Legacy Recordings is an American

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that is a division of

Sony Music Sony Music Entertainment (SME), also known as simply Sony Music, is an American multinational music company. Being owned by the parent conglomerate Sony Group Corporation, it is part of the Sony Music Group, which is owned by Sony Entertainmen ...

. Formed in 1990 after Sony's acquisition of CBS Records, Legacy originally handled the archives of Sony Music-owned labels

Columbia Records Columbia Records is an American record label owned by Sony Music Entertainment, a subsidiary of Sony Corporation of America, the North American division of Japanese conglomerate Sony. It was founded on January 15, 1889, evolving from the A ...

and

Epic Records Epic Records is an American record label owned by Sony Music Entertainment, a subsidiary of Sony Corporation of America, the North American division of Japanese conglomerate Sony. The label was founded predominantly as a jazz and classical m ...

. In 2004, under the

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joint venture, the label began to manage the archives of

RCA Records RCA Records is an American record label currently owned by Sony Music Entertainment, a subsidiary of Sony Corporation of America. It is one of Sony Music's four flagship labels, alongside RCA's former long-time rival Columbia Records; also ...

, J Records, Windham Hill Records, Arista,

LaFace LaFace Records was an American record label based in Atlanta, Georgia, that operated as a unit of Sony Music Entertainment from 2008 to 2011 and was historically a part of Bertelsmann Music Group from 1989 to 2004. It was most active and achie ...

, Jive, and Buddah Records. Legacy Recordings also distributes

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and the catalog of recordings produced by

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. It is not related to the defunct British independent label Legacy Records.

Reissues

The ''Essential'' series are one- or two-disc compilations of an artist's extensive catalog. On occasion, certain albums in this series would include a limited edition third disc (labeled ''Essential'' ''3.0''), or be revised to include an artist's newer work (for example '' The Essential Bob Dylan).'' , several volumes in the ''Essential'' series are available on vinyl LP. Launched in 2009, ''Playlist'' is a series of single-disc compilation albums based on artists' best studio work during their time on one of the Sony labels (for example, the Van Morrison ''Playlist'' only contains tracks from the BANG Records sessions), serving as a successor to the previous ''Super Hits'' series and a less expensive alternative to the ''Essential'' series. A spinoff series, ''Setlist'', features compilations of artists' live performances. The first several albums came in a special eco-packet and to save paper, a PDF file was included on the disc, containing photographs, credits and liner notes. This was met with criticism, because the discs were easily scratched. Later ''Playlist'' albums were packaged in standard white jewel cases.

Artists

* Jimi Hendrix *

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