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Revised 2/11/12

BETHLEHEM
US Labels and Company Sleeves 1954-1970

Labels
B 1297 - 1954
to
.
11001 - 1958
to
11099 - 1961
3000 - 1962
to
3087 - 1964
3079 - 1964
No perimeter print
Bethlehem Records was founded in New York by Gus Wildi in 1954. The label is mainly remembered for its jazz releases during the 1950s.
Bethlehem was distributed Syd Nathan's  King Records. Nathan purchased the label in 1960 and moved the company's office to Cincinnati.
When King Records was sold to Starday Records in October 1968, Bethlehem went with it.
 
Starday/King
Starday/King
Starday/King
3089 - 1965
to
3090 - 1965
3093 - 1969
to
.
3098 - 1970
3100 - 1970
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Sleeves
Range
Front
Back
Details
No 1
B 1297 - 1954
to
.
1650 Broadway
New York 19, N.Y.
   Cut straight/notch  Inside glued  
No 2
11001 - 1958
to
1962
Cincinnati, 7, Ohio
. Ref 127A  Cut straight   Inside glued  
No 3
3000 - 1962
to
3087 - 1964
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For sleeve details
(different colours/types)
see King Records
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 -  Inside glued  
No 4
1969
to
1970
 Distributed by Starday/King
Nashville, Tennessee
   Curved top  Glued left/right  
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Contact for corrections
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Thanks to Middle-Earth Records for scans in this section
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Thanks to Gary L. Anderson, Albany, NY  for scans in this section
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  Repro sleeves available from Big Boppa Records
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