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General Recorded Tape, the Glossary

General Recorded Tape was an American manufacturer of reel to reel, 8-track and cassette tapes that existed between 1965 and 1979.^[1]

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1965 establishments in the United States
1979 disestablishments in California
Companies that filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in 1979
Manufacturing companies established in 1965
Mass media companies disestablished in 1979
Record labels established in 1965

ABC Records

ABC Records was an American record label founded in New York City in 1955.

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Al Stewart

Alastair Ian Stewart (born 5 September 1945) is a Scottish-born singer-songwriter and folk-rock musician who rose to prominence as part of the British folk revival in the 1960s and 1970s.

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All Platinum Records

All Platinum Records was a record company started in 1967 by singer/writer/producer Sylvia Robinson and her husband, businessman Joe Robinson, who had previously worked in the recording industry.

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The Bank of America Corporation (often abbreviated BofA or BoA) is an American multinational investment bank and financial services holding company headquartered at the Bank of America Corporate Center in Charlotte, North Carolina, with investment banking and auxiliary headquarters in Manhattan.

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Bell Records

Bell Records was an American record label founded in 1952 in New York City by Arthur Shimkin, the owner of the children's record label Golden Records, and initially a unit of Pocket Books, after the rights to the name were acquired from Benny Bell who used the Bell name to issue risque novelty records.

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Billboard (magazine)

Billboard (stylized in lowercase since 2013) is an American music and entertainment magazine published weekly by Penske Media Corporation.

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Blue Thumb Records

Blue Thumb Records was an American record label founded in 1968 by Bob Krasnow and former A&M Records executives Tommy LiPuma and Don Graham.

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Bootleg recording

A bootleg recording is an audio or video recording of a performance not officially released by the artist or under other legal authority.

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Cassette tape

The Compact Cassette, also commonly called a cassette tape, audio cassette, or simply tape or cassette, is an analog magnetic tape recording format for audio recording and playback.

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Chapter 11, Title 11, United States Code

Chapter 11 of the United States Bankruptcy Code (Title 11 of the United States Code) permits reorganization under the bankruptcy laws of the United States.

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Chess Records

Chess Records was an American record company established in 1950 in Chicago, specializing in blues and rhythm and blues.

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Discogs

Discogs (short for discographies) is a database of information about audio recordings, including commercial releases, promotional releases, and bootleg or off-label releases.

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Disney Music Group

Disney Music Group (DMG) is the music recording and publishing arm of Walt Disney Studios, a division of Disney Entertainment, which is owned by The Walt Disney Company.

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Elektra Records

Elektra Records (or Elektra Entertainment) is an American record label owned by Warner Music Group, founded in 1950 by Jac Holzman and Paul Rickolt.

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EMI Records

EMI Records (formerly EMI Records Ltd.) is a British multinational record label owned by Universal Music Group.

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GRT Records

GRT Records was the name of both a U.S. and a Canadian record label, both created by General Recorded Tape, a California-based company that existed from 1965 to 1979.

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Hollywood Records

Hollywood Records is an American record label of the Disney Music Group.

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Interscope Geffen A&M Records

Interscope Geffen A&M Records (IGA) is an American umbrella label operating as a unit of Interscope Capitol Labels Group, owned by Universal Music Group.

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Interscope Records

Interscope Records is an American record label based in Santa Monica, California, owned by Universal Music Group through its Interscope Geffen A&M imprint.

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Janus Records

Janus Records was a record label owned by GRT Records, also known as General Recorded Tape.

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Joint venture

A joint venture (JV) is a business entity created by two or more parties, generally characterized by shared ownership, shared returns and risks, and shared governance.

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Leonard Chess

Leonard Samuel Chess (born Lejzor Szmuel Czyż; March 12, 1917 – October 16, 1969), best known simply as Leonard Chess, was a Polish-American record company executive and the co-founder of Chess Records.

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Los Angeles

Los Angeles, often referred to by its initials L.A., is the most populous city in the U.S. state of California.

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MCA Records

MCA Records was an American record label owned by MCA Inc. established in 1972, though MCA had released recordings under that name in the UK from the 1960s.

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Music recording certification

Music recording certification is a system of certifying that a music recording has shipped, sold, or streamed a certain number of units.

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Newell Brands

Newell Brands Inc. is an American manufacturer, marketer and distributor of consumer and commercial products.

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Phil Chess

Philip Chess (born Fiszel Czyż; March 27, 1921 – October 18, 2016) was a Polish-born American record producer and company executive, the co-founder with his brother of Chess Records.

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Private Stock Records

Private Stock Records was a record label that operated from 1974 to 1978.

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Public company

A public company is a company whose ownership is organized via shares of stock which are intended to be freely traded on a stock exchange or in over-the-counter markets.

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Pye Records

Pye Records was a British record label.

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Record label

"Big Three" music labels A record label or record company is a brand or trademark of music recordings and music videos, or the company that owns it.

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Reel-to-reel audio tape recording

Reel-to-reel audio tape recording, also called open-reel recording, is magnetic tape audio recording in which the recording tape is spooled between reels.

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Starpath

Starpath was a U.S. company known for creating the Starpath Supercharger in August 1982.

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Sunnyvale, California

Sunnyvale is a city located in the Santa Clara Valley in northwest Santa Clara County in the U.S. state of California.

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The Canadian Encyclopedia

The Canadian Encyclopedia (TCE; L'Encyclopédie canadienne) is the national encyclopedia of Canada, published online by the Toronto-based historical organization Historica Canada, with the support of the federal Department of Canadian Heritage.

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Universal Music Group

Universal Music Group N.V. (often abbreviated as UMG and referred to as Universal Music Group or Universal Music) is a Dutch–American multinational music corporation under Dutch law.

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Warner Music Group

Warner Music Group Corp., commonly abbreviated as WMG, is an American multinational entertainment and record label conglomerate headquartered in New York City.

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Year of the Cat (song)

"Year of the Cat" is a song by Scottish singer-songwriter Al Stewart, released as a single in July 1976 in the UK (October 1976 in the US).

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8-track cartridge

The 8-track tape (formally Stereo 8; commonly called eight-track cartridge, eight-track tape, and eight-track) is a magnetic-tape sound recording technology that was popular from the mid-1960s to the early 1980s, when the compact cassette, which pre-dated the 8-track system, surpassed it in popularity for pre-recorded music.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Recorded_Tape

General Recorded Tape, the Glossary

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1965 establishments in the United States

1979 disestablishments in California

Companies that filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in 1979

Manufacturing companies established in 1965

Mass media companies disestablished in 1979

Record labels established in 1965

References