Editing Capitol Records (section)

=== United Kingdom ===
Beginning in 1948, Capitol Records were released in the UK on the Capitol label by Decca. After its 1955 acquisition of Capitol, EMI took over distribution in 1956.<ref>{{cite web |author=Erling |url=http://45-sleeves.com/UK/capitol/capi-uk.htm |title=Capitol Records UK |publisher=45-sleeves |date=July 1, 1942 |access-date=September 4, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140201210750/http://45-sleeves.com/UK/capitol/capi-uk.htm |archive-date=February 1, 2014 }}</ref> EMI's Parlophone unit handled Capitol label marketing in the UK in later years.<ref name="Inc.1994">{{cite magazine|first=Thom|last=Duffy|title=Raitt Takes to the Road in Europe, with 'Longing'|magazine=Billboard|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UAgEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA39|access-date=April 19, 2013|date=June 11, 1994|pages=39–|issn=0006-2510}}</ref>

In 2012, EMI was sold to Universal Music Group. Universal Music started Capitol as an autonomous label in the UK with the rights to the Beatles' catalog.<ref name="shape">{{cite web |last1=Ingham |first1=Tim |title=Universal's Capitol takes shape: Barnett in, Beatles on roster |url=https://www.musicweek.com/news/read/steve-barnett-named-chairman-of-universal-s-capitol-records/052695 |website=Music Week |access-date=December 9, 2018 |date=November 26, 2012}}</ref> This marks the first time that Capitol in the UK operated as an autonomous label.<ref name="Smirke">{{cite magazine |last1=Smirke |first1=Richard |title=Capitol Records U.K. Launches, Nick Raphael Named President |url=https://www.billboard.com/biz/articles/news/record-labels/1559596/capitol-records-uk-launches-nick-raphael-named-president |magazine=Billboard |access-date=December 9, 2018 |date=April 25, 2013}}</ref>