What happened to RCA Victor?

[alfgiotir]

Posted: 4/17/08 at 9:03pm

What happened to the comapny? Is it still recording? It used to be the major company the shows would go to in order to record their OBCRs. Where are they?

[TooDarnHot]

Posted: 4/17/08 at 9:19pm

RCA Victor decided to demolish their Camden warehouse in the early 1960s. This warehouse held four floors' worth of catalog and vault masters (most of them pre-tape wax and metal discs), test pressings, lacquer discs, matrix ledgers, and rehearsal recordings.

In the 1970s the label let much of its catalog go out of print.

In 2006, Sony BMG merged its Broadway music labels, including RCA Victor to the new Masterworks Broadway Records.

in a nutshell: RCA Victor doesn't technically exist anymore.

Updated On: 4/17/08 at 09:19 PM

[frontrowcentre2]

Posted: 4/18/08 at 12:44am

RCA Victor as a label changed over the years. Originally the Victor Talking Machine Company (1901-1929) became RCA Victor when Radio Corporation of America bought it out.

The label was active in Broadway show albums until the mid 70s when the Broadway casts switched to the Classical (Red Seal) division.

In 1988, RCA reactivated the RCA Victor name as their exclusive label for Broadway casts and soundtracks. It stayed around until Sony and BMG merged. Now both labels use the Masterworks Broadway moniker.