Label

RCA

Multinational label. Label Code: LC 0316 / LC 00316. Also appears as "RCA Records" or "RCA Record" (Australia/New Zealand). bConsider adding l=RCA Victor as 2nd label if it also appears on the release/b. RCA is a record label that is used worldwide and currently owned by l=Sony Music Entertainment. The name RCA refers to the l=Radio Corporation of America (RCA), a US electronic and communications company formed in 1919. In 1929, RCA acquired the l=Victor Talking Machine Co. The Victor Company had released records on the l=Victor and l=Victrola labels. The record division became known as RCA Victor until late 1968, when it became RCA Records. In 1985, RCA Records became part of l=RCA/Ariola International; At the end of that year, l=General Electric purchased the l=RCA Corporation; In 1986, GE sold the remainder of RCA Records to Bertelsmann (Ariola's owner) and formed the l=Bertelsmann Music Group (BMG). Since then, RCA Records has switched owners twice. First it became a label of l=Sony BMG Music Entertainment and currently is owned by Sony Music Entertainment. On September 26, 2011, Sony Music Entertainment reorganized url=https://www.discogs.com/label/38468-RCA-Music-Groupthe RCA Records group/url into its own label banner. Therefore, the labels under that group, l=Jive, l=Arista, l=LaFace and l=J Records, were all merged into RCA, bringing all of its artists from these aforementioned four imprints to the RCA family. Furthermore, reissues from Jive, Arista, J and LaFace by Sony will be handled by RCA as well. uNote/u: Though Sony Music Entertainment owns the RCA label, it doesn't own the RCA trademarks. The RCA trademarks are currently owned and licensed by Talisman Brands, Inc. (d/b/a Established.), which acquired them from French company l=Technicolor S.A.'s l=RCA Trademark Management S.A. Also has a series of Spanish releases called L=Serie Discoteca (2). bFor 70's-80's French releases with a 'RCA éditeur' mention, please add l895 as Record Company and a note 'RCA éditeur'/b. Colors on French EP labels: Black labels: 1955-December 1959 Yellow labels: October 1959-July 1962 - "Made in France by l=Area S.A." disappears from labels in January 1960 / "Super 45" appears at the bottom of EP labels, "45" at the bottom of single labels. - From Spring 1962, l=RCA Victor may appear next and/or above l=RCA. Black labels: May 1962-March 1963 Blue labels: April 1961-1968 (only used before for the series l=Série En Or) Orange labels (l=RCA Victor only): 1968+ RCA-branded CDs debuted in October 1983.