Domino Records (pre-1993)
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Domino Records was the name of several United States
United States
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 record label
Record label
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s which are now defunct:
  • Domino Records (1917)
  • Domino Records (1924–1933)
  • Domino Records (1950s-1960s)

First U.S. label

The first U.S. Domino Records, a United States
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 based label, debuted in 1917 and went out of business later that same year. They produced 7-inch vertical-cut disc records
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.

Second U.S. label

The second, better known, Domino Records, a United States based label, was in business from 1924 to 1931, producing standard 10-inch lateral cut 78s. The label was a subsidiary of Plaza Music Company, headquartered in New York City
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. The label later became owned by American Record Corporation
American Record Corporation
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. Artists that they recorded included: Ben Pollack
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, as well as artists whose records were issued on other ARC labels.

In 1933, ARC reconstituted the Domino label - this time with the same label style, but in gold - for an exclusive 100 series sold only at the John Gabel Co. This lasted through about 1934.

Third U.S. label

The third Domino Records was a regional label started in the late 1950s in Austin, Texas
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. This label lasted into the early part of the 1960s. Artists that they recorded included: George Underwood, Clarence Smith
Sonny Rhodes
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, Ray Campi
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, the Slades
The Slades
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, and Joyce Harris.
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