Herwin Records | |
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Founded | 1924 |
Founder | Herbert Schiele Edwin Schiele |
Defunct | 1930 |
Status | Inactive |
Genre | Jazz, blues, old-time |
Country of origin | U.S. |
Location | St. Louis, Missouri |
Herwin Records was a mail-order record label founded in 1925 by two brothers, Herbert and Edwin Schiele in St. Louis, Missouri. The name of the label comes from their first names (HERbert and EdWIN). [1] [2]
Herwin sold budget jazz, blues, and old-time music discs that were pressed by Gennett and Paramount. [3] The records were advertised in farming magazines and sold through the mail. [2] The catalogue included Charley Patton, Chubby Parker, and Ernest Stoneman. [1]
Herwin closed in 1930 when it was bought by the Wisconsin Chair Company, the owner of Paramount. A second Herwin Records was started in 1971 by Bernard Klatzko, a collector who reissued rare, early-jazz discs. [2]