From the MCRFB NEWS archive: 1966
Motown Buys-Out Local Competition
DETROIT — Motown Records has bought the assets of Golden World Records.
The purchase was announced by Berry Gordy Jr., Motown president, and Mrs. Joanne Bratton, president of Golden World.
The buy includes real estate, recording studio and Golden World’s catalog of master disks and tapes.
Motown’s purchase also covers the catalog of Myto Music, Inc., and the recording contracts of Edwin Starr and J. J. Barnes. END
(Information and news source: Billboard; September 10, 1966)
