Brunswick Record Corporation

Company producing the [l=Brunswick] label, commonly printed as Brunswick Record Corp.

The company name Brunswick Record Corporation was introduced in 1932, after the [l=American Record Corporation] (ARC) had leased the Brunswick brand name from [l=Warner Bros. Pictures, Inc.] in December 1931. Until mid-1932, however, the older company name [l=Brunswick Radio Corporation] continued to be used on U.S. [l=Brunswick] releases.

In December 1938, Columbia Broadcasting Systems (CBS) acquired [l=American Record Corporation] (ARC) and the rights to the Brunswick label name. In April 1940, however, CBS discontinued the Brunswick label (last CBS issue: Brunswick 8520). As this was a violation of the original lease contract, the rights to the Brunswick trademark returned to [l=Warner Bros. Pictures, Inc.]. In May 1941, this company sold the rights to the Brunswick name and all Brunswick matrices recorded prior to December 1931 to [l=Decca Records, Inc.].