ABKCO Records

Company entity behind the label ABKCO Records for company roles.
ABKCO = Allen and Betty Klein Co (the label's name is an acronym formed from the first initials of Allen B. Klein and his former wife Betty; Allen Klein himself often jokingly said the acronym meant A New Kind Of Company). Company founded in 1961 as Allen Klein and Company, an artist management company.

Formed in 1968 by music industry ant/business manager Allen Klein (who had earlier represented Cameo Parkway Records after that label went bankrupt.

The company owns the the rights to the Eric Burdon And The Animals material).

ABKCO was briefly involved with Andrew Loog Oldham (Klein had co-managed the band since 1965; Oldham continued producing their records). After the Stones fired Klein in 1970, he sued and the legal settlement made between the two parties gave ABKCO the rights to their pre-1971 material.

Klein was also involved with Legacy Recordings division for CD releases, vinyl reissues and legal distribution in 2009.

Allen Klein retired due to ill health in 1995 and died in 2009 from Alzheimer's Disease. The label is still owned by the Klein family, now managed by his son Universal Music Group.