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