Golden Crest Records

Golden Crest Records was an American music label. In its original incarnation it produced records from 1956 until 1983 and was headed by Clark Galehouse.[1] It was a subsidiary of Shelley Products in Huntington Station.[2] The label released The Fabulous Wailers instrumental hit "Tall Cool One". Ace Records released a Best of Golden Crest album.[3] The label's collection is in the Library of Congress.[4]

Golden Crest Records

Industry	Music Label
Founded	1956
Founder	Clark Galehouse
Defunct	1983
Headquarters	United States
Parent	Shelley Products

Discography

• Mark Thomas (flutist) albums
  • Images (with Christine Croshaw) (Golden Crest Records, 1982)
  • Contrasts (with Christine Croshaw) (Golden Crest Records, 1983)
• Paul Brodie albums
• Wind Quintet (Schoenberg) album
• Gigi (Hank Jones album)
• Fisher Tull LP
• Leonard Falcone album
• Jack Winerock album
• William Bell (tuba player) album
• Scott Joplin album
• John Garvey (musician) album
• Coenraad Bloemendal album
• Malcolm Bilson album
• The Chessmen album[5]
• Billy Murre
• The Montells

Further reading

• Record Makers and Breakers: Voices of the Independent Rock ‘n’ Roll Pioneers by John Broven, University of Illinois Press, Urbana 2009 chapter 20 and pages 13-20
• '“Not Only Rock ‘n’ Roll!: The Golden Crest Records Story" by John Broven, American Music Magazine (Sweden) No. 81, September 1999, 13

References

1. "Golden Crest". Discogs.
2. "Golden Crest Records: The Independent Record Industry Comes to Long Island | Long Island History Journal".
3. Records, Ace. "The Best Of Golden Crest". Ace Records.
4. "John Broven - Golden Crest Records". John Broven. Retrieved 28 November 2019.
5. "Golden Crest [NY] | THE NORTHWEST MUSIC ARCHIVES".

External links

• "Golden Crest Records: The Independent Record Industry Comes to Long Island" from the Long Island History Journal