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Bibletone Records

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In May 1961, Engel was one of four men arrested in connection with an investigation into counterfeiting of records. Nassau County, New York, police arrested the men at the Hotel Plaza in New York City. The four were charged with "grand larceny, conspiracy to violate trade-mark laws and conspiracy to
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by Arthur L. Becker. In 1944 the company home office was listed as 354 Fourth Avenue, NY. Home office executives were Arthur L. Becker, home office president; C. B. Slade, executive manager; and George Shackley, musical director.
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A reported accident at the plant caused the original Bibletone label to cease production in the late 1950s, and the trademark on the name lapsed. In 1967,
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Bibletone ventured into production of single recordings in 1949. Initially the focus was on "signing of several Southern and Western radio artists."
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but Bibletone became known in the 1950s for their colorful red or blue vinyl records, pressed in the company's own pressing plant.
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rpm albums of their releases. It was also one of the first labels to release 10-inch as well as 12-inch
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filed for the Bibletone trademark, and began using the name. Later, the label became a part of the
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commit grand larceny." Records the group was accused of counterfeiting included
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78rpm Bibletone label by The Bibletone Jubileers, catalog S-2000 side B
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on 78 rpm (in the 1940s), caused the company to shift its focus to
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Bibletone's product line in 1948 included three Easter albums --
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Index of Trademarks Issued from the United States Patent Office
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albums and one of the first companies to release their
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blue-vinyl Bibletone pressing, Stamps-Baxter Quartet
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in 1948, featured the Saintsbury Singers performing
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Bibletone

New York City
gospel
long-play
singles
choirs
sacred music
children's music
The LeFevres
Southern Gospel
Montrose, Pennsylvania
Wheaton, Illinois
a cappella

East Orange, New Jersey
Dick Engel
The Blue Ridge Quartet
The Rebels Quartet
The Harmoneers
The Homeland Harmony Quartet
The Happy Goodman Family
Sunshine Boys
RCA Custom Pressing
Frank Sinatra's
Nice 'n' Easy
Enoch Light's
Persuasive Percussion
Johnny Carter
National Recording Corporation

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