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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 was purchased by
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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
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in 1974. As 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
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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 a third of their personnel, although no
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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
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became 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,
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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 the MCA label.
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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
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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 the years since, as well as several compilations. Its
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Cemetery of America" due to 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.
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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
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became the final Decca pop label release in the U.S. in 1973. Beginning 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
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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
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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
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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 the 1980s, often by acquiring other record labels, from
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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
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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 the company from bankruptcy.
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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.
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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
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1838:"MCA IS HISTORY – LONG-LIVED RECORD LABEL TO BE MERGED INTO GEFFEN"
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Edwards, Dave; Patrice Eyries; Mike Callahan (April 24, 2007).
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Stiffed: A True Story of MCA, the Music Business, and the Mafia
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with Ron Alexenberg as CEO. Alexenberg had been with the
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employees from Geffen were let go. Geffen's president,
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1952:"Hundreds of Jobs Lost in Universal Mega-Merger"
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1745:"Azoff Quits as Chairman of MCA's Music Unit"
1725:"Warning Stickers Won't Appear on Mca Albums"
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2386:Mad Love and Friends Keep Secrets Records
2122:"MCA Cuts Precede Expected Geffen Merger"
1501:"MCA Drops Vocalion, Decca, Kapp and Uni"
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1890:Weinraub, Bernard (November 21, 1995).
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218:in 1934 In 1937, the owner of Decca,
2057:Friedman, David (December 13, 2004).
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1980:Oppelaar, Justin (January 16, 2003).
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450:Academy Award for Best Original Score
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3226:Record labels disestablished in 2003
2011:"Plan Could Signal End Of MCA Brand"
1925:Billboard Staff (January 16, 2003).
1862:Philips, Chuck (November 17, 1995).
797:. Bands signed to Mechanic included
3133:International third-party licensees
2097:. ISM Sound Network. Archived from
2071:from the original on April 23, 2018
2040:"MCA Braces for Merger with Geffen"
962:the relative commercial failure of
756:wrote a series of articles for the
463:genre. The group was discovered by
2169:. CMJ Network, Inc. July 21, 2003.
2147:"Year In Music | Year In Business"
1659:Knopper, Steve (January 6, 2009).
1499:Hall, Claude (February 10, 1973).
924:On May 21, 1998, Seagram acquired
615:which were originally released by
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3221:Record labels established in 1934
3211:Record labels based in California
3144:(South Korea (JYP Entertainment))
2184:A collection of MCA record labels
2120:Billboard Staff (June 10, 2003).
2038:Newman, Melinda (June 21, 2003).
3010:Universal Music Publishing Group
2009:Billboard Staff (May 20, 2003).
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1592:Eng, Steve (October 15, 1997).
1290:. July 20, 1962. Archived from
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980:(who was signed to MCA through
778:, which was published in 1993.
613:Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
1457:"MCA Records (Canada) Profile"
928:(owner of British Decca) from
762:about the connections between
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2944:Universal Music Group Nigeria
2307:Capitol Christian Music Group
1639:"ABC-Paramount Records Story"
1204:MCA Records recording artists
884:In 1995, drinks conglomerate
731:Parents Music Resource Center
547:Escape (The Piña Colada Song)
541:division of CBS Records, now
70:MCA Music Entertainment Group
2949:Universal Music South Africa
2906:Republic Records Philippines
1836:Arango, Tim (May 22, 2003).
1747:. AP News. September 6, 1989
580:along with its subsidiaries
444:, arranged and conducted by
3168:(South Korea (HYBE Labels))
2977:Universal Music Enterprises
1210:List of MCA Records artists
1051:Universal Music Enterprises
509:Bill Haley & His Comets
402:had formed their own label
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3052:Non-UMG distributed labels
3015:Universal Production Music
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418:Goodbye Yellow Brick Road.
338:Universal City, California
210:The U.S. arm of Britain's
151:Universal City, California
2989:Universal Music Indonesia
2939:Def Jam Recordings Africa
2820:Universal Music Hong Kong
2777:Universal Music On Demand
2676:Mercury Records Australia
2638:Capitol Records Nashville
2628:Mercury Nashville Records
2479:Young Money Entertainment
2095:"MCA & Geffen Merger"
989:Interscope Geffen A&M
905:(UMG), headed by Morris.
770:recordings that had been
635:. Distribution moved to
388:Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
149:70 Universal City Plaza,
113:July 2003 (absorbed into
95:1972 (became MCA Records)
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3033:Eagle Rock Entertainment
2994:Universal Music Malaysia
2954:Blue Note Records Africa
2661:Island Records Australia
1090:catalogue is managed by
1082:catalogue is managed by
1066:catalogue is managed by
543:Sony Music Entertainment
157:Santa Monica, California
3059:Big Machine Label Group
2361:Aftermath Entertainment
1234:"Decca Records Profile"
1143:and MCA Records France.
859:Singer and songrwriter
715:In 1983, rock musician
525:In 1977, MCA president
521:Expansion and struggles
262:and in 1967, purchased
3038:PolyGram Entertainment
2921:Universal Music Africa
2825:Universal Music Taiwan
2810:Republic Records China
2805:PolyGram Records China
2605:Universal Music México
2600:Universal Music Latino
2572:UM Latin Entertainment
2514:Universal Arabic Music
2451:Verve Forecast Records
1665:. Simon and Schuster.
1344:"Kapp Records Profile"
1014:of the United States.
911:Feeling Strangely Fine
155:2220 Colorado Avenue,
51:Final logo (1997–2003)
3216:Universal Music Group
2878:Virgin Records France
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1387:"MCA Records Profile"
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1039:Escape from Cape Coma
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2101:on December 26, 2005
1704:Penthouse - May 1989
1581:. February 10, 1979.
1244:on September 7, 2007
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754:William Knoedelseder
690:SST Records partner
660:, by former ABC act
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1982:"MCA's Jay walking"
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1282:"After the Octopus"
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890:Warner Music Group
866:Jagged Little Pill
787:Sugar Hill Records
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1008:Universal Records
861:Alanis Morissette
795:heavy metal music
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