Jasmine Records
Encyclopedia
History
The label was founded in 1982 as part of Hasmick Promotions. The label began by issuing LPsLP record
The LP, or long-playing microgroove record, is a format for phonograph records, an analog sound storage medium. Introduced by Columbia Records in 1948, it was soon adopted as a new standard by the entire record industry...
and cassettes of jazz and popular vocalists, but diversified to country and western in 1985. In 1990, the label released their first compact disc
Compact Disc
The Compact Disc is an optical disc used to store digital data. It was originally developed to store and playback sound recordings exclusively, but later expanded to encompass data storage , write-once audio and data storage , rewritable media , Video Compact Discs , Super Video Compact Discs ,...
.