Cameo

Also appears as "Cameo Records" or over the "P" of [l=Parkway].
Label founded 1956 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania by [a=Bernie Lowe] and [a=Kal Mann].

In June 1958, they simultaneously entered the LP & Stereo market. In the same year they also started a subsidiary called [l=Parkway] Records.

In 1964, the budget LP subsidiary [l=Wyncote] was launched with some 200 titles eventually released. By 1967, both labels were losing lots of money and were merged into the single "[l=Cameo Parkway]" label (the last major hits were in 1964; with a few exceptions, the company was just getting by on its past reputation). After a brief period being distributed by [l=MGM Records], the company went bankrupt and was sold to Allen B. Klein who turned the Cameo-Parkway operation into [l=ABKCO Records] in 1968.

[b]Labelcode: LC 03062[/b]
For bootlegs and unofficial releases, see [l=Cameo (5)]