Mu

Record Label

Musidisc

Est. 1939 US Part of Universal Music Group

French label, distributor, copyright holder also present in UK, Italy, Spain, Argentina, Mexico. Not to be confused with [[label:337756]], which, for currently unknown reasons, features the same brand. Oldest French Musidisc releases detected for now were released ca.1961-62 with cat# 30 L 21##, see [30 L 2103](https://www.discogs.com/release/19779682-Ren%C3%A9-Debruyne-Les-30-Succ%C3%A8s-De-Paris), [30 L 2107](https://www.discogs.com/Raymond-Jouart-Et-Son-Ensemble-Musette-Un-Dimanche-%C3%80-Nogent/release/16569135), [30 L 2108](https://www.discogs.com/Harold-Smart-Harold-Smart-Et-Son-Orgue-Hammond-Avec-Accompagnements-Rythmiques/release/16792374) and extracts of this early catalogue on back cover of those releases. Early Musidisc also as licensing company on [this 1961 Spanish release](https://www.discogs.com/release/6063121-Roy-Capone-Y-Su-Orquesta-Charleston) with an [[label:60669]] logo. Musidisc catalog was sold to Universal Music Group in 1997-1998 Distributed in: -France by owner [[label:249311]] until early 80s / [[label:300545]] from late 70s. -Argentina by [[label:Musidisc S.A.]] / [[label:EMI-Odeon S.A.I.C.]] / [[label:Musidisc Europe Sudamericana S.A.I.C. y F.]] -Mexico by [[label:Discos Musart]] -Spain by [[label:Marfer, S.A.]] -Italy by [[label:Saar s.r.l.]] / [[label:Fonit Cetra S.p.A.]] -UK by [[label:APT (2)]] NOTE: MU xxx on back cover of releases is not a cat# but a price code. For unofficial releases, see [[label:Musidisc (3)]]

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