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==Other labels== '''ABC''' – This label was active in the cast album field in the 1960s. It was bought by MCA and is now owned by Universal Music Group. '''[[Disney Records]]''' - Produces cast recordings for the stage adaptations of Disney films ''[[Beauty and the Beast (musical)|Beauty and the Beast]]'', ''[[The Lion King (musical)|The Lion King]]'', ''[[Tarzan (musical)|Tarzan]]'', ''[[Mary Poppins (musical)|Mary Poppins]]'', ''[[Newsies (musical)|Newsies]]'', ''[[The Little Mermaid (musical)|The Little Mermaid]]'', ''[[Aladdin (2011 musical)|Aladdin]]'', ''[[Frozen (musical)|Frozen]]'', and ''[[Hercules (musical)|Hercules]]''. '''DRG''' – Hugh Fordin's Discovery Record Group records Broadway cast albums and Cabaret performances. Recently the label has reissued a number of out-of-print cast albums from the Capitol, Columbia, and RCA Victor catalogues. '''[[David Serero (singer)|David Serero]] Records''' - the French baritone produced and arranged on his own label the only Broadway musical by Duke Ellington: ''Beggar's Holiday''. Serero has since arranged and produced other recordings, including "I Wish You L.O.V.E" by Jermaine Jackson from his one-man musical called ''You Are Not Alone''. '''Fynsworth Alley''' – Although now defunct, the label reissued some Columbia albums and recorded some solo artists. '''JAY Records''' - A studio and original cast recording label. JAY produces recordings of both studio and stage casts. They operate a ''Masterworks'' edition section in which top-class two-disc complete recordings of classic [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]] musical scores are produced featuring well-known opera singers and musical theatre singers. ''The King and I'', ''Calamity Jane'', ''Guys and Dolls'', ''Annie Get Your Gun'', and ''My Fair Lady'' (which won a [[Grammy Award]]) have all been produced on the ''Masterworks'' edition label. '''Kapp''' – an MCA label now owned by Universal. Their most famous Broadway album is the 1965 original cast recording of ''[[Man of La Mancha]]'', starring [[Richard Kiley]] and [[Joan Diener]]. It remains a bestselling classic to this day and is currently available from Decca Broadway Records. '''[[Original Cast (record label)|Original Cast]]''' - Founded by Bruce and Doris Yeko in 1975, this label specialises in recordings of obscure theatrical productions that would not otherwise get the chance to be commercially recorded. The label's output has included original cast and studio cast albums of notorious Broadway flops, recordings of lesser-known off-Broadway and off-off-Broadway shows, and the commercial release of privately made theatre-related recordings (such as composer's demos) . '''[[Polydor]]''' – Part of the Polygram group that includes London (U.S. label for British Decca), [[Deutsche Grammophon]] and [[Philips Classics Records|Philips]]. Polydor released a few show CDs under license from John Yap's TER label in UK but these were quickly deleted. Polydor also released many of the cast recordings from the [[Andrew Lloyd Webber]] musicals through the Really Useful Records label. Polygram merged with MCA to form Universal Music Group, and many of the cast recordings that Polydor has released are released in the US on the Decca Broadway label. '''[[Geffen Records|Geffen]]''' - Although Geffen is a pop label, it released the cast recordings for five shows of which [[David Geffen]] was an investor. It released the original off-Broadway cast recording and the film soundtrack of ''[[Little Shop of Horrors (musical)|Little Shop of Horrors]]'', the original Broadway cast recordings of ''[[Dreamgirls (musical)|Dreamgirls]]'', ''[[Les Misérables (musical)|Les Misérables]]'', and ''[[Cats (musical)|Cats]]''. Geffen also released the London cast recordings of ''Cats'' and ''[[Miss Saigon]]'' in the USA. Now almost all of the Geffen cast albums are released through the Decca Broadway label. '''[[PS Classics]]''' – A substantial catalogue of cast albums including ''[[Grey Gardens]]'', ''[[A Year with Frog and Toad]]'' and the revivals of ''[[110 In the Shade]]'', ''[[Fiddler on the Roof]]'', ''[[Company (musical)|Company]]'', ''[[Assassins (musical)|Assassins]]'', and ''[[Nine (musical)|Nine]]''. '''[[Sh-K-Boom Records]]''' and '''Ghostlight''' – Both are owned by [[Kurt Deutsch]] and [[Sherie Rene Scott]]. They have won three Grammy Awards for ''[[In the Heights]]'', ''[[The Book of Mormon (musical)|The Book of Mormon]]'', and ''[[Beautiful: The Carole King Musical]]'', and also released albums of ''[[Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (musical)|Dirty Rotten Scoundrels]]'', ''[[Legally Blonde: The Musical]]'', ''[[The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee]]'', [[Vanities]], ''[[The Drowsy Chaperone]]'', ''[[Everyday Rapture]]'', ''[[Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown (musical)|Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown]]'', and the 2011 Broadway revival of ''[[Anything Goes]]''. '''[[SimG Records]]''' is an independent studio and original cast recording label dedicated to the promotion of new musical theatre. It is owned solely by London-based director/producer Simon Greiff in 2009. In 2014, SimG Records releases were nominated for seven Broadway World Album Awards. Original Cast Recordings include: ''[[Love Birds (Sherman)|Love Birds]]'', ''[[Soho Cinders]]'', ''[[Sleeping Arrangements]]'', ''Ushers: The Front of House Musical'', and ''[[A Spoonful of Sherman]]''. Studio Cast Recordings include: ''[[Goldilocks and the Three Bears]]'' and ''[[The Three Little Pigs]]''. '''[[Stage Door Records]]''' - A UK-based reissue label that specialise in London and Broadway cast recordings and vocal albums, most never available on CD format before. Highlights from the Stage Door catalogue include the Original London cast albums of '''Colette''' and '''Mutiny!''' - both released on CD for the first time. Other cast albums include '''Napoleon''', '''The Far Pavilions''', '''Beautiful And Damned''', and '''Out Of The Blue'''. Stage Door have also released best selling vocal albums on [[Twiggy]], [[Anthony Newley]], and [[Steve Barton]]. '''[[Varèse Sarabande]]''' – Established as a label for movie scores, they did branch out into cast albums in the 1990s recording a number of Broadway and off-Broadway shows. The label has re-organized and is now focused on film scores only. Many of the Broadway shows have been deleted.
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