Evolution Records was a record label operated by the Stereo Dimension Records subsidiary of the Longines Symphonette Society, a unit of the Longines watch company. [1] [2] It was founded in 1969 as the retail arm of the mail-order Longines Symphonette Society which usually issued box sets of old radio shows, including a two-record set of Orson Welles's 1938 Mercury Theatre on the Air production of " The War of the Worlds", or traditional pop songs. Loren Becker was the president of the label. [3] In 1973 the label made a concerted effort to break into the soul music genre. [4]
The Canadian rock group Lighthouse earned Evolution its first gold record. [5] Evolution sold Lighthouse's contract to Polydor Records, but retained rights to material originally issued on Evolution. [3]
Longines exited the record business in 1975.
Artists
- Bloontz [6]
- Dorothea Joyce [7]
- Lighthouse
- Richard Sarstedt [8]
- Steel River [2]
References
- ^ "Evolution Album Discography". Both Sides Now Publications. Retrieved 2014-10-28.
- ^ a b "Stereo Dimension Shaping New Aim Via Westinghouse". Billboard. February 13, 1971. p. 10.
- ^ a b "Polydor Buys Lighthouse". Billboard. May 5, 1973. p. 6.
- ^ "Evolution, Master 5 Pact Accents Soul". Billboard. March 17, 1973. p. 48.
- ^ "One Fine Morning". Billboard. October 23, 1971. p. 1.
- ^ "Evolution gives Bloontz $60G 'Bloontzkreig'". Billboard. February 24, 1973. p. 58.
- ^ "Signings". Billboard. August 12, 1972. p. 18.
- ^ "Signings". Billboard. September 25, 1971. p. 22.
External links
- Evolution Album Discography — Both Sides Now Publications
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