The “Harvard Disc Record” label was manufactured in the U.S. by the American Graphophone Company (Columbia) between 1905-07, and were sold through Sears Roebuck & Co as a low-cost alternative to Columbia’s regular catalog. The label was created to match the name of an inexpensive external-horn phonograph that the American…
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Bell Records
Bell Records was an American record label founded in 1952 in New York City by Arthur Shimkin, the owner of the children’s record label Golden Records. It was initially a unit of Pocket Books, a paperback publisher. Bell Records also had a British branch, which was active in the 1960s…
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Dana Records
If you are a fan of polka music, you might have heard of Dana Records, a label that specialized in producing 78rpm records of Polish and Eastern European tunes. Dana Records was founded in 1945 by Walter Dana, a Polish-American entrepreneur who wanted to bring the joy of polka to…
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Asch Records
Founded in 1938 by Moses Asch, Asch Records was one of the most important independent record producers of the 1940s, preserving the recordings of great folk artists including Leadbelly, Cisco Houston and Woody Guthrie. Though primarily a folk label, Asch also supported jazz, blues, classical, spoken word and world music,…
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Krantz Records
Think back. Think way, way back, to a time before recorded music. It’s difficult for us, today, with all the world’s music available to us on our phones. But there was such a time when music was only ever listened to live; it was played by family members and during…