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US label founded by [l764670] in late 1952, first based in New York in the 1950s, later in 1964 in Puerto Rico and later in the 1980s in Miami. For Puerto Rico company use [l541511]. Other companies related: [l1197508], [l864907] with printed variant [l542003]. One of the first latin established labels in the U.S, discovered and recorded many Latin artists such as cuban [a76111], [a430765] and the legendary [a129658]. In the 1950's, Montilla traveled to Spain to record world famous Flamenco guitarists [a572035], [a775396], classical guitar player [a392725] and discovered one of the world's greatest tenors, [a882024], signing him to a recording contract. Montilla continued to build his catalog of musical recordings producing over 150 records of music recorded in Spain. On some record back sleeves: 1 - "Montilla Records are recorded in Spain and manufactured in the United States of America by: Fernando J. Montilla 447 West 50th Street, New York 19, New York." 2- "Montilla Records are recorded in Spain and manufactured in the United States of America by: Fernando J. Montilla. 131 East 23rd Street, New York 10, New York" Distributed in Spain by [l219275]. Distributed in France by [l3304]