- Country
- United States
- Active
- from 1942
- Comments
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Founded as the first west coast–based record label of note in the US in 1942 by Johnny Mercer, Buddy DeSylva, and Glenn E. Wallichs. The label's circular headquarters building is a recognized landmark of Hollywood, California.
In 1956, EMI bought Capitol Records and established it as one of their main labels. Upon EMI's being split in 2012, Vivendi (the French owner of Universal Music), bought the Capitol Records part and integrated it into Universal. - Related labels
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2101 Records Sublabel
Allegiance Records Sublabel
Bust It Records Sublabel
CAP Latino Sublabel
Capitol Jazz Sublabel
Capitol Pops Sublabel
Capitol Records Nashville Sublabel
Capitol Records [JP]
Crazy Horse Sublabel
Creative Products Sublabel
EMI Parent label (1956-2012)
EMI America Sublabel
EMI Manhattan Sublabel
EMI USA Sublabel
Enigma Distributed by Capitol
Hi or Hey Records Imprint
MTM Records Acquired by Capitol (1988)
Manhattan [US1] Sublabel
Metro Blue Sublabel
Prep Records Sublabel
SBK Distributed by Capitol
Sinter Brazilian afiliate
The Hot Biscuit Disc Company Sublabel
The Right Stuff Sublabel
Tower [US2] Sublabel
Universal Music Parent company (as of 2012)
- Related artists
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B.G. DeSylva Co-founder
Johnny Mercer Co-founder
Label
Releases
Video
Catalog nr. | EAN | Performer | Title | Date | Format |
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00 9463 44226 9 7 | Ricky Nelson | Ricky Nelson Sings | 2005 | DVD | |
R 0172 | 00 1157 50172 3 2 | John Lennon | Live in New York City | 1985 | VHS and NTSC |
06 025x 7xxxx x x
Catalog nr. | EAN | Performer | Title | Date | Format |
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06 0255 70722 5 9 | Bob Dylan | No Direction Home - Bob Dylan - A Martin Scorsese Picture | 2016 | 2xDVD |
07 2434 9xxxx x x
Catalog nr. | EAN | Performer | Title | Date | Format |
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492 9589 | 07 2434 92958 9 6 | David Gilmour | David Gilmour in Concert | October 2002 | DVD |
07 2435 xxxxx x x
Catalog nr. | EAN | Performer | Title | Date | Format |
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07 2435 99192 9 4 | Dana Winner | 10 jaar in concert - Live in het Sportpaleis 2003 | December 2003 | DVD |