EmArcy Records is a

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record label founded in 1954 by the American

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. The name is a phonetic spelling of "MRC", the initials for Mercury Record Company. During the 1950s and 1960s, musicians such as

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, Clifford Brown, Cannonball Adderley,

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, and Sarah Vaughan recorded for EmArcy. It is today a European jazz label owned by

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. The catalogue is managed by the Island Records subsidiary.

Discography

:Mono 12" LP series (1954–c. 1958)Derived from issue dates given in Neal Umphred ''Goldmine's Price Guide to Collectible Jazz Albums 1949-69'', Iola: WI: Krause, 1994 of the earliest and last items on the list.

References

External links

Official site

Modern Jazz Discography: Emarcy Records discographies (via Mercury page)EmArcy Records
on the Internet Archive'
Great 78 Project
{{Authority control Record labels established in 1954 British record labels Jazz record labels Labels distributed by Universal Music Group Verve Records labels