PolyEast Records (formerly Canary Records, OctoArts International, OctoArts EMI Music Inc. and EMI Philippines) is a

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in the

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. It is a member of the

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and from 2008 until 2013, the international licensee of

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History

PolyEast Records was established in 1977 as Canary Records by Orly Ilacad after leaving

Vicor Music Corporation Vicor Music Corporation is a Filipino record label. The name is a combination of the names of the founders, the cousins Vic del Rosario and Orly Ilacad. Initially an independent record label, it is currently owned by Viva Communications. Vicor ...

due to a major conflict with co-founder and then co-owner Vic del Rosario. Canary Records became OctoArts International in 1978. It was the first record company that introduced "minus one" (music used for

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) in the market. During the 1970s, the releases of EMI Records were distributed in the Philippines by Dyna Records under the name ''Dyna EMI'' (later remained in 1992 as ''Dyna EMI

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'' as a result of EMI's purchase of Virgin Records). OctoArts at that time was the distributor of

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's international releases. In 1995, OctoArts began a distribution deal with EMI and became OctoArts-EMI, leading to the establishment of

Sony Music Philippines Sony Music Philippines, Inc. is a record label based in the Philippines, which was founded in 1995 as an imprint of the international music label Sony Music Entertainment and a part of its Asia-Pacific chain. After the closure of the local lab ...

. In 2002, after a series of restructure, Orly Ilacad sells their stake in the label to EMI full time and it became EMI Philippines, while Ilacad later brought Orbit Music and it eventually becomes OctoArts-Orbit Music. The PolyEast Records label initially started as a sublabel of PolyGram Philippines (later became part of Universal Music Philippines) until it was eventually acquired by EMI Philippines. It continued being an

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of the label until 2008 when EMI withdrew from the Southeast Asian market, it became simply PolyEast Records as a joint venture between EMI itself and Piper Paper Corporation. In the period of 2012–2013, PolyEast became independent for the second time after EMI was absorbed into

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( MCA Music for the Filipino market).

Notable artist

Partnerships

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* {{Authority control 1977 establishments in the Philippines EMI Philippine record labels Pop record labels Rock record labels Companies based in Quezon City Record labels established in 1977

History

Notable artist

Partnerships

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