Crown Records
Budget label of Modern Records (1957–1972)
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::summary Budget label of Modern Records (1957–1972) ::
Crown Records was a budget record label founded as a subsidiary of Modern Records in 1957. It has been the name of several different record labels, listed below.
Discography
Mono
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Stereo
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Other Crown Records
- United Kingdom
- Crown Records was a label made by Polyphon before World War I.
- Crown Records was a short-lived label in the mid-1920s that was a successor to the 6-inch "Bell" records made by Edison Bell.
- Crown Records was a label for 9-inch discs sold exclusively in Woolworth stores 1935-1937 through a contract with the Crystalate Manufacturing Company and was related to the Eclipse label.
- United States
- Crown Records (1930s label) was headquartered in New York City in the mid 20th century.
- Crown Records, launched and headquartered in Virginia Beach, Virginia in the early 2000s, issues records for the square dance community.
- Japan based Crown Records, also known as Nippon Crown.
- Hong Kong based Crown Records 娛樂唱片, starting in the early 1960s, produces and issues records of Cantonese opera and Cantopop mainly, Mandopop and Hong Kong English pop in few.
References
References
- (March 16, 1957). "Modern Label To Kick Off $1.98 LP Line".
- [http://www.mgthomas.co.uk/Records/labelindex-C.htm Label Index - C] — Michael Thomas' website]
- [http://www.woolworthsmuseum.co.uk/1930s-music.htm Woolworth's Museum - Eclipse and Crown Records in the 1930s]
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