Astor
Also appears as astor records.
Australian record label based in melbourne, astor records was the recording
division of manufacturing group the radio corporation of australia, via its
electronic industries ltd. division, and was created in 1959. It was absorbed
into the multinational philips conglomerate in 1970. By 1981 releases were
showing the information marketed under exclusive licence in australia by astor,
a division of polygram records pty. limited, with the astor name completely
disappearing by 1983. The last release on the label itself was shaddap you
face in 1981.
The formal company name for this label is astor records pty. ltd. (active
at least from the 1970s onwards).