The ABC Labels...

ABC and its subsidiary labels (Back Beat, BluesWay, Command, Dunhill, Probe) put out relatively few stereo singles, and even those were in the last half of 1970.

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Label Scan	Number - Release Date - Artist - Songs
	ABC Apparently all ABC promos and commercial copies were mono until they released a mono/stereo version of B.B. King's "Hummingbird" in July, 1970. Even after that, though, stereo singles, whether commercial or promotional, were few. Like subsidiary Dunhill, the commercial stereo singles first appeared in October, 1970.
	Commercial stereo singles: 11279 - 10/70 - Country Coalition - Take To The Mountains/Age Of Angels 11280 - 10/70 - B.B. King - Chains And Things/King's Special 11286 - 12/70 - Country Coalition - Keepin' Free/Think About Now Promotional stereo singles: 11268 - 7/70 - B.B. King - Hummingbird (M/S) 11278 - 9/70 - Lancelot Link & The Evolution-Revolution - Sha-La Love You (M/S) 11279 - 10/70 - Country Coalition - Take To The Mountains/Age Of Angels 11280 - 10/70 - B.B. King - Chains And Things/King's Special 11286 - 12/70 - Country Coalition - Keepin' Free (M/S)
	BACK BEAT Back Beat was distributed by ABC. We found no stereo singles, either commercial or promotional, from 1968-70 for this label.
	BLUESWAY Bluesway had no stereo singles, either commercial or promotional, during the 1968-70 period.
	COMMAND Command was a subsidiary of ABC. We found no stereo singles, either commercial or promotional, during 1968-1970.
	DUNHILL Dunhill held out with mono singles and promos until October, 1970. When they went to stereo, however, they really turned on the spigot, as most of the commercial singles for the rest of 1970 were stereo. After this short spurt, however, stereo singles became sporadic until the summer of 1973.
	D-4253 - 10/70 - Mama Cass Elliot - The Good Times Are Coming/Welcome To The World D-4254 - 10/70 - Atlee - Rip You Up/Will We Get Together [see note 1] D-4257 - 10/70 - Magna Carta - Airport Song/Ring Of Stones D-4258 - 10/70 - Daniel Moore - (Do You Like) Funky Music/C. Paul And Mabel D-4259 - 11/70 - Artie Kornfeld Tree - Country Morning On 56th Street/Rock 'n Roll Babies [see note 1] D-4260 - 11/70 - Thelma Houston - Ride, Louie, Ride/Good Earth D-4261 - 10/70 - Steppenwolf - Who Needs Ya/Earschplittenloudenboomer D-4262 - 11/70 - Three Dog Night - One Man Band/It Ain't Easy D-4266 - 12/70 - Mason & Cass - Something To Make You Happy/Next To You D-4267 - 12/70 - Emitt Rhodes - Fresh As A Daisy/You Take The Dark Out Of The Night Stereo/mono promotional singles: D-4258 - 10/70 - Daniel Moore - (Do You Like) Funky Music (M/S) D-4262 - 11/70 - Three Dog Night - One Man Band (M/S) Dunhill Notes: 1. Possibly promo only.
	LHI LHI was Lee Hazlewood's label. LHI was short for Lee Hazlewood Industries; LHI was distributed by ABC. The white label (top left) ran from 1966-1968, and we found no stereo singles, either commercial or promotional, for this label. The orange label (lower left) ran from 1968-1970. We found several mono/stereo promos for this label, but no commercial stereo singles.
	Promotional stereo singles: LHI-17 - 7/69? - Lee Hazlewood - The Bed (M/S) [see note 1] LHI-18 - 8/69? - Ray Chafin - Emmy (M/S) [see note 1] LHI-31 - 7/70 - Suzi Jane Hokom - For A Day Like Today (M/S) [see notes 1, 2] LHI Notes: 1. This single may all be promo-only; we have not seen a commercial copy. 2. A (mono?) single with take 4 of this song is included with the box set There's A Dream I've Been Saving: Lee Hazlewood Industries 1966-1971.
	PROBE Probe was an ABC subsidiary that released singles from 1968 to 1970. We found no stereo singles, either commercial or promotional, for this label.
	SENATE Senate operated between 1967 and 1969, and was distributed by ABC. We found no stereo singles for this label.

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