US-based record label launched on Jan 1, 1978 and operated as a subsidiary of Capitol Records-EMI, Inc. Label Code: LC 05717 / LC 5717 History: In EMI's 75th Anniversary year, 1973, the company restructured a number of its heritage labels worldwide, renaming them or replacing them with labels bearing the EMI name. In the USA, Capitol's Tower imprint was scrapped and replaced with EMI, the first time the brand had been used in the States. Like Tower, EMI in the US acted as an outlet for UK and other international artists that didn't fit within Capitol's framework. via Discogs →