Talk:MCA Records

MCA Records artists
This list is going to be a long one, but I hope one can be started. Country music artists can be listed on MCA Nashville Records. Of course, there will be overlap with the lists for artists on Decca Records, Kapp Records and Uni Records. Steelbeard1 16:08, 17 June 2007 (UTC)
 * I started the list. Again, country music artists should be listed in MCA Nashville Records. Steelbeard1 16:38, 17 June 2007 (UTC)

How do we deal with crossover artists such as Brenda Lee? As a Decca artist, she had hits on both the pop and country charts. As an MCA artist, she was mainly on the country charts. Steelbeard1 00:49, 18 June 2007 (UTC)
 * I decided to list Brenda Lee in MCA Nashville Records. Steelbeard1 15:02, 19 June 2007 (UTC)

Someone is sneaking MCA Nashville artists in this list. The rule is that if an artist worked mostly out of MCA Records' Nashville office, the artist is listed in the MCA Nashville artist list. If not (such as with Olivia Newton-John who is a pop artist with many crossover country hits) then it can be listed in the main MCA Records list. Steelbeard1 11:44, 1 October 2007 (UTC)

When exactly was MCA Music Entertainment Group founded
While MCA Records was founded in 1968, I am not so sure of when MCA Music Entertainment Group was officially created as a holding company for MCA's labels. Could anyone help me in locating the exact date? FMAFan1990 03:18, 11 September 2007 (UTC)
 * I believe it was around 1990 which was the year MCA acquired GRP Records and Geffen Records. Unlike previous MCA acquisitions, the GRP and Geffen labels kept their identities. Steelbeard1 03:31, 11 September 2007 (UTC)

Actually, it was earlier--about 1985, when MCA management consolidated all of its music holdings (e.g., Universal Amphitheatre) under the Group. --Rekooper (talk) 00:35, 23 February 2010 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Rekooper (talk • contribs) 00:33, 23 February 2010 (UTC)

Abbreviation?
What does MCA stand for? Presumably it stood for something originally, right? john k (talk) 02:50, 20 November 2008 (UTC)
 * If you look at the MCA Inc. link, you will see that it stood for the original full name of the parent company Music Corporation of America which was legally shortened to MCA in the 1950s. Steelbeard1 (talk) 12:44, 20 November 2008 (UTC)
 * Is this not worth mentioning in this article? john k (talk) 00:34, 23 November 2008 (UTC)
 * Only in the context of the original name's inclusion in the final MCA Records logo as the full name was never used beforehand in reference to MCA's recorded music operations. Steelbeard1 (talk) 02:20, 23 November 2008 (UTC)

Founding year
Because the previous founding year revision was clearly misleading, I changed it to a clear founding year, 1934 when American Decca was founded. MCA bought American Decca in 1962. MCA was not in the recorded music business until then. The record company continued to be called Decca Records. In 1967, the MCA Records label was established outside North America. The three MCA-owned labels, Decca, Kapp and Uni, were consolidated into MCA Records in the US in 1971. Steelbeard1 (talk) 12:57, 14 February 2010 (UTC)

Final logo used in infoboxes
When a record label is defunct, the final logo is used on the infobox. I just reverted the 1990s logo which is still used by MCA Nashville Records which is a separate, though related label. Steelbeard1 (talk) 12:17, 25 July 2011 (UTC)

Splitting MCA PH
MCA Records company and MCA Music Inc. Philippines are different company anyway, and the Philippine branch happens to use MCA in its legal name because of trademark issue. So I believe the bit about the Philippine branch should be split to MCA Music Inc. (Philippines) JSH-alive/talk/cont/mail 15:38, 23 June 2016 (UTC)
 * Yes. I completely agree without hesitation; besides, they're entirely a different company. Matter of fact, this Filipino company shouldn't even receive its own article because of someone's failure to add sources in the specific section of MCA Records. troublednbored (talk) 07:29, 27 June 2016 (UTC)
 * Completely agree, so I have moved the content. Of course, unless someone adds citations, it probably won't survive. Robman94 (talk) 14:22, 27 June 2016 (UTC)
 * Another possible solution here would be to convert the new page into a redirect to Universal Music Group, either with or without merging the content. But certainly the content doesn't belong on the MCA page. Robman94 (talk) 14:41, 27 June 2016 (UTC)
 * Of course, i agree with this; MCA Records and the MCA Philippines are diifferent company, so it is either create an new article for the Philippine company. – Supergabbyshoe (talk2me)

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Chronology
The chronology of the "Pre-history" and "History" sections seem to be out of whack (in particular, the "pre-history" covers 1962–1967, while the "history" starts in 1937). Can someone merge the former section's info into the latter in a reasonable way? I tried to do it myself, but could not get it into a shape I could live with. - dcljr (talk) 20:44, 22 January 2018 (UTC)

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