Felsted Records was started in New York City in 1957. It's Chief Executive was Walter McGuire. Felsted was a subsidiary of London Records. Bandleader Joe Leahy was the head of A & R.

Felsted had some success with Kathy Linden who had minor hits with "Billy' and "You'd Be Surprised" in 1958 and her most popular song "Goodbye Jimmy, Goodbye" and "You Don't Know Girls" in 1959. In 1961, Felsted picked up Kokomo's "Asia Minor" which was a hit, from Future Records in Philadelphia and then recorded a Kokomo album which consisted of classical songs played in a pop manner. One wonders, as the album's liner notes suggest "the eccentric and very moody Kokomo, if his recordings bring him sufficient fame and fortune, is likely to desert it all for some far off island such as Majorca off the coast of Spain and spend his time in the simplicities of life.' Maybe Kokomo is living the simple life on some exotic island. On the other hand, the liner notes also state that he dislikes being photographed, probably because folks would soon figure out that Kokomo was Jimmy Wisner, a popular session pianist in the early 1960s.

The label lasted until early 1965 and then London pulled the plug and closed the operation down.

The Felsted label was orange with black printing. "Felsted" in black above the center hole. The "F" in Felsted was in a black musical note and there was a black record tone arm under the logo. The stereo label had a large black banner just above the spindle hole with "STEREOPHONIC" in orange block letters. The Felsted albums did not chart.

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