ABC Records

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ABC Records started in 1955 as ABC-Paramount Records, the record label of Am-Par Record Corporation (a subsidiary of American Broadcasting-Paramount Theatres, Inc.), formed in New York City in 1955. In addition to producing records directly, ABC licensed finished masters from independent producers and purchased regionally released records for national distribution. The corporate name of Am-Par Record Corp. was changed to ABC-Paramount Records, Inc. in 1962, and then to ABC Records, Inc. in 1967.

In 1965, ABC-Paramount Records changed its name to ABC Records. They distributed Dunhill Records until this label was purchased to form ABC Dunhill Records. They also distributed Sire Records. ABC Records was sold in 1979 to MCA Records which dissolved the ABC label. The better selling albums in the ABC Records catalog were reissued on the MCA label.

1 Sub-labels and Acquisitions
2 Types of Output
3 Artists associated with ABC Records and its labels
4 Labels associated with ABC Records
5 See also
6 External links

[edit] Sub-labels and Acquisitions

ABC Records sub-labeled Apt Records to release singles. In the early sixties, they started Impulse Records to distribute jazz releases. Several years later, Bluesway Records was created to distribute their blues releases.

ABC Records purchased Dunhill Records in the summer of 1967, forming ABC Dunhill Records. In 1979 ABC Dunhill was acquired by MCA Records.

They continued to purchase Duke Records and Peacock Records on 23 May 1973. Afterwards they also purchased the Famous Music record labels from Gulf and Western in 1974 (these included Dot Records and Blue Thumb Records).

In addition to sub-labels, ABC Records purchased all labels from Enoch Light in October 1959. ABC acquired Audition Records, Command Performance Records, Colortone Records and Waldorf Music Hall Records.