Testament Records was a Philadelphia, later Chicago, then Pasadena based independent record label founded in 1963 by Down Beat magazine editor and writer Pete Welding specializing in American roots music, releasing some thirty mainly blues, but also gospel, country and jazz albums until 1977. In 1994 the Testament catalog has been acquired by Hightone Records, and in the years to follow this label re-issued almost all Testament albums on CD, adding previously unissued bonus tracks where available. There's another Testament Records label residing in Great Britain not connected with the Welding label, that has released a number of historic classical recordings, including previously unreleased broadcast performances by Arturo Toscanini and the NBC Symphony Orchestra. It has also issued DVDs of the digitally reprocessed kinescopes of Toscanini's 10 televised concerts on NBC from 1948 to 1952, adding sound taken from magnetic tape recordings of the broadcasts.
