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The Down Beat/Swing Beat/Swing Time Records numbering system ran from #100 (1947) through #347 (1954). Lauderdale also started up a subsidiary label in late 1952: his Flame Records numbering system ran from #1001 through #1009.
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artists of the 1940s first recorded for this company. It is possible to find certain releases on more than one label name.
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as recording artist/house band leader/session arranger and label A&R man. Also signed-up were
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active in the late 1940s and early 1950s. The label was founded by Jack Lauderdale in 1947 as
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Several Swing Time recordings (i.e. all the holiday singles) were given permanent lease to
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recorded for the Swing Time label (one disc released in 1950). Two late signings were
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recorded a session (releasing two discs), and songwriter/bass player
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The American Record Label Directory and Dating Guide, 1940-1959
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In 1950 Lauderdale purchased all the master recordings by the
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Added to all this activity was the signing of pianist
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