Paramount Records was a record label started in 1969 by Paramount Pictures (then a unit of Gulf+Western) after acquiring the rights to the name from George H. Buck. A previous Paramount Records, active between 1917 and 1932, had been unconnected to Paramount Pictures. The new Paramount label reissued pop releases by sister label Dot Records, which had recently become a country label and, in the process, had its entire pop back catalog deleted completely. It also released new albums from other pop musicians and soundtracks of Paramount films such as Paint Your Wagon, among others. Cast members of the Paramount Television series The Brady Bunch were signed, and the label issued several tie-in albums and singles.
After Gulf+Western sold its record label holdings to ABC (which happened to have aired the Brady Bunch TV series) in 1974, the Paramount label was discontinued in favor of ABC Records, which itself was sold to MCA Records in 1979. MCA itself had previously purchased Paramount's pre-1950 sound film library in 1958, currently managed by Universal Television subsidiary EMKA, Ltd. The Paramount catalog is now owned by Universal Music Group and managed by Geffen Records (whose founder, David Geffen, later became a co-founder of DreamWorks, which was a sister studio of Paramount from 2006 to 2008, and whose own record catalog is now owned by Universal).
On a side note, MCA continued to release soundtracks to some later Paramount films into the 1990s. Sliding Doors (1998) was the last Paramount release to have its soundtrack issued by MCA.
In 2015, Paramount Pictures revived the label as Paramount Music - a record label specializing in soundtracks from Paramount movies, with distribution by TuneCore.
Discography ArtistAlbumDetails Kay Starr and Count BasieHow About This Released: 1969 Lalo SchifrinMannix (Themes from the Original Score of the Paramount Television Show) Released: 1969 Lalo SchifrinMore Mission: Impossible Released: 1969 Bola SeteWorkin' on a Groovy Thing Released: 1970 The Brady BunchMerry Christmas from the Brady Bunch Released: November 2, 1970 Elton John"Friends" Original Soundtrack Recording Released: March 5, 1971 Karen DaltonIn My Own Time Released: May, 1971Ralph McTellYou Well-Meaning Brought Me Here Released: October, 1971 Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen Lost in the Ozone Released: November, 1971Nino Rota The Godfather Released: November, 1971The Brady Bunch Meet the Brady Bunch Released: April 17, 1972 Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen Hot Licks, Cold Steel & Truckers Favorites Released: May 1972The Brady Bunch The Kids from the Brady Bunch Released: December 4, 1972 Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen Country Casanova Released: May, 1973 The Brady Bunch The Brady Bunch Phonographic Album Released: June 18, 1973 Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen Live from Deep in the Heart of Texas Released: March 1974
See also List of record labels CBS Records (2006) Comedy Central Records DreamWorks Records Famous Music Nickelodeon Records Paramount Music
External links Paramount Records info at BSN Publications