Geffen Records was started by David Geffen in 1980.
First album was Donna Summer's "The Wanderer", its second was "Double Fantasy", the last album by John Lennon (in collaboration with Yoko Ono).
It was distributed by Warner Bros. Records until 1991, when David Geffen sold the label to MCA Records.
At the time of its sale, it was the world’s largest independent label to have major-label distribution.
In 1999, after the merger between MCA and PolyGram, which created the Universal Music Group, Geffen became a subsidiary of Interscope/Universal Records and was absorbed into the Geffen-A&M-Interscope division of the Universal Music Group.
In 2003, Geffen Records absorbed the entire MCA Records catalog and roster when the MCA name was retired.
Sublabels: DGC, DGC Records, Geffen Goldline, Geffen Home Video, Suretone, Zombie A Go-Go Records
Motherlabel: Interscope Records ( -> Universal Music Group)
First album was Donna Summer's "The Wanderer", its second was "Double Fantasy", the last album by John Lennon (in collaboration with Yoko Ono).
It was distributed by Warner Bros. Records until 1991, when David Geffen sold the label to MCA Records.
At the time of its sale, it was the world’s largest independent label to have major-label distribution.
In 1999, after the merger between MCA and PolyGram, which created the Universal Music Group, Geffen became a subsidiary of Interscope/Universal Records and was absorbed into the Geffen-A&M-Interscope division of the Universal Music Group.
In 2003, Geffen Records absorbed the entire MCA Records catalog and roster when the MCA name was retired.
Sublabels: DGC, DGC Records, Geffen Goldline, Geffen Home Video, Suretone, Zombie A Go-Go Records
Motherlabel: Interscope Records ( -> Universal Music Group)
