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| | founded = 1947 | |||
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| | distributor = ] (US)<br>] (Outside the US) | |||
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| | url = http://atlanticrecords.com/ | |||
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| '''Atlantic Records''' ('''Atlantic Recording Corporation''') is an ] ] that operates as a wholly owned subsidiary of ]. | |||
| ==History== | |||
| Founded in ] by ] and ]. Upon its creation, Atlantic was principally a ] and ] label. In the early fifties Ahmet was joined by ] and then ]. From 1955 Nesuhi headed the company's ] division and was responsible for major signings such as ] and ]; later ] filled this position. Although it began as an independent record company, it became a major player in the music business in the ], with mainstream ] signings like ]. Competing ] included ] and ]. | |||
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| The engineer, and later producer, ] headed Atlantic's engineering department. Several sub-labels have been created or acquired since then. ] was started in 1955 by Herb Abramson. ] (the record label of ]) was purchased in November 1955. Others including ], and ] became part of the Atlantic group. In ], Atlantic began a distribution relationship with a recording enterprise in ], spearheaded by Jerry Wexler<ref>{{cite web | |||
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| }}</ref> which became ]. The association with Stax ended in ]. Atlantic was acquired by ] in 1967. It is currently a large part of the ], a former division of media conglomerate ] that was sold to a group of investors in 2004. From 1968-1973 ] had a deal with Atlantic Records, then formed their own Atlantic distributed label, ]. | |||
| In May of 1988, the label held a 40th Anniversary concert, broadcast on HBO. This featured performances by a large number of their artists and included reunions of some rock legends like ] and ] (being ]'s first full band performance since being released from prison). | |||
| In the early 1990s, Atlantic owned 50% of ], which released notable ] titles — many in conjunction with ]. 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. | |||
| Atlantic's biggest mainstream rock success could be found in the ], a grunge band popular throughout the 1990's | |||
| The label has also a number of labels deals with independents such as ] (which brought ] and ] into the label) and ] in ], home to ] artists such as ]. | |||
| ] is currently Chairman and CEO of Atlantic Records. Ahmet Ertegun is still nominally associated with the label as its "Founding Chairman". | |||
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| In June 2006, ] released a parody of ]'s hit "]" via the internet (but not on his album '']'') called "]". The song is only available for download because even though Blunt gave Yankovic permission to record the song, he is signed with ] (distributed by Atlantic Records), and Atlantic denied permission for the song's album release. Yankovic's ], ], decided not to "go to war" with Atlantic even though they could still legally use "You're Pitiful". Later on, Al recorded some replacement songs for his album, including "]", a parody of "]" by ]. In the song's video, the "nerd," played by Yankovic, is editing ]'s Atlantic Records page, adding "YOU SUCK!" in big, bold letters. This is a reference to this event. Because of this, the Atlantic Records Misplaced Pages article has been subject to several hundred joke edits and was subsequently protected, preventing anonymous editors from changing the article. Yankovic has said that he does not approve of the vandalism, though he admits being amused by it.<ref name="Herald">Adams, Cameron. “.” ''Herald Sun'', ], ].</ref> | |||
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