Also appears as Kent Records, sometimes subtitled The Original Blues Label or The Legendary Blues Label.
Kent was launched by the Bihari brothers in Los Angeles (USA) in 1958 as a label for the blues musicians of their United (9) with two different label designs.
From 1982 on, P-Vine Records has purchased the back catalogs of Kent and is managing the master recordings in the territory, which extends to East Asia, Southeast Asia, West Asia, and Australia.
For LPs, the light grey labels (used until the late 1960s) are sometimes slightly different for one release, so please provide images.
The second label variant was the orange and white label version (used in 1969/1970).
In 1970 the design changed to the multicolored hexagon, at first with black background (in 1970 for just a few months), then with light blue background and differences in colour display, typesetting and font.
The yellow label version belongs to the later 1970s, has a new 'kent' (lower case) logo and rim text: 'Mfd. by Cadet Records, Inc.'
There is also a spirograph label version having a 'Mfd. by Cadet Records, Inc.' text on lower rim, just as with one of the label versions of United (9), probably from the mid-1970s.
In the 1980s, the label layout changed again to a white label with black lettering and a blue horizontal stripe at the center hole.
For company credits, see:
Kamp Associates Inc. (1990s).
For bootlegs / counterfeits, see Kent (4).
