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active from 1959 to 1969 as part, along with other labels such as Mini Rec and Belldisc, of the Belldisc S.p.A. group. In 1969 these labels were fused into a new one, which became known as

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. The label released records by several artists, such as

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, The New Dada,

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and

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. For many years, the label's head of publicity was Germano Ruscitto, who went on to become director of the music magazine '' Discografia Internazionale''.

Catalog

There is a chronological incongruence in the numbering of the

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catalog: after

's '' Vol. 1°'' (BBLP 39) the numbering starts back from BBLP 30 (De André's following album, '' Tutti morimmo a stento'', is numbered BBLP 32). As for the 45 rpm catalog, two

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by The New Dada were published with the same catalog number (BB 03151) due to the label's decision to "promote" the single's B-side to the

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of a new single, with a new B-side and different artwork, but the same catalog number.

33 rpm

45 rpm

45 rpm - Mini Rec label

33 rpm - OFF series

45 rpm - OFF series

Notes

{{Authority control Italian independent record labels Record labels established in 1959 Record labels disestablished in 1969