Herwin Records

Herwin Records was a mail-order record label founded in 1925 by two brothers, Herbert and Edwin Schiele in St. Louis, Missouri. The name of the label comes from their first names (HERbert and EdWIN).^[1][2]

Herwin Records
Founded	1924 (1924)
Founder	Herbert Schiele Edwin Schiele
Defunct	1930 (1930)
Status	Inactive
Genre	Jazz, blues, old-time
Country of origin	U.S.
Location	St. Louis, Missouri

Herwin sold budget jazz, blues, and old-time music discs that were pressed by Gennett and Paramount.^[3] The records were advertised in farming magazines and sold through the mail.^[2] The catalogue included Charley Patton, Chubby Parker, and Ernest Stoneman.^[1]

Herwin closed in 1930 when it was bought by the Wisconsin Chair Company, the owner of Paramount. A second Herwin Records was started in 1971 by Bernard Klatzko, a collector who reissued rare, early-jazz discs.^[2]

See also

• List of record labels

References

1. Kennedy, Rick (2013). Jelly Roll, Bix, and Hoagy: Gennett Records and the rise of America's musical grassroots (Rev. & expanded ed.). Bloomington, Ind.: Indiana University Press. p. 170. ISBN 978-0-253-00747-6.
2. Rye, Howard (2002). Kernfeld, Barry (ed.). The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz. Vol. 2 (2nd ed.). New York: Grove's Dictionaries Inc. p. 231. ISBN 1-56159-284-6.
3. Oliver, Paul (2001) Yonder Come the Blues: The Evolution of a Genre, p. 287. Cambridge University Press At Google Books. Retrieved 13 July 2013.

External links

• Illustrated Herwin Records discography ("Postwar" Klatzko releases)