Australian record label based in Melbourne, Also appears as "Astor Records", and was the recording division of manufacturing group [l275966] via its [l1086660] division, and was created in 1959. It was absorbed into the multinational Philips conglomerate in 1970. By 1981 releases were showing the information "Marketed under exclusive license in Australia by Astor, a division of PolyGram Records Pty. Limited", with the Astor name completely disappearing by 1983. The last release on the label itself was [r=616679] in 1981.
For company credits (distribution, manufacturing), see also Astor Records (2). For publishing credits, see Astor Control.
The formal company name for this label is [l313863] (active at least from the 1970s onwards).
Many releases appear with this entity credited on the back sleeve [l1153993]