Rialto (Label) (II)

Rialto (Label) (II) A Chicago record sold by the Rialto Music House in 1924. Possibly the label and the store were named for the Rialto vaudeville-burlesque theater across the street. The records were made by Orlando Marsh, but whether the process was electric (like other Marsh issues of the time) or acoustic is not known. Rust has found only one specimen: “London Blues” played by Jelly Roll Morton, with a song by Frank Collins on the flip side; it has no number. The music store remained in…