Storyville Records is a large international record label based in Copenhagen, Denmark, specializing in jazz and blues music. Besides its original material, Storyville Records has licensed and reissued many vintage jazz recordings that previously appeared on such labels as Paramount Records, American Music Records and Southland Records. Many Storyville gramophone records were pressed in Japan.
Storyville Records was founded in 1952 by Karl Emil Knudsen, a Danish jazz record collector. It is today owned by Edition Wilhelm Hansen, a subsidy under Music Sales Group.
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