MCA later admitted that over the next forty years it took in more than a billion dollars in rentals of these supposedly " worthless " pictures.

Hitchcock later sold Shamley to MCA in 1964, passing ownership of Psycho to Universal Pictures.

After a decade of operating through Warner, when its contract with the company expired, the label was sold to MCA Music Entertainment ( later renamed Universal Music Group ) in 1990.

Pressure from activist groups opposed to gangsta rap, however, later led to parent company Time Warner's decision to sell Atlantic's stake in the label to MCA in 1995.

A few months later, Basie quit MCA and signed with the William Morris Agency, who got them better fees.

Gira's disillusionment with their Uni / MCA exploits led to White Light from the Mouth of Infinity ( 1991 ), a successful blending of earlier hard rock and later pop styles.

In August 1972 Camel signed with MCA Records and their eponymous debut album was released six months later.

The rules were passed to the 1950s generation of MCA talent agents including a. Jerold Perenchio who'd later own and head a number of businesses including the 1992 to 2007 version of Univision.

MCA Records was an American-based record company owned by MCA Inc., which later gave way to the larger MCA Music Entertainment Group ( now Universal Music Group ), of which MCA Records was still part.

Palmese left MCA a week later.

It was initially released in January 1977 as ABC AB-990 and later rereleased on its successor label, MCA.

In 1977 the Oak Ridge Boys fully switched from gospel to country with the release of their first ABC Records ( later absorbed by MCA ) album, Y'all Come Back Saloon.

The film was later released on VHS and laserdisc in 1983 by MCA / Universal Home Video and by Goodtimes Home Video in 1996.

The format struggled to gain wide acceptance in the consumer market, and Pioneer became the chief sponsor of the format when MCA, and later Philips, withdrew their support for the format.

In addition to the Paramount film, television, home video, and music publishing divisions, the company continued to own the Madison Square Garden properties ( which also included MSG Network ), a 50 % stake in USA Networks ( the other 50 % was owned by MCA / Universal Studios, which incidentally became the owner of the Famous Music Group catalog when it bought ABC Records in 1979 and a majority of the pre-1950 Paramount sound feature film library when it bought it in 1958 ) and Simon and Schuster ( which itself acquired Prentice Hall a few years before, and later Gousha ).

Some of these bands, such as The Who, did sign to a label that also is now part of the UMG family ( or later absorbed by such a label ), hence those labels control US rights to these works ( in the case of the Who, they had been on US Decca Records and MCA Records in the past, their pre-breakup catalogue is now on Geffen Records in North America ).

All titles were distributed in Canada on MCA's behalf, but the film distribution outlet ceased operations in 1997 and the home video outlet a year later after MCA sold Universal Studios.

Throughout much of his country music career his home was Decca Records, later renamed MCA.

In 1994, Universal / MCA bought a 45 % stake in Interplay, which later went public in 1998.

The following year, both Perry and Whitford rejoined Aerosmith, who signed with Geffen Records ( which coincidentally was sold to MCA in 1990, absorbing the MCA label 13 years later ).

In 1979, MCA Records purchased ABC Records, absorbed some of its artists, and then shut the label down.

* Also excluded were several films in the Zane Grey western series, including To the Last Man ( 1932 ), that were licensed to a theatrical reissue distributor at the time of the MCA deal, as well as all the Hopalong Cassidy films purchased by star William Boyd, and are currently under the control of U. S. Television Office, founded by Boyd.

Ironically, Seagram had purchased Motown ’ s former parent MCA in 1995, as such Motown was in effect reunited with many of its MCA corporate siblings ( Seagram had, in fact, hoped to build a media empire around Universal, and started by purchasing PolyGram ).

The label's numbering system was combined with those of Tamla and Gordy in 1982, and the label ( and company ) was purchased by MCA in 1988. Notable Motown artists have included Mary Wells, The Supremes, Four Tops, The Jackson 5, Boyz II Men, Commodores, Lionel Richie, Dazz Band, Brian McKnight, 98 Degrees, and Erykah Badu.

In the same year, MCA was purchased by the Japanese multinational conglomerate Matsushita Electric.

In 1966, MCA formed Uni Records and in 1967 purchased Kapp Records which was placed under Uni Records management.

In the same year, the MCA Inc. parent company was purchased by the Matsushita group.

MCA DiscoVision had no suggested retail price for the PR-7820 ; depending on the number purchased, it varied from $ 3, 500 to $ 2, 200 per unit if more than 1000 were bought at once.

Also, in 1986, when federal regulations had been relaxed, MCA ( owners of Universal ) purchased a stake in Cineplex Odeon.

As a direct consequence, the SABC received the right to broadcast in American programming syndicated from Universal Studios / MCA, and through them purchased material from other studios.

The MCA expanded into adjacent buildings to increase gallery space ; and in 1977, following a fundraising drive for its 10th anniversary, a three-story neighboring townhouse was purchased, renovated, and connected to the museum.

In 1999, PolyGram ( and all its subsidiaries ) were purchased by Seagram, and then merged with Seagram's MCA Inc. to form the Universal Music Group.

In December 1958 MCA / Revue purchased Universal Studios ' 367 acre backlot to produce television series, then leased it back to Universal for a million dollars a year for a decade.

In the early 2000s, shortly after the merger of the PolyGram and MCA label families, Rounder signed a manufacturing and distribution deal with Universal Music, which also purchased an interest in the label.

Founded in 1995 as Rising Tide Records, the label would ultimately begin to thrive the following year when its name was changed to Universal Records to complement the branding overhaul of the Universal Studios structure since MCA Inc. was purchased from Matsushita Electric by The Seagram Company Ltd ..

In 1979, MCA Records purchased ABC Records, which in turn had bought Paramount's record division in 1974.

In 1963, EPA purchased MCA and the two companies merged to form Eastern Provincial Airways ( 1963 ) Limited.

However, in the mid-1940s, when it purchased Hayward's agency, MCA finally gained bargaining leverage with the studios.

Following the rising postwar popularity of television and the resulting near bankruptcy of many studios, Wasserman purchased Universal Studios and Decca Records in 1962 and merged them with MCA.

Upon its launch, Warner Bros. saw this as a replacement for Geffen Records ( which had been purchased by MCA Music Entertainment the same year ).

Interscope Records, however, still exists as part of Universal Music Group ( whose predecessor MCA purchased Atlantic's stake in the label in 1995 ).

The Universal Studios Florida project is brought back into focus shortly afterwards, and production of the future park's rides and attractions takes place in the Hollywood studio while land clearing takes place on the swamp land purchased by MCA / Universal which will hold the Florida park.

In 1998, PolyGram was purchased by Seagram, and the MCA and PolyGram families of labels merged into Universal Music Group.