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'''Silvertone Records''' has been the name for at least three record companies: |
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[[Image:SilvertoneSingleSide.jpg|right|thumb|Single side Silvertone Record, c. 1909]] |
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[[Image:SilvertoneRecordLabel.jpg|right|thumb|Silvertone Record from 1920s]] |
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* [[Silvertone Records (1916)]], a United States-based company. |
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There existed at least three different '''Silvertone Records'''. |
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* [[Silvertone Records (Selfridges)]], a United Kingdom-based company that existed in the 1930s |
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The oldest '''Silvertone Records''' was a [[record label]] manufactured for [[Sears|Sears Roebuck, & Co.]] for sale in their chain of [[department store]]s and through [[mail order]]. |
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* [[Silvertone Records (1980)]], a United Kingdom-based company. |
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Silvertone Records were manufactured c. [[1905]] - [[1931]], and then revived briefly in [[1940]] - [[1941]]. Early releases were single-sided lateral-cut [[gramophone record]]s; in the late 1910s double-sided discs began to be released. Most discs were manufactured by [[Columbia Records]], while some were made by [[Paramount Records]] and [[Gennett Records]]. |
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There also existed a short-lived [[United Kingdom|British]] '''Silvertone Records''' label, issuing 8-[[inch]] discs in the mid [[1930s]]. |
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There is also a current British '''Silvertone Records''', owned by [[Zomba Music Group]]. The first and most famous signing to the label was [[The Stone Roses]] in the late 1980's, with whom they later had a lengthy legal battle. |
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== See also == |
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* [[List of record labels]] |
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* [[List of independent record labels]] |
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* [[List of independent UK record labels]] |
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==External link== |
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* [http://www.stoneroses.net/media/qcourt.html Reference to the legal battle between The Stone Roses and Silvertone Records] |
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[[Category:Record labels]] |
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Latest revision as of 03:14, 23 April 2015
Silvertone Records has been the name for at least three record companies:
- Silvertone Records (1916), a United States-based company.
- Silvertone Records (Selfridges), a United Kingdom-based company that existed in the 1930s
- Silvertone Records (1980), a United Kingdom-based company.
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