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Argo Records | |
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Parent company | Universal Music Group |
Founded | 1951 |
Founder | Harley Usill Cyril Clarke |
Distributor(s) | Decca Records |
Genre | Classical, jazz, folk, world, spoken word |
Country of origin | UK |
Argo Records is a record label founded by Harley Usill and Cyril Clarke in 1951 with the intention of recording "British music played by British artists",[1] but the company's releases expanded to include spoken word recordings and other projects.