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US label; also appears as "Scepter" only. Started by [[artist:Florence Greenberg]] in 1959 with $ 4.000 from the sale of [[label:747422]], with [[artist:The Shirelles]], to [[label:Decca]]. When [[artist:The Shirelles]] didn't produce any hits for [[label:Decca]], they were given back to Greenberg, who promptly signed them. For all unofficial / bootleg copies of this label please use [[label:322667]] In 1976 [[artist:Florence Greenberg]] decided to retire from the business and sold her record labels to [[label:Springboard International Records, Inc.]]. When Springboard went bankrupt, [[label:Gusto Records (2)]] acquired the catalog. [[artist:Florence Greenberg]] died November 2, 1995, of heart failure. Scepter was exclusively manufactured and distributed in Canada by [[label:Quality Records Limited]] (often on their [[label:Reo]], [[label:Barry]] and [[label:Quality]] labels) until the end of 1967. At the start of 1968 manufacturing and distributing of Scepter switched to [[label:The Compo Company Ltd.]]. In 1970 Compo was amalgamated into [[label:MCA Records (Canada)]] who handled Scepter until 1973. In 1973 Scepter was handled by [[label:Polydor Ltd. (2)]] until 1976.