Sparton

Canadian label which was based in London, Ontario.; a subsidiary of Sparton Of Canada Ltd.. On some releases from the late 1960s, the label is denoted as 'Sparton Records'. The ABC-Paramount logo also appears on some release labels and should be entered as the second label to Sparton. Sparton Records was founded in 1930 by the American electronics company Sparks-Worthington Corp., of Jackson, Michigan, which made Sparton radios. It manufactured and distributed Columbia Records in Canada from 1939 to 1954. It had distribution arrangements with other American record companies, most notably ABC Records It was the first record company in Canada to manufacture stereo records in 1958. While the record company folded in 1969, Sparton Corporation is still in operation. Sparton closed its London operations in 2009