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Paramount Records was a movie soundtrack and pop music label created in January 1969 by conglomerate [url=/label/859751]Gulf+Western Industries[/url], which had purchased [l=Paramount Pictures] in 1968. Pop reissues from the [l=Dot Records] back catalog, a label that Paramount had owned since 1957, also appeared on this label. In 1971, the label was placed under the administration of its [l=Famous Music (3)] music publishing division. The company's unique reissue imprint was the [l=Famous Twinsets] series, which contained two different LPs from one artist in a double album package; it was generally considered a good quality reissue series. The label ended with the sale of both Paramount and Dot labels to [l=ABC Records] in 1974. [b]Please note:[/b] This label includes releases branded [b]Paramount[/b] or [b]Paramount Records[/b]. Some releases used an alternate version of the classic [url=/release/7952965-Claude-Bolling-Borsalino-Original-Soundtrack/image/SW1hZ2U6NjM1NTIxMDM=]mountain & stars[/url] logo.