# Cadet Records

Cadet Records was an American record label that began as Argo Records in 1955 as the jazz subsidiary of Chess Records. Argo changed its name in 1965 to Cadet to avoid confusion with the similarly named label in the UK. Cadet stopped releasing records around 1974, when its artists were moved to Chess.
There was also Cadet Concept Records, for rock and more adventurous music, such as the Rotary Connection, and the experimental psychedelic Electric Mud album by Muddy Waters. The label had a Top 20 hit in 1968 with the single "Pictures of Matchstick Men" by the British band Status Quo through a licensing arrangement with Pye Records in London. A St. Louis band known as The Truth a.k.a. The Acid Sette were signed and recorded for this label under the guidance of Abner Spector.
The masters are now owned by Universal Music.

## Discography (1965–1975)
### Continuation of the Argo 600 Jazz Series

Cadet was established in 1965 following a name change of the Argo label. When the name was changed, a new logo of a chessman's horse was introduced to replace the previous chess piece logo. Cadet continued the Argo 600 Jazz series and the 4000 Blues series.
| Catalog number | Title | Artist |
| LPS-628 | But Not For Me | Ahmad Jamal Trio |
| LPS-637 | Jug Turn From Overbrook | James Moody |
| LPS-646 | Jamal At The Penthouse | Ahmad Jamal |
| LPS-679 | Moody With Strings | James Moody |
| LPS-687 | Sound Of Christmas | Ramsey Lewis Trio |
| LPS-693 | Sound Of Spring | Ramsey Lewis Trio |
| LPS-722 | The Message | Illinois Jacquet |
| LPS-723 | Barefoot Sunday Blues | Ramsey Lewis Trio |
| LPS-741 | At The Bohemian Caverns | Ramsey Lewis Trio |
| LPS-745 | More Sounds Of Christmas | Ramsey Lewis Trio |
| LPS-754 | Spectrum | Illinois Jacquet |
| LPS-755 | Choice! The Best of the Ramsey Lewis Trio | Ramsey Lewis Trio |
| LPS-756 | Cookin' the Blues | James Moody |
| LPS-757 | The In Crowd | Ramsey Lewis Trio |
| LPS-758 | Extensions | Ahmad Jamal |
| LPS-759 | Musty Rusty | Lou Donaldson |
| LPS-760 | Inter-Action | Sonny Stitt and Zoot Sims |
| LPS-761 | Hang On Ramsey! | Ramsey Lewis Trio |
| LPS-762 | The Knack | The Interpreters |
| LPS-763 | Smoking with Willis | Willis Jackson |
| LPS-764 | Rhapsody | Ahmad Jamal with Strings |
| LPS-765 | The Wailer | Sonny Cox |
| LPS-766 | Playin' for Keeps | Bunky Green |
| LPS-767 | Gotta Travel On | Ray Bryant Trio |
| LPS-768 | Rough House Blues | Lou Donaldson |
| LPS-769 | Man at Work - Reissue of Argo LP-655 | Kenny Burrell |
| LPS-770 | Soul in the Night | Sonny Stitt and Bunky Green |
| LPS-771 | Swingin' - Reissue of Argo LP-611. | Ramsey Lewis Trio |
| LPS-772 | The Tender Gender | Kenny Burrell |
| LPS-773 | Go Power! | Illinois Jacquet |
| LPS-774 | Wade in the Water | Ramsey Lewis |
| LPS-775 | Raising the Roof | Odell Brown and the Organ-izers |
| LPS-776 | Paint It Black | The Soulful Strings |
| LPS-777 | Heat Wave | Ahmad Jamal |
| LPS-778 | Lonesome Traveler | Ray Bryant |
| LPS-779 | Have Yourself a Soulful Little Christmas | Kenny Burrell |
| LPS-780 | The Latinization of Bunky Green | Bunky Green |
| LPS-781 | Slow Freight | Ray Bryant |
| LPS-782 | The Movie Album | Ramsey Lewis |
| LPS-783 | Gene Ammons Makes it Happen - Reissue Of Chess LP 1442 | Gene Ammons |
| LPS-784 | Mood to Be Wooed | Various Artists |
| LPS-785 | Jug and Sonny - Edited Reissue Of Chess LP 1445 | Gene Ammons and Sonny Stitt |
| LPS-786 | Standard Eyes | Ahmad Jamal |
| LPS-787 | Goin' Down Home | Don Patterson |
| LPS-788 | Mellow Yellow | Odell Brown and the Organ-izers |
| LPS-789 | Blowing in the Wind | Lou Donaldson |
| LPS-790 | Goin' Latin | Ramsey Lewis |
| LPS-791 | Feature Spot | Eldee Young and Red Holt |
| LPS-792 | Cry Young | Ahmad Jamal with Voices |
| LPS-793 | The Ray Bryant Touch | Ray Bryant |
| LPS-794 | Dancing in the Street | Ramsey Lewis |
| LPS-795 | Ain't Doing Too B-A-D, Bad | Bobby Bryant |
| LPS-796 | Groovin' with the Soulful Strings | The Soulful Strings |
| LPS-797 | Involvement | John Klemmer Quartet |
| LPS-798 | Ode to 52nd Street | Kenny Burrell |
| LPS-799 | Up Pops Ramsey Lewis | Ramsey Lewis |
| LPS-800 | Ducky | Odell Brown and the Organ-izers |
| LPS-801 | Take a Bryant Step | Ray Bryant |
| LPS-802 | Tell Mama | Etta James |
| LPS-803 | Out of Different Bags | Marlena Shaw |
| LPS-804 | There Is | The Dells |
| LPS-805 | Another Exposure | The Soulful Strings |
| LPS-806 | Brand New Morning | Frank D'Rone |
| LPS-807 | The Bright, the Blue and the Beautiful | Ahmad Jamal with Voices |
| LPS-808 | And We Were Lovers | John Klemmer Quartet with Strings |
| LPS-809 | Afro-Harping | Dorothy Ashby |
| LPS-810 | Her Point of View | Clea Bradford |
| LPS-811 | Maiden Voyage | Ramsey Lewis |
| LPS-812 | The Natural Thing | Brother Jack McDuff |
| LPS-813 | The Peace-Maker | Harold Land Quintet |
| LPS-814 | The Magic of Christmas | The Soulful Strings |
| LPS-815 | Lou Donaldson at His Best | Lou Donaldson |
| LPS-816 | Yusef Lateef - Reissue of Argo LP 634 | Yusef Lateef |
| LPS-817 | Getting Our Thing Together | Brother Jack McDuff |
| LPS-818 | Up Above the Rock | Ray Bryant |
| LPS-819 | Light My Fire | Woody Herman |
| LPS-820 | Back By Demand: The Soulful Strings in Concert | The Soulful Strings |
| LPS-821 | Mother Nature's Son | Ramsey Lewis |
| LPS-822 | The Dells Musical Menu: Always Together | The Dells |
| LPS-823 | Odell Brown Plays Otis Redding | Odell Brown |
| LPS-824 | The Dells' Greatest Hits | The Dells |
| LPS-825 | Dorothy's Harp | Dorothy Ashby |
| LPS-826 | Upchurch | Phil Upchurch |
| LPS-827 | Another Voyage | Ramsey Lewis Trio |
| LPS-828 | The Third Cup | The Eddie Fisher Quintet |
| LPS-829 | Love Is Blue | The Dells |
| LPS-830 | Sound Ray | Ray Bryant |
| LPS-831 | Gin and Orange | Brother Jack McDuff |
| LPS-832 | Etta James Sings Funk | Etta James |
| LPS-833 | The Spice Of Life | Marlena Shaw |
| LPS-834 | String Fever | The Soulful Strings |
| LPS-835 | Heavy Exposure | Woody Herman |
| LPS-836 | The Piano Player | Ramsey Lewis |
| LPS-837 | Like It Is, Like It Was | The Dells |
| LPS-838 | Free Delivery | Odell Brown |
| LPS-839 | The Best of Ramsey Lewis | Ramsey Lewis |
| LPS-840 | The Way I Feel | Phil Upchurch |
| LPS-841 | The Rubaiyat of Dorothy Ashby | Dorothy Ashby |
| LPS-842 | Fried Buzzard | Lou Donaldson |
| LPS-843 | S.O.B. | Shades of Brown |
| LPS-844 | Them Changes | Ramsey Lewis |
| LPS-845 | Woody | Woody Herman |
| LPS-846 | Soulful Strings Play Gamble and Huff | The Soulful Strings |
| LPS-847 | Losers Weepers | Etta James |
| LPS-848 | Eddie Fisher & the Next Hundred Years | Eddie Fisher |

### Continuation of the Argo 4000 Blues Series

| Catalog number | Title | Artist |
| LPS-4025 | Top Ten | Etta James |
| LPS-4036 | The Three Souls | Dangerous Dan Express |
| LPS-4046 | Bob Hope on the Road to Vietnam | Bob Hope |
| LPS-4047 | Jammin' with the Windjammers | The Windjammers |
| LPS-4048 | Feeling Good | Jean DuShon |
| LPS-4049 | Tough! | Art Blakey and The Jazz Messengers |
| LPS-4050 | Fred Wacker Big Band Swings Cool | Fred Wacker Big Band |
| LPS-4051 | The Blues, Volume 5 | Various Artists |
| LPS-4052 | I'm So Good That I Don't Have to Brag! | Shel Silverstein |
| LPS-4053 | Weary Traveler | King Fleming |
| LPS-4054 | Drain My Brain | Shel Silverstein |
| LPS-4055 | Call My Name | Etta James |
| LPS-4056 | I Cried for You | Johnny Watson |
| LPS-4057 | Carryin' On | Milt Trenier and Micki Lynn |
| LPS-4058 | Fighting Back | Greig McRitchie Band |

### Cadet Concept

Cadet Concept was established by Marshall Chess in 1967 with the first album by Rotary Connection and issued five albums by the group out of the 18 albums released on the label up until 1970 as well as featuring British band Status Quo, saxophonist John Klemmer and blues legends Muddy Waters and Howlin' Wolf.
| Catalog No. | Album | Artist |
| LPS-312 | Rotary Connection | Rotary Connection |
| LPS-314 | Electric Mud | Muddy Waters |
| LPS-315 | Messages from the Status Quo | Status Quo |
| LPS-316 | Salloom, Sinclair and the Mother Bear | Salloom & Sinclair |
| LPS-317 | Aladdin | Rotary Connection |
| LPS-318 | Peace | Rotary Connection |
| LPS-319 | The Howlin' Wolf Album | Howlin' Wolf |
| LPS-320 | After the Rain | Muddy Waters |
| LPS-321 | Blowin' Gold | John Klemmer |
| LPS-322 | Songs | Rotary Connection |
| LPS-323 | In Due Time... | Aesop's Fables |
| LPS-325 | What I Did on My Vacation | Joel Vance |
| LPS-326 | All the Children Cried | John Klemmer |
| LPS-327 | Salloom and Sinclair | Salloom & Sinclair |
| LPS-328 | Dinner Music | Rotary Connection |
| LPS-329 | Archie Whitewater | Archie Whitewater |
| LPS-330 | Eruptions | John Klemmer |
| LPS-331 | Aesop's Fables | Aesop's Fables |

### GRT consolidated Chess/Cadet album discography (1971–1975)

Following the death of Leonard Chess in 1971, Chess Records was purchased by General Recorded Tape, GRT Records, which consolidated both the Chess and Cadet labels into a single labeling number sequence and used the artists and labels until 1975.
| Catalog number | Title | Artist |
| Chess CH-50001 | Another Dimension | Bo Diddley |
| Chess CH-50002 | Message to the Young | Howlin' Wolf |
| Cadet CA-50004 | Freedom Means | The Dells |
| Cadet CH-50005 | Great Female Soul Vocalists | Various Artists |
| Cadet Concept CC-50006 | Hey Love | The New Rotary Connection |
| Cadet CA-50007 | Occasional Rain | Terry Callier |
| Chess CH-50008 | San Francisco Dues | Chuck Berry |
| Cadet CA-50009 | Mystical Lady | Shirley Scott |
| Cadet Concept CC-50010 | Oh What a Lovely War | Colonel Bagshot |
| Cadet CA-50011 | Swahili Strut | Bobby Bryant Sextet |
| Chess CH-50012 | Live at Mr. Kelly's | Muddy Waters |
| Chess CH-50013 | Greatest Hits | Little Milton |
| Chess CH-50014 | Power and Light | Power & Light |
| Chess CH-50015 | Live and Cookin' | Howlin' Wolf |
| Chess CH-50016 | Where it All Began | Bo Diddley |
| Cadet CA-50017 | The Dells Sing Dionne Warwick's Greatest Hits | The Dells |
| Chess CH-50018 | Basic Soul | Koko Taylor |
| Cadet CA-50019 | What Color Is Love | Terry Callier |
| Cadet CA-50020 | The Groover | Ramsey Lewis |
| Cadet CA-50021 | Sweet as Funk Can Be | The Dells |
| Cadet 2CA-50022 | The Best of the Soulful Strings | The Soulful Strings |
| Chess CH-50023 | Can't Get No Grindin' | Muddy Waters |
| Cadet CA-50024 | Check This Out | Jack McDuff |
| Cadet CA-50025 | Lean on Me | Shirley Scott |
| Cadet CA-50026 | Mr. Bojangles | Sonny Stitt |
| Chess 2CH-50027 | This Is My Story | Sonny Boy Williamson |
| Chess CH-50029 | The London Bo Diddley Sessions | Bo Diddley |
| Chess 2CH-50030 | The Golden Age of Rhythm and Blues | Various Artists |
| Chess CH-50031 | Love More Than Pride | Laura Lee |
| Chess CH-50032 | Ghettos of the Mind | Bama the Village Poet |
| Chess 2CH-50033 | Fathers and Sons | Muddy Waters |
| Cadet CA-50034 | Teardrops in the Rain | Johnny Nash |
| Cadet 2CA-50035 | Inspiration | Ahmad Jamal |
| Cadet CA-50036 | Superstition | Shirley Scott |
| Cadet CA-50037 | Give Your Baby a Standing Ovation | The Dells |
| Cadet 2CA-50038 | It Was a Very Good Year | Ray Bryant |
| Cadet 2CA-50039 | I Cover the Waterfront | Sonny Stitt |
| Chess CH-50040 | Come and Get Me | Kim Tolliver |
| Cadet CA-50041 | I Just Can't Help Myself | Terry Callier |
| Chess CH-50042 | Etta James a.k.a. Only a Fool | Etta James |
| Chess CH-50043 | Bio | Chuck Berry |
| Cadet CA-50044 | Songs for Ageing Children | Dave Van Ronk |
| Chess CH-50045 | The Back Door Wolf | Howlin' Wolf |
| Cadet CA-50046 | The Dells | The Dells |
| Chess CH-50047 | Big Bad Bo | Bo Diddley |
| Cadet CA-50048 | While My Guitar Gently Weeps | Jimmy Ponder |
| Cadet CA-50049 | Atlantis | Daniel Salinas |
| Cadet CA-50051 | The Fourth Dimension | Jack McDuff |
| Cadet CA-50052 | In the Cut | Ray Bryant |
| Chess CH-50053 | You Can All Join In | The Violinaires |
| Cadet 2CA-50058 | Solid Ivory | Ramsey Lewis |
| Cadet CH-50059 | Cross My Heart | Billy Stewart |
| Cadet CA-50060 | Satan | Sonny Stitt |
| Chess 2CH-60000 | Laugh Time | Moms Mabley and Pigmeat Markham |
| Cadet CA-60001 | Back to the Roots | Ramsey Lewis |
| Cadet 2CA-60002 | Charlie Parker Memorial Concert | Various Artists |
| Cadet 2CA-60003 | Rock Bottom | Various Artists |
| Chess 2CH-60004 | Peaches | Etta James |
| Chess 2CH-60005 | Got My Own Bag of Tricks | Bo Diddley |
| Chess 2CH-60006 | McKinley Morganfield A.K.A. Muddy Waters | Muddy Waters |
| Cadet 2CA-60007 | Ha' Mercy | Lou Donaldson |
| Chess CH-60008 | The London Howlin' Wolf Sessions | Howlin' Wolf |
| Chess 2CH-60009 | Moms and Pigmeat | Moms Mabley and Pigmeat Markham |
| Cadet 2CA-60010 | Everything 'Bout Sax and Flute | James Moody |
| Chess 2CH-60011 | Mad Man's Blues | John Lee Hooker |
| Chess 2CH-60012 | Chicago Blues Anthology | Various Artists |
| Chess CH-60013 | The London Muddy Waters Sessions | Muddy Waters |
| Chess 2CH-60014 | Boss Blues Harmonica | Little Walter |
| Chess 2CH-60015 | Blues Avalanche (Recorded Live at the Montreux Jazz Festival) | Various Artists |
| Chess 2CH-60016 | Chester Burnett A.K.A. Howlin' Wolf | Howlin' Wolf |
| Cadet 2CA-60017 | The Heatin' System | Jack McDuff |
| Cadet 2CA-60018 | Inside | Ramsey Lewis |
| Cadet 2CA-60019 | Cool Cookin' | Kenny Burrell |
| Chess CH-60020 | The London Chuck Berry Sessions | Chuck Berry |
| Cadet CA-60021 | 12 X 6 The Hard Way | Various Artists |
| Cadet CA-60022 | 12 X 6 The Easy Way | Various Artists |
| Chess 2CH-60023 | Chuck Berry's Golden Decade, Volume 2 | Chuck Berry |
| Cadet CA-60024 | 12 X 6 Volume 3 | Various Artists |
| Cadet CA-60025 | 12 X 6 Volume 4 | Various Artists |
| Chess 2CH-60026 | London Revisited | Howlin' Wolf / Muddy Waters |
| Cadet CA-60027 | The Dells vs. The Dramatics | The Dells / The Dramatics |
| Chess 2CH-60028 | Chuck Berry's Golden Decade, Volume 3 | Chuck Berry |
| Chess CH-60029 | Come a Little Closer | Etta James |
| Cadet CA-60030 | The Mighty, Mighty Dells | The Dells |
| Chess CH-60031 | "Unk" in Funk | Muddy Waters |
| Chess CH-60032 | Chuck Berry | Chuck Berry |
| Cadet CA-60033 | Got to Get Your Own | Reuben Wilson |
| Chess CH-60034 | American Gypsy | American Gypsy |
| Chess CH-60035 | The Muddy Waters Woodstock Album | Muddy Waters |
| Chess CH-60036 | The Dells Greatest Hits, Volume 2 | The Dells |
| Chess CH-60037 | Black Caucus Concert | Various Artists |
| Cadet 2CA-60038 | Early Visions | Gene Ammons |
| Cadet CA-60039 | Magnetic Feel | Jack McDuff |
| Cadet CA-60040 | Never Can Say Goodbye | Sonny Stitt |
| Chess CH-60042 | Music to Make Love By | Solomon Burke |
| Cadet CA-60044 | We Got to Get Our Thing Together | The Dells |