The American Record Corporation, often known as ARC Records or simply ARC, was a United States based record company. It resulted from the merger in July 1929 of Regal Records, Cameo Records, Banner Records, the US branch of Pathé Records and the Scranton Button Company, the parent company of Emerson Records. Louis G. Sylvester (former head of Scranton) became president of the new company located at 1776 Broadway in Manhattan, New York City.

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  • The American Record Corporation, often known as ARC Records or simply ARC, was a United States based record company. It resulted from the merger in July 1929 of Regal Records, Cameo Records, Banner Records, the US branch of Pathé Records and the Scranton Button Company, the parent company of Emerson Records. Louis G. Sylvester (former head of Scranton) became president of the new company located at 1776 Broadway in Manhattan, New York City. In October 1929, Herbert Yates, head of Consolidated Film Company took control of ARC. In the following years, the company was very involved in a depressed market, buying failing labels at bargain prices to exploit their catalogue. In December 1931 Warner Brothers leased Brunswick Records, Vocalion Records and associated companies to ARC. In 1932, ARC was king of the 3 records for a dollar market, selling 6 million units, twice as much as RCA Victor. In an effort to get back on top, RCA created its Bluebird label. ARC bought out the Columbia Records catalogue in 1934, including Okeh Records. In the 1930s ARC produced Brunswick at 75c and Oriole, Romeo, Melotone, Vocalion, Banner and Perfect at 35c. As with the companies that they bought, some of the labels were created exclusively for specific stores (Challenge, Conqueror, Oriole, Romeo) and when the contracts ended, the labels ended too. Other labels (Banner, Perfect, Melotone) were known to have been sold at enough varied businesses that they are considered "general purpose labels". Many of the remaining labels have not been attributed with a specific store contract, but it's likely that the smaller and shorter-lived labels were exclusive to some business or another. In December 1938, the entire ARC complex was purchased from Consolidated Film for $700,000 by the Columbia Broadcasting System. CBS revived the Columbia imprint as its flagship label with Okeh as a subsidiary label. This allowed the rights to the Brunswick and Vocalion labels to return to Warner Brothers, which assigned the rights to those labels to Decca Records. The company evolved into what is now Sony Music Entertainment.
  • Die American Record Corporation, auch bekannt als ARC Records oder einfach nur ARC, war ein US-amerikanisches Plattenlabel. ARC entstand aus der Fusion von Banner Records, Regal Records, Cameo Records, Pathé Records und der Scranton Button Company. ARC Records ist nicht mit der American Record Company gleichzusetzten.
  • La American Record Company, conocida como ARC Records o por sus siglas ARC, fue una compañía discográfica estadounidense. Nació como resultado de la fusión, en julio de 1929, de las compañías discográficas Regal Records, Cameo Records, Banner Records, el departamento estadounidense de Pathé Records y Scranton Button Company. Louis G. Sylvester (antiguo director de la Scranton Button Company) se convirtió en presidente de esta nueva compañía, cuya sede principal se trasladó al número 1776 de Broadway en Manhattan, Nueva York. En octubre de 1929, Herbert Yates, el director de Consolidated Film Company se hizo con el control de ARC. En los años siguientes, la compañía sufrió los efectos de la depresión en el mercado, adquiriendo diversos sellos musicales a precios mínimos para incrementar su catálogo musical. En diciembre de 1931 Warner Brothers alquiló a ARC las compañías discográficas Brunswick Records, Vocalion Records y las empresas que estaban asociadas a las mismas. En 1932, ARC se había convertido en el rey del mercado de los "3 discos a un dólar", vendiendo 6 millones de discos, el doble que la compañía discográfica RCA Victor. En un esfuerzo para intentar recuperar su posición en el mercado, RCA creó el sello musical Bluebird Records. ARC, posteriormente, adquirió el catálogo de Columbia Records. En diciembre de 1938, la compañía ARC fue adquirida, por 700.000 dólares, por la CBS; ello propició que los derechos de los sellos discográficos de Brunswick y Vocalion volvieran a pertenecer a Warner Brothers, compañía que terminó transfiriendo dichos derechos a la compañía Decca Records.
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  • The American Record Corporation, often known as ARC Records or simply ARC, was a United States based record company. It resulted from the merger in July 1929 of Regal Records, Cameo Records, Banner Records, the US branch of Pathé Records and the Scranton Button Company, the parent company of Emerson Records. Louis G. Sylvester (former head of Scranton) became president of the new company located at 1776 Broadway in Manhattan, New York City.
  • Die American Record Corporation, auch bekannt als ARC Records oder einfach nur ARC, war ein US-amerikanisches Plattenlabel. ARC entstand aus der Fusion von Banner Records, Regal Records, Cameo Records, Pathé Records und der Scranton Button Company. ARC Records ist nicht mit der American Record Company gleichzusetzten.
  • La American Record Company, conocida como ARC Records o por sus siglas ARC, fue una compañía discográfica estadounidense. Nació como resultado de la fusión, en julio de 1929, de las compañías discográficas Regal Records, Cameo Records, Banner Records, el departamento estadounidense de Pathé Records y Scranton Button Company. Louis G.
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