| ASV Records | |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1981 (1981) |
| Founder | Harley Usill Kevin Daly Jack Boyce |
| Defunct | 2007 (2007) |
| Status | Defunct |
| Genre | Classical,jazz |
| Country of origin | England |
| Location | London |
ASV Records was aLondon-basedrecord label set up byHarley Usill, founder ofArgo Records, Decca producer and former Argo general manager, Kevin Daly, and producer Jack Boyce, after Argo's parent companyDecca was bought byPolyGram in 1980.[1] ASV stood for "Academy Sound and Vision". The label was bought by theSanctuary Records Group in May 1999.
ASV, which was founded in London in 1981, was mainly a classical label, but its catalogue includedBing Crosby,Cole Porter,The Ink Spots, andThe Boswell Sisters.[2] Starting in 1986, ASV had an imprint called Living Era, created by Kevin Daly, which specialized in reissuing recordings (particularly Americanjazz recordings) that are in the public domain in the UK, which are all at least 50 years old. It also showcased Americanpop music, Americancountry music, British dance bands, and British nostalgia.
Much of ASV's classical catalogue was reissued on Sanctuary's Resonance budget label. Sanctuary's UK recorded music business was shut down shortly afterUniversal Music Group bought the firm in 2007.[3] This also included the ASV and ASV/Living Era imprints.
As a fulfilment of conditions imposed by theEuropean Commission following UMG's acquisition of most ofEMI in 2012, Universal sold Sanctuary toBMG Rights Management in 2013.[4] Thus,Warner Music Group, through itsAlternative Distribution Alliance division, handles the catalogue of reissues from ASV's artists' releases on Sanctuary's behalf after BMG designated ADA in March 2017 as its distributor.[5][6]
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