El Saturn Records is an American

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 ...

founded in 1957 by

Alton Abraham Alton Abraham (5 May 1927 – 6 June 1999) was an African American social entrepreneur who acted as business manager for jazz musician Sun Ra. Early life Abraham was born in Chicago and served in the U.S Military in Okinawa from 1945 to 1947. When ...

. Among the earliest

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-owned record labels, in the late 1950s and 1960s it was one of the most active artist-owned record labels in the United States. The best known releases by the label are albums by

Sun Ra Le Sony'r Ra (born Herman Poole Blount, May 22, 1914 – May 30, 1993), better known as Sun Ra, was an American jazz composer, bandleader, piano and synthesizer player, and poet known for his experimental music, "cosmic" philosophy, prolific ou ...

and his groups. The label is currently owned by Ihnfinity Inc. where Anita A. Abraham IS the President.

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Afterschool Sound Records
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