MCA Records

MCA Records, Inc.
Final logo (1997–2003)
Parent company	MCA Inc. (1967–1996) MCA Music Entertainment Group (1989–1996) Universal Music Group (1996–2003)
Founded	1934 (as Decca Records) 1972 (became MCA Records)
Founder	Universal Pictures
Defunct	July 2003 (absorbed into Geffen Records)
Distributor(s)	Self-distributed
Genre	Various
Country of origin	United States
Location	70 Universal City Plaza, Universal City, California (1972–2000) 2220 Colorado Avenue, Santa Monica, California (2000–2003)

MCA Records was an American record label owned by MCA Inc. established in 1972, though MCA had released recordings under that name in the UK from the 1960s. The label achieved success in the 1970s through the 1980s, often by acquiring other record labels, from ABC to Motown to Geffen. MCA Inc. became Universal Studios, Inc., in 1996, and the MCA record label was folded into Universal Music Group's Geffen Records in 2003, but Universal's MCA Nashville continues to^[update] use the moniker.