ABSTRACT
A 10-inch record issued by Lugton and Co. in London, from 1912 or 1913 to 1914. Blum and Co., Ltd., registered the trademark (September 1912), transferring it, with other Blum trademarks, to Columbia Graphophone Co., Ltd., in September 1916. More than 400 items were released. [Andrews 1988/10.]
An American label issued by the New York Recording Laboratories, Port Washington, Wisconsin, from 1921 to 1924. Material was blues and jazz, derived from Paramount. Riverside acquired the rights to reissue Famous records in 1953. [Rust 1978.]
A New York firm. It issued 10-inch double-sided discs at $0.85 in 1921. A novelty dance series of records by Charles K. Davis and his orchestra included four waltzes and eight other dance pieces. Davis was music director for the firm, and John Stoge was in charge of recording. [Rust 1978.]
Famed New York-based Latin-jazz label founded by bandleader Johnny Pacheco and his lawyer Gerald Masucci in 1963 to release his recordings. Beginning in 1968, the label assembled several “all-star” bands that became well known in the contemporary salsa/Latin-jazz world through their live concerts and recordings. Its holdings were considerably enhanced when in 1974 it purchased the Tico label from George Goldner, bringing the back catalog of noted Latin recording stars like Tito Puente and Machito to the label. In the mid-1970s, the label also boasted noted artists like Willie Colon, Ruben Blades, and Celia Cruz. However, by the early 1990s the label was in financial trouble, and many of its leading acts had moved elsewhere. The label appears to have been dormant through much of the 1990s until 2000, when a few reissues of earlier recordings appeared on CD.
