Stinson Records
Note: From 1942-1946, predecessor Stinson Trading Co. had a partnership with Asch Recordings but was it dissolved shortly after with Stinson buying out engineer-producer Moses Asch and the latter going on to form Disc Records.
American record label formed c.1946 by Herbert Harris, Noel Meadow, and Irving Prosky after Stinson Trading Co. formally parted ways with Asch. Mainly reissued Asch's catalog of influential American jazz, folk and blues, including Woody Guthrie and Josh White. Note: Co-founders Meadow and Prosky retired soon after, leaving the Harris family as sole owners of the record label from its beginnings.
By 2019, Smithsonian Folkways had acquired all of the various catalogs.
Contact:American record label formed c.1946 by Herbert Harris, Noel Meadow, and Irving Prosky after Stinson Trading Co. formally parted ways with Asch. Mainly reissued Asch's catalog of influential American jazz, folk and blues, including Woody Guthrie and Josh White. Note: Co-founders Meadow and Prosky retired soon after, leaving the Harris family as sole owners of the record label from its beginnings.
By 2019, Smithsonian Folkways had acquired all of the various catalogs.
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