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Label created by R. Peter Munves and launched in 1977 by Pickwick International, Inc. Initially it was a classical music label and followed the usual Pickwick strategy to release budget releases of licensed recordings, mainly from RCA (and its Reader's Digest mail-order series) and EMI. Remastering was in the hands of selected technicians such as Jack Adelman, giving this budget label a good reputation compared to the original source material. In 1982 the label was sold to Intersound Inc. It is the sister label to the UK Contour Red Label classical label and use the same series brands. See for example Critic's Choice and Classics For Joy
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Sub-labels
Quintessence Jazz Series
Budget jazz label launched in 1978. Some of the recordings were licensed from GNP Crescendo.
Melodiya / Quintessence
American sublabel of , to issue Russian recording by arrangement with (most if not all under the Series ) This is to be used as a label. On the release, please a...