Silvertone Records (other)
Silvertone Records has been the name for at least three record companies: * Silvertone Records (1916), a United States-based company. * Silvertone Records (Selfridges), a United Kingdom-based company that existed in the 1930s * Silvertone Records (1980) Silvertone Records is a current British record label, owned by Sony Music UK. Originally an independent record label, owned by Clive Calder's Jive Records, which was acquired in time by Bertelsmann Music Group, the original BMG company which w ...

Silvertone Records (1916)
Silvertone Records was a record label manufactured for Sears, Roebuck and Co. for sale in their chain of department stores and through mail order. Silvertone's discs were manufactured 1916–1928, and then revived briefly in 1940– 1941. Early releases were single-sided lateral-cut phonograph records; in the late 1910s double-sided discs began to be released. Most discs were manufactured by Columbia Records, while some were made by Paramount Records and Gennett Records. Earlier in the label's history, it was used to supplant its sister label Oxford Records. See also * List of record labels * Silvertone Records (other) * Oxford Records, Silvertone's sister label * Silvertone (brand) Silvertone is a brand created and promoted by Sears for its line of consumer electronics and musical instruments from 1916 to 1972. The rights to the Silvertone brand were purchased by South Korean corporation Samick Music in 2001. Samick made n ... References External links Sears, ...
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Silvertone Records (Selfridges)
Silvertone Records was a short-lived British department store record label A record label, or record company, is a brand or trademark of music recordings and music videos, or the company that owns it. Sometimes, a record label is also a publishing company that manages such brands and trademarks, coordinates the produ ..., which was one of the house labels of Selfridges in the 1930s. History After 1935"Plaza", Silvertone Records issued 8-inch discs made by British Homophone Co. Ltd. for sale in Selfridges department stores using masters from their Plaza label. While the discs were only 8 inches in diameter, as the grooves were close, it had a long playing time equivalent to standard records. The quality of Plaza recordings was considered good. British Homophone discontinued production of its own records in April 1935, and was sold jointly to EMI and Decca Records in May 1935, but continued to press discs for other companies. Silvertone releases were selected from the ...
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