Motown Record Company, L.P.

New corporate name for Motown formed in June 1988 after Motown Record Corporation was purchased by MCA Records, Inc. and Boston Ventures, Inc.; originally based in California, then in New York. Dissolved in 2000 following merger into UMG Recordings, Inc. Also appears as : - Motown Record Co., L.P. - Motown Record Company L.P. - Motown Record Company LP - Motown Records Company L.P. [B]NOTE: some CD reissues of 60's and 70's Motown albums using this company name show 1986 as the copyright year; that year applies to previous CD issues of those albums in two-albums-on-one-CD versions.[/B]