About
SPC was formed by Daniel Kasen in the late 1920s as a plastic manufacturer for the garments industry. From 1949 onwards a number of subsidiaries were created to produce children's records and budget albums. In mid-1962, they changed the name to [l365451] and is now operating under the name "Inspired Studios" and headed by Donald Kasen. Name Variations: S.P.C. Synthetic Plastics Co. Synthetic Plastics Co. Newark, N.J. SPC Newark, N.J. U.S.A.
Sub-labels
Maze (5)
eMpower records
eMpower Records is a division of PPI Entertainment.
Compose Records (2)
1960s budget label from Newark, New Jersey. Some releases are "Super Long Play" with over an hour of music.
Peter Pan Industries
A record company and pressing plant in Newark, New Jersey. It was formerly known as [l365451] being renamed to Peter Pan Industries in 1973. It succeeded [l=Audio Manufacturing Record Co.] aroun...
Peter Pan Records
Record label, specializing in music and story records geared toward children. The label was created by brothers Daniel and Louis Kasen in 1948. Originally a plastics manufacturing company, (Syn...
Diplomat Records
USA budget label that began in January 1962. It was to "gradually replace" Synthetic's two other budget labels: [l113248] and [l131212]. The debuted their albums for 99 cents starting with artist...
Power Records (4)
1950s-1970s label from Newark, New Jersey, affiliated with [l149063]. Appears also as Power. Logo depends on type of release: . Rock'n'Roll / Doo Woop / Soul releases display logo as [url=http...
Current Records
Newark, NJ. See also [l=Current].
PPI Records
Guest Star
Shown as Guest Star Records. Low cost, budget label that began in January 1962. They began selling their albums (stereo or mono) for 99 cents. The name was a gimmick where they planned to featu...
Ambassador Records (2)
1960s-1980s label from Newark, New Jersey. Associated with Synthetic Plastics Company. May be credited as "Ambassador" only.
Batman Record
Compose
Newark, NJ.
Promenade
US budget label. ** For the company please use: [l=Promenade Records] Note: Many of these cover tunes are the same recordings and can be found on releases from [l=Gilmar] and also on [l=Prom (2)].
El Globo Records
Pirouette Records
Appears mostly as "Pirouette" only. US budget label and record company.
Prom Record Co.
Not a label but a company. Please only use for manufacturing credits etc.
WHAM
PPI Entertainment
A music entertainment group. See also [l=Peter Pan Industries].
Curio
1960s budget label from Newark, New Jersey.
Contact
Synthetic Plastics Co. 88 St. Francis St. Newark, N.J. 07105 USA (Contact info now obsolete)