Click
“America’s Top Recording” Click was a record label from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It was active in the late 1940s. The records were recorded from Allied Recordings.
BBS
Independent Philadelphia record label owned by Bill Borrelli, Nick Busillo and Russ Smith. Operated in early 1950’s. Most well known for releasing Al Martino’s first hit “Here In My Heart”.
Also appears as “BBS” only.
Source: Discogs
Process
Process was an independent Country & Western label, based in Franklin, PA.
Produced by Process Record Co., the label released 78 rpm records from ca. 1947-1950.
Source: Discogs
DANDY
DANDY was an U.S. record label produced by the Scranton Button Company for an unknown distributor or retailer. Early issues bear purple-and-white labels; later labels are gold on black and white, or gold on red and white.
Masters were drawn from the Emerson Recording Laboratories’ client-label pool.
Source: Discogs
Arcade
US label from Philadelphia, PA owned by Jack Howard.
Source: Discogs / Billboard
Phenix
Phenix Records was a subsidiary of the Ballen Record Company active in the end 1940s. It was situated in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA).
TRIANGLE
TRIANGLE records was active from 1922 – 1925.
The distribution headquater was in 1901 Fifth Ave., Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Palda
The first reference in Billboard to Palda Records in Philadelphia was as a pressing plant. The Millers placed a general advertisement in the March 1, 1947, issue of the magazine indicating their availability to press records. “Palda” was a short form of “Paul‐Albert‐David,” the Millers, who created the company. Albert Miller was the father of Paul and David; the sons usually ran the company, and later on it would be Dave Miller whose name would be synonymous with the company. Their offices and plant were at 3208 S. 84th Street in Philadelphia.
Palda started up a new series with 1001 and would later introduce a series of “race” records (by African‐American artists) beginning with 2001.
Palda was defunct in 1950 after a charge of selling obscene records in Denver.
Source: Essex History
Krantz
Krantz Records was a recording company from Philadelphia, PA, which was operating during late 1940s and specialized in popular music.
