Uni Records
| Uni Records | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Parent company | Universal Music Group |
| Founded | 1966 |
| Founder | Ned Tanen |
| Status | Folded into MCA Records, now Universal Pictures |
| Distributor(s) | |
| Genre | Various |
| Country of origin | United States |
Uni Records (short for the label's legal name Universal City Records and rendered as UNI) was a
In 1988, Uni was briefly revived by MCA Records as a niche hipster label, à la Sire Records, with a roster that included Transvision Vamp, Big Bam Boo, Eric B. & Rakim, Swans, Steve Earle, Lord Tracy and a distribution deal with the Bronx-based hip hop label Strong City Records. By the end of 1989, however, Swans was dropped, the deal with Strong City was terminated, and the others were absorbed by the MCA label.
On November 13, 1990, MCA revamped the Uni moniker once more when it changed the name of its music distribution network from MCA Music Distribution Corp to Uni Distribution Corp. In 1996, in the wake of Seagram's purchase of MCA and the merger of the MCA and PolyGram families of labels, it was renamed Universal Music & Video Distribution Inc. In June 2001, it was renamed Universal Music & Video Distribution Corp., and it was changed again in 2006, after the sale of Universal Pictures to NBC, to Universal Music Distribution. Geffen Records manages the Uni catalog today after absorbing the MCA label in 2003.
Label variations
- 1967–1973: Mustard yellow label with lime green, blue, and magenta swirls, followed by lime green colored Uni logo in yellow swirl and another lime green swirl. Many albums during this run were also pressed with custom labels.
- 1988–1989: Blue label with Uni logo in black at top.
See also
- MCA Records
- List of record labels
References
- ^ "Top 20 R&B". Billboard. December 9, 1967. p. 97. Retrieved February 28, 2013 – via Internet Archive.
- ^ "MCA in R&B With Revue" (PDF). Billboard. October 7, 1967. p. 3.
- ^ "Revue Records Article". Soulful Kinda Music. Retrieved June 29, 2014.
- ^ "Sometime nice guys come in first—The Russ Regan story". Billboard. August 31, 1974. Retrieved February 28, 2013.
Bibliography
- Hall, Claude: "MCA Drops Vocalion, Decca, Kapp and Uni", Billboard, February 10, 1973
