Colgems Records was a record label which existed from 1966 to 1971. It was a joint venture between Screen Gems (a division of Columbia Pictures) and RCA Records, to issue records by The Monkees and other Screen Gems artists, and also soundtrack recordings for Screen Gems and Columbia productions. RCA acted as manufacturer and distributor for Colgems. (Outside the United States, Colgems productions appeared on the RCA Victor label.) This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... 1966 (MCMLXVI) was a common year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1966 calendar). ... 1971 (MCMLXXI) was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1971 calendar). ... Screen Gems is an American subsidiary company of Columbia Pictures Corp. ... Columbia Pictures current logo. ... Sony BMG Music Entertainment is the result of a 50/50 joint venture between Sony Music Entertainment (part of Sony) and BMG Entertainment (part of Bertelsmann AG) completed in August 2004. ... The Monkees were a four-man musical band created for an American television series of the same name, which ran on NBC from 1966 to 1968. ... Soundtrack refers to the recorded sound accompanying a visual medium such as a motion picture, television show, or video game. ... Sony BMG Music Entertainment is the result of a 50/50 joint venture between Sony Music Entertainment (part of Sony) and BMG Entertainment (part of Bertelsmann AG) completed in August 2004. ...

An earlier label, Colpix Records, was dissolved to make way for the new company, and nearly all Colpix titles went out of print. (One Colpix album was reissued on Colgems; the soundtrack to the 1962 film Lawrence of Arabia.) Ironically, even before the Monkees began, Colpix had signed two future members – Davy Jones, recruited to Screen Gems by Ward Sylvester, and Michael Nesmith, who recorded as "Michael Blessing". Colpix Records was the first recording company for Columbia Pictures/Screen Gems. ... 1962 (MCMLXII) was a common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1962 calendar). ... Lawrence of Arabia is an Academy Award-winning film based, with some licence, on the life of T. E. Lawrence, starring Peter OToole as the title character, directed by David Lean and produced by Sam Spiegel, from a script by Robert Bolt and Michael Wilson. ... Davy Jones, 1967 Davy Jones redirects here, for other uses see David Jones. ... Robert Michael Nesmith, born December 30, 1942 in Houston, Texas, is an American musician, songwriter, actor, producer, novelist, businessman and philanthropist. ...

Besides Monkees records, Colgems distributed albums by Sally Field, star of Gidget and The Flying Nun, and the Casino Royale and Oliver! movie soundtracks. Colgems was also the label of The Lewis & Clarke Expedition, whose members included Michael Martin Murphy. Sally Fields first major role was in 1965s sitcom Gidget. ... Gidget was a film starring fifties teen icon Sandra Dee was produced in the USA in 1959. ... The Flying Nun was a sitcom produced by the ABC from 1967 until 1970. ... Casino Royale is a UK-American comedy motion picture released on 13 April, 1967. ... Oliver! is a 1968 film directed by Carol Reed and based on the stage musical Oliver!. Both the musical and play are based on the famous Charles Dickens novel Oliver Twist. ... Michael Martin Murphey is a singer and songwriter. ...

Colgems Records slumped after the critical and commercial failure of the last Monkees album Changes, which featured only Jones and Micky Dolenz. The label's final release, titled A Barrel Full of Monkees and showcasing its flagship act, appeared in 1971 but sold very poorly. Colgems's master recordings and artists soon moved to a new venture, Bell Records, which later turned into Arista Records. Changes is the ninth album by The Monkees. ... George Michael Dolenz, Jr. ... A Barrel Full of Monkees is a compilation album of songs by The Monkees, released in 1971. ... 1971 (MCMLXXI) was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1971 calendar). ... A master recording is an original recording, from which copies may be made. ... First US Bell Records Bell Records was the name of at least four different record companies in the 20th century. ... Arista Records is an American record label that is a wholly owned subsidiary of Sony BMG, and operates under the RCA Records Group // History The company was founded as the successor label to Bell Records in 1974 by Clive Davis, and named after his secondary school honor society. ...

A related label to Colgems was SGC Records (Screen Gems-Columbia), which issued albums by The Nazz through Atlantic Records, in a distribution deal similar to the one Screen Gems held with RCA. The Nazz was an early psychedelic garage rock band from the 1960s. ... Atlantic Records (Atlantic Recording Corporation) is an American record label that operates as a wholly owned subsidiary of Warner Music Group. ... A legal agreement between one party and another, to handle distribution of a product. ...

See also

• List of record labels