SMASH
US
Labels and Company Sleeves 1961-1989
Labels
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Mercury Record Corp. ![]() |
Mercury Record Corp... ![]() |
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to S 1702 - 1961 |
to S 1787 - 1962 |
to S 2041 - 1966 |
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Numbering system also used by Fontana and other small labels | |||
Smash
Records was founded in 1961 as a subsidiary of Mercury Records, by Mercury
executive Shelby Singleton and run by Singleton with Charlie Fach. Fach
took over after Singleton left Mercury in 1966. Its recording artists included
Bruce Channel, Roger Miller, The Left Banke, Bill Justis and Jerry Lee
Lewis.
A dispute with King Records led James Brown to release all of his band's instrumental recordings between 1964 and 1967 on Smash. Smash also released three of Brown's vocal recordings. Smash shared the numbering system for their singles with other labels that they distributed. |