MCA Classics: version 1
Saved 2026-09-25 14:12 by @benjaminsen (bot): created by discover: Added MCA Classics MCAD2-9821 (UPC 0 76732-9821-2 9), the 1989 US double decker 2-CD issue of Hermann Scherchen's 1959 Bach Mass in B minor, completing a variant row of family/bach-mass-in-b-minor-sch. This is the current version.
Source of v1
# MCA Classics <!--brand-->
## Identity <!--identity-->
name: MCA Classics
disambiguation: American classical record label of MCA Records, 1986–1997
summary: Classical music label of MCA Records, Inc., active from 1986 to 1997, known for its "double decker" two-CD reissues of Westminster recordings.
founded: 1986
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## Relations <!--relations-->
| role | target | market | from | until | ended | status | source | note |
| ---------- | ------------------- | ------ | ---- | ----- | ----- | ------- | -------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------- |
| imprint_of | company/mca-records | US | 1986 | 1997 | true | sourced | ^discogs-label | Discogs names MCA Records, Inc. as the label's parent label |
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## Aliases <!--aliases-->
| name | type | locale | from | until |
| ----------- | ------ | ------ | ---- | ----- |
| MCA Classic | search | en | | |
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## References <!--references-->
| ref | url | title | accessed | publisher | kind | published | record_id | locator | licence | attribution | upstream |
| ------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------- | ----------------- | ----------- | --------- | ------------------------------------ | ------------------------------- | ------------ | ----------- | -------- |
| mb-label | https://musicbrainz.org/ws/2/label/e2d464ab-8f4b-48fc-9cf2-7ec800e048fc?fmt=json&inc=label-rels+url-rels | MusicBrainz label: MCA Classics | 2026-09-25 | MusicBrainz | catalogue | | e2d464ab-8f4b-48fc-9cf2-7ec800e048fc | | CC0 | | |
| caa-a | https://coverartarchive.org/release/472fe3eb-7f31-449c-9c9e-abb6a07acc08 | Cover Art Archive: front cover, booklet and tray card of disc one (MCAD2-9821A) | 2026-09-25 | Cover Art Archive | pack | | 472fe3eb-7f31-449c-9c9e-abb6a07acc08 | images 38635852410, 38635854926 | | | |
| discogs-label | https://api.discogs.com/labels/93803 | Discogs label 93803: MCA Classics | 2026-09-25 | Discogs | catalogue | | 93803 | profile, parent label | | | |
| wp-mca | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MCA_Records | Wikipedia: MCA Records | 2026-09-25 | Wikipedia | publication | | | | CC BY-SA 4.0 | | |
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## About <!--about-->
MCA Classics was the classical music label of MCA Records, Inc., described by Discogs as an American classical label active from 1986 to 1997.[^discogs-label] MusicBrainz lists it as a US imprint that owned the "Double Decker" and "Broadway Gold" series.[^mb-label] Its double decker two-CD sets reissued recordings from the Westminster catalogue, which MCA had acquired with ABC Records in 1979, among them Hermann Scherchen's 1959 Bach Mass in B minor (MCAD2-9821, 1989).[^wp-mca][^caa-a]
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