Brunswick (Sound recording label)

found: Encyc. of recorded sound in the U.S., 1993(Brunswick; one of the premier labels in North America and Britain; first issued in Canada only by Brunswick-Balke-Collender Co. in 1916; lateral-cut discs appeared in the U.S. in Jan. 1920; Warner Bros. acquired Brunswick-Balke-Collender in Apr. 1930, but sold the Brunswick interests to the new American Record Corp. in Dec. 1931; label discontinued in Sept. 1940; acquired and revived by Decca in 1943; finally disappeared in the U.S. in 1977, following a major fraud scandal; had not been seen on the British market after 1967)

found: Finding aid for Southern Folklife Collection discographical files, 1907-2018, via UNC University Libraries WWW site, viewed 9 April 2021(Brunswick Records) - https://finding-aids.lib.unc.edu/30014/

found: Wikipedia website, viewed 9 April 2021(Brunswick Records; 1916, first records with the Brunswick label were manufactured by the Brunswick-Balke-Collender Company of Dubuque, Iowa, but these records were only sold in Canada; 1920, records sold in the United States; late 1950s through 1970s, recorded mainly R&B/soul acts, including Jackie Wilson, and later on, the Chi-Lites; Wilson's manager, Nat Tarnopol, joined the label in 1957; Brunswick became a separate company and a unit of Decca Records in 1960 with Tarnopol serving as executive vice-president. Tarnopol acquired a 50% interest in Brunswick from Decca in 1964 and then the rest of Brunswick from Decca in 1969 to settle disputes with Decca management; the label name, although not the entire back catalog, is now owned by the Tarnopol family) - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brunswick_Records

found: Brunswick Records website, viewed 9 April 2021(Brunswick Records Corporation; Chapel Hill, N.C.) - https://brunswickrecords.com/

found: Discogs website, viewed 9 April 2021(Brunswick; Brunswick Records; Brunswick Record Corporation; headquarters, Chapel Hill, N.C.; an active American record label founded in 1916) - https://www.discogs.com/label/14624-Brunswick