Universal Music Enterprises

Universal Music Enterprises (abbreviated as UME and stylized as UMe) is the catalogue division of Universal Music Group. It includes Hip-O Records, Universal Chronicles and UM3 (which is the international division of the company). Under various divisions, it reissues many classic albums from the UMG back catalogue, and also various compilation albums, including series such as the 20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection and Icon budget lines and the 2-disc Gold compilations. It also released Billy Ray Cyrus's album Wanna Be Your Joe and re-released John Cougar Mellencamp's American Fool and Tom Petty's Greatest Hits. In 2012, UMe took over distribution of Frank Zappa's recorded music catalogue.[1].

In 2017, Styx had UME as the label, for their latest album, The Mission. Later that same year, Universal announced the formation of Urban Legends, a new catalogue division, which focuses on reissues of said urban music releases.[2][3]

Deluxe editions

Universal Music Enterprises has gained praise in the last decade for their 2-disc (or 3-disc, for albums that originally took up 2 CDs) "Deluxe Editions" of well-acclaimed albums in the Universal catalogue. Each Deluxe Edition usually contains the whole original album remastered on the first disc, and at the end of the first disc and all throughout the second disc, there are rarities, including B-sides, alternate takes, demos, and live performances. In some cases, the bonus discs were also available separately as "Rarities Editions".

References

  1. ↑ Morris, Chris (11 June 2012). "UMG sets Frank Zappa re-releases". Retrieved 8 January 2018.
  2. ↑ UMe. "Universal Music Enterprises Launches Urban Legends Imprint To Represent Top Tier Urban Catalog Music". www.prnewswire.com. Retrieved 8 January 2018.
  3. ↑ "UNIVERSAL MUSIC ENTERPRISES LAUNCHES URBAN LEGENDS IMPRINT TO REPRESENT TOP TIER URBAN CATALOG MUSIC - UMG". 20 November 2017. Retrieved 8 January 2018.


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