Audio Fidelity
Audio Fidelity, founded 1957: jazz artists and albums on the label.
Audio Fidelity Records was a record company based in New York City, most active during the 1950s and 1960s. They are best known for having produced the first mass-produced American stereophonic long-playing record in November 1957 (although this was not available to the general public until March of the following year). The Audio Fidelity label was acquired by 43 North Broadway, LLC.
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Artists on Audio Fidelity
Louis Armstrong
1901–1971 · American jazz musician, trumpeter and singer (1901–1971)
Lalo Schifrin
1932–2025 · Argentine-American composer (1932–2025)
Lionel Hampton
1908–2002 · American jazz musician (1908–2002)
Al Hirt
1922–1999 · American trumpeter and bandleader (1922–1999)
Larry Adler
1914–2001 · American harmonica player (1914-2001)
Elmo Hope
1923–1967 · American jazz pianist, composer, and arranger (1923-1967)
Label profile
American label started by Sidney Frey in the mid 1950's.
Label Code: LC 0122 / LC 00122
Audio Fidelity (AF) became part of Audio Fidelity Records, Inc. in 1964 and of Audiofidelity Enterprises, Inc. in 1970. The last known releases under the original AF label were in 1984.
In 1997, Colliers Media Company purchased AF out of bankruptcy, but was acquired by in 2005. The name Audio Fidelity was subsequently licensed to Morada Enterprises, which released specialty CDs under the label, Audio Fidelity (3). The historic AF catalog was last being released by Margate Entertainment's reissue label.
Audio Fidelity Stereodisc is not a separate label, company or series, so do not enter it as such. It is a marketing term for AF stereo releases, which may show two catalog numbers; only the "SD" catalog number is pertinent to these releases. Audio Fidelity did this in the same way that other labels would print the Mono catalog numbers under the Stereo catalog numbers.
Profile from Discogs (CC0)