Great Union Organisation Sdn. Bhd.

This company was established c.1970 with corporate offices in both Singapore & Malaysia. The Malaysian office was: Great Union Organization Sdn. Bhd., No. 516, 3 1/4 Miles, Cheras Road, Kuala Lumpur. The Singapore office was: Great Union Organisation Pte. Ltd., Rm. 401-405, Nehsons Building, Peck Seoh Street, Singapore 2. There was also a Hong Kong branch: GUO Recording Studio (Hong Kong) Ltd., 485 Nathan Road,10th Floor. Kowloon, Hong Kong. This company operated in both Malaysia & Singapore, but much of its business activity took place in Singapore. All recordings were made in Singapore until the mid-1970s. Many of the records on the various labels produced by the company were manufactured in Singapore, and many of the record sleeves were also printed in Singapore. All this was quite normal for the record industry at that time as it's business activities frequently involved using recording, printing and record press facilities in both countries. However, this makes it difficult to assign releases on some of the company's labels to one country or the other. Some labels seem to have been produced in either Singapore or Malaysia. Other labels were produced in both countries at different times. The following is a list of the main labels produced by this company: Berjaya [1973], Gaylin [1982], Golden City, Golden Hand [1978], Great Union [1973-1980], Great Victory [1973], Gunung Tahan [1972-1975], GUO [1972-1979], GUO-Magpie, Hi-Fi [1970-1981], Manhattan [1975-1976], Mutiara, Permai, Rishah, Senada [1976], SHR [1972-1975], Soundtrack, S.R. Record [1975], Super Sound [1971], Swallows [1973-1977], Tahan [1974-1976], Union [1971-1974], Unique Tone, Universal Enterprises, Vision [1973], Warnada [1975-1976].