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Decca Broadway is an American record label specializing in musical theater recordings founded in 1999 by Decca Records and is a unit of Universal Music Group . Decca Broadway issued both new original cast albums as well as reissues of classic musical theater performances from the catalogues of record labels Universal Music and predecessor companies acquired over the years including Decca which pioneered the release of original cast albums. Decca Broadway was absorbed into UMG's Verve Records in 2013. Verve Label Group relaunched the Decca Broadway label in 2019.

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66-397: In 1949, Decca began to re-release the best-selling of these albums on LP and in the late 1950s began offer different versions of electronically enhanced for stereo editions, which sounded thin and hollow. Some of these versions employed varying combinations of phase shift, comb filters and EQ splits over the two channels - sometimes all at the same time while other more popular versions left

132-401: A "full-service, free standing label". Craig Lambert, previously the vice president of the label, was named as the interim head of MCA, with a successor expected to be chosen within a few months. Following Boberg's resignation, it was rumoured that MCA could possibly be merged into Universal Records , something which would have given the latter, New York City–based label a stronger presence in

198-443: A big seller for the label and continues to sell well. Although they are being selective about what they record, Decca Broadway plans to continue making cast albums, including Mel Brooks ' Young Frankenstein and Andrew Lippa 's The Addams Family: A New Musical . Although some of the slower-selling catalog titles have been deleted, many remain available as downloads. In 2012, UMG acquired EMI , and thus Decca Broadway took over

264-535: A huge surplus of unprofitable records sitting unsold in MCA warehouses. A number of MCA associates, including Azoff and Zappa, disparaged the company in this way. Starting in 1984, William Knoedelseder wrote a series of articles for the Los Angeles Times about the connections between organized crime and MCA. Knoedelseder told the story of mobster Sal Pisello and the corrupt deals he arranged with MCA for

330-544: A new MCA label, which was used to release U.S. Decca and Kapp label material outside North America. Initial activity as MCA Records was based in London and MCA Records UK was formally launched on February 16, 1968. Among the early artists on the MCA label, around 1971, were groups Wishbone Ash , Osibisa , Stackridge and Budgie , and solo artists Tony Christie , Mick Greenwood and Roy Young . Early MCA UK releases were distributed by Decca, but moved to EMI in 1974. As

396-428: A new logo that featured the parent company's former full name, Music Corporation of America. That many younger people had been unaware of what MCA had stood for in the past inspired the new logo. In conjunction with the new logo, the first MCA Records website was launched. In 1998, MCA released the sophomore album Feeling Strangely Fine by Semisonic , which had the number one hit single and video, " Closing Time ", about

462-613: A noteworthy MCA artist in Canada with her debut album in 1991. After her second album in 1992 she was dropped following disagreements in artistic direction. However, the company kept her on their song publishing roster, both being owned by Universal Music. Morissette's next album, Jagged Little Pill (written and produced independently, but released through Warner Music 's Maverick Records label) eventually sold more than 30 million copies. In 1995, drinks conglomerate Seagram Company Ltd. acquired 80% of MCA. In November of that year, Teller

528-619: A recording studio in Blomfield Road , West London; there may have been another in London's West End. In 2010, Universal Music reclaimed ownership of the London Records trademark. Even Universal Music again owned this trademark, Warner Music Group licensed it to be used on its reissues of London's catalogue controlled by Warner Records 90 company. On 1 July 2011 Universal Music reclaimed the London Records name and relaunched it under

594-552: A satirical "WARNING/GUARANTEE" sticker of his own. Thing-Fish was released with Zappa's sticker in December 1984 under a new agreement with Capitol / EMI . Despite the conflict with Zappa, MCA later became the biggest label to oppose the PMRC and the use of warning stickers. In October 1985, Azoff said "Never will you find a sticker on one of our records." In the 1980s, MCA became commonly nicknamed "Music Cemetery of America" due to

660-605: A semi-independent label within the PolyGram group operated by Roger Ames. In the 1990s, Tracy Bennet became President and Colin Bell, Managing Director. When Ames moved to the Warner Music Group , he took the label with him, and so almost all of London's recent back catalogue was acquired by Warner, which also acquired the London name and trademark from Decca (which still owns most of the pre-1980 back catalogue). The name

726-479: A sub-label for releasing heavy metal music . Bands signed to Mechanic included Voivod , Dream Theater , Bang Tango , and Trixter . MCA created a new holding company in 1989 called MCA Music Entertainment Group, headed by Al Teller, former President of United Artists Records, and co-chairman of Turf Classics, a concert production company, run by Producer Richard Flanzer. The same year the MCA Inc. parent company

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792-615: A sublabel until Because Music acquired the trademark license in 2017. In July 2017, Because Music announced that it would acquire Warner Records 90 , a subsidiary of Warner Music UK that reissued most London Records artists from the post-1980 era, plus very few titles from the post-1998 era, when Warner Music owned the label. Because completed the deal in August 2017, which includes the rights to over fifty London artists (including Bananarama and Happy Mondays ), but excluding Slash Records , London-Sire Records , All Saints , New Order , and

858-802: A third of their personnel, although no employees from Geffen were let go. Geffen's president, Jordan Schur , was named president of the newly merged entity, which continued under the Geffen branding. In the subsequent months, the MCA name was phased out entirely. The last album to be released under the MCA Records branding was Twisted Method 's Escape from Cape Coma , which was released on July 15, 2003. Today Interscope Capitol Labels Group and Universal Music Enterprises manage MCA's rock, pop, and urban back catalogues (including those from ABC Records and Famous Music Group) in conjunction with Geffen – UME and Geffen have re-released various albums from MCA in

924-430: A wholly-owned subsidiary. As American Decca owned Universal Pictures , MCA was forced to exit the talent agency business in order to complete the merger. MCA assumed full ownership of Universal and made it into a top film studio, producing several hits. In 1966, MCA formed Uni Records and in 1967, purchased Kapp Records which was placed under Uni Records management. In 1967, Brunswick and Coral were replaced by

990-617: Is managed by Deutsche Grammophon . MCA's musical theatre catalogue is managed by Decca Records on its Decca Broadway imprint. London Records London Recordings (or London Records and London Music Stream ) is a British record label that marketed records in the United States, Canada, and Latin America for Decca Records from 1947 to 1980 before becoming semi-independent. The London name – as London American Recordings, often shortened to London American  –

1056-402: Is still used, mainly for UK-based artists, and for ex- Factory Records artists. Notable artists released by that incarnation of London, called London Records 90, include New Order (initially on their own CentreDate Co. Ltd label), Happy Mondays , A , and Shakespears Sister . After PolyGram took over British Decca, classical-music albums recorded by British Decca continued to be released on

1122-513: The West Coast of the United States. On May 20, 2003, insider sources at Universal reporting to Billboard revealed that the MCA label was to be absorbed by sister UMG label Geffen Records by the end of the year. The reported reason behind the MCA brand phaseout was due to declining sales, as well as the MCA brand becoming "tarnished" by "a history of acquisitions and mergers". On June 9, 2003, MCA laid off 75 of their staff, equivalent to

1188-454: The 1970s and 1980s, MCA profited from reissuing classic early rock and roll recordings made by artists who recorded for the numerous labels absorbed by MCA. One notable example was the 1954 Decca recording " Rock Around the Clock " by Bill Haley & His Comets , which was featured as the lead track of MCA's number one–charting American Graffiti soundtrack album, and as a single returned to

1254-497: The 1980s, often by acquiring other record labels, from ABC to Motown to Geffen . MCA Inc. became Universal Studios, Inc., in 1996, and the MCA record label was folded into Universal Music Group 's Geffen Records in 2003, but Universal's MCA Nashville continues to use the moniker. The U.S. arm of Britain's Decca Records was established in New York in 1934 In 1937, the owner of Decca, Edward R. Lewis , chose to split off

1320-589: The 1990s, London signed Madchester indie band The High and ended up being fined £50,000 by the BPI in 1991, for suspected chart hyping in the UK Singles chart in regards to this band, with the suspicion that their chart position may have been bought by the record company and not due to fans purchasing their record, "More". MCA , the owner of American Decca, merged with PolyGram in 1999, which formed Universal Music ; however, by this time, London Records had become

1386-750: The American top 40 that year, 20 years after it was recorded. In 1977, MCA president Sidney Sheinberg set up the Infinity Records division, based in New York City with Ron Alexenberg as CEO. Alexenberg had been with the Epic division of CBS Records, now Sony Music Entertainment . The intention was to give MCA a stronger presence on the East Coast. The only big hit the Infinity label had

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1452-764: The FFRR (Full Frequency Range Recordings) brand (which became part of WMG's Parlophone label). Because is distributed by another UMG division Virgin Music Label & Artist Services, formerly Caroline Distribution. Warner Records 90 was renamed London Music Stream, and later London Recordings. The label is now operating as London Records again (as part of Because Music Group). The label has reissued many classics by acts such as Bronski Beat, Bananarama, Orbital, Goldie and Happy Mondays. They have also released new music by Blancmange, Shakespears Sister and Orbital. This includes Orbital's 'Optical Delusion' which charted at No 6 in

1518-609: The London label in the U.S., with a logo similar to the Decca classical label logo, until American Decca owner MCA merged with British Decca owner PolyGram in 1999 and formed Universal Music, after which they were all reissued on the original British Decca label in the US. The London pop music catalogue owned by Universal Music is now managed by Polydor Records , with United States distribution handled by Island Records after absorbing former distributor Mercury Records in 2014. Decca Records had

1584-527: The MCA label. MCA distribution in Europe and Asia moved to CBS in 1979, while releases in the 1980s were self-distributed, or through WEA . Distribution moved to BMG during the 1990s. The combined effects of the Infinity Records failure, the purchase of ABC, rising vinyl costs and a major slump in record sales produced tremendous losses for the company between 1979 and 1982. It was not until

1650-563: The Paramount and Dot labels when they purchased Gulf+Western 's record labels and Famous Music Corp . Thus, MCA now controlled material once owned by Paramount Pictures, the music released by Paramount's record labels, and the pre-1950 films by Paramount as well. Also included in this deal were recordings controlled by ABC, including albums by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers which were originally released by Shelter Records . Petty

1716-448: The U.S. division of MCA Records was not established until 1972, the earliest UK MCA Records material was released in the U.S. on either Kapp or Decca. MCA UK also issued American Brunswick material on the MCA label until 1972, two years after MCA lost control of Brunswick, after which American Brunswick material was issued in the UK on the revived Brunswick label. Uni label material was issued on

1782-520: The U.S., as British Decca could not use the "Decca" name there as well as vice-versa. The label was noted for classical albums made in then state-of-the-art stereophonic sound , and such artists as Georg Solti , Joan Sutherland , and Luciano Pavarotti . In a reverse situation, the London name was also used in the UK market by British Decca for releases taken from American labels that were licensed by British Decca, such as Liberty , Imperial , Chess , Dot , Atlantic , Specialty , Essex and Sun , and

1848-570: The UK Decca company from the U.S. company (keeping his U.S. Decca holdings), fearing the financial damage that would arise for UK Companies if the emerging hostilities of Nazi Germany should lead to war – correctly foreseeing World War II . Lewis sold the remainder of his American Decca holdings when war did break out. U.S.-based Decca Records kept the rights to the Decca name in North and South America and parts of Asia including Japan. UK Decca owned

1914-586: The UK. There is now a new frontline arm of the label called 'Because London Records' releasing artists such as Alewya, Joalin and Busy Twist. In 2025 the label will release an extensive podcast series telling the story of the imprint. The label is now operating as London Records again (as part of Because Music Group). The label has reissued many classics by acts such as Bronski Beat, Bananarama, Orbital, Goldie and Happy Mondays. They have also released new music by Blancmange, Shakespears Sister and Orbital. This includes Orbital's 'Optical Delusion' which charted at No 6 in

1980-481: The Uni label worldwide. In 1970, MCA reorganized its Canadian record company Compo Company Ltd. into MCA Records (Canada). In April 1970, former Warner Records president Mike Maitland joined MCA and initially served as Decca's general manager. Maitland was unsuccessful in his attempt to consolidate Warner Records with co-owned Atlantic Records which led to his departure from Warner. In April 1971, Maitland supervised

2046-584: The Who had formed their own label Track Records in the UK, but were still under contract with MCA for American distribution. The Who's double album Quadrophenia was released by Track/MCA also in October 1973. Quadrophenia peaked at number 2 as it was held back from the number 1 slot by Goodbye Yellow Brick Road. Other successful artists on MCA, after the consolidation, included former Kapp artist Cher , and Uni artist Olivia Newton-John . In 1973 MCA released

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2112-535: The album and refused to let MCA Distributing Inc. handle it, stating that it was "an anti-parent record". The members of Black Flag found themselves covering the MCA Distributing logo on the first 25,000 copies with a sticker reading "As a parent... I found it an anti-parent record." SST Records partner Joe Carducci later said that Bergman's comments were actually a red herring for MCA to cut ties with Unicorn, which had not produced any successful releases;

2178-519: The band signed with that label). In the 1960s and 1970s London Records got involved in then innovative quadraphonic sound techniques and launched vinyl LPs. Beginning with their "Phase 4" series of immersive, spatialized STEREO sound (which was NOT quadraphonic despite claims to the contrary) which, along with their "FFRR - Full Frequency Range Recording" series and appellation, gained them a well earned reputation on their sound quality. Phase 4 recordings were originally made on then-novel 4-track tape, but

2244-702: The company from bankruptcy. In 1983, rock musician Frank Zappa negotiated a distribution agreement for his Barking Pumpkin label with MCA. As the records were being manufactured, a woman in the quality control department objected to the lyrics of Zappa's album Thing-Fish . After this MCA cancelled the Zappa contract. At about the same time, Zappa publicly argued with members of the Parents Music Resource Center (PMRC) over censorship and warning stickers for albums with potentially offensive content. The experience with MCA prompted Zappa to create

2310-596: The consolidation of the New York–based Decca and Kapp labels plus the California -based Uni label into MCA Records based in Universal City, California , with Maitland serving as president. The three labels maintained their identities for a short time, but were retired in favor of the MCA label in 1973. " Drift Away " by Dobie Gray became the final Decca pop label release in the U.S. in 1973. Beginning

2376-451: The executive team of Nick Raphael (president) and later Jo Charrington (senior vice president of A&R) who together previously ran Epic Records for Sony Music Entertainment since 2001. Both had started their careers at London Records in the Ames era in the 1990s. When Nick Raphael became president of Capitol Records 's UK division in 2013, London Records moved there, and operated as

2442-546: The fact that MCA would, not soon afterward, directly commission a new recording of "TV Party" from Black Flag and SST Records for the Repo Man soundtrack seemed to bear this out. Unicorn would later go out of business after going bankrupt, partially the result of a lawsuit between themselves and Black Flag. Irving Azoff became the head of MCA Records in 1983. Azoff is known as an experienced music industry veteran who received credit amongst MCA management and staff for saving

2508-495: The fake stereo masters, a condition which for the most part wasn't even beginning to be rectified until 20 years later until expanded silver, gold and diamond anniversary editions were prepared - some using pristine previously-unheard safety masters of some performances that had become worn out after repeated re-mastering.. MCA released many of their classic shows on CD in the 1990s, going back to original master discs and tapes to generate excellent sounding (and complete) remasters of

2574-546: The first releases with the higher list price. Backstreet artist Tom Petty succeeded in his campaign to force MCA to drop prices back to $ 8.98 for the release of his album Hard Promises , in May 1981. MCA had a distribution deal with the independent label Unicorn Records, which in turn signed an agreement with another rising independent label, SST Records to manufacture and distribute Black Flag 's first album Damaged . Reportedly, MCA executive Al Bergman heard an advance copy of

2640-412: The first two UK releases from Motown . By the 1960s more licensing deals had been made with Big Top , Monument , Parrot , Philles , and Hi , and subsidiary labels were London Atlantic, London Dot and London Monument (the last featuring Roy Orbison , who remained with London in the UK even after he signed for MGM Records in the U.S.). The lead person in arranging the distribution deals at that time

2706-535: The highly successful soundtrack album to the film The Sting . The movie used the Ragtime music of Scott Joplin , arranged and conducted by Marvin Hamlisch . It won an Academy Award for Best Original Score (MCA issued many other soundtracks to films from Universal, along with some non-Universal films). One of the most successful MCA artists in this era was the rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd , who would become one of

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2772-576: The innovation was in the special scoring used to maximize the technology. Normally in recording techniques of the mid-60s, in order to get the kind of layered sound realized in Phase 4 recordings, required multiple overdubs over multiple reels of tape, bouncing down and bouncing across to different recorders. This increased the level of tape hiss on the final master, something which Phase 4 engineers could not tolerate. So they achieved in their scoring techniques what could be recorded in one pass what everybody else

2838-476: The label's overall album market share decline to just 2.61% in 2002, down from 9% the previous year. His demise was hastened by the relative commercial failure of Shaggy 's Lucky Day , released in October 2002, which MCA hoped would sell well enough to turn around their declining fortunes. Richard Nichols, manager of The Roots , felt that MCA had been attempting to spend lots of money on different projects, and subsequently many acts on MCA were "underfinanced" by

2904-506: The label, leading to poor sales. Rob Hitt of Midtown (who was signed to MCA through Drive-Thru Records ) stated that MCA had lost a substantial amount of money that year from investing in several unsuccessful bands. Management of the label was subsequently handed over to the Interscope Geffen A&;M umbrella label and Jimmy Iovine , although UMG chairman Doug Morris promised that MCA would continue to operate as

2970-457: The late 1970s. This design was directly inspired by the U.S. Decca label of the 1960s. In December 1972, Neil Diamond , another Uni artist, reached superstar status with his first MCA release, the live multi-platinum Hot August Night . Elton John's double album Goodbye Yellow Brick Road was released in October 1973 and was number one on the U.S. Billboard 200 albums chart for eight straight weeks. The management of former Decca artists

3036-455: The lateral plane and the processing alone in the vertical plane. This allowed phonograph owners with such a console to raise or lower just the center (mono) channel to their individually desired level. The label was out of the business of recording new cast albums by the end of the 1950s. Decca was bought by MCA and in the early 1970s many of these titles were re-released on the MCA label, all using

3102-533: The liquidation sales of unsold cut-out recordings that had been deleted from the MCA catalog. The story was later adapted into the book Stiffed: A True Story of MCA, the Music Business, and the Mafia , which was published in 1993. The Chess Records catalog was acquired from the remnants of Sugar Hill Records in 1985. Motown Records was bought in 1988. In the late 1980s, MCA formed Mechanic Records as

3168-419: The mid-1980s that the record labels returned to significant profitability. In late 1980, MCA received negative publicity when it attempted to raise the list price of new releases by top selling artists from $ 8.98 to $ 9.98 ($ 33.21 and $ 36.91 in 2023 dollars respectively). This policy, known as "superstar pricing", ultimately failed. The Xanadu soundtrack album and Gaucho , by former ABC act Steely Dan , were

3234-513: The most popular in the Southern rock genre. The group was discovered by Al Kooper and initially released on his Sounds of the South label imprint of MCA. The song " Free Bird " became one of the most popular songs of all time on album-oriented rock radio stations. On Second Helping , the group recorded a song about their relationship with the label called, "Workin' for MCA". Street Survivors

3300-435: The original monaural track alone on the left and put all the fake re-processing on the right. At least with that format, a record buyer could enjoy the original untouched monaural performance simply by switching their balance control all the way to the left. In the early days of home consoles with 3-channel amplifiers, Decca and other labels responded by releasing still other versions with the untouched monaural program alone in

3366-582: The originals. When MCA and PolyGram were merged into the new Universal Music Group, a new label, Decca Broadway, was born. The new label's catalogue incorporated other musical theatre albums whose rights were owned by Universal Music. Decca Broadway has re-mastered and reissued virtually every cast album in the old Decca catalogue including many rare titles that had not been available in almost 50 years. Decca Broadway has also recorded recent hits including: Wicked , Monty Python's Spamalot , Seussical , and Spring Awakening . Wicked in particular has been

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3432-480: The rights to EMI's musical theatre catalogue. The following year, the imprint was absorbed into Verve Records. In 2019, Verve Label Group relaunched the Decca Broadway label. MCA Records MCA Records was an American record label owned by MCA Inc. established in 1972, though MCA had released recordings under that name in the UK from the 1960s. The label achieved success in the 1970s through

3498-475: The rights to the Decca name in the rest of the world. After the war, British Decca formed a new U.S. subsidiary, London Records . During this time, American Decca issued records outside North America on the Coral Records and Brunswick Records labels. In 1962, MCA, a talent agency and television production company, entered the recorded music business with the acquisition of American Decca, which became

3564-481: The same year, the catalogs of Decca, Uni and Kapp were reissued in the U.S. on the MCA label under the supervision of veteran Decca producer Milt Gabler . The first MCA Records release in the U.S. was former Uni artist Elton John 's " Crocodile Rock " single in 1972, which appeared on a plain black and white label. Immediately following this, the American MCA label used a black with curved rainbow design until

3630-511: The use of alcohol in local night clubs and taverns. On May 21, 1998, Seagram acquired PolyGram (owner of British Decca) from Philips and merged it with Universal Music Group. Unlike several labels under PolyGram and UMG, who faced closure and job cuts of employees, MCA was the only label that was not affected by the merger. When Seagram's drinks business was bought by France -based Pernod Ricard , its media holdings (including Universal) were sold to Vivendi which became Vivendi Universal which

3696-513: The years since, as well as several compilations. Its country music label MCA Nashville Records is still in operation, and is one of the only businesses using the MCA trademark as of 2016 along with MCA Records France (imprint of Universal Music France). MCA's jazz catalogue is managed by Verve Records (through the Impulse! and GRP imprints, depending on whether the recording was acquired from ABC or not), while its classical music catalogue

3762-575: Was Mimi Trepel . An unusual feature was the letter code in the numbering system. From the late 1950s until 1973, the label bore the logo "London American Recordings", and on Radio Luxembourg it was known as "London American". In America, the label was best known as the American imprint of the pre–1971 recordings of the Rolling Stones (now owned by ABKCO ). The label also originally issued some early LPs and singles by Texas-based band ZZ Top (whose catalog went to Warner Bros. Records when

3828-627: Was " Escape (The Piña Colada Song) " by Rupert Holmes , a number one single at the end of 1979. Infinity also had some success with Hot Chocolate , Spyro Gyra , New England and TKO . But MCA pulled the plug on Infinity after it failed to sell most of the one million advance copies of an album featuring Pope John Paul II in October 1979. Infinity was fully absorbed by the parent company in 1980. In 1979, Bob Siner replaced Maitland as MCA Records president. Shortly afterwards, MCA acquired ABC Records along with its subsidiaries Paramount , Dunhill , Impulse! , Westminster , and Dot . ABC had acquired

3894-509: Was achieving with multiple overdubs. Similar scoring techniques were used with sound pioneer Enoch Light and his Project 3 Records label around the same period. In the late 1970s, London signed deals with Bomp! Records and with Big Sound in Connecticut, U.S. This changed the label in the eyes of many from a backwater into something a little more "edgy" compared to the pedestrian contemporary releases from parent company Decca. The label

3960-458: Was also used by British Decca in the UK market, for releases taken from American labels, which British Decca licensed. The label is owned by Because Music , which also owns most of the label's 1980s and 1990s UK catalogue. London arose from the split in ownership between the British and American branches of Decca Records . The American branch of London Records released British Decca records in

4026-419: Was fired and replaced by former Warner Music Group head Doug Morris . Palmese left MCA a week later. Afterwards, Jay Boberg was named as the new president of MCA. On December 9, 1996, the new owners dropped the MCA name; the company became Universal Studios, Inc. and its music division, MCA Music Entertainment Group, was renamed Universal Music Group (UMG), headed by Morris. In 1997, MCA Records adopted

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4092-590: Was furious about the reassignment of his contract and refused to record for MCA. This led to a series of lawsuits, which resulted in his bankruptcy in 1980. Petty and other ABC/Shelter artists eventually had their contracts transferred to the Backstreet Records label, which was distributed by MCA. ABC Records' independent distributors sued ABC and MCA for $ 1.3 million in damages for being stuck with unsold ABC recordings they could not return to MCA. The better selling ABC Records catalog albums were reissued on

4158-402: Was later renamed back to Vivendi SA after selling most of the entertainment division (which included Universal Pictures ) to General Electric . Morris continued to head the combined company, still called Universal Music Group. On January 16, 2003, Jay Boberg resigned from his position as president of MCA Records. Boberg's resignation arrived in the wake of slumping sales at MCA, which had seen

4224-610: Was purchased by the Matsushita group . Azoff resigned from MCA in 1989 to form his own record label, the now-defunct Giant Records . Richard Palmese was named president of MCA Records after Azoff in 1990. GRP Records and Geffen Records were acquired in 1990. Unlike most of MCA's previous acquisitions, GRP (which began managing MCA's jazz holdings) and Geffen (which became a second mainstream subsidiary) labels kept their identities. MCA sold Motown Records to PolyGram in 1993. Singer and songrwriter Alanis Morissette became

4290-494: Was released in October 1977, just prior to a tragic plane crash in which members of the group were either killed or severely injured. The original Street Survivors cover had a picture of the band members surrounded by flames, but this was quickly substituted for a design without flames. Lynyrd Skynyrd's streak of hits ended after the crash. Eventually, three Lynyrd Skynyrd albums reached the double platinum sales level and at least two others reached platinum or gold levels. During

4356-458: Was staffed by Graham Baker, Keith Gooden, Mike Horsham and Liz Roff at that time. Decca's Geoff Milne was in overall control. The president of London Records in the 1970s was D. H. Tollerbond. After British Decca was acquired by PolyGram in 1980, London followed a more independent course with subsidiary labels such as Slash , Pete Tong 's Essential Records and FFRR (London's dance music label, named after part of London's logo design). In

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