The label (Rondo) was started in Chicago in the late 1940s, with Julius F. Bard as President and Nick Lany as Executive.
Located in Chicago (329 South Wood Street: mid-1950 220 W. Locust Street).
Rondo released a variety of music. They started issuing 10" albums in the early 1950s, some or all of which were issued
on red vinyl. Eli Obersteinwho, who also owned the umbrella corporation called "Record Corporation of America," and
Ervin Litkei bought Rondo in November, 1954, and moved operations to their home base in Union City, New Jersey;
Oberstein began issuing 12-inch albums in the A-1 series, starting with a collection of Ken Griffin songs packaged as You Can't Be True, Dear [Rondo A-1]. By 1958, Oberstein started a new companion label, Rondo-lette, and later two subsidiaries, Acorn and Evon. He eventually sold Record Corporation of America to Pickwick, but kept Rondo.
Eli Oberstein died on June 12, 1960, and his son, Maurice, took over operations at the label. In late 1961, he sold the label to Precision Radiation Instruments (PRI), Incorporated, located in Los Angeles. PRI, who ran many of the budget labels found in grocery store racks, placed the Rondo label under its Kimberly subsidiary in New York. PRI reissuing material from Rondo; Tops and other labels they controlled and making makinga clone of their other labels, using the same cheap easy-split-seam jackets and generic jacket backs. Rondo was reissuing albums at least as late as 1965.
Label Number - Artist - Album title [Issue Date when known]
/ Between songs // other side (when known)
(e) behind the number means is was electrically produce to sound like a Hi-Fi or Stereo recording.
This list is incomplete:
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A1 Ken Griffin - "You Can't Be True, Dear" [1958]
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A2 Pee Wee Hunt & His Orchestra - Dixieland [1958]
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A3 Kay Starr - Them There Eyes [1958]
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A4 JOHNNY GREGORY and His London Orchestra - HI Fl SHOWS [1958]
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A5 Gordon MacRae - Gordon MacRae [1958]
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A6 Not Given - My Fair Lady and PalL Joey [1958]
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A7 Duke Ellington and Orchestra - Overture to a Jam Session [1958]
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A8 Rias Orchestra conducted by Manuel Rosenthal - Gaite Parisienne [1958]
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A9 Louis Prima - ln All Moods [1958]
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A10 Don Baker - Organ in Pop Dance Tempos
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A11 Dizzie Gillespie - Dizzie Gillespie
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A12 All Star Cast - Alice In Wonderland/Alice Through The Looking Glass
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A13 Jaye P. Morgan - Jaye P. Morgan
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A14 The Three /Suns - Twilight Time
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A15 Erroll Garner - Erroll Garner
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A16 Charles Vangerg and His Orchestra - Vienna In 3/4 Time
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A17 Ken Griffin - Ken Griffin
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A18 Jack Teagarnder and Orchestra - The Blues and Dixie
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A19 Paul Baron and His Orchestra - "Lonely Hearts"
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A20 Lawence Welk and His Orchestra - Plays For Dancing
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A21 Frankie Lane - Franki Lane
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A22 MARTYN GREEN in Gilbert & Sullivan's MIKADO with James Pease and Karl Brock
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A23 Percy Faith and His Orchestra - Percy Faith and His Orchestra
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A24 Sidney Bechet - Muggsy Spanier
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A25 Louis Prima - Louis Prima Entertains
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A26 Carlos Montoya - Carlos Montoya Plays The Flamenco Fire Guitar [1958]
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A27 Not Given - Music of Two Great Shows Music Mand and South Pacific
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A28 Red Norvo Trio - Red Norvo Trio
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A29 Jan Peerce - "The Lord's Prayer"
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A30 Ken Griffin - At The Great Organ
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A31 Varied -
Great Jazz [1958]
September Song/They Say It's Wonderful/Honeysuckle Rose/Body And Soul/Ole Man River/Wrap Your Toubles In Dreams//
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A32 Not Given - Music of Gigi and Oklahoma
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A33 Kurt Maier - Around The World with Kurt Maier
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A34 Caruso and McCormack - All The Great Tenor Arias
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A35 Sarah Vaughan - Songs Of Broadway
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A36 The Three Suns - Midnight Time
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A37 Emil Gilels - Plays Tschaikowsky Piano Concerto No. 1
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A38 Ken Griffin - Christmas Carols
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A39 St. Nichlas Church Boys' Choir - Christmas Carols
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A40 Eric Silver - Christmas Organ and Chimes
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12 SA 92 Howard Jones with Orchestra - The Jolson Story In Song
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SA 55 Adolpho Gorman and His Orchestra - Latin Rhythms
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