Herwin Records

Herwin Records was a mail-order record label founded in 1925 by two brothers, Herbert and Edwin Schiele in St. Louis, Missouri. The name of the label comes from their first names (HERbert and EdWIN).^[1][2]

Herwin Records
Founded	1924 (1924)
Founder	Herbert Schiele Edwin Schiele
Defunct	1930 (1930)
Status	Inactive
Genre	Jazz, blues, old-time
Country of origin	U.S.
Location	St. Louis, Missouri

Herwin sold budget jazz, blues, and old-time music discs that were pressed by Gennett and Paramount.^[3] The records were advertised in farming magazines and sold through the mail.^[2] The catalogue included Charley Patton, Chubby Parker, and Ernest Stoneman.^[1]

Herwin closed in 1930 when it was bought by the Wisconsin Chair Company, the owner of Paramount. A second Herwin Records was started in 1971 by Bernard Klatzko, a collector who reissued rare, early-jazz discs.^[2]

See also

• List of record labels