Editing ASV Records

{{Short description|British record label}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2020}}
{{Use British English|date=September 2013}}

{{Infobox record label <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Music -->
| name        = ASV Records
| parent      = 
| founded     = {{start date|1981}}
| founder     =  [[Harley Usill]]<br />Kevin Daly<br />Jack Boyce
| defunct     = {{end date|2007}}
| status      = Defunct
| distributor = 
| genre       = [[Classical music|Classical]], [[jazz]]
| country     = England
| location    = London
| url         = 
}}
'''ASV Records''' was a [[London]]-based [[record label]] set up by [[Harley Usill]], founder of [[Argo Records (UK)|Argo Records]], Decca producer and former Argo general manager, Kevin Daly, and producer Jack Boyce, after Argo's parent company [[Decca Records|Decca]] was bought by [[PolyGram]] in 1980.<ref>{{cite book |title=Northern Sinfonia: a magic of its own |author=Bill Griffiths |author-link=Bill Griffiths (poet) |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pnz1UH1tLjEC&pg=PA71 |publisher=Northumbria University Press |year=2004 |page=71|isbn=9781904794073 }}</ref> ASV stood for "Academy Sound and Vision". The label was bought by the [[Sanctuary Records Group]] in May 1999.

ASV, which was founded in London in 1981, was mainly a classical label, but its catalogue included [[Bing Crosby]], [[Cole Porter]], [[The Ink Spots]], and [[The Boswell Sisters]].<ref name="Obituary">{{cite web|last1=Cairns|first1=David|title=Obituary: Jack Boyce|url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/2004/oct/02/guardianobituaries.artsobituaries|website=The Guardian|accessdate=22 July 2016|date=1 October 2004}}</ref> Starting in 1986, ASV had an imprint called Living Era, created by Kevin Daly, which specialized in reissuing recordings (particularly American [[jazz]] recordings) that are in the public domain in the UK, which are all at least 50 years old. It also showcased American [[pop music]], American [[country music]], British dance bands, and British nostalgia.

Much of ASV's classical catalogue was reissued on Sanctuary's Resonance budget label. Sanctuary's UK recorded music business was shut down shortly after [[Universal Music Group]] bought the firm in 2007.<ref name="Sanctuary">{{cite web|title=Sanctuary's UK music arm to close|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/6980221.stm|website=BBC News|date=5 September 2007}}</ref> This also included the ASV and ASV/Living Era imprints.

As a fulfilment of conditions imposed by the [[European Commission]] following UMG's acquisition of most of [[EMI]] in 2012, Universal sold Sanctuary to [[BMG Rights Management]] in 2013.<ref>{{cite news|title=Universal Music agrees to sell Sanctuary Records|url=http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/envelope/cotown/la-et-ct-universal-music-agrees-to-sell-sanctuary-records-20130214,0,6072346.story|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|first=Dawn C.|last=Chmielewski|date=14 February 2013|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130215162618/http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/envelope/cotown/la-et-ct-universal-music-agrees-to-sell-sanctuary-records-20130214,0,6072346.story|archivedate=15 February 2013}}</ref> Thus, [[Warner Music Group]], through its [[Alternative Distribution Alliance]] division, handles the catalogue of reissues from ASV's artists' releases on Sanctuary's behalf after BMG designated ADA in March 2017 as its distributor.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/business/7350142/warner-music-ada-global-deal-bmg-catalog-blink-182|first=Ed|last=Christman|date=28 April 2016|title=Warner Music's Global Deal for BMG's Catalog Sets Up Showdown With RED|magazine=Billboard}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/bmg-moves-distribution-8000-albums-warners-ada/|title=BMG moves distribution of 8,000 albums to Warner's ADA - Music Business Worldwide|date=7 March 2017|website=musicbusinessworldwide.com|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170313000938/http://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/bmg-moves-distribution-8000-albums-warners-ada/|archivedate=13 March 2017}}</ref>

==Roster==
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Conductors:
* [[Enrique Bátiz]], Mexico
* [[Francesco D'Avalos]], Italy
* [[David Allinson]], United States
* [[Ross Pople]], New Zealand
* [[Christoph Eschenbach]], Germany
* [[Jane Glover]], United Kingdom
* [[Andrew Carwood]], United Kingdom
* [[Loris Tjeknavorian]], Iran, Austria
* [[Steven Sloane]], United States
* [[John Farrer]], United States

Performers:
* [[London Festival Orchestra]]
* [[London Philharmonic Orchestra]]
* [[Mexico City Philharmonic Orchestra]]
* [[Nikolai Demidenko]]
* Robert Gibbs
* [[Young Uck Kim]]
* [[John Lill]]
* [[Jorge Luis Prats]]
* [[Julian Lloyd Webber]]
* [[Lindsay String Quartet]]
* [[The Cardinall's Musick]]
* [[Ensemble 360]]
* [[Gordon Fergus-Thompson]]
* [[New Chamber Opera Ensemble]]
* [[Emma Johnson (clarinettist)|Emma Johnson]]
* [[Sandro Ivo Bartoli]]
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== See also ==
* [[Lists of record labels]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20101220031111/http://www.kevindaly.org.uk/discography/living-era/ ASV's Living Era series discography]

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