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{{infobox record label | |||
| name = Atlantic Records | |||
| image = ] | |||
| parent = ] | |||
| founded = 1947 | |||
| founder = ]<br>] | |||
| distributor = ] (US)<br>] (Outside the US) | |||
| genre = Various | |||
| country = ] | |||
| 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 1947 by ] and ]. Upon its creation, Atlantic was principally a ] and ] label, though it also released some ] recordings as well. 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 1960s, 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 1960, 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 1968. 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 1990s | |||
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". | |||
== In popular culture == | |||
In ], ] gained ]'s permission to record a parody of "]." However, after Yankovic had recorded "]," Atlantic Records rescinded this permission. The parody was pulled from Yankovic's '']'' due to his label's unwillingness to "go to war" with Atlantic. Yankovic released the song as a free download on his ] profile, as well as his official website, since it was not Blunt himself objecting to the parody.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5482774|title=Free 'Weird Al' Yankovic!|accessdate=2006-08-24}}</ref> In the "]" video, Yankovic's character is seen vandalizing the record label's ] entry with the exclamation "YOU SUCK!" After the video was released online, Misplaced Pages's Atlantic Records article mirrored the video with numerous "]" editing it. Due to its constant vandalism, the Atlantic Records page on Misplaced Pages is semi-protected to this day. Yankovic has said that he does not approve of the vandalism, though he admits being amused by it. | |||
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