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Evolution RecordsEvolution Records was a record label operated by the Stereo Dimension Records subsidiary of the Longines Symphonette Society, a unit of the Longines watch company.[1][2] It was founded in 1969 as the retail arm of the mail-order Longines Symphonette Society, which typically issued box sets of old radio shows, such as a two-record set of Orson Welles's 1938 Mercury Theatre on the Air production of "The War of the Worlds", or traditional pop songs. Loren Becker was the president of the label.[3] In 1973 the label made a concerted effort to break into the soul music genre.[4] The Canadian rock group Lighthouse earned Evolution its first gold record.[5] Evolution sold Lighthouse's contract to Polydor Records, but retained rights to material originally issued on Evolution.[3] Longines exited the record business in 1975. Artists
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