Gold Castle Records was a record label. It was co-owned by music industry veteran Danny Goldberg and Julian Schlossberg (co-producer / co-director of the live music film No Nukes). The General Manager of Gold Castle was Paula Jeffries, a former executive at Windham Hill.
Its records were first distributed by Polygram, and then by CEMA, the EMI distribution arm at the time.
During the mid- to late-1980s, the label became home to such Baby Boomer icons as Joan Baez, Judy Collins, Peter, Paul and Mary and Eric Andersen, most of whom had previously been without record deals during the years prior.
Although most of the artists who recorded for this company were already established artists, one unknown act released a record- the folk group The Washington Squares.
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