Teri De Records

Los Angeles based label owned and operated by Len Jewell. Started in the late 1960s. Leonard Jewell Smith's "Teri-De" label (coined from his daughter Terri Dee) was a vehicle for his own Delanieur Music (named after his Daughter Terri Dee and wife Elaine) written and published product based in the Compton area of L.A, California. He provided lyrical, musical and production not to mention vocals as a member of the Groovers and Penetrations (leased to local Highland records) as was product to Imperial R&B subsiduary Minit, Fontana as well as independant labels T.B.F, Drandell and Pzazz. Limited innitial pressses on Teri-De were used mainly for Demonstration and were probably withdrawn for contractual reasons on signing for the major label handling.