Legacy Recordings

Legacy Recordings
Parent company Sony Music
Founded 1990 (1990)
Genre Various
Country of origin U.S.
Location New York City
Official website www.legacyrecordings.com

Legacy Recordings is an American record label that is a division of Sony Music. Formed in 1990 after Sony's acquiring of CBS Records, Legacy originally handled the archives of Sony Music-owned labels Columbia Records and Epic Records. In 2004, under the Sony BMG joint venture, the label began to manage the archives of RCA Records, RCA Records Nashville, J Records, Windham Hill Records, Arista, LaFace, Jive, and Buddah Records. Legacy Recordings now also handles Philadelphia International Records and the catalog of recordings produced by Phil Spector.

This is not to be confused with the defunct British independent label Legacy Records.

Reissues

The Essential series are one-to-two disc compilations of an artist's extensive catalog. On occasion, albums in this series would have a limited edition third disc (Labeled Essential 3.0), or revised to include an artist's newer work (for example The Essential Bob Dylan). As of 2015, several volumes in the Essential series are also available on Vinyl LP.

Launched in 2009, Playlist is a series of single disc[1] compilation albums based on artists' best studio work during their time on one of the Sony labels (for example, the Van Morrison Playlist only contains tracks from the BANG Records sessions), serving as a successor to the previous Super Hits series and a cheaper alternative to the Essential series. A spinoff series, Setlist, features compilations of artists' live performances.

The first several albums come in a special Eco-packet and to save paper, a PDF file is included on the disc, containing photographs, credits, and liner notes.[2] This was met with criticism as the discs were easily scratched. Thus, in recent years, Playlist albums came packaged in standard, white-colored jewel cases.

Reception on the Playlist series varies between editions. See individual pages for more information.

Notable artists

See also

References

  1. ↑ "FOXLIGHT – MUSIC RELEASES: WEEK OF 5-28-2012". Retrieved June 22, 2012.
  2. ↑ "Playlist: The Very Best of Rick Astley". Retrieved June 23, 2012.
  3. ↑ Trakin, Roy (18 July 2017). "Jimi Hendrix Estate Renews Licensing Deal With Sony Music Entertainment (EXCLUSIVE)".
  4. ↑ "Prince Estate Signs Deal With Sony Music to Re-Release 35 Catalog Albums". Billboard.
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