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Guild Records Incorporated was a jazz label based in New York City at 665 5th Avenue.
History[edit]
Guild Records, prior to its incorporation in Connecticut in 1945, operated as part of the American Glossite Co., Inc. of Putnam, Connecticut (textile manufacturers); incorporated as wholly owned subsidiary of the former in May 1945; acquired as a wholly-owned subsidiary of Jefferson-Travis Corporation in January 1946 along with its pressing plant in Norwalk, Conn. Guild Records relied on popular names, not advertising, to sell records. It recorded various artists in new and popular genres including calypso--represented by Gerald Clark and His Original Calypsos, among others. In the "Hot Jazz" field, Guild recorded Dizzy Gillespie and featured sidemen and musicians including Don Byas, Slam Stewart, Charlie Parker, Maurice Rocco with Cozy Cole and Billy Taylor, Georgie Auld, Erskine Butterfield, and Jesse Rogers.
On January 16, 1946, Jefferson-Travis Corporation — which had already acquired Musicraft Records, Inc. — acquired Guild Records from American Glossite .[1][2]
Around October 1946, Emerson Radio Corporation acquired the Jefferson-Travis Corporation and its phonograph record business.
References[edit]
- ^ "Guild Disks Sells Out to J-T Firm – Juke Ops to Benefit," Billboard, January 26, 1946, p. 86
- ^ "Record Combine," Radio Service Dealer, May 1946, p. 35