Gusto Records
Labels / Record Companies
Gusto Records is a Nashville reissue and licensing company founded in 1973 by Moe Lytle and songwriter Tommy Hill. In 1975 it bought the Starday-King catalog, home to classic recordings by the Stanley Brothers, Reno and Smiley, and other first-generation bluegrass acts. It later added Chart, Musicor, Scepter, Wand, and the Atteiram masters, which include a large bluegrass catalog. Gusto also made new recordings included Jimmy Martin re-recordings of "White Dove," "Uncle Pen," and "Widow Maker" with Gloria Belle singing high baritone.
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- No. 6 Winter 1996