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US label; also appears as "Command Records".
The ABC Records logo has been associated to the Command logo in the late 60s. The brand became ABC Command in 1974.
The Command (originally "Command Performance") label was started by Enoch Light and George Schwager in 1959. The label recorded popular, classical and jazz music and was acquired by ABC-Paramount (later ABC Records in October 1959 along with all of Light's labels (Grand Award, Waldorf Music Hall, Audition and Colortone).
Command was operated as an audiophile record label producing records with exaggerated stereo separation. Light usually recorded on 35mm magnetic track film as opposed to tape, adding to the reputation for quality in the early days of the label.
The albums were packaged in high quality gatefold covers with distinctive abstract designs by Josef Albers. Most of the Command Performances albums were manufactured by , a manufacturing division of ABC Records.
Enoch Light left the Command label in 1966 to form the Project 3 label. The quality of the Command LPs released after Light's departure deteriorated until ABC discontinued releasing new material on the label in 1970. The Command name was then used by ABC on quadrophonic LP releases from the ABC, Dunhill, Westminster Gold and Impulse catalogs from 1971 to 1977 and on double album compilations and special anthologies from Command's catalog until 1976, when the label was officially retired.
The ABC Records logo has been associated to the Command logo in the late 60s. The brand became ABC Command in 1974.
The Command (originally "Command Performance") label was started by Enoch Light and George Schwager in 1959. The label recorded popular, classical and jazz music and was acquired by ABC-Paramount (later ABC Records in October 1959 along with all of Light's labels (Grand Award, Waldorf Music Hall, Audition and Colortone).
Command was operated as an audiophile record label producing records with exaggerated stereo separation. Light usually recorded on 35mm magnetic track film as opposed to tape, adding to the reputation for quality in the early days of the label.
The albums were packaged in high quality gatefold covers with distinctive abstract designs by Josef Albers. Most of the Command Performances albums were manufactured by , a manufacturing division of ABC Records.
Enoch Light left the Command label in 1966 to form the Project 3 label. The quality of the Command LPs released after Light's departure deteriorated until ABC discontinued releasing new material on the label in 1970. The Command name was then used by ABC on quadrophonic LP releases from the ABC, Dunhill, Westminster Gold and Impulse catalogs from 1971 to 1977 and on double album compilations and special anthologies from Command's catalog until 1976, when the label was officially retired.
Catalog
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The Litter · 1969
Provocative Percussion Vol. 3
Enoch Light And The Light Brigade
Big Band - Bossa Nova (The New Beat From Brazil)
Enoch Light Y Su Orquesta* · 1963
A Cheerful Earful
Lew Davies And His Orchestra · 1964
Faszination (Berühmte Dirigenten Der Gegenwart)
Various
Bongos, Flutes, Guitars
Los Admiradores · 1962
Guitar ... Paris
Tony Mottola · 1972
Provocative Percussion
The Command All-Stars · 1959
First Class Stereo
Various
Enoch Light And His Orchestra At Carnegie Hall Play Irving Berlin
Enoch Light And His Orchestra · 1962
Persuasive Percussion
Terry Snyder And His Orchestra*
Splendid Sound Vol. III
Enoch Light Y Su Orquesta* · 1961
Vibrations
Enoch Light And The Light Brigade · 1962
Showtime
Ashley Miller
South America With Enoch Light
Enoch Light Y Su Orquesta* · 1961
Melodias De Ayer En Ritmos De Hoy
Enoch Light Y Su Orquesta* · 1961
Exciting Trumpet
Don Sever* Con Enoch Light Y Su Orquesta* · 1961
Spectacular Sound (Vol. I)
Enoch Light Y Su Orquesta* · 1962
Melodias De Ayer En Ritmos De Hoy (Vol. II)
Enoch Light Y Su Orquesta* · 1962
Provocative Piano
Lew Davies Y Su Orquesta* · 1961
Love Me With All Your Heart (Cuando Calienta El Sol) / Sweet Little Mountain Bird
The Ray Charles Singers · 1964
Bongos, Bongos, Bongos
Los Admiradores
America's Greatest Trombonist
The Urbie Green 6 Tet* · 1964
Smash hits of Broadway and Hollywood
The Ray Charles Singers · 1973
I'm In The Mood For Love
Terry Snyder And The All Stars
Songs I Like
Dick Van Dyke (2) With The Ray Charles Singers & Enoch Light & His Orchestra* · 1963
Persuasive Percussion
Terry Snyder And The All Stars
Capriccio Espagnol / Capriccio Italien
Rimsky-Korsakoff*, Orchestre De La Société Des Concerts Du Conservatoire, André Vandernoot // Tchaikovsky*, L’Orchestre Des Concerts Colonne*, Pierre Dervaux
Moog - The Electric Eclectics Of Dick Hyman
Dick Hyman · 1969
Bongos
Los Admiradores · 1959
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