Columbia Records

101 Series Lesson 70: Columbia Records

Before the mp3, before the CD, before the cassette, before the 8-track, before reel-to-reel, before vinyl there was wax and shellac. Who put the wax and shellac on? Columbia Records did. The oldest record label in America deserves it’s own show and you’re getting it. In Lesson 70 of the 101 Series we focus on the only label that signed Louis Armstrong, Billie Holiday, Bob Dylan, all the hippies, Bruuuuuuce, Cypress Hill and Adele. (You should be impressed.)