Gusto Records

Gusto Records
Parent companyGusto Records Inc.
Founded1973 (1973)
FounderMoe Lytle
Tommy Hill
Distributor(s)Gusto Records
GenreVarious
Country of originU.S.
LocationNashville, Tennessee
Official websiteOfficial website at the Wayback Machine (archived 18 November 2015)

Gusto Records is a Nashville, Tennessee-based record company that specializes in reissuing and licensing recordings.

The catalogues that Gusto owns include King Records (except for recordings by James Brown),[1] Starday, Scepter (except for recordings by Dionne Warwick,[2] and the pre-RCA recordings of The Guess Who), Wand (except for recordings by The Kingsmen)[3] Musicor, Chart (except for recordings by Lynn Anderson, whose catalog is owned by Sony Music Entertainment, and a few other artists who bought their own masters),[4] Federal, Audio Lab, Ovation, Step One, Atteiram, and others. Gusto is believed to maintain one of the largest independently owned collection of record masters.

  1. ^ David, Edwards; Callahan, Mike. "King/Federal/DeLuxe Story". Bsnpubs.com.
  2. ^ Harron, Mary (1 May 1996). "I Shot Andy Warhol". IMDb.
  3. ^ "The Kingsmen". Louielouie.org. Archived from the original on 2013-03-12. Retrieved 2008-01-27.
  4. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2018-03-25. Retrieved 2018-03-24.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)