Universal

US record label (1995-2006)

Parent label: Universal Music Group·Est. 1995

Please note the takeover of the PolyGram group did not happen until early 1999 so if a label from that group (Mercury, Polydor, Decca, Verve Records, Philips etc) appears it is 1999 or later. Also, if a 7 digit catalogue number xxxxxx-x is listed it indicates the release is using the adopted PolyGram system so it's 1999 or later. The B00xxxxxx sequence of catalogue numbers dates from early 2003. Label brand used by the Universal Music Group and its affiliated companies, and former sister company Universal Studios. The Universal brand/label name dates from March 1996 when the newly named Universal Music Group rebranded their Rising Tide label Universal (leaving the earlier label's country acts on a much reduced Nashville-based Rising Tide subsidiary). However, it did not become more widely used in the group until the rebranding of MCA Records Inc. and its subsidiary operations in late December 1996. Universal as a label brand beyond the US dates to after that, in 1997, when the rebranding went around the world. The current (2023) black and white simplified logo with the word in a flat plane was introduced at that time. Please note: the presence of a six-digit plus one digit cat # (xxxxxx-x) makes a release post-PolyGram merger, so 1999 or later. Label Code: LC 1846 / LC 01846. The "Universal" name (not the logo) can also be entered for company roles, whenever mentioned as such but please note the below on the appearance of "Universal" in the matrix of CD releases: CDs with the Universal logo in the matrix are not pressed by Universal. It means the CD was released by Universal, a Universal sub-label or released by a record company using Universal as one of their main marketing and distribution companies. An example of this can be found on 'Now That's What I Call Music! 86' which was a Sony/Universal joint release, with Sony DADC manufacturing the item at their plant in Austria, with the Universal logo lasered in the mirror band of the CD where the matrix is found. As Universal had previously owned and managed their own plants, the coincidence of the Universal logo being found on Universal M&L/UML made CDs was extremely common. In such cases, please refrain from applying a manufacturing credit. The 4 x Universal logo branding in the outer ring/matrix dates from 2004. For releases which state "MFG BY UNIVERSAL" in the matrix, along with SID codes IFPI L77* and/or IFPI 2A**, please credit as instructed on its profile. Releases containing the logo of a dark planet with satellites belong to Universal Records.

Discography

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Wish You Were Here

Pink Floyd · 1975

Studio Album

Abbey Road

The Beatles · 1969

Studio Album

The Wall

Pink Floyd · 1979

Studio Album

Untitled

Led Zeppelin · 1971

Studio Album

Nevermind

Nirvana · 1991

Studio Album

Master Of Puppets

Metallica · 1986

Studio Album

Ride The Lightning

Metallica · 1984

Studio Album

Metallica

Metallica · 1991

Studio Album

Paranoid

Black Sabbath · 1970

Studio Album

...And Justice For All

Metallica · 1988

Studio Album

OK Computer

Radiohead · 1997

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Back In Black

AC/DC · 1980

Studio Album

Kill 'Em All

Metallica · 1983

Studio Album

A Night At The Opera

Queen · 1975

Studio Album

The Joshua Tree

U2

Studio Album

Appetite For Destruction

Guns N' Roses · 1987

Studio Album

In The Court Of The Crimson King (An Observation By King Crimson)

King Crimson · 1969

Studio Album

Brothers In Arms

Dire Straits · 1985

Studio Album

Achtung Baby Interactive Songbook

U2 · 1991

Studio Album

Pet Sounds

The Beach Boys · 1966

Studio Album

The Final Cut

Pink Floyd · 1983

Studio Album

In Utero

Nirvana · 1993

Studio Album

Bleach

Nirvana · 1989

Studio Album

Tubular Bells

Mike Oldfield · 1973

Studio Album

Sticky Fingers

The Rolling Stones · 1971

Studio Album

War

U2 · 1983

Studio Album

The Velvet Underground & Nico

The Velvet Underground & Nico · 1967

Studio Album

The Unforgettable Fire

U2 · 1984

Studio Album

Black Sabbath Vol 4

Black Sabbath · 1972

Studio Album

Amnesiac

Radiohead · 2001

Studio Album

Electric Ladyland

The Jimi Hendrix Experience · 1968

Studio Album

Imagine

John Lennon · 1971

Studio Album

Pablo Honey

Radiohead · 1993

Studio Album

Are You Experienced?

The Jimi Hendrix Experience · 1967

Studio Album

Selling England By The Pound

Genesis · 1973

Studio Album

Never Mind The Bollocks Here's The Sex Pistols

Sex Pistols · 1977

Studio Album

The Downward Spiral

Nine Inch Nails · 1994

Studio Album

All Hail To The Thief

Radiohead · 2003

Studio Album

Dire Straits

Dire Straits · 1978

Studio Album

Sabbath Bloody Sabbath

Black Sabbath · 1973

Studio Album

Death Magnetic

Metallica · 2008

Studio Album

Synchronicity

The Police · 1983

Studio Album

Breakfast In America

Supertramp · 1979

Studio Album

Debut

Björk · 1993

Studio Album

Post

Björk · 1995

Studio Album

Let It Bleed

The Rolling Stones · 1969

Studio Album

A Rush Of Blood To The Head

Coldplay · 2002

Studio Album

Load

Metallica = 메탈리카 · 1996

Studio Album