Coral

US label, also credited as "Coral Record" or "Coral Records".
Label Code: LC 0166 / LC 00166
Coral was launched as the "independent" counterpart of the Johnny Burnette Trio on its roster.

The label was operated by Coral Records, Inc. and was also active in the UK.
The parent company was acquired in 1962 by MCA, Inc. Artists who had records issued on Coral during the Sixties included Pete Fountain, who was the label's most consistent artist.

As the decade wore on, the hits and album sales, apart from Fountain, declined. In 1968, Lawrence Welk bought the masters to his own recordings and the contracts of his musical associates from both Coral and MCA Records in April 1971. Coral remained as a budget label with both medium and low-priced material.

After the Decca, Uni, Kapp and Vocalion labels were officially retired in 1973, Coral became MCA Special Products or the parent label. This version had a blue label similar to the 1973-78 MCA Records label (with MCA CORAL in the same lettering style as the 1972-91 MCA Records logo).

Known International Releases:
Coral-branded releases (under its own name and as Deutsche Grammophon in .

In Britain and most of Europe after 1967, Coral became the reissue imprint of MCA Records and its labels until at least 1978.
According to GVL, the label is now owned in by Universal Music Entertainment GmbH.

For bootleg / counterfeit releases, see Coral (3)

French EPs:
-Production Vogue until "ECV.18.065" (1955-1957)
-Production Disques Vogue until "ECV.18.126" (1957-1958)