Wand

US label; better known as "[i]Wand Records[/i]".
Originally a division of , founded in 1961 by , hence also credited as Scepter-Wand Records, , Scepter and Wand Records or as the Scepter-Wand Organization during the 60s.
Started mainly as an R&B label but also released Rock, eventually focused on R&B and Soul. Both Scepter and Wand were sold to in 1976. When Springboard went bankrupt, [l=Gusto Records (2)] acquired their catalogs.

Wand was exclusively manufactured and distributed in Canada by [l=Quality Records Limited] (often on their [l=Reo], [l=Barry] and [l=Quality] labels) until the end of 1967. At the start of 1968 manufacturing and distributing of Wand switched to [l=The Compo Company Ltd.]. In 1970 Compo was amalgamated into [l=MCA Records (Canada)] who handled Wand until 1973. In 1973 Scepter was handled by [l=Polydor Ltd. (2)] until 1976.

For unofficial releases, see [l=Wand (6)]