Conqueror Records was a United States

United States

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-based record label

Record label

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, active from about 1926

1926 in music

-Events:*January - Blind Lemon Jefferson makes his first recordings.*April 9 - Leopold Stokowski conducts the world premiere of Edgar Varèse's Amériques, with the Philadelphia Orchestra....

 through 1942

1942 in music

- Events :*July 21 - In celebration of its 25th anniversary, the Goldman Band performs a unique concert, playing all original works. This was the first time a concert of music originally composed for the wind ensemble had been performed....

. The label was sold exclusively through Sears, Roebuck and Company

Sears, Roebuck and Company

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The record sleeves state that the proper playing speed for Conqueror Records is 80 rpm

Revolutions per minute

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Conqueror was originally owned by the Plaza Music Company, then became part of the American Record Corporation

American Record Corporation

ARC, the American Record Company, also referred to as American Record Corporation, or as ARC Records, was a United States based record company...

 family of labels. Most of the issues are of standard dance tunes and popular songs of the era, although there is also some jazz

Jazz

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, including recordings by Louis Armstrong

Louis Armstrong

Louis Armstrong , nicknamed Satchmo or Pops, was an American jazz trumpeter and singer from New Orleans, Louisiana....

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The audio fidelity of Conquerors is about average for the era, pressed into somewhat below average shellac

Shellac

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