Goldband Records

Goldband Records
Founded1945 (1945)
GenreCajun, R&B, country, swamp blues, swamp pop
Country of originU.S.
LocationLake Charles, Louisiana
Official websitewww.purecajun.com/goldband/

Goldband Records is an American record label based in Lake Charles, Louisiana, founded in 1945 and best known for its Cajun and R&B recordings in the 1950s and 1960s. Its founder, Eddie Shuler, claimed "the record business is nearly always 90% hype and 10% record".[1]

  1. ^ Evans, David (1982). Big Road Blues: tradition and creativity in the folk blues (1st ed.). Berkeley, California: University of California Press. p. 85. ISBN 0-520-03484-8.