Vanguard Records

Vanguard Records was a record label set up in 1950 by brothers Maynard and Seymour Solomon in New York. It started as a classical and jazz label, but shifted direction in the mid-1950s by challenging the blacklist and signing blacklisted performers Paul Robeson and The Weavers. Their new emphasis on folk music and later rock music was enhanced by signing Joan Baez, Buddy Guy, Buffy Sainte-Marie, Country Joe and the Fish and others over the years.

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Record label - 1950 - Maynard - Seymour Solomon - New York - Paul Robeson - The Weavers - Folk music - Rock music - Joan Baez - Buddy Guy - Buffy Sainte-Marie - Country Joe and the Fish

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By the early 1970s, Vanguard released albums by Michigan based rock groups such as Dick Wagner and The Frost and was inspired by an off the wall novelty hit they released, Shaving Cream by Benny Bell, to release albums of funny music inspired by Dr. Demento.

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Michigan - Dick Wagner and The Frost - Benny Bell - Dr. Demento

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The label stayed dormant for most of the seventies, it re-emerged briefly with some disco releases in the eighties and was finally sold to the Welk Music Group. The Welk Group sold the classical music catalog back to Seymour Solomon. So there are two active record labels bearing the Vanguard name. Welk Music Group owns Vanguard Records specializing in folk music and is releasing new material. Vanguard also released their extensive folk and popular music back catalog on CD. Vanguard Classics Records is today owned by Artemis Records and also releases new material as well as its back catalog of classical music.

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Welk Music Group - Classical music - Folk music - Popular music - Artemis Records

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