Multinational record label; appears with logo "Verve" as well as with logo "Verve Records". Label Code: LC 0383 / LC 00383 For all Unofficial / Bootleg releases of this label, please use . Verve Records was originally the product of the vision of jazz impresario Norman Granz (1918-2001). He formed the label in 1956 and moved all of the recordings released on his earlier Norgran Records and Clef Records labels to create the new Verve catalog. The first releases were in February of that year. In December 1960, Granz sold the label to , becoming a subsidiary of MGM Records in the process. via Discogs →