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American record label
Dunhill Records
was started in 1964 by
Lou Adler
, Jay Lasker,
Pierre Cossette
and
Bobby Roberts
as
Dunhill Productions
to release the music of
Johnny Rivers
on
Imperial Records
. It became a record label the following year and was distributed by
ABC Records
.
The first Dunhill single was "My Prayer/Pretty Please" (catalog #D-4001) by
Shelley Fabares
, who was married to Adler at the time. In the summer of 1967 Adler sold his shares to ABC Records, creating ABC-Dunhill Records, after which he started yet another label
Ode Records
(which was first distributed by CBS and later by
A&M Records
). Until 1975, ABC continued to release records on the Dunhill label, after which all remaining artists were absorbed into the ABC Records roster before
MCA Records
bought the label outright in 1979.
Buluu Dunhill Records was an offshoot of the ABC/Dunhill days using catalog series #B-73001 (45 RPM singles) and #B-60001 (LP).
Today, the Dunhill catalog is managed by
Geffen Records
.
A later independent reissue label called Dunhill Compact Classics was formed in 1986 to reissue recordings on the new CD format.
British American Tobacco
, a
UK
tobacco company, sued the company because of the use of the "
Dunhill
" name, forcing the company to rename itself
DCC Compact Classics
.
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Dunhill label variations
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- 1965-1968?Black label with DUNHILL in white outline letters inside yellow frame
- 1968?Same as above, but with the "abc" logo added in front of the DUNHILL logo
- 1968-1969?Black label with 3-compartment multi-color box consisting of smaller DUNHILL logo (now in white letters inside white frame) in the left hand box and the white circular "abc" logo and "RECORDS" in the right hand boxes
- 1969-1973?Same as above, but with the multicolor "DUNHILL" and "abc RECORDS" boxes separated
- 1973-1974?Black label with DUNHILL spelled out in children's blocks (followed by a block with the "abc" logo) in white box (This variation only lasted a few months before the label was changed back to the multi-color box logo in which both the "one box" and "two box" variations were used)
- 1974-1975?Yellow, orange, red and purple label with "abc Dunhill" ("abc" circle logo in black) in between two black lines
- White labels were used for most promotional issues.
Dunhill (ABC/Dunhill) Records artists
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