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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 94. Chapters: Abbey Road Studios, Angel Music Group, Angel Records, Apple Records, Astralwerks, Back Porch Records, Blast First, Blue Note Records, Capitol Music Group, Capitol Records, Carl Lindstrom Company, Caroline Distribution, Caroline Records, CEMA (record label distributor), Charisma Records, Chrysalis Records, Columbia Graphophone Company, Cooltempo Records, Electrola, EMI-Capitol Special Markets, EMI 2001, EMI America Records, EMI Christian Music Group, EMI Classics, EMI Czech Republic, EMI Films, EMI Latin, EMI Music Japan, EMI Music Malaysia, EMI Records, EMI Televisa Music, Ensign Records, Eric Nicoli, Food Records, ForeFront Records, Gotee Records, Gramophone Company, Harvest Records, Higher Octave, His Master's Voice, Imperial Records, Innocent Records, Kling Klang Studio, Liberty Records, List of EMI artists, List of EMI labels, List of HMV POP artists, Loved, Manhattan Records, Manhattan Records artists, Mediarts Records, Morphy Richards, Music for Pleasure (record label), Mute Records, Narada Productions, Noo Trybe Records, Nopal Beat Records, Norman Smith (record producer), Odeon Records, Pacific Jazz Records, Parlophone, Passenger Records, Picture Music International, PolyEast Records, Positiva Records, Positive Tone, Priority Records, Purple Records, Rak Records, Regal Zonophone Records, Rethink (record label), SBK Records, Seraphim Records, Sparrow Records, Star Song Communications, Stateside Records, Takeover/Cloud 9, The Blue Note Label Group, The Old Vinyl Factory, The Right Stuff Records, Tooth & Nail Records, United Artists Records, Uprok Records. Excerpt: Capitol Records is a major American record label that is a part of the Capitol Music Group and is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Universal Music Group. Founded in 1942 by three industry insiders, Capitol Records has recorded and released important material by artists such as Nat King Cole, Frank Sinatra, The Beach Boys, The Kingston Trio, The Beatles, Exodus, and Megadeth, among many others. Eventually acquired by EMI, the label has released records in a variety of music genres and its headquarters building Capitol Records Tower is a recognized landmark. The Capitol Records Company was founded by songwriter Johnny Mercer in 1942, with the financial help of fellow songwriter and film producer Buddy DeSylva and the business acumen of Glenn Wallichs (1910-1971)-Wallichs was the owner of Wallichs Music City, the biggest record store in Los Angeles at the time. Mercer first raised the idea of starting a record company while golfing with Harold Arlen and Bobby Sherwood. By 1941, Mercer was not only an experienced songwriter, but also a singer with a number of records to his name. Mercer next suggested the idea of starting a record company to his friend Wallichs while Mercer was visiting Wallichs' record store. Wallichs expressed interest in the idea and the pair proceeded to negotiate an agreement whereby Mercer would run the record company and seek out the artists, while Wallichs managed the business side of the label. On February 2, 1942, Mercer and Wallichs met with DeSylva at a Hollywood restaurant to enquire about the possibility of receiving an investment from Paramount Pictures for the record company. While DeSylva declined in response to the Paramount proposal, he handed the new business partners a check worth US$15,000. On March 27, 1942, the three men received a notarized statement in recognition of their application for the incorporation of "Liberty Records" (the name of a record label that Capitol eventually acquired). In May 1942, the application was amende
