Bear Family Records Bear Family Records is a Germany-based independent record label that specializes in reissues of archival material ranging from country music to 1950s rock and roll to old German movie soundtracks. The label has been in existence since 1975, founded by collector Richard Weize (born August 4, 1945), started with the double LP …
Above: Warner Bros. Records headquarters, at 3300 Warner in Burbank, California. Warner Bros. Records Warner Bros. Records Inc. is an American major record label established in 1958 as the foundation label of the present-day Warner Music Group (WMG), and now operates as a wholly owned subsidiary of that corporation. Warner Bros. Records was established on March …
BIOGRAPHICAL DETAILS Description: Records, USA Known For: MGM Records was a record label started by the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer film studio in 1946. Their first soundtrack was of Till the Clouds Roll By Location: Hollywood, California, United States of America CONTACT DETAILS Web Site: Other Links: See below: BIOGRAPHICAL PROFILE MGM Records MGM Records was a record …
BIOGRAPHICAL DETAILS Description: Records Known For: Mercury Records was one of the world Location: Chicago, Illinois, United States of America CONTACT DETAILS Web Site: Mercury Records Other Links: See below; YOUTUBE VIDEO BIOGRAPHICAL PROFILE Mercury Records Mercury Records was one of the world’s leading recording labels operating in the UK by Virgin EMI Records and …
BIOGRAPHICAL DETAILS Columbia Records unveiled the LP at a press conference in the Waldorf Astoria on June 19, 1948 in two formats: 10 in (25 cm) in diameter, matching that of 78 rpm singles, and 12 in (30 cm) in diameter. The average LP has about 1,500 feet (about 469 metres) of groove on each …
BIOGRAPHICAL DETAILS Description: Australian record company in Australian in the 1950s and early 1960s Known For: Records Location: NSW, Australia CONTACT DETAILS Other Links: See below: BIOGRAPHICAL PROFILE Leedon Records An Australian record label active from 1958 to 1969. It was founded by American entrepreneur Lee Gordon in early 1958. In Australian in the 1950s …
BIOGRAPHICAL DETAILS Description: Violinist, Record producer, USA Known For: Record executive for “Stax Records” 1957 – 1975 Instruments: Violin Music Styles: Rock Location: United States of America Date Born: 29th July 1930 Location Born: Middleton, Tennessee, United States of America CONTACT DETAILS Web Site: Biography from the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame web site …
BIOGRAPHICAL DETAILS Description: A general discription of the gramaphone record. Documented 2010. Known For: Long playing records – EG – “33 r.p.m.”, “45”, “78”, etc. CONTACT DETAILS Other Links: See below: YOUTUBE VIDEO BIOGRAPHICAL PROFILE Gramophone record A gramophone record, commonly known as a phonograph record in American English, vinyl record (when made of polyvinyl …
BIOGRAPHICAL DETAILS Description: Recording and Publishing Company, Australia Known For: An Australian recording company Music Styles: Popular/jazz Location: Australia CONTACT DETAILS Other Links: See below: BIOGRAPHICAL PROFILE Festival (Mushroom) Records Festival Records (later known as Festival Mushroom Records) was an Australian music recording and publishing company which was founded in Sydney in 1952 and operated …
BIOGRAPHICAL DETAILS Description: Record label, USA Known For: Dot records Location: United States of America CONTACT DETAILS Web Site: Official site Other Links: See below: BIOGRAPHICAL PROFILE Dot Records Dot Records is a historic American record label, originally an independent label founded by Randy Wood in Gallatin, Tennessee, and active between 1950 and 1977. The …