Label Guide: Era
Era Records was an independent American record label located. It was founded in 1955 by Herb Newman and Lou Bedell in Hollywood, California. The label had some early hit artists with Gogi Grant, Ketty Lester or The Castells, but in the early 1960s Era was struggling already and new releases became sparse.
From 1969 to 1971, Era was associated with Happy Tiger, which reissued and distributed some of Era's oldies. In the mid-1970s Herb Newman sold Era Records to K-Tel, a company whose business model was to create compilations of licensed material and advertise them aggressively on television.
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78rpm Label Variation
78rpm Era Label (1950s)
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1. Label Variation (I)
first Era Label (1955 - 1960)
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1. Label Variation (II)
first Era Label (1955 - 1960)
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2. Label Variation
second Era Label (1960 - 1962)
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3. Label Variation
third Era Label (1962 - 1965)
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4. Label Variation
fourth Era Label (1965 - 1966)
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5. Label Variation
fifth Era Label (1967 - 1968)
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6. Label Variation
sixth Era Label, Happy Tiger (1969 - 1971)
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7. Label Variation
seventh Era Label (1972 - 1974)