Parent company Compo Company Genre Pop Date founded 1921 Defunct 1980 | Status Defunct Location Toronto, Ontario Country of origin Canada | |
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Distributors Decca Records, MCA Records Artists Nautilus Pompilius, The Everly Brothers, Andy Williams, Johnny Tillotson, Ritchie Valens | ||
Apex Records was a Canadian record label owned by the Compo Company which lasted as late as 1980.
Compo established the Apex label in July 1921 in Toronto. It released American recordings from Okeh Records and Gennett Records among others. It also released recordings by Canadian artists for both the Anglophone and Francophone communities.
After Compo began a distribution arrangement with Decca Records (USA) in 1935, the Apex name was dropped. Apex was revived in 1942 to market Canadian recordings. American Decca bought Compo in 1951. In 1952, Apex resumed issuing American recordings from the various independent American record companies which were established after World War II. Compo was renamed MCA Records (Canada) in 1970, retaining the Apex label for Francophone recordings for a few years before phasing out the label. MCA Canada formally abandoned the trademark in 1984.
Dscography of 45 rpm singles (incomplete)
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