Label Guide: Herwin
Herwin Records was an American independent record label founded and run by brothersHerbert and Edwin Schiele, the name being formed from their first names. The label was based in St. Louis, Missouri, and produced records starting in 1924. Most of the material released on the label was from master discs leased from Gennett Records and Paramount Records. In 1930 Herwin was sold to the Wisconsin Chair Company, the parent ofParamount Records, which discontinued the Herwin label.
In the early 1960s, the Herwin label was revived by record collectorBernard Klatzko, who first used the label to issue old Library of Congress and new own recordings of rediscovered blues musicians like Bukka White, Son House and Skip James in a "78rpm look", from 1971 on to release vinyl record LP reissues of historic jazz, blues and ragtime recordings.
