Scranton Button Company

For records released 1939 or later and stamped "Ƨ," please use Scranton Record Company.

Founded in 1885. the company originally manufactured buttons, insulators, and other molded goods. They first pressed records around 1916, drawing on the expertise of former Auburn Button Works personnel. One of their first customers was the Plaza Music Company. By the end of summer 1922, this conglomeration of four legally separate entities was poised to enter the cheap, dime-store record market on a large scale.

In July 1929, the Scranton Button Company merged with the Decca records.

In addition to these labels, the Scranton Button Company pressed discs for the following labels: Romeo (1929-1938).

When CBS acquired ARC in December 1938, they dropped the Scranton plant and moved all their pressing to the old Scranton Record Company had to declare bankruptcy once more in Fall 1940.