Smash Records (4)

For Bootlegs and unofficial releases please use Smash Records (18)
Created by Fontana as a subsidiary for international music, Smash became a de facto country label with some rock, R&B and pop mixed in.

Notable artists include King Records (3) in 1962-64).

The label lasted until 1970 when Sam Phillips two years later.

It was revived three times since then (in 1979 as a reissue label, in 1985 as a country label and in 1989 for PolyGram's late 1980s Timepieces reissue 45 series for singles originally on Smash's All Time Hits reissue series, using a reproduction of that label [later copies were issued on Mercury]), each occasion short-lived.

In 1991, PolyGram decided to reactivate Smash Records one more time under the PolyGram Label Group -- this time, as a Dance and Club music imprint with a completely new logo, effectively putting an end to the previous era and changing the label's direction completely. In 1992, Smash was signed over to Island Records (an autonomous PolyGram subsidiary) as their second Dance imprint alongside Great Jones.

The label had finally ceased operation permanently in 1996.

Please Note: For the post-1991 Smash releases, please go to Smash Records.

For Bootlegs and unofficial releases please use Smash Records (18)