Pausa Records was a

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, active c. 1975–1986, which mainly issued

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albums. The company's name came from the fact that it was from the

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division of the Italian record company

Produttori Associati Produttori Associati was an Italian independent record label created in 1970 by Antonio Casetta, when Bluebell Records, Mini Rec, and Belldisc of the Belldisc S.p.A. group, fused. The label was active until 1977. The company also owned Pausa ...

(PA-USA.) In Italy, Produttori Associati was best known for soundtrack albums from Italian films. The label also released a few recordings by

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artists such as Maxophone. Many of its releases were reissues of

MPS Records MPS Records was a German jazz record company and label founded in 1968 by Hans Georg Brunner-Schwer. MPS stands for "Musik Produktion Schwarzwald" (Music Production Black Forest). History Originally based in Villingen, MPS was founded as the su ...

recordings. In 1990, the label lost a $4 million lawsuit for failure to pay royalties.

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