Royale

US label launched in 1939 as a subsidiary of [l=United States Record Corporation] by [a=Eli Oberstein], which began primarily as a reissue vehicle. Most of the early issues used material that was licensed from Berlin-based . Most of these were orchestral recordings by the or , but were issued under pseudonyms due to growing anti-German sentiment in the US in the early 1940s. Royale also reissued material from other European sources, including and . Oberstein launched his own domestic recording operation in late 1939, when supplies of foreign masters were severed due to escalating conflict in Europe. Although Oberstein assembled a good artist roster and discs were priced to compete with , this was not enough to offset the poor sales and management of the sister label, . The final Royale recordings were made in August 1940, and the company went bankrupt later that year. Royale masters were parceled out to several labels over the course of the 1940s, including , , , , , and .

Oberstein revived both and in 1948 after he purchased the inactive pressing plant. New records were credited to , which had recently acquired a group of masters at auction, including many from the label. These consisted of many of the masters that Oberstein had been forced to sell years earlier. In 1950, was succeeded by the . Please note many 45rpm EP's and LP's consist of material previously found on the Musicraft label ; for example [m=1331223] and [m=1236145]. Releases from [l=Majestic] can also be found reissued on Royale, for example, [m=1060539].