Perfect Records was a United States based record label of the 1920s and 1930s. It was a subsidiary of Pathé Records, producing standard lateral cut 78 rpm disc records for the US market.
Many issues of Perfect records were pressed in red-brown shellac as opposed to the more common black shellac of the era. Audio fidelity was about average for the era, but being a cheap label, the records tend to wear easily.
Artists who recorded on Perfect included Gene Autry, Al Bernard, Big Bill Broonzy, Cab Calloway, Vernon Dalhart, Walter Dalton, Morton Downey, Cliff "Ukelele Ike" Edwards, Annette Hanshaw, Lee Morse, The Ponce Sisters, Willard Robison, Tito Schipa, and Boyd Senter.
Perfect Records was part of the merger that created American Record Corporation (ARC Records ) in July 1929.
The Perfect Records label was revived in 1993 by Dean Blackwood and issued recordings pressed on 78 r.p.m. vinyl by Sun City Girls, Charlie Feathers, Junior Kimbrough, the Balfa Brothers, and John Fahey.
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