Editing Capitol Records (section)

=== Canada ===
Capitol Records of Canada was established in 1949 by businessman W. Lockwood Miller. Capitol broke with Miller's company and formed Capitol Record Distributors of Canada Limited in 1954. EMI acquired this company when it acquired Capitol. The company was renamed Capitol Records of Canada Ltd. in 1958 after Miller's rights to the name expired. In 1959, Capitol of Canada picked up distribution rights for EMI's labels Angel, [[Pathé Records|Pathé]], [[Odeon Records|Odeon]], and [[Parlophone Records|Parlophone]].<ref name="Inc.1959">{{cite web |title=Cap Canadian Distribution |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2AoEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA4 |via=Google Books |magazine=Billboard |access-date=December 9, 2018 |page=4 |date=July 6, 1959}}</ref>

In 1957, Paul White joined Capitol of Canada and in 1960 established an [[A&R]] department independent of the American company to promote talent for the Canadian market.<ref name="Inc.1967">{{cite web |title=Label's Dominion Milestone Coincides with Anniversary |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XygEAAAAMBAJ&pg=RA1-PA42 |via=Google Books |magazine=Billboard |access-date=December 9, 2018 |date=September 16, 1967}}</ref> The division found native talent such as [[Anne Murray]] and EMI musicians from other countries. Beginning in 1962, Capitol of Canada issued albums by British musicians such as [[Cliff Richard]], [[Helen Shapiro]] and [[Frank Ifield]]. They accepted the Beatles long before the American company. By 1967, they were distributing non-EMI labels such as [[20th Century Fox Records|20th Century Fox]], [[Buena Vista Records]], [[Disneyland Records|Disneyland]], and [[Pickwick Records|Pickwick]].<ref name="Inc.1967" /> The company was renamed Capitol Records-EMI of Canada in 1974, before the EMI Music Canada name was adopted in 1993.<ref name="Moogk">{{cite encyclopedia|title=Capitol Records - EMI of Canada Limited/Disques Capitol |url=https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/capitol-records-emi-of-canada-limiteddisques-capitol-emi-du-canada-limitee-emc |encyclopedia=The Canadian Encyclopedia |publisher=Historica-Dominion |access-date=April 18, 2013 |first=Edward B. |last=Moogk |url-status=live |archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20110607151439/http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&Params=U1ARTU0000604 |archive-date=June 7, 2011 }}</ref><ref name="timeline">{{cite web |title=The Capitol 6000 website - The Corporate History of Capitol Records of Canada |url=http://www.capitol6000.com/corporate_history.html |website=Capitol6000.com |access-date=December 9, 2018}}</ref><ref name="butcher">{{cite web|title=The Canadian Butcher Cover |url=http://www.rarebeatles.com/album2/discog/pwhite.htm |work=Mitch McGeary's Songs, Pictures and Stories of The Beatles website |publisher=Mitch McGeary |access-date=April 18, 2013 |first=Paul |last=White |year=1997 }}</ref> EMI Music Canada was absorbed into Universal Music Canada in 2012. In 2016, Universal Music Canada donated the EMI Music Canada archives to the [[University of Calgary]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://musiccanada.com/news/universal-music-canada-donates-emi-music-canada-archive-to-university-of-calgary/|title = Universal Music Canada donates EMI Music Canada archive to University of Calgary| work=Music Canada |date = March 31, 2016 | last1=Gonshor | first1=Bram }}</ref>