RECORDS
Independent American label: In 1950 Paramount Pictures Corporation split up into Paramount Pictures and United Paramount Theatres. UPT joined up with the American Broadcasting Company in 1954, to form ABC/Paramount; in 1955 ABC/Paramount formed the AM-PAR recording company, which issued records on the ABC-Paramount label. A name change followed, in 1962, when the 'Paramount' part was dropped. ABC had a Jazz label, 'Impulse', and a Psychedelic Rock label, 'Probe'. It was sold to MCA in 1979, and ceased to exist as a label. As far as Britain is concerned, to begin with, ABC material was issued over here on Stateside and Probe, through EMI. In 1974 ABC entered a mutual marketing agreement with Anchor Records; Stateside and Probe were discontinued, and ABC product began to be issued on the ABC label as such, through EMI until mid 1975, then through CBS. The first, black, label bore a likeness to the other members of the Anchor family (Anchor, Impulse); the yellow, label dated from 1977 and was less restrained. The label with the 'note' logo dates from 1979 and possibly from late 1978; The black demo is from the EMI era, the white one from the CBS. Catalogue numbers were in an ABC-4000 series. Distributed By EMI and CBS. Thanks to Robert Lyons For The Info.
A FULL DISCOGRAPHY OF THE ABC 4000 SERIES 1974-1979 CAN BE FOUND HERE
| 77 | Steely Dan | Dallas | ABC | SD | 1 |
| 77 | Alice Cooper | Four Tracks From Alice Cooper (12") | ABC | ANE | 12 | 001 |
| 77 | Joe Walsh | Four Tracks From Joe Walsh | ABC | ABE | 7 | 002 |
| 77 | Steely Dan | Four Tracks From Steely Dan (12") | ABC | ABE | 12 | 003 |
| 77 | Rufus Featuring Chaka Khan* | Four Tracks From Rufus Featuring Chaka Khan | ABC | ABE | 7 | 004 |
| 77 | Ace | Four Tracks From Ace (12") | ABC | ANE | 12 | 005 |
| 77 | Mamas & Papas* | Four Tracks From Mamas & Papas | ABC | ABE | 7 | 006 |
| 77 | Isaac Hayes Movement / Isaac Hayes | Four Tracks From Isaac Hayes (12") | ABC | ABE | 12 | 007 |
| 77 | Steppenwolf | Four Tracks From Steppenwolf | ABC | ABE | 7 | 008 |
| 77 | Dave Mason | Four Tracks From Dave Mason (12") | ABC | ABE | 12 | 009 |
| 77 | The James Gang Feat. Joe Walsh | Four Tracks From (12") | ABC | ABE | 12 | 010 |
| 77 | Poco | Four Tracks From Poco (12") | ABC | ABE | 12 | 011 |
| 77 | The Pointer Sisters | Four Tracks From The Pointer Sisters (12") | ABC | ABE | 12 | 012 |
| 77 | The Crusaders | Four Tracks From The Crusaders (12") | ABC | ABE | 12 | 013 |
| 77 | Don Williams | Four Tracks From Don Williams | ABC | ABE | 7 | 014 |
| 77 | Lloyd Price | Four Tracks From Lloyd Price (12") | ABC | ABE | 12 | 015 |
