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And the story doesn't end there! During TheNineties, Liberty was revived as a CountryMusic label, with a stable including Music/GarthBrooks, Music/{{Shenandoah}}, Music/TanyaTucker, and a single by Creator/DennisQuaid. Eventually, this version of Liberty was dectivated and its artists were transferred to [[Creator/CapitolRecords Capitol Nashville]]. Then, British EMI started another revival, Liberty EMI Records UK, during [[TurnOfTheMillennium the 2000s]]; this time, the lineup included Music/TheAlarm, Music/TheBangles, Music/RayCharles, Music/TheStranglers, and a single by Creator/MinnieDriver.

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And the story doesn't end there! During TheNineties, Liberty was revived as a CountryMusic label, with a stable including Music/GarthBrooks, Music/{{Shenandoah}}, Music/TanyaTucker, and a single by Creator/DennisQuaid. Eventually, this version of Liberty was dectivated deactivated and its artists were transferred to [[Creator/CapitolRecords Capitol Nashville]]. Then, British EMI started another revival, Liberty EMI Records UK, during [[TurnOfTheMillennium the 2000s]]; this time, the lineup included Music/TheAlarm, Music/TheBangles, Music/RayCharles, Music/TheStranglers, and a single by Creator/MinnieDriver.
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...which is where things start to get complicated. First, UA released both new records and reissues by former Liberty artists. Then, in 1979, Creator/{{EMI}} bought the United Artists label, eventually changing its name back to Liberty since it was no longer associated with the studio. Therefore, some Liberty releases were reissued on United Artists, and some United Artists releases were reissued on Liberty! And ''then'', EMI started using its [[Creator/EMIAmericaRecords EMI America]] imprint for further reissues from the UA/Liberty catalog, meaning that many artists wound up having releases on all three labels! Liberty was then merged with EMI America, which in turn was merged with Manhattan Records to form EMI-Manhattan.

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...which is where things start to get complicated. First, UA released both new records and reissues by former Liberty artists. Then, in 1979, Creator/{{EMI}} bought the United Artists label, eventually changing its name back to Liberty since it was no longer associated with the studio. studio, as well as resurrecting the Statue of Libery logo while using the gray label background and rainbow logo font of [[Creator/EMIAmericaRecords EMI America]] releases of the era. Therefore, some Liberty releases were reissued on United Artists, and some United Artists releases were reissued on Liberty! And ''then'', EMI started using its [[Creator/EMIAmericaRecords EMI America]] imprint for further reissues from the UA/Liberty catalog, meaning that many artists wound up having releases on all three labels! Liberty was then merged with EMI America, which in turn was merged with Manhattan Records to form EMI-Manhattan.
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...which is where things start to get complicated. First, UA released both new records and reissues by former Liberty artists. Then, in 1979, Creator/{{EMI}} bought the United Artists label, eventually changing its name back to Liberty since it was no longer associated with the studio. Therefore, some Liberty releases were reissued on United Artists, and some United Artists releases were reissued on Liberty! And ''then'', EMI started using its [[Creator/EMIAmericaRecords EMI America]] imprint for further reissues from the UA/Liberty catalog, meaning that many artists wound up having releases on all three labels! Liberty was then merged with EMI America, which in turn was merged with Manhattan Records to form EMI Manhattan.

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...which is where things start to get complicated. First, UA released both new records and reissues by former Liberty artists. Then, in 1979, Creator/{{EMI}} bought the United Artists label, eventually changing its name back to Liberty since it was no longer associated with the studio. Therefore, some Liberty releases were reissued on United Artists, and some United Artists releases were reissued on Liberty! And ''then'', EMI started using its [[Creator/EMIAmericaRecords EMI America]] imprint for further reissues from the UA/Liberty catalog, meaning that many artists wound up having releases on all three labels! Liberty was then merged with EMI America, which in turn was merged with Manhattan Records to form EMI Manhattan.
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...which is where things start to get complicated. First, UA released both new records and reissues by former Liberty artists. Then, in 1979, Creator/{{EMI}} bought the United Artists label, eventually changing its name back to Liberty since it was no longer associated with the studio. Therefore, some Liberty releases were reissued on United Artists, and some United Artists releases were reissued on Liberty! And ''then'', EMI started using its [[Creator/EMIAmericaRecords EMI America]] imprint for further reissues from the UA/Liberty catalog, meaning that many artists wound up having releases on all three labels! Liberty was then merged with EMI America, which in turn was merged with Manhattan Records to form EMI Manhattan.[[note]]Are you confused yet?[[/note]]

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...which is where things start to get complicated. First, UA released both new records and reissues by former Liberty artists. Then, in 1979, Creator/{{EMI}} bought the United Artists label, eventually changing its name back to Liberty since it was no longer associated with the studio. Therefore, some Liberty releases were reissued on United Artists, and some United Artists releases were reissued on Liberty! And ''then'', EMI started using its [[Creator/EMIAmericaRecords EMI America]] imprint for further reissues from the UA/Liberty catalog, meaning that many artists wound up having releases on all three labels! Liberty was then merged with EMI America, which in turn was merged with Manhattan Records to form EMI Manhattan.[[note]]Are you confused yet?[[/note]]
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...which is where things start to get complicated. First, UA released both new records and reissues by former Liberty artists. Then, in 1979, Creator/{{EMI}} bought the United Artists label, eventually changing its name back to Liberty since it was no longer associated with the studio. Therefore, some Liberty releases were reissued on United Artists, and some United Artists releases were reissued on Liberty! And ''then'', EMI started using its [[Creator/EMIAmericaRecords EMI America]] imprint for further reissues from the UA/Liberty catalog, meaning that many artists wound up having releases on all three labels!

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...which is where things start to get complicated. First, UA released both new records and reissues by former Liberty artists. Then, in 1979, Creator/{{EMI}} bought the United Artists label, eventually changing its name back to Liberty since it was no longer associated with the studio. Therefore, some Liberty releases were reissued on United Artists, and some United Artists releases were reissued on Liberty! And ''then'', EMI started using its [[Creator/EMIAmericaRecords EMI America]] imprint for further reissues from the UA/Liberty catalog, meaning that many artists wound up having releases on all three labels!
labels! Liberty was then merged with EMI America, which in turn was merged with Manhattan Records to form EMI Manhattan.[[note]]Are you confused yet?[[/note]]
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One of Liberty's earliest signings, chanteuse Julie London, had a Top 10 hit with "Cry Me A River". The label also got into the new RockAndRoll scene with performers such as hitmaker Music/EddieCochran. Despite these successes, the fledgling company was on the verge of bankruptcy by 1958. However, it came back from the brink thanks to songwriter Ross Bagdasarian, aka David Seville, whose smash novelty hit "Witch Doctor" used sped-up vocals. Bagdasarian soon spun off this gimmick into Franchise/AlvinAndTheChipmunks, a trio of singing cartoon rodents named Liberty's top executives: Alvin (after label president Al Bennett), Simon (chairman Simon Waronker), and Theodore (chief engineer Ted Keep). The Chipmunks became the stars of a franchise that still continues today.

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One of Liberty's earliest signings, chanteuse Julie London, had a Top 10 hit with "Cry Me A River". The label also got into the new RockAndRoll scene with performers such as hitmaker Music/EddieCochran. Despite these successes, the fledgling company was on the verge of bankruptcy by 1958. However, it came back from the brink thanks to songwriter Ross Bagdasarian, aka David Seville, whose smash novelty hit "Witch Doctor" used sped-up vocals. Bagdasarian soon spun off this gimmick into Franchise/AlvinAndTheChipmunks, a trio of singing cartoon rodents named after Liberty's top executives: Alvin (after label president Al Bennett), Simon (chairman Simon Si Waronker), and Theodore (chief engineer Ted Keep). The Chipmunks became the stars of a multimedia franchise that still continues today.
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And the story doesn't end there! During TheNineties, Liberty was revived as a CountryMusic label, with a stable including Music/GarthBrooks, Music/{{Shenandoah}}, Music/TanyaTucker, and a single by Creator/DennisQuaid. Eventually, this version of Liberty was shut down and its artists were transferred to [[Creator/CapitolRecords Capitol Nashville]]. Then, British EMI started another revival, Liberty EMI Records UK, during [[TurnOfTheMillennium the 2000s]]; this time, the lineup included Music/TheAlarm, Music/TheBangles, Music/RayCharles, Music/TheStranglers, and a single by Creator/MinnieDriver.

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And the story doesn't end there! During TheNineties, Liberty was revived as a CountryMusic label, with a stable including Music/GarthBrooks, Music/{{Shenandoah}}, Music/TanyaTucker, and a single by Creator/DennisQuaid. Eventually, this version of Liberty was shut down dectivated and its artists were transferred to [[Creator/CapitolRecords Capitol Nashville]]. Then, British EMI started another revival, Liberty EMI Records UK, during [[TurnOfTheMillennium the 2000s]]; this time, the lineup included Music/TheAlarm, Music/TheBangles, Music/RayCharles, Music/TheStranglers, and a single by Creator/MinnieDriver.
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And the story doesn't end there! During TheNineties, Liberty was revived as a CountryMusic label, with a stable including Music/GarthBrooks, Music/{{Shenandoah}} and Music/TanyaTucker. Eventually, this version of Liberty was shut down and its artists were transferred to [[Creator/CapitolRecords Capitol Nashville]]. Then, British EMI started another revival, Liberty EMI Records UK, during [[TurnOfTheMillennium the 2000s]]; this time, the lineup included Music/TheAlarm, Music/TheBangles, Music/RayCharles, Music/TheStranglers, and a single by Creator/MinnieDriver.

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And the story doesn't end there! During TheNineties, Liberty was revived as a CountryMusic label, with a stable including Music/GarthBrooks, Music/{{Shenandoah}} Music/{{Shenandoah}}, Music/TanyaTucker, and Music/TanyaTucker.a single by Creator/DennisQuaid. Eventually, this version of Liberty was shut down and its artists were transferred to [[Creator/CapitolRecords Capitol Nashville]]. Then, British EMI started another revival, Liberty EMI Records UK, during [[TurnOfTheMillennium the 2000s]]; this time, the lineup included Music/TheAlarm, Music/TheBangles, Music/RayCharles, Music/TheStranglers, and a single by Creator/MinnieDriver.
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And the story doesn't end there! During TheNineties, Liberty was revived as a CountryMusic label, with a stable including Music/GarthBrooks, Music/{{Shenandaoh}} and Music/TanyaTucker. Eventually, this version of Liberty was shut down and its artists were transferred to [[Creator/CapitolRecords Capitol Nashville]]. Then, British EMI started another revival, Liberty EMI Records UK, during [[TurnOfTheMillennium the 2000s]]; this time, the lineup included Music/TheAlarm, Music/TheBangles, Music/RayCharles, Music/TheStranglers, and a single by Creator/MinnieDriver.

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And the story doesn't end there! During TheNineties, Liberty was revived as a CountryMusic label, with a stable including Music/GarthBrooks, Music/{{Shenandaoh}} Music/{{Shenandoah}} and Music/TanyaTucker. Eventually, this version of Liberty was shut down and its artists were transferred to [[Creator/CapitolRecords Capitol Nashville]]. Then, British EMI started another revival, Liberty EMI Records UK, during [[TurnOfTheMillennium the 2000s]]; this time, the lineup included Music/TheAlarm, Music/TheBangles, Music/RayCharles, Music/TheStranglers, and a single by Creator/MinnieDriver.

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And the story doesn't end there! During TheNineties, Liberty was revived as a CountryMusic label, with a stable including Music/GarthBrooks and Music/TanyaTucker. Eventually, this version of Liberty was shut down and its artists were transferred to [[Creator/CapitolRecords Capitol Nashville]]. Then, British EMI started another revival, Liberty EMI Records UK, during [[TurnOfTheMillennium the 2000s]]; this time, the lineup included Music/TheAlarm, Music/TheBangles, Music/RayCharles, Music/TheStranglers, and a single by Creator/MinnieDriver.

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And the story doesn't end there! During TheNineties, Liberty was revived as a CountryMusic label, with a stable including Music/GarthBrooks Music/GarthBrooks, Music/{{Shenandaoh}} and Music/TanyaTucker. Eventually, this version of Liberty was shut down and its artists were transferred to [[Creator/CapitolRecords Capitol Nashville]]. Then, British EMI started another revival, Liberty EMI Records UK, during [[TurnOfTheMillennium the 2000s]]; this time, the lineup included Music/TheAlarm, Music/TheBangles, Music/RayCharles, Music/TheStranglers, and a single by Creator/MinnieDriver.


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In 1968, Liberty (including all of its sublabels) was bought by Transamerica Corporation, which had acquired the Creator/UnitedArtists film studio and [[Creator/UnitedArtistsRecords its associated record company]] the previous year. After running both labels concurrently for three years, in 1971 Transamerica shut Liberty down and transferred its roster and catalog to United Artists...

...which is where things start to get complicated. First, UA released both new records and reissues by former Liberty artists. Then, in 1979, Creator/{{EMI}} bought the United Artists label, eventually changing its name back to Liberty since it was no longer associated with the studio. Therefore, some Liberty releases were reissued on United Artists, and some United Artists releases were reissued on Liberty! And ''then'', EMI started using its [[Creator/EMIAmericaRecords EMI America]] imprint for further reissues from the UA/Liberty catalog, meaning that many artists wound up having releases on all three labels!

And the story doesn't end there! During TheNineties, Liberty was revived as a CountryMusic label, with a stable including Music/GarthBrooks and Music/TanyaTucker. Eventually, this version of Liberty was shut down and its artists were transferred to [[Creator/CapitolRecords Capitol Nashville]]. Then, British EMI started another revival, Liberty EMI Records UK, during [[TurnOfTheMillennium the 2000s]]; this time, the lineup included Music/TheAlarm, Music/TheBangles, Music/RayCharles, Music/TheStranglers, and a single by Creator/MinnieDriver.

Nowadays, Liberty is once again dormant, its name used only for reissues. As with all former EMI labels, its catalog is divided between Creator/UniversalMusicGroup via Capitol (American artists) and Creator/WarnerMusicGroup via [[Creator/ParlophoneRecords Parlophone]] (British and European artists).


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