United Artists Records

Profile:

Multinational label of US origin; also appears as "United Artists" or "UA" only. Label code: LC 0379 / LC 00379.
For all unofficial / bootleg release of this label please see United Artists Records (2).
For the record company see United Artists Records Inc., for the publishing company see United Artists Music Co., Inc.

History
1958: United Artists Records, a subsidiary of the United Artists film studio, was founded by movie producer Max E. Youngstein initially to distribute records of its own soundtracks. It soon branched out into recording music of a number of different genres.
1960: United Artists Ultra Audio, a label for special wide ranged stereo recording, was introduced. US mono releases commonly mention the Wall To Wall Sound series & the cat# prefix WW. US stereo releases Wall To Wall Stereo series and the WWS cat# prefix.
1967: In May the Transamerica Corporation acquired 95,7 % of United Artists Records, Inc., as mentioned on the front page of Billboard 30. Sept. 1967. The 'Unart' label was revived as a budget label in September.
1968: Liberty bought by Transamerica Corporation in June. Both labels got under one umbrella now.
1971: Liberty was shut down and merged into UA.
1979: After successful years in the 1970s, especially in the jazz and mainstream pop branches, United Artists Records was bought by UA executives Artie Mogull and Jerry Rubinstein from the holding company Transamerica Corporation. When United Artists Records lost the distribution deal with Jet Records and with it the whole sales of the Electric Light Orchestra in the same year, the company was swallowed by the EMI Group.
1980: EMI revived the Liberty label, transferred all UA-Artists and closed down the label in the same year.

International
Belgium: represented by S.A. Fonior N.V. between ca. 1961-1964, afterwards by S.A. Gramophone N.V.
Netherlands: manufactured by Philips Phonografische Industrie between ca. 1960-1963, represented by Artone Gramofoonplaten between 1964-1969 and by Bovema afterwards.
UK: distributed by E.M.I. Records Limited until approximately middle of 1968, when the company changed to Liberty Records Limited.

Sublabels:

50 Fabulous Favorites, Anthology Of Reggae Collectors Series, Ascot Records, Big Hit (3), Brown Bag Records, Deluxe 3500 Series, Disco Club (8), Double Feature Soundtrack, Hit Story, Hitcomeback, ...

Contact Info:

6920 Sunset Blvd.
Hollywood, CA 90028
U.S.A.
(213) 461-9141
(Contact info now obsolete)

Manufacturer Contact

United Artists

Manufacturer EU Contact

Universal Music Group Europe 's-Gravelandseweg 80 1217 EW Hilversum THE NETHERLANDS https://universalmusic.nl/ [email protected] or Warner Music Group Germany Holding GmbH Alter Wandrahm 14 20457 Hamburg GERMANY https://www.warnermusic.de/ [email protected]

Links:

Wikipedia , bsnpubs.com , cvinyl.com

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  • frschoonover's avatar
    frschoonover
    Does anyone of a particular United Artists double record compilation release that featured a female model lying down on a floor surrounded by gold record albums on the UA label? If anyone knows this particular double record compilation, please inform me of it. Thanks in advance for any answers.
    • conrog57's avatar
      conrog57
      Does anyone know the UA matrix numbers issued to tracks in the UK in 1978?
      • small_soup_records's avatar
        UAL 3253 - The Broadway Strings Orchestra - The Golden Waltzes of Broadway - MISSING
        • ultimathulerecords's avatar
          Edited 7 years ago
          Beige UK United Artists labels
          These changed from the Inserat large font parts and mixed Arial to all Arial Bold circa 1974-1976 (1975, based on all issues of Hawkwind - Roadhawks having Label 2 layout).

          Label 1...
          Inserat label: http://www.discogs.com/viewimages?release=1336750
          Copyright ring ends with:
          1971+ A PRODUCT OF LIBERTY-UNITED ARTISTS RECORDS LTD.
          197?+ A PRODUCT OF LIBERTY-UNITED RECORDS (U.K) LTD.
          197?+ A PRODUCT OF UNITED ARTISTS RECORDS LTD. - unconfirmed

          Label 2...
          Arial Bold label: http://www.discogs.com/viewimages?release=613634
          Copyright ring ends with:
          1974+ A PRODUCT OF LIBERTY-UNITED ARTISTS RECORDS LTD.
          1975+ A PRODUCT OF UNITED ARTISTS RECORDS LTD.
          1979+ MANUFACTURED IN THE UK BY EMI RECORDS LIMITED

          A useful rough image guide to United Artists labels can be found here:
          http://home.clara.net/adawson/albums/labels/ualabels.html

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