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GRT is the acronym of California-based General Recorded Tape, a recording tape manufacturer which expanded into the record business. It first established its own label and then bought out Chess Records from Phil and Leonard Chess during 1969. GRT also owned Janus Records, under which they placed the Chess label administration in the early 1970s. Motto: "The Great Tapes". GRT had exclusive license to release cassette, 8-track and open-reel-tape versions of albums for a number of labels during most of the the 1970's, including ABC Records and Buddah Records for example. GRT Corporation filed for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy on July 18 1979, but apparently did not survive the Chapter 11 restructuring. However, Janus Records continues as an independent holding company. For The UK label prevalent in the 1980's please use .
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Janus Records
US record label once owned by GRT (General Recorded Tape) Corporation; it distributed the Chess (as a subsidiary label until 1977, when it was sold to Sylvia Robinson's [l=All Pl...
Casino Records (2)
1970s label from Memphis, Tennessee.
LS Records (2)
American record label, based in Tennessee, founded by in 1972, and was best-known for bringing Stoller's wife, Cristy Lane (an American country-gospel music singer) to fame in the la...
Aristocrat Records
This label page exists for GRT reissues of Chess and The Aristocrat Of Records releases. Typically released in the 1970's.
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(no longer active); 9000 Sunset Boulevard, Suite 615 Los Angeles, California 90069 ----- also at 1266 N. Lawrence Station Road Sunnyvale California, USA