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Record labels based in California

  • Capitol RecordsOn the 2nd of February 1942, songwriter Johnny Mercer met with Glenn Wallichs at a restaurant in Hollywood to discuss an investment from Paramount Pictures.
  • Interscope RecordsJimmy Iovine stood in a Westwood office building on 10900 Wilshire Boulevard in late 1990 and declared that music was about to change.
  • Concord Music GroupOn the 1st of April 2004, Concord Records acquired Fantasy Inc. in Beverly Hills, California. This purchase brought Prestige, Fantasy, Milestone, Riverside…
  • Capitol Music GroupCapitol Music Group emerged in February 2007 as a merger of Capitol Records and Virgin Records America. EMI orchestrated this union to restructure operations…
  • MGM RecordsIn 1946, the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer film studio launched MGM Records to release soundtrack recordings from their musical films.
  • United Artists RecordsMax E. Youngstein founded United Artists Records in 1957 to issue movie soundtracks for the film studio of the same name.