Editing Lawrence Welk (section)

==Recordings==
In addition to the above-mentioned "Spiked Beer", Welk's territory band made occasional trips to Richmond, Indiana, and to Grafton, Wisconsin, to record a handful of sessions for the [[Gennett Records|Gennett]] and [[Paramount Records|Paramount]] companies. In November 1928 he recorded four sides for Gennett spread over two days (one side was rejected), and in 1931 he recorded eight sides for Paramount (in two sessions) that were issued on the Broadway and Lyric labels. These records are rare and highly valued.

From 1938 to 1940, he recorded frequently in New York and Chicago for [[Vocalion Records]]. During this period Welk recorded numerous instrumentals especially for radio stations; these transcription records became a broadcasting staple. Welk signed with [[Decca Records]] in 1941, then recorded for [[Mercury Records]] and [[Coral Records]] for short periods of time before moving to [[Dot Records]] in 1959.

In 1967, Welk left Dot Records and joined its former executive [[Randy Wood (record producer)|Randy Wood]] in creating [[Ranwood Records]]. Welk bought back all his masters from Dot and Coral, and Ranwood became the outlet for all of Welk's many artists. They started with a huge reissue of old Dot albums in 1968 to get them started on the right foot.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bsnpubs.com/dot/dotstoryc.html |title=Dot Records Story, Part 3 |publisher=Bsnpubs.com |date=November 10, 1999 |access-date=June 29, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qwoEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA3 |title=Billboard  |date=April 20, 1968 |access-date=June 29, 2013}}</ref> Wood's interest was sold to Welk in 1979. In 2015, [[Welk Music Group]] sold the Vanguard and Sugar Hill labels to [[Concord Bicycle Music]] while retaining ownership of the Ranwood catalog. Welk's estate licensed the Ranwood catalogue to [[Concord Music Group]] for 10 years.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/business/6517187/concord-music-group-bicycle-music-merge-concord-bicycle-music-vanguard-sugar-hill|title=Concord and Bicycle Merge to Form Concord Bicycle Music, Acquires Vanguard and Sugar Hill Records|magazine=Billboard|access-date=October 27, 2017}}</ref>