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Balkan Records

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1940s-1960s label from Chicago, Illinois. Balkan Records was a Chicago-based record label run by [a=Slavko A. V. Hlad] that produced Folk Music, Polka, and other ethnic recordings. They also produced custom records from clients' tapes. The parent company, Balkan Music Co., also maintained its own recording studio and a full service music store that carried sheet music, musical instruments, and offered music lessons. Many of the company's recordings have been reissued on CD by Esoteric Sound.