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US label; also appears as "Urania" only. Some LP feature cover artwork designed by [a=Frank Parisi] who also created cover art for [l132572]. Some releases were sourced from WWII-era German radio broadcast. Occasionally, Urania used fictitious artist credits to dodge rights issues. For company credits, see: Lyre logo (UR-RS X-X(X) / URLP XXX(X) / UREP XX / UJLP XXX(X)) / Atomic logo (UX XXX / USD XXXX): -[l=Urania Records, Inc.], New York, NY (1951-April 15th 1956) -[l=Urania Records (3)] / [l=Urania Record Corp.] Belleville, NJ / [l=American Sound Corporation] (April 16th 1956-1959) ---inactive in 1960--- Spiral logo (US XXXXX / UR XXX(X)): -Rensel Trading Corporation (Aug. 1961-Aug. 1962) -Urania Sales Corporation / [l=Urania Record Corp.] / [l=Connoisseur Record Corp.], Kearny, NJ, (Aug. 1962+)

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