GRT Of Canada Ltd.

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Use for company functions only. For Label please use GRT Du Canada Ltée.
Also appears on releases as:
- GRT Of Canada, Ltd.
- GRT Of Canada Limited
- GRT Of Canada
- GRT Records Canada Ltd.
- GRT Records Of Canada Ltd.

Incorporated November 2, 1968. Dissolved December 16, 1980 upon the bankruptcy of its parent company GRT Corporation. Legally known as GRT of Canada, Ltd.

NOTE: When the company name appears on a release in both English and in French please credit both entities in LCCN and state in release notes where to find which version.

Initially based in London, Ontario, as a Canadian manufacturer and distributor of 4-track and 8-track tapes as a subsidiary of General Recorded Tape, Inc. of California.
The marketing offices were relocated from the London manufacturing plant to Toronto, Ontario in 1969, and commenced distributing foreign label records and tapes, as well as concentrating on recording its own artists for its own GRT label. As they expanded into cassettes, a second tape manufacturing plant was opened in Alliston, Ontario in March 1969. The Montreal branch was opened March 16, 1970.

By 1976 GRT of Canada, Ltd. had acquired foreign catalogues of popular music (Sire.
It also distributed the Canadian labels Daffodil Records.
Sub labels were Magnum Records (3) established April 20, 1979.

Founding president was Ed LaBuick.

Canadian artists who recorded for GRT itself or for the Magnum label included Dr. Music.

Parent Label:

GRT Corporation

Sublabels:

Tarana Music

Info:

175 Midwest Rd.
Scarborough, Ontario

150 Consumers Road
Willowdale, Ontario

3816 Victoria Park Ave.
Willowdale, Ontario
M2H 3H7

Suite 701, 797 Don Mills Road
Don Mills, Ontario

Head Office & Factory:
1045 Hargrieve Road
London, Ontario

(all info now obsolete)

Links:

thecanadianencyclopedia.ca , ic.gc.ca , Wikipedia

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