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Revised 3/8/14

AUSTROTON
DE Labels and Company Sleeves 1954-1964

Labels
45 A 4 - 1954
to
4 A 141
45 A 151
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45 A 9241
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45 A 9277
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45 A 9460 - 1954
Gerhard „Moshe“ Mendelson (*04.02.1913 in Berlin; † 14.03.1976 in Feldafing/Bayern) was a German
music-producer and label owner living and working in Vienna. He discovered among numerous others
Peter Alexander and Peter Kraus. In May 1946 Gerhard Mendelson founded the “Austrophon Schallplatten Studio GmbH”, a recording studio and the label AUSTROTON. He organized within a few months the almost dead music infrastructure including a pressing plant. 
The recording studio was located in rooms of the famous “Wiener Konzerthaus”.
Mendelson and his label “Austrophon-Serie, Elite-Special (Austroton)” developed fast into a center of German
language record production. In 1948 they started a connection with the austrian outlet of Swiss Turicaphon. 
In November 1954 he joined Kirt Feltz in Köln and the result was contract with POLYDOR on Jan. 1st 1955.
The “Austrophon-Schallplatten-Studio GmbH” today is still located in Vienna.
45 A 247 - 1959
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A 396
45 A 9282
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45 A 9810 - 1957
A 9416
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A 9423 - 1964
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Single
EP
45 M 70477 - 1954
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45 M 70588 - 1955
45 M 1105
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Sleeves
Range
Front
Back
Details
No 1
45 A 4 - 1954
to 
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 Cut straight  Inside glued   
No 2
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to 
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Youth protection
   Cut straight  Inside glued   
No 3
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to 
45 A 9810 - 1957
   Slightly curved top  Inside glued   
No 4
45 M 70477 - 1954
to
45 M 70588 - 1955
Mercury
   Cut straight   Inside glued   
No 5
45 M 1105
to 
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 Sleeve not avaialble
for scan
Mercury
       
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Contact for corrections
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Thanks to Karl-Heinz Decker, Germany for scans in this section
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Thanks to Franz Zeleny, Austria for scans and info in this section
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