# Eric Records

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{{Short description|American record label}}
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'''Eric Records''' is an American record company that produced [singles](/source/Single_(music)) from 1968 to 1996, mainly with reissues of successful [oldies](/source/oldies), continuing today with [compact disc](/source/compact_disc) compilations.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.ericrecords.com/ |title=Eric Records Website |access-date=2019-04-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190110065356/http://www.ericrecords.com/ |archive-date=2019-01-10 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>[https://www.allmusic.com/artist/eric-records-mn0000199489/ Eric Records | AllMusic]</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://musicbrainz.org/label/c679a28f-de3c-4731-8e0c-ad67f4711c15 |title=Eric Records - MusicBrainz |access-date=2019-04-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161118014728/https://musicbrainz.org/label/c679a28f-de3c-4731-8e0c-ad67f4711c15 |archive-date=2016-11-18 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.discogs.com/label/45010-Eric-Records |title=Eric Records Label {{!}} Releases {{!}} Discogs |website=[Discogs](/source/Discogs) |access-date=2019-04-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190413113616/https://www.discogs.com/label/45010-Eric-Records |archive-date=2019-04-13 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.thesuburban.com/arts_and_entertainment/joel-goldenberg-the-sound-breakthrough-has-finally-happened/article_7bbca08e-7052-5b59-9eb6-9cb57f7e643a.html|title=Joel Goldenberg: The sound breakthrough has finally happened|last=Suburban|first=Joel Goldenberg The|website=The Suburban Newspaper|language=en|access-date=2019-04-25}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/two-new-cds-reignite-stereo-vs-mono-debate_b_58ac61cde4b0417c4066c2ee|title=Two New CDs Reignite Stereo Vs. Mono Debate|last1=Manion|first1=Glenn Paul|date=2017-02-21|website=HuffPost|language=en|access-date=2019-04-26}}</ref>

== History ==
Eric Records was founded in 1968 by Bill Buster in Philadelphia with the intention to re-release old songs of popular pop music in the original version as heard on the radio. He started with [The Paris Sisters](/source/The_Paris_Sisters), of which he brought their successful titles "[I Love How You Love Me](/source/I_Love_How_You_Love_Me)" and "He Knows I Love Him Too Much" of 1961 and 1962 to the market. As a result, Buster published a series of evergreens and lesser-known titles. While the majority of the titles were number-one hits and re-released between 1950 and 1979, others such as [Jerry Butler](/source/Jerry_Butler)'s "For Your Precious Love" (ranked 99 in the [Billboard pop chart](/source/Billboard_Hot_100)) also hit the market.

In 1974, the company was relocated to [New Jersey](/source/New_Jersey). When [vinyl records](/source/Phonograph_record) were superseded by the [compact disc](/source/compact_disc) in the early 1990s, Eric Records switched its production to compact discs in 1996.

=== Compilation series ===
* Big Band Releases
* Complete Hits
* Hard to Find 45s On CD
* Hard to Find Instrumentals
* Hard to Find Jukebox Classics (via Hit Parade Records)
* Teen Time<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.ericrecords.com/ |title=Eric Records Website |access-date=2019-04-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190110065356/http://www.ericrecords.com/ |archive-date=2019-01-10 |url-status=live }}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.ericrecords.com/ Official website]

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Category:American record labels
Category:Reissue record labels
Category:Record labels established in 1968

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