Label Discography
This is the Label Discography index which will sort the reviews by record label. Be aware this is not a full discography for ALL of the records released by these companies, only the specific sides which we’ve reviewed here on Spontaneous Lunacy.
RECORD LABELS: AN INTRODUCTION
A brief history and basic overview of the business of making records.
ALADDIN RECORDS
EST. 1945; Los Angeles, California
APOLLO RECORDS
EST. 1944; New York, New York
ARISTOCRAT RECORDS
EST. 1947; Chicago, Illinois
ATLANTIC RECORDS
EST. 1947; New York, New York
ATLAS RECORDS
EST. 1951; New York, New York
BLUE RECORDS
EST. 1949; Los Angeles, California
BULLET RECORDS
EST. 1946; Nashville, Tennessee
CAPITOL RECORDS
EST. 1942; Los Angeles, California
CHECKER RECORDS
(EST. 1952, Chicago, Illinois)
CHESS RECORDS
EST. 1950; Chicago, Illinois
COLEMAN RECORDS
EST. 1948; Newark, New Jersey
COLUMBIA RECORDS
EST. 1887; New York, New York
COMBO RECORDS
EST. 1951; Los Angeles, California
CONTINENTAL RECORDS
EST. 1942; New York, New York
CORAL RECORDS
EST. 1949; New York, New York
DECCA RECORDS
EST. 1934 (U.S.); New York, New York
DELUXE RECORDS
EST. 1944; Linden, New Jersey
DERBY RECORDS
EST. 1949; New York, New York
DOT RECORDS
ET. 1950; Gallatin, Tennessee
DOWN BEAT RECORDS
EST. 1947; Los Angeles, California
DUKE RECORDS
EST. 1952; Memphis, Tennessee (later Houston, Texas)
EDDIE’S RECORDS
EST. 1948; Houston, Texas
ESSEX RECORDS
EST. 1951; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
EXCELSIOR RECORDS
EST. 1944; Hollywood, California
EXCLUSIVE RECORDS
EST. 1944; Hollywood, California
FEDERAL RECORDS
EST. 1950; Cincinnati, Ohio
FREEDOM RECORDS
EST. 1949; Houston, Texas
GOTHAM RECORDS
EST. 1947; New York, New York (later Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
GRU-V-TONE RECORDS
EST. 1947; Los Angeles, California
IMPERIAL RECORDS
EST. 1946; Los Angeles, California
IVORY RECORDS
EST. 1949; New York, New York
JUBILEE RECORDS
EST. 1946; New York, New York
KING RECORDS
EST. 1944; Cincinnati, Ohio
LEE RECORDINGS
EST. 1949; New York, New York
LENOX RECORDS
EST. 1948; New York, New York
LONDON RECORDS
EST. 1947; London, England
MACY’S RECORDINGS
EST. 1949; Houston, Texas
MANOR RECORDS
EST. 1945; Newark, New Jersey
MERCURY RECORDS
EST. 1946; Chicago, Illinois
MGM RECORDS
EST. 1946; Los Angeles, California
MIRACLE RECORDS
EST. 1946; Chicago, Illinois
MODERN RECORDS
EST. 1945; Los Angeles, California
NATIONAL RECORDS
EST. 1944; New York, New York
OKEH RECORDS
EST. 1951; New York, New York
OLD SWING-MASTER RECORDS
EST. 1949; Chicago, Illinois
PEACOCK RECORDS
EST. 1949; Houston, Texas
PREMIUM RECORDS
EST. 1950; Chicago, Illinois
RCA RECORDS
EST. 1901; New York, New York
RECORDED IN HOLLYWOOD
EST. 1948; Los Angeles, California
RED ROBIN RECORDS
EST. 1951; New York, New York
REGAL RECORDS
EST. 1949; Linden, New Jersey
REGENT RECORDS
EST. 1947; Newark, New Jersey
RPM RECORDS
EST. 1950; Los Angeles, California
SAVOY RECORDS
EST. 1942; Newark, New Jersey
SCORE RECORDS
EST. 1948; Los Angeles, California
SELECTIVE RECORDS
EST. 1949; Los Angeles, California
SENSATION RECORDS
EST. 1947, Detroit, Michigan
SITTIN’ IN WITH RECORDS
EST. 1948; New York, New York
SPECIALTY RECORDS
EST. 1946; Los Angeles, California
STAR TALENT RECORDS
EST. 1949; Dallas, Texas
SUPER-DISC RECORDS
EST. 1945; New York, New York (later Washington, D.C.)
SUPREME RECORDS
EST. 1947; Los Angeles, California
SWING BEAT RECORDS
EST. 1949; Los Angeles, California
SWINGTIME RECORDS
EST. 1950; Los Angeles, California
UNITED RECORDS
EST. 1951; Chicago, Illinois
4 STAR RECORDS
EST. 1945; Los Angeles, California