Life Records

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Life Records
Life Records logo.jpg
Parent companyHup Hup
Founded1 January 1933;90 years ago (1933-01-01)
GenreVarious
Country of originFlag of the Federated Malay States (1895-1946).svg  Federated Malay States
Flag of the British Straits Settlements (1925-1946).svg  Straits Settlements
Flag of Hong Kong 1959.svg  Hong Kong
LocationNo 66-68, Jalan Raja Chulan Kuala Lumpur 50200 Malaysia
Official website www.liferecords.com

Life Records is a Federated Malay States-Straits Settlements-British Hong Kong record label owned by Hup Hup Sdn Bhd was officially established on 1 January 1933.

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History

According to the company itself it was officially formed on 1 January 1933. It was known as King's Musical Industrial Sdn Bhd, King's Musical Industries Limited and Hup Hup Sdn Bhd.

Subsidiaries in British Hong Kong (The Life Records Limited (Chinese :麗風唱片有限公司)) and Straits Settlements (Life Record Industries Pte Ltd) were established the same time respectively, according to the company.

According to the company it was the first Federated Malay States-Straits Settlements-British Hong Kong licensee for officially similiar and related to international record labels including Decca Records and Polydor Records. Life's recording artists have included Teresa Teng and Frances Yip.

In this year, the factory in Singapore started production. The Singapore subsidiary was chaired by millionaire Aw Cheng Chye at that time, The parent company was chaired by Ng Lian Chin (simplified Chinese :黄连振; traditional Chinese :黃連振) and Life Records (Hong Kong) was exported to United Kingdom and United States. Life Records (Hong Kong) started to produce cassette tape that recorded directly from the original master recording.

Artists

Matthew with the Mandarins were one of the groups that had an album released on the label.

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