Abbey Records: A Brief History Abbey Records was a record label active in the United States from roughly 1949 until 1953¹. The label was founded by Pete Doraine and was originally operated in the Forest Hills, Queens, section of New York City. However, it soon moved to 10th Avenue in…
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Prom Records
Prom Records has a distinct place in the history of music recording, particularly for its approach to producing cover versions of popular songs. Established in Newark, New Jersey, Prom was not just a record label but also a company under the larger umbrella of the Synthetic Plastics Company (SPC). SPC,…
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Harvard Disc Records
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…