Everything about Uni Records totally explained
Uni Records (short for the label's legal name
Universal City Records) was a
record label owned by
MCA Inc. The brand, which long featured a distinct
UNi logo, was established in
1966 by MCA executive
Ned Tanen and developed by music industry veteran
Russ Regan. Notable artists on Uni included
Strawberry Alarm Clock,
The Foundations,
Hugh Masakela,
Brian Hyland,
Desmond Dekker,
Bill Cosby,
Elton John,
Neil Diamond,
Dave and Ansil Collins,
Fever Tree and
Olivia Newton-John. In
1971 Uni was merged with two other MCA subsidiaries,
Kapp Records (a division of Universal City Records which MCA purchased in
1967) and the American
Decca Records, to form
MCA Records. The Decca, Kapp and Uni labels continued to be used for new releases for a short time, but in late 1972 new releases by their former artists began appearing on the MCA Records label; before long their back catalogs had been transferred to MCA as well.
In
1988, Uni was briefly revived by MCA Records as a niche label, with an artist roster of
Eric B. & Rakim,
Swans, and
Steve Earle. By the end of
1989 Swans had been dropped and the others had been returned to the MCA label.
In
1991, MCA revamped the Uni moniker once more when they changed the name of their music distribution network from
MCA Music Distribution Corp to
Uni Distribution Corp. In the wake of
Seagram's purchase of MCA in
1996, it was renamed
Universal Music & Video Distribution, Inc. In June
2001, it was renamed
Universal Music & Video Distribution, Corp. It was changed again in
2006 to
Universal Music Distribution.
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
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