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27th Nov 2016, 11:36 PM
	Jock_Girl A girl who looks good in vinyl Member since Dec 2012 1544 Points Moderator	It is interesting to note that Brunswick Records grew out of the international conglomerate of Brunswick-Balke-Collender Company in 1916, a company also known for sporting equipment for games like bowling. BBC sold off Brunswick to Warner Brothers in 1930. It also gave birth to the Melotone label, which became home to US Decca releases in Canada. At some point it got involved with ARC, which got consumed by Columbia. In the 1930s the 4 biggest record companies in the world were Brunswick, Decca, Columbia and Victor. Eventually Brunswick went to both US and UK Decca and became home to artists like Buddy Holly and Jackie Wilson. Warner Brothers got back into records in the late 1950s with its own label. Eventually Brunswick left Decca and still exists 100 years later! And like every odd story abut record labels, while Brunswick is still an independent label, its 1950s material still belonged to Decca in the USA, and now the conglomerate of Universal. And as it was in the 1930s we still have Brunswick standing along side the 3 biggies, its one time parent Warners, Universal who owned it when it was Decca, and Sony/ BMG or the Columbia connection. Amy

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