Gold Mountain Records was a

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based in New York. It was distributed by

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between

1983 The year 1983 saw both the official beginning of the Internet and the first mobile cellular telephone call. Events January * January 1 – The migration of the ARPANET to Internet protocol suite, TCP/IP is officially completed (this is consid ...

and

1985 The year 1985 was designated as the International Youth Year by the United Nations. Events January * January 1 ** The Internet's Domain Name System is created. ** Greenland withdraws from the European Economic Community as a result of a ...

. After 1985, the distributor was

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. In 1985, the president of the label was Danny Goldberg. Goldberg founded an anti-censorship group called the Musical Majority to counter the call for rock and roll records with explicit lyrics to have warning labels. WARNING STICKERS WON`T APPEAR ON MCA ALBUMS"
Jonathan Taylor, ''Los Angeles Daily News'', via ''CHICAGO TRIBUNE'', October 10, 1985 Notable releases include

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's ''Stealing Fire'', "The Final Frontier" by

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, and

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' ''Midnight Mission''. Gold Mountain Records changed its name in

1987 File:1987 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: The MS Herald of Free Enterprise capsizes after leaving the Port of Zeebrugge in Belgium, killing 193; Northwest Airlines Flight 255 crashes after takeoff from Detroit Metropolitan Airport, k ...

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