (1, Erskine Hawkins, Count Basie) [l=Pilgrim (3)] (2, Judy Garland, Betty Grable, Patsy Kelly, Fanny Brice, Allan Jones (5)) [l=Prairie Justice] (1, Gene Autry) [l1282667] (1, Al Jolson) [l=Radiex (3)] (1, Abbot & Costello And Amos & Andy) [l=Ragtime (7)] (1, Pat's Ragtime Boys) [l=Richelieu] (1, Charlie Parker, Lennie Tristano) [l=Royal Klompfott] (1, Coleman Hawkins, Roy Eldridge) [l=Sabie] (1, Count Basie) [2] [l=Session Disc] (26, Various jazz artists) [l=Skata] (1, Duke Ellington) [l=Sneaker Records (2)] (1, Fats Navarro, Anita O'Day, Tadd Dameron) [l=Sirob Esor Haaki Riccoon Limited] (1, Celestin & Picou) [l=Sootam] (1, Bing Crosby) [l=Soted] (1, Sophie Tucker & Ted Lewis) [l=Stardust Records (21)] (4, Duke Ellington) [l=Stycon] (3, Red Allen, 'Hot Lips' Page, Cecil Scott) [l=Sunburst (7)] (1, Duke Ellington) [l=Talcrip!] (2, Fats Navarro, Anita O'Day & Tadd Dameron) [l=Tap-Time] (1, Bing Crosby, Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers) [l=Tetco] (1, The Duke Ellington Octet, 1968) [l=Titania] (12, Doris Day, June Haver, Dan Dailey, Getty Grable, Dennis Morgan, Kathryn Grayson, Irene Dunne, Esther Williams, Alice Faye, Deanna Durbin, Lucille Ball, Jane Russell) [l=Trans-Ark Records] (3, Charlie Parker) [l=Twinkgost Rogo] (1, Chick Webb) [l=Vertinge] (3, Various, show tunes) [l1345546] (Numerous titles) [l=Wallysrite-Records] (1, Various) [l=Warcloud Records] (1, Jack Teagarden) [l=Wimp Records (3)] (1, Dick Powell and Bing Crosby) [l=Yadeon] (4, John Coltrane, Art Blakey, Dinah Washington, Miles Davis, Lee Wiley) [l=Yeddo] (1, various pop from radio 1936) [l1078397] (1, Benny Goodman) Some may actually be copycat labels. The following is a list of known copycat labels, mainly European. [l=Alamac]