The Riviera label was a short lived budget subsidiary of Modern/Crown that operated in 1959. The address is given as 9317 W. Washington Blvd., Culver City, Calif., but the cheap packaging and bumps in the vinyl leave little doubt that it was a Bihari Brothers product.

The first label on this series was black with silver printing. "Riviera RECORDS" in silver above the center hole, "HIGH FIDELITY" in silver on the left side and "LONG PLAYING 33 1/3" in silver on the right. The second label was black with silver printing, "Riviera RECORDS" in white above the center hole with a three-color logo, "HIGH FIDELITY" in white on the left side and "LONG PLAYING 33 1/3" in white on the right. Stereo albums had "STEREO" in red around the bottom of the label.

Mono albums were issued in the R0001 series, while stereo issues used the STR001 series. The stereo issues had a generic jacket back that gave technical "data" on stereo, a new concept in 1959.

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