Editing Vee-Jay Records (section)

==As Vee-Jay International==
Vee-Jay Records filed for bankruptcy in August 1966.<ref name=bankrupt>{{cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AhEEAAAAMBAJ&q=%22vee-jay%22+%2B+auction&pg=PA7 |title=Billboard - Google Books |date=1966-08-13 |access-date=2015-03-18}}</ref> The assets were subsequently purchased by label executives Betty Chiappetta and [[Randy Wood (music executive)|Randy Wood]] (not the [[Dot Records]] founder), who changed its name to '''Vee-Jay International'''. The Four Seasons' catalog was not included in the sale, as the band had negotiated a contract clause that would, in the event of bankruptcy, return the catalog to the band,<ref name=bankrupt/> which has retained them ever since.<ref name=vallis2023interview>{{Cite web |last=Willman |first=Chris |date=2023-08-27 |title=Frankie Valli on the Four Seasons’ Legacy and Their Massive New 45-Disc Boxed Set: ‘We Didn’t Want to Try to Sound Like Anybody Else’ |url=https://variety.com/2023/music/news/frankie-valli-four-seasons-boxed-set-ultimate-collection-interview-1235705611/ |access-date=2023-08-27 |website=Variety |language=en-US}}</ref> From 1967 to 1972, Vee-Jay was limited to selling some of the inventory on hand when the company went under, and leasing or licensing the Vee Jay masters to [[Buddah Records]], who came out with "The First Generation" series, and Springboard International, who issued dozens of albums featuring Vee Jay material on their subsidiary label, Upfront. In the 1970s, Vee Jay International itself re-released a number of titles on LPs and 8-track tapes.

In 1978, Vee Jay issued a Silver Anniversary catalog to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the label.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bsnpubs.com/veejay/veejayinternationalstory.html |title=The Vee-Jay International Story |publisher=Bsnpubs.com |access-date=2015-03-18}}</ref>