Audio Fidelity, Inc.

US record company, established in approx. 1955 by Sidney Frey. It released records on the Audio Fidelity label. Predecessor company of Audio Fidelity Records, Inc.. Use for ℗ & © credits; for the label, please use Audio Fidelity. Name variation: - Audio Fidelity Inc. They are best known for having produced the first mass-produced American stereophonic long-playing record in November 1957.Sidney Frey (1920–1968), founder and president of Audio Fidelity, had Westrex, owner of one of the two rival stereo disk-cutting systems, cut a stereo LP disk for release before any of the major record labels, several of which had the Westrex equipment but had not yet produced a stereo disk. In April 1965, Frey sold the company to a group of investors. H. D. Gimbel became the new director. The company's name was subsequently changed to Audio Fidelity Records, Inc.