History
Audio Fidelity, Inc. was founded in 1954. A British branch, A-F England, Ltd., was established in 1959. Sidney Frey sold the company to Herman Gimbel around 1966. The company's name was changed to Audio Fidelity Enterprises circa 1971. It purchased Chiaroscuro Records in 1976. The last known releases under the Audio Fidelity label were circa 1984. In 1985 the company became Milestone Records. In 1997, Audio Fidelity Records was purchased out of bankruptcy by Colliers Media Company. At this date much of the catalog is being re-mastered and re-released digitally by Reach Entertainment and The Copyright Group.
Key employees of the company, who were mostly uncredited on the recordings included: Willy Hamilton, chief audio engineer; Lawrence Frey (brother of Sidney), audio engineer; Rosalind Frey (wife of Sidney), vice president; Carl Shaw, business manager; George Demko, comptroller; Manny Vardi, producer; Claire Orson, Diane Terman, Georganne Heller, publicity; Bill Shuler, Ruth Martin, graphic designers.
Additional labels owned by Sidney Frey included Karate Records, Kinor Records, Dauntless International, and Audio Rarities.
Sidney married the former Rosalind Kanon in 1948 and had two daughters, Andrea and Melanie.
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