Editing Capitol Records (section)

== International operations ==
Capitol modified albums that were originally released in other countries on other labels. Albums released in the United States contained fewer tracks, usually no more than 11 or 12, compared to albums released in the United Kingdom due to differences in the method of publishing royalties were calculated in the two countries.<ref>Fox, Hank. "Disk Firms Swing to Less-Groove Policy" ''Billboard'' March 4, 1967: 10</ref> Also, in the American market it was expected that albums would include the current hit single, whereas British albums typically did not duplicate songs released as singles.

=== The Beatles ===
Possibly the best-known treatment of an international artist's recordings was the label's release pattern for various albums by [[the Beatles]]. This began with Capitol's release of ''[[Meet the Beatles!]]'', the first album by the band to be released by Capitol in the United States. It was based on the British album ''[[With the Beatles]]'', which contained 14 tracks and a running time of around 35 minutes. Capitol removed five tracks ("Money", "[[You've Really Got a Hold on Me]]", "Devil in Her Heart", "Please Mister Postman", and "Roll Over Beethoven") and added both sides of the band's first American hit single ("[[I Want to Hold Your Hand]]" c/w "[[I Saw Her Standing There]]") and the British single's B-side, "This Boy". "I Saw Her Standing There" was on the Beatles' first British album, ''[[Please Please Me]]''. This resulted in Capitol releasing ''Meet the Beatles'' as a 12-track album with a duration of around 30 minutes and made it comparable with other American pop albums. It also provided Capitol with unreleased tracks for use in later US Beatles albums such as ''The Beatles' Second Album.''

Capitol also issued "[[duophonic]]" stereo releases of some recordings where the original master was monophonic. Capitol engineers split the single master mono track into two, boosted the bass on the right channel, boosted treble on the left channel and added a split-second delay between channels to produce a "stereo" release. This duophonic process meant that the Beatles' American fans occasionally heard a slightly different song from that heard by the rest of the world if they listened to the stereo version.<ref>{{cite web|title=Capitol Albums Finally Coming Out on CD|url=http://abbeyrd.best.vwh.net/spizeressay.html|work=Abbeyrd's Beatles Page|publisher=Steve Marinucci|access-date=April 18, 2013|first=Bruce|last=Spizer|year=1995–2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121120090905/http://abbeyrd.best.vwh.net/spizeressay.html|archive-date=November 20, 2012}}</ref>

This trend in the Beatles' American discography continued until 1967 when a new recording contract with EMI was signed. Unhappy with the way Capitol in the US and other companies around the world were issuing their work in almost unrecognizable forms, beginning in 1967 the Beatles gained full approval of album titles and cover art, track listing and running order in North America. Starting with ''[[Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band]]'', Beatles' albums were released unmodified. The issue of 45 RPM singles featuring album tracks was also stopped. Instead, non-album tracks were issued as singles between album releases.

=== 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>

=== 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>

===Other countries===
[[Capitol Latin]] focuses on Latin music artists in Latin America and the United States. It was founded in 1989 as EMI Latin and was renamed to Capitol Latin in 2009.<ref>{{cite magazine|title=EMI Latin A Retrospective|magazine=Billboard|date=April 24, 1999|volume=111|issue=17|page=LM-20|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eigEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA64|issn=0006-2510}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|last1=Cobo|first1=Leila|title=Billboard.biz Q&A: Diana Rodriguez, Senior VP of Capitol Latin|url=http://www.billboard.com/biz/articles/news/1212356/billboardbiz-qa-diana-rodriguez-senior-vp-of-capitol-latin|magazine=Billboard|access-date=August 16, 2014|date=January 26, 2010|archive-date=October 5, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141005204009/http://www.billboard.com/biz/articles/news/1212356/billboardbiz-qa-diana-rodriguez-senior-vp-of-capitol-latin|url-status=dead}}</ref> Capitol Latin was merged with [[Universal Music Latin Entertainment]] in 2013.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/biz/articles/news/global/1535981/universal-music-latin-entertainment-announces-key-senior|title=Universal Music Latin Entertainment Announces Key Senior Appointments in Mexico, Latin America|magazine=Billboard|date=January 29, 2013|access-date=August 16, 2014|archive-date=August 25, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140825222408/http://www.billboard.com/biz/articles/news/global/1535981/universal-music-latin-entertainment-announces-key-senior|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Capitol Records of Mexico was founded in 1965 as the Mexican division of Capitol. EMI later renamed the label EMI Capitol of Mexico until it later became simply EMI's local company, [[EMI Music Mexico]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Discos Capitol De Mexico, S.A. De C.V. |url=https://www.discogs.com/es/label/266513-Discos-Capitol-De-Mexico-SA-De-CV |access-date=2022-08-13 |website=Discogs |language=es}}</ref> Since 2012, after [[Universal Music Group]] purchased EMI, the Mexican EMI brand, [[music catalog]] and office are owned by [[Universal Music México]].

Capitol Music Germany was founded by EMI Music Germany and inherited most of EMI's German artists catalog. In 2013, Capitol Germany was acquired by Universal and merged with UMG's [[Vertigo Records|Vertigo Berlin]] domestic division. The new label is called ''Vertigo/Capitol''.

[[Capitol Music Group Sweden]] was relaunched in 2015 after UMG rebranded the Lionheart Music Group label. It originally existed as a division of EMI Music Sweden during the 1990s and mid-2000s. EMI's Swedish offices were included in the [[Parlophone Label Group]] sale and were acquired by [[Warner Music Group]], which owns the Capitol Sweden's back catalog.

In France, Capitol Label Services (formerly Capitol Music France) exists as a division of Universal Music France, and bears the 1970s Capitol "C" logo.