Starr Records was a

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founded by the Starr Piano Company of Richmond, Indiana. Gennett Records was also owned by Starr Piano. Starr's first discs were vertical-cut

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in the mid 1910s based on

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standard found in the

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. They were discontinued in 1917. The Starr label was continued through much of the 1920s in

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, pressed and distributed by Compo Company Ltd., mostly issuing sides that were released in the U.S. on Gennett. An unrelated Starr Records made records in Australia which were sold in the Coles chain.

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