Columbia Masterworks, series and later label, was inaugurated by the in October 1924 when it released the first eight Masterworks album sets as the 'Columbia Fine-Art Series of Musical Masterworks'. The abbreviated 'Columbia Masterworks Series' saw some usage in the 1929 catalog and took the catalog cover in early 1933. Columbia Masterworks label began after Columbia's 1939 acquisition by CBS and continued until 1980. After that, it was separated from the Columbia label and renamed . via Discogs →