Epic

Epic Records was a record label launched in 1953 by CBS. Its bright-yellow and black logo became a familiar trademark for many jazz and classical music releases. This has included such notables as the Berlin Philharmonic, the Juilliard String Quartet, Antal Dorati conducting the Hague Philharmonic and George Szell conducting the Cleveland Philharmonic.

Ten years later, Epic earned its first gold records and developed into a formidable hit-making force in rock, R&B, and country. Among its many acts, it could include Bobby Vinton, the Dave Clark Five, Sly and the Family Stone and Donovan.

During the 1970s, its success extended to include the Hollies, Edgar Winter and Tammy Wynette.

The likes of Meat Loaf and the Jacksons paved the way for Epic's multiplatinum 1980s and 1990s successes including Michael Jackson, Sade, Cyndi Lauper and others.

In 1988, Sony purchased the music division of CBS Inc., and renamed it Sony Music Entertainment. CBS Inc., once the distributor for Epic (and Columbia as well) is now Sony BMG Music Entertainment.

WARNING: Don't submit releases under the catalog numbers XSS. Epic's XSS matrix is nothing but a matrix unique for each release A-side and B-Side. Please use the catalog number usually found straight above where XSS is written. Also don't submit numbers with an AL or BL prefix. They usually have the same number attached as the catalog number, but the prefixes are side notations which are different on each side.

Label code: LC 0199 / LC 00199

This label contains releases on multinational markets. Do NOT create imprints for different countries.
Cover that information on new releases with the country field and with proper notes about the
release (i.e. releasing company, label code, ℗ & © note, BIEM).