Verve Records

The MGM film studio sold its record division to Polydor in 1972, a move that brought Verve into the newly formed PolyGram and its family of record labels. Verve slowly became relegated to jazz reissues as MGM Records (and the non-jazz Verve output) was ultimately absorbed into Polydor by 1976. During this period, PolyGram had Mercury Records' Emarcy jazz catalog absorbed into Verve's holdings. In the late 1980s, PolyGram decided to reactivate the long-dormant label with both a reissue program and new artist signings. The revitalized label's new material and remastered classic recordings sold very well and it soon became PolyGram's front-line jazz division.

With the 1999 merger of PolyGram with Vivendi Universal creating the Universal Music Group, Verve Records became the hub of the The Verve Music Group, which also encompasses the influential GRP, Impulse! and Blue Thumb Records labels as well as overseeing the jazz catalog holdings of a number of UMG-owned labels, including Commodore, Chess, Brunswick (pre-1958), Argo (2), Cadet Records, Dot Records, Coral, Decca, ABC-Paramount, label, Mercury, Philips and Polydor.

For the different label designs, see label guide links below.

For the company credits, see:
-Verve Records, Inc. (1956-1960)
-MGM Records, a division of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Inc. (US) / MGM Records, a division of Loew's Incorporated (Germany) (1960-1971)