Dot Records
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| Parent company | Independent (1950–57) Paramount Pictures (1957–72) Gulf+Western (1966–74) Famous Music Group (1972–74) ABC Records (1974–78) MCA Records (1985–86) Big Machine Label Group (2014– ) |
| Founded | 1950 |
| Founder | Randy Wood |
| Distributor(s) | Self-distributed (1950–68) Famous Music Group (1968–74) ABC Records (1974–78) MCA Records (1985–86) Universal Music Group (2014– ) |
| Genre | Various (early) Country (later) |
| Country of origin | U.S. |
| Location | Nashville, Tennessee |
| Official website | bigmachinelabelgroup |
Dot Records is an American record label founded by Randy Wood that was active between 1950 and 1979. The label was reactivated in 2014 through a joint venture between Big Machine Label Group and the Republic Records unit of Universal Music Group (which owns the original Dot Records catalogue). It is based in Nashville, Tennessee.
The original headquarters of Dot Records was in Gallatin, Tennessee. Many of the earliest recordings were in the on-air production studios of WHIN, which Wood owned. Since WHIN was a daytime-only radio station, recording sessions were at night when the station was off the air. In 1956, the company moved to Hollywood, California.
In its early years, Dot specialized in artists from Tennessee. Then it branched out to include musicians from across the U.S. It recorded country music, rhythm & blues, polkas, waltzes, gospel, rockabilly, pop, and early rock and roll. After moving to Hollywood, Dot Records bought many recordings by small local independent labels and issued them nationally.
In 1957, Wood sold the label to Paramount Pictures, but he remained president for another decade. Dot (and Wood) then moved to Hollywood, where the label began to release soundtrack albums, including Elmer Bernstein's score for The Ten Commandments (1956), a 2-LP set that played longer than the usual record album.
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