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Tikvah Records?Allan B. Jacobs?

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nraiselle nraiselle	Tikvah Records?Allan B. Jacobs? Feb 8 2009, 9:45 AM EST \| Post edited: Feb 8 2009, 9:45 AM EST If either of these names ring a bell, please get in touch. I am Mr. Jacobs niece, and inherited master tapes, records, etc. Have no clue what to do with them. Post reply Do you find this valuable?
Teruah Teruah	1. RE: Tikvah Records?Allan B. Jacobs? Feb 13 2009, 7:47 AM EST Hi. I write a blog on Jewish music called Teruah. Yes, these sound very familiar. Tikvah records produced a lot of classic Judica and Israeli albums and then, more or less, vanished. There are a couple of prominent Jewish sound archives that might be interested in holding the collection and a couple of labels that might be interested in re-issuing one or more of the records. I'd be happy to help you contact them, or if you'd rather take charge, I'd be happy to prepare a list of likely contacts for you. You can reply here or email me directly at jackzero@gmail.com Jack Zaientz Teruah Jewish Music Post reply Do you find this valuable?
nraiselle nraiselle	2. RE: Tikvah Records?Allan B. Jacobs? Feb 13 2009, 9:29 AM EST Hi Jack, Are there any sources in NYC? Since Al was originally from NYC, and the music was all produced there, it seems right that it should wind up back there rather than in some other part of the country. There is also some pretty amazing jazz as part of this collection. Do you know anyone who might have some history on how this came to happen in the 40's/50's? There's a bit of info on the artists, but little linking them to the label. Post reply 1 out of 1 found this valuable. Do you find this valuable? Do you?
Teruah Teruah	3. RE: Tikvah Records?Allan B. Jacobs? Feb 13 2009, 10:04 AM EST There's not a lot of info on Tikvah out there. I'll see what I can dig up over the weekend. The two archives that jumped to mind aren't in NYC, one is in Florida and the other at Dartmouth. The label I was thinking is Hatikvah, which is based in California. Let me do some homework and asking around. Maybe there's something closer to home. You wouldn't happen to have a list of the materials you have, would you? Post reply 0 out of 1 found this valuable. Do you find this valuable? Do you?
nraiselle nraiselle	4. RE: Tikvah Records?Allan B. Jacobs? Feb 13 2009, 11:09 AM EST I don't have a list - I would have to dig in my basement and catalogue all the stuff we have which includes 16 track original recordings of Hazzanim that AL brought to the US from Europe in the '40's I think, and some somewhat rare and obscure jazz 78's as well as early Zionist/Israeli music. Post reply Do you find this valuable?
MusicianMotl MusicianMotl	5. RE: Sound Archives in NYC Feb 13 2009, 11:29 AM EST Nraiselle and Jack, There is a wonderful sound archive in NYC at the YIVO Institute for Jewish Research. It actually has one of the worlds largest collection of Ashkenazi music in the world. Its collection runs the gamut from 78's, Lp's, tapes, CD's, radio transcription disks, and field recordings. Part of their collectio n is the master tapes of the Collectors Guild record label. They would be more than interested in the collection. Send an e-mail to the sound archivist, lsklamberg@yivo.cjh.org, and he can walk you through the process of donating the collection. Matt Post reply Do you find this valuable?
Teruah Teruah	6. RE: Tikvah Records?Allan B. Jacobs? Feb 13 2009, 12:13 PM EST Not a problem. I thought I'd ask. I'm starting to put some feelers out for you. How should people get in touch with you? If you want, you can email me at jackzero@gmail.com with your email address or phone number. That way I can get them directly in contact with you. I know that Simon at Hatikvah Music would like to talk with you. Post reply Do you find this valuable?
Teruah Teruah	7. RE: Sound Archives in NYC Feb 13 2009, 12:14 PM EST That's a good thought, Motl. My experience is that they are primarily focused on Yiddish language materials, but it's definitely worth talking with Sklamberg about it. Post reply Do you find this valuable?
MusicianMotl MusicianMotl	8. RE: Sound Archives in NYC Feb 13 2009, 1:38 PM EST Knowing the Tikvah catalog, it completely fits. The collection is not limited to Yiddish by any stretch of the imagination. It has a very large collection of Cantorial and Khasidic recordings. Especially when one starts looking at the Post-World War II collection which is on LP's. I have been volunteering to catalog the LP collection, and maybe 20% of it is in Yiddish. The largest subsets of it is Khasidic, followed by Cantorial, and then Yiddish. There is also a very large collection of Hebrew titles from Israel. It is a collection that one can only understand how broad and deep it is by visiting. One of the great things about the collection is how it is used by both researchers and performers. Many of the cantorial students from HUC come and visit it to do research for their recitals. It is also the only sound archive that specializes in Jewish music that has master tapes from record labels in its collections. And has the equipment to play many of them back. Post reply Do you find this valuable?
Teruah Teruah	9. RE: Sound Archives in NYC Feb 13 2009, 3:36 PM EST huh. didn't know all of that. Thanks. I sent an information to Sklamberg but haven't gotten any response yet. Am also in contact with JSA in Florida and Hatikvah Music in Cal. Post reply Do you find this valuable?
Teruah Teruah	10. RE: Tikvah Records?Allan B. Jacobs? Feb 13 2009, 4:55 PM EST Hi...just wanted you to know that I've heard back from Simon at the Hatikvah Music label and he's very interested in talking to you about the possibility of commercially releasing one or more of the recordings from the masters you have. If you contact me at jackzero@gmail.com I can put you in touch with him. Post reply Do you find this valuable?
GoddardLieberson GoddardLieberson	11. RE: Tikvah Records?Allan B. Jacobs? Feb 15 2009, 7:00 PM EST Hello NRaiselle, cc Jack et al, We talked before, I think when you began looking. At the time I had the ISRAELI FOLK MUSIC ARCHIVE website, at israelifolkmusicarchive.com, with its page devoted to Tikva Records. It included a discography and some historical information. The webpage was kept on AOL Hometown, which shut down late last year. So far, no funding for a new home. Can probably view the old site at webarchive.com one of these days. I had been interested in Tikva since 1999. I found out quite a bit, though certainly not all. When we talked, I gave you the suggestion of the same archives others have mentioned above. Best choices; YIVO and FAU, I'd say. A few points: -- In general, Archives are not interested in purchasing collections. They receive donations. Just because an Archive holds material doesn't give them legal rights to release the material commercially. "Someone" owns the rights. Because of that, they can't recoup what they would consider a large $ output to purchase material. -- Tikva went out of business in 1976. They were no longer owned by Jacobs. There were lawsuits, bankruptcies, forced sales, et al. Tikva disappeared because of these entanglements. - In my research, I learned that Tikva was sold a couple of times at the end. I know who DOESN'T own the rights. Unfortunately, NRaiselle/Jacobs family do not. Therefore, even if they give/sell the masters, they cannot sell the mechanical rights, which they do not own. I'm also fairly sure it would be very expensive to extract it from it's legal mess. -- Tikva didn't have Jazz. Tikva had Cantorial, Israeli/Hebrew Folk & Pop, Folk Dance, Yiddish, Chassidic, Holiday, Synagogue. Jazz was on another of his labels, Rivoli. He also had Simcha for racier Jewish/Yiddish material. --Earliest recordings had the "h" at the end of "Tikvah". It was dropped before Jacobs began making 33rpms. Post reply Do you find this valuable?