Uni

Uni Records (short for the label's legal name Universal City Records and rendered as UNI ) was a record label owned by MCA Inc. The brand, which long featured a distinctive UNi logo, was established in 1966 by MCA executive Ned Tanen as a West Coast based label and developed by music industry veteran Russ Regan . Notable artists on Uni included Strawberry Alarm Clock , the Foundations , Hugh Masekela , Brian Hyland , Desmond Dekker , Bill Cosby , Elton John , Neil Diamond , Dave and Ansil Collins , Fever Tree , Olivia Newton-John , Betty Everett , and the Factory (Lowell George, Dallas Taylor, et al.). In 1967, Uni took over management of MCA's newly acquired Kapp Records . In January 1968, Uni received its first gold record from the Recording Industry Association of America , certifying sales of more than one million copies of the Strawberry Alarm Clock single " Incense and Peppermints ". Uni also operated Revue Records , a soul music subsidiary, from about 1967 to 1970. In 1971 Uni was merged with Kapp and the co-owned American Decca Records , to form MCA Records . The Decca, Kapp, and Uni labels continued to be used for new releases for a short time, but in late 1972, new releases by their former artists began appearing on the MCA Records label; before long, their back catalogs were transferred to MCA as well. That year, Regan left MCA to revive 20th Century Records for 20th Century Fox .

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