About
The successor to The Verve Group. Succeeded in 2016 by Verve Label Group. Verve Records was originally the product of the vision of Norman Granz. He formed Verve Records in 1956 and moved all of his recordings to the Verve catalogue. In late 1960 Granz sold the label to Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM), which sold its record labels to Polydor in 1972. That brought Verve into PolyGram's international family of labels. With the merger of PolyGram with the Universal Music Group in January 1999, [b]The Verve Music Group[/b] was created from The Verve Group, which also encompasses the influential labels [i]GRP[/i], [i]Impulse![/i] and [i]Blue Thumb[/i] labels, and oversees the jazz catalogs of several other Universal-owned labels, including Commodore, Chess, Brunswick, Argo, Cadet, Dot, Coral, Decca, ABC-Paramount, A&M, Mercury, Philips and Polydor.
Sub-labels
GRP
US label launched by and as the successor to [l=Arista GRP] when their partnership with [l362] ended circa November 1982. Label Code: [b]LC 6713 / LC 06713[/b]. Th...
Blue Thumb Records
US label founded in 1968; mostly appears just as "[b]Blue Thumb[/b]" or "[l142518]". Label Code: LC 1228 / LC 01228 Initially distributed by [l13531], the licensing & distribution moved in 1971 t...
LP Reproduction
Active during 2002-2005, LP Reproduction was a reissue series devoted to jazz albums from labels under [l195155] and [l38404] umbrellas. All titles, some never before on CD, were remastered using 9...
For Lovers (2)
Series by the [l=Verve Records] and [l=Impulse!] labels. [b]This is a series, not a label. Only add this to the "Series" field, together with the actual label of the release.[/b]
Desert Island Discs (3)
Series initiated in 2000 by [l=The Verve Music Group] to gather ten Jazz classics.
Contact
1755 Broadway New York, NY 10019 contact@vervemusicgroup.com