Kinor

The label was founded by Sidney Frey in the early 1950s, who later played a crucial role in the stereo revolution of the 1950s and 60s.

Kinor Records Inc. first used "Audio Fidelity" as a record label on a release titled "Merry go Round Music" in 1954. This release marked the beginning of a series that preserved the heritage of mechanically played calliopes, circus, and band instruments. Before this, in 1951, Sidney Frey had released records under the "Kinor" label, distributed by Dauntless International, which was later listed as a division of Audio Fidelity Inc.

The corporate name changed from Kinor Records Inc. to Audio Fidelity Inc. in 1956, and subsequently to Audio Fidelity Records Inc. The company was later sold to Herman D. Gimbel, possibly in April of 1965, and then to Phoenix from the UK. Audiofidelity Enterprises, as it was later known, mostly focused on re-releasing earlier recordings from the original Audio Fidelity catalog and other sources in the USA and Europe, until its disappearance around 1987.