{"title":"Brunswick","description":"\u003cp\u003eUS label; also appears as \"Brunswick Records\".\r\nLabel Code: LC 0136 \/ LC 00136\r\nFor all Unofficial \/  Bootleg release of this label please use [l182480]\r\nBrunswick is an active American record label founded in 1916.\r\nThe company first began producing phonographs in 1916, then began marketing their own line of records as an after-thought. These first Brunswick Records used the vertical cut system (like Edison Disc Records), and were not sold in large numbers. They were recorded in the US but sold only in Canada. Records under the \"Brunswick\" label were first produced by the Brunswick-Balke-Collender Company. In 1920, a new line of Brunswick Records were introduced in the US and Canada that employed the lateral cut system that was then becoming the default cut for 78 disc records. In late 1924, Brunswick acquired the [l=Vocalion (2)] Records label. In the spring of 1925 Brunswick introduced its own version of electrical recording (licensed from General Electric) using photoelectric cells, which Brunswick eventually called the \"Light-Ray Process\" . \r\n\r\nIn April 1930, Brunswick-Balke-Collender sold Brunswick Records to Warner Bros., who then leased the entire Brunswick record operation to the [l=American Record Corporation] (ARC) in December 1931. In 1932, the UK branch of Brunswick was acquired by British [l=Decca]. In 1939, the American Record Corp. was bought by the Columbia Broadcasting System. Columbia discontinued the Brunswick label in 1940 in favor of reviving the Columbia label, which violated the Warners lease agreement, resulting in the Brunswick trademark reverting back to Warners. In 1941, Warners sold the [l=Brunswick] and [l=Vocalion (2)] labels to American [l5320] (which Warners had a financial interest in), along with all masters recorded prior to December 1931. Rights to recordings from late December 1931 on were retained by [l=CBS]\/[l=Columbia].\r\n\r\nIn 1943, Decca revived the Brunswick label, mostly for reissues of recordings from earlier decades. After World War II, American [l5320] releases were issued in the United Kingdom on the Brunswick label until 1968 when the [l=MCA Records] label was introduced in the UK. During the war (1943), British [l=Decca] sold its American branch. For a time, Brunswick was a trademark of [l=Decca Records, Inc.] By 1952, Brunswick was put under the management of Decca's [l=Coral] Records subsidiary. That same year, Brunswick resumed releasing new material, focusing on Rock and Roll.\r\n\r\nStarting in the latter part of the 1950s and well into the 1970s, the label was recording more R\u0026amp;B\/soul acts. Beginning with Jackie Wilson’s first hit “Reet Petite” in 1957, Brunswick introduced numerous hits to the R\u0026amp;B and Pop charts for nearly 20 years, by artists such as [a=Tyrone Davis], [a=Barbara Acklin], [a=Young Holt Unlimited] and [a=The Chi-Lites]. The label also featured releases by [a=Gene Chandler] (of “Duke Of Earl” fame), [a=Erma Franklin] (The Queen Of Soul’s sister), [a=Little Richard], [a=T-Bone Walker], and many more.\r\n\r\nBetween the mid 60s and the mid 70s, Brunswick Records was one of America’s leading R\u0026amp;B record companies. From its studio office on Michigan Avenue, Brunswick employed some of Chicago’s best writers, producers and musicians to create a large portion of what was being played on R\u0026amp;B radio during that period.\r\n\r\nBy the time Brunswick stopped producing new product in 1982, the company had racked up more than 150 Billboard charted singles.  \r\n\r\nIn 1995 the Brunswick label was revived by Paul and Mara Tarnopol, the children of Nat Tarnopol.\r\n\r\nThe music has been reincarnated through sampling by artists such as [a=Jay-Z], [a=Joss Stone], [a=Fantasia (4)] and [a=Jaheim].  The 2003 smash “Crazy In Love” by [a=Beyoncé] was created by sampling the hook of the recording “Are You My Woman” by the Chi-Lites.\r\n\r\nSome of their singles, pressed at different pressing plants, can be identified by symbols as follows\r\n◆ \u0026amp; 2 = Decca or MCA Pressing Plant, Pinckneyville\r\n✤ \u0026amp; 1 = Decca or MCA Pressing Plant, Gloversville\r\n◈ \u0026amp; 3 = Decca or MCA Pressing Plant, Richmond\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"i-like-what-you-re-doing-to-me","title":"I Like (What You're Doing To Me)","description":"\u003cp\u003eInsanely catchy 1980's Disco jam from Young \u0026amp; Company on Brunswick. 40 years down the line it sounds as good as it did on day dot. Killer funk guitars, sensuous vocals and luscious harmonies complete with that classic Brunswick touch. Original reissue as in original Brunswick sleeves as if roller-discos never left us.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Brunswick","offers":[{"title":"Black | 12\"","offer_id":50512579330379,"sku":"1119322","price":11.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/37a7d8d6-7879-4c17-b86c-cb7ced883ca8_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1727902294"},{"product_id":"someone-else-s-arms-eci3zp","title":"Someone Else's Arms","description":"\u003cp\u003eBarbara's third album could, and should, have been so much more than it eventually became. Brunswick Records obviously still did not know how to market Acklin, saddling her with a bunch of songs culled straight from Broadway and various cocktail lounges.  There's a Latinesque version of \"Quiet Nights of Quiet Stars (Corvocado)\" and an almost unbearably sugary take on \"More\". Some of the overproduction seeps in on the otherwise good title track.  But luckily, there's plenty of brassy Windy City goodness here as well. The hand-clappin' soul shake \"After You\" is pure Chicago Soul, and the right amount of polish is added to the original ballad \"Is It Me\".  There's some heavily distorted rock guitar in \"What's It Gonna Be\", a great tune, the intro of which is slightly reminiscent of \"Eleanor Rigby\". And whereas the dreamy, string-drenched ballad \"He's Just a Little Guy\" is a bit over-bearing at times, the hoppin' beater \"More Today Than Yesterday\" makes up for it. And Acklin's version of BS\u0026amp;T's \"Spinning Wheel\" arguably is the funkiest moment on the album.  Finally, there is another sweet ballad from the pens of producer duo Carl Davis and Eugene Record, with \"More Ways Than One\".\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Brunswick","offers":[{"title":"Black LP","offer_id":50996067991883,"sku":"2236997","price":13.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/product_id._3126d558_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1734720846"}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/collections\/test_cc4fae22_thumbnail_4096_7a62c131-85e0-427f-8c99-086cd43ea9c1.jpg?v=1727902276","url":"https:\/\/shop.roughtrade.com\/fr\/collections\/brunswick.oembed","provider":"Rough Trade","version":"1.0","type":"link"}