Spring Records was an American record label established in New York City in the late 1960s by Bill Spitalsky, Roy Rifkind and Julie Rifkind. The label name came from their surnames, "Sp" for Spitalsky and "ri" for Rifkind. It was associated with the Polydor group.It primarily released soul and funk music, and was described as "one of the most important soul labels of the 1970s".