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US label The business began as an avocation for [url=/artist/5779117]DuWayne (Dewey) Kloos[/url]. Dewey was a public school music director and audiophile. His work in music and interest in high-fidelity audio led him to experiment with making his own recordings. He joined a consortium of individuals with similar businesses that existed to get volume-buying discounts for vinyl record mastering and pressing. This association, known then as [b]Mark Custom Records[/b], had grown out of the [b]Century Custom Recording[/b] organization. [b]When [l1024289] [u]broke ties with the central office in New York[/u] they chose the name Westmark Records as a way to both maintain name recognition and underscore their mutual location west of the Mississippi.[/b] Other members of the original Westmark consortium were [a6824511] in Moorhead, [a6106273] in Pipestone, and [a3883450] in Waseca. [a4796659], after a six-month apprenticeship assumed ownership on September 15, 1999.