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===PolyGram=== [[File:Polydor orange II.JPG|thumb|left|150px|In 1954 Polydor Records introduced their distinctive orange label.]] In 1972, the Grammophon-Philips Group (GPG) reorganised to create [[PolyGram]], from '''Poly'''dor and Phono'''Gram'''. The ''Polydor'' label continued to run as a subsidiary label under the new company. Throughout the 1970s, Polydor Incorporated became a major rock label, also releasing records by hit makers such as the [[Bee Gees]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/bee-gees-mn0000043714/discography|title=Bee Gees - Album Discography - AllMusic|work=allmusic.com|access-date=17 February 2017}}</ref> [[Gloria Gaynor]], [[Atlanta Rhythm Section]] and [[Ray, Goodman & Brown]].<ref>[https://www.allmusic.com/artist/ray-goodman-brown-mn0000872794/discography Ray, Goodman & Brown], ''[[AllMusic]]'', Retrieved 5 May 2023</ref> Into the 1980s, Polydor continued to do respectable business, in spite of becoming increasingly overshadowed by its PolyGram sister label [[Mercury Records]]. Polydor took over management of [[Decca Records|British Decca's]] pop catalogue. [[A&R]] manager Frank Neilson was able to score a major top ten hit in March 1981 for the label with "Do the Hucklebuck" by [[Coast to Coast (band)|Coast to Coast]] as well as signing [[Ian Dury]] and [[Billy Fury]] to the company. In 1984, the company name was parodied in the [[rockumentary]] film ''[[This Is Spinal Tap]]'' (whose [[This Is Spinal Tap (album)|soundtrack album]] was distributed by Polydor), where "Polymer Records" was the band's record company. By the early 1990s, Polydor had begun to underperform. PolyGram subsequently trimmed most of Polydor's staff and roster, and shifted it to operate under the umbrella of '''PolyGram Label Group''' (PLG), a newly constructed "super label" specifically designed to oversee the operations of PolyGram's lesser performing imprints, which included [[Island Records]], [[London Records]], [[Atlas Records]] and [[Verve Records]] at the time. In 1994, as Island Records recovered from its sales slump, PolyGram dissolved most of PLG into it. Meanwhile, Polydor Records and Atlas Records merged, briefly called "Polydor/Atlas", and began operating through [[A&M Records]], another PolyGram subsidiary. In 1995, Polydor/Atlas became simply Polydor Records again.
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