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[b]Attention![/b] This is for the label used in the 70s, as displayed beneath, a subsidiary of [l=Pickwick International, Inc.] Please use [l=Pickwick/33 Records], as displayed, for the silver grey label version, in use from 1965 till the early 70s. For the UK releases please use [l=Pickwick Records], a subsidiary of [l=Pickwick International Inc. (GB) Ltd.] that later become the independent [l=Pickwick Group Limited]. For the companies, please see [l=Pickwick Sales Corp.] - launched in the early 50s and in use till the early 60s. [l=Pickwick International, Inc.] was launched in 1961, installed a subsidiary company in the UK in 1962, see [l=Pickwick International Inc. (GB) Ltd.]. Both are commonly abridged to [l=Pickwick International]. The Pickwick label was most notable for its sound-alike recordings, bargain bin reissues and low grade (and often badly edited) repackaged RCA Camden and other major-label back catalog LPs (especially from [a=Elvis Presley]'s catalog), and children's records. In 1974, [l=RCA] deleted its [l=RCA Camden] budget album catalog and licensed it to Pickwick, which distributed it until 1978. It also reissued LPs from the [l=Motown], [l=ABC], [l=MCA] and [l=United Artists Records] catalogs.