Label of a Romeo Record by the Mills Brothers
Romeo Records was an American jazz record label that started in 1926 as a subsidiary of Cameo Records. The discs were sold exclusively at S. H. Kress & Co. department stores[1] and retailed for .25 cents each.
In 1931 Romeo was acquired by the American Record Corporation and continued through 1938 until the cessation of ARC's dime-store labels: (Perfect, Melotone, Banner, and Oriole).
From the beginning, Romeo discs had a maroon label. It was changed to a black label in 1931 and then became blue in 1935.
See also
References
- ^ Rye, Howard (2002). Kernfeld, Barry (ed.). The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz. 3 (2nd ed.). New York: Grove's Dictionaries Inc. p. 448. ISBN 1-56159-284-6.
- Rye, Howard (2001). "Romeo". In Root, Deane L. (ed.). The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians. Oxford University Press.
External links
- Romeo Records on the Internet Archive's Great 78 Project