Herwin Records
Herwin Records was an American independent record label founded and run by brothers Herbert and Edwin Schiele, the trademark name being formed from their first names (HERbert and EdWIN[1]).
Herwin Records was based in St. Louis, Missouri, and produced records starting in 1924. Most of the material released on the label was from master discs leased from Gennett Records and Paramount Records.[2] In 1930 Herwin was sold to the Wisconsin Chair Company, the parent of Paramount Records, which discontinued the Herwin label.
In the 1960s and 1970s the Herwin label was revived by record collector Bernard Klatzko, who first used the label to issue old Library of Congress and new own recordings of rediscovered blues musicians like Bukka White, Son House and Skip James in a "78 rpm look", from 1971 on to release vinyl record LP re-issues of historic jazz, blues and ragtime recordings.
Artists on the Herwin label included Rev. J. M. Gates, Vernon Dalhart, Jelly Roll Anderson, Son House, Cannon's Jug Stompers, Blind Tim Russell, Booker T. White, Skip James, Buddy Christian's Jazz Rippers, the Herwin Hot Shots, Willie Brown, Blind Willie Jackson, Oran Campbell, Bob Crane, "Kid Punch" Miller, Henry Thomas, Laura Grayson, and The Alabama Serenaders.
See also
References
- ↑ Kennedy, Rick (2013) Jelly Roll, Bix, and Hoagy: Gennett Records and the Rise of America's Musical Grassroots, p. 170. Indiana University Press At Google Books. Retrieved 13 July 2013.
- ↑ Oliver, Paul (2001) Yonder Come the Blues: The Evolution of a Genre, p. 287. Cambridge University Press At Google Books. Retrieved 13 July 2013.
External links
- Illustrated Herwin Records discography ("Postwar" Klatzko releases)
