Editing MCA Records (section)

=== MCA Records formation in Canada and the United States ===
In 1970, MCA reorganized its Canadian record company [[Compo Company]] Ltd. into MCA Records (Canada).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.discogs.com/label/MCA+Records+(Canada)|title= MCA Records (Canada) Profile|publisher=[[Discogs]]|access-date=November 22, 2008}}</ref> In April 1970, former [[Warner Records]] president Mike Maitland joined MCA and initially served as Decca's general manager. Maitland was unsuccessful in his attempt to consolidate Warner Records with co-owned [[Atlantic Records]] which led to his departure from Warner.

In April 1971, Maitland supervised the consolidation of the New York–based Decca and Kapp labels plus the [[California]]-based Uni label into MCA Records based in [[Universal City, California]], with Maitland serving as president.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3AgEAAAAMBAJ&q=%22mike+maitland%22+%2B+%22mca+records%22+%2B+uni+%2B+decca&pg=PA3|title=Billboard|work=google.com|date=April 10, 1971}}</ref> The three labels maintained their identities for a short time, but were retired in favor of the MCA label in 1973.<ref name="bsnpubs"/><ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NgkEAAAAMBAJ&q=kapp+%2B+decca+%2B+logos&pg=PA1|first=Claude|last=Hall|title=MCA Drops Vocalion, Decca, Kapp and Uni|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|date=February 10, 1973}}</ref> "[[Drift Away]]" by [[Dobie Gray]] became the final Decca pop label release in the U.S. in 1973. Beginning the same year, the catalogs of Decca, Uni and Kapp were reissued in the U.S. on the MCA label under the supervision of veteran Decca producer [[Milt Gabler]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nUUEAAAAMBAJ&q=%22mca+records%22+%2B+maitland+%2B+%22crocodile+rock%22&pg=PA3|title=Billboard|work=google.com|date=March 3, 1973}}</ref>