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Did Four Tops move from ABC to Casablanca?
Four Tops left ABC after an album recorded in Philadelphia. The group disappeared from the recording scene until the early 1980s and they signed a deal with Casablanca Records.
Why did Four Tops depart motown?
Four Tops moved its operations from Detroit to Los Angeles, California. Many of the older Motown acts, already neglected by the label, opted to stay in Detroit.

Question: So the tops moved west then?
Self-contained rewrite: So Four Tops moved West then after departing Motown?