Multimedia Records

Multimedia Records (formerly Disco Associates) is a record label set up in 1978 by Thomas Margent, an associate producer at MCA Records. It was shut down in 1996, and it was merged into MCA Records.

History
In 1978, Thomas Margent, an associate producer left MCA Records to start his own company Disco Associates, a record label that was focused on all types of music. It signed a distribution deal with MCA Records to manufacture and distribute the label. The first hit from Disco Associates was the 1981 hit album by Lea Gordon, "The Blue Album" sold 1 million copies on LP worldwide.

The next great hit was the soundtrack album of the 1986 film The Master of Colors which had sold 5 million copies worldwide on LP & cassette. The success lead Disco to become the largest record label producer of all time. In the same year, film producer David V. Scott bought out the record label Disco Associates, and made it a worldwide expansion.

Two years later, on February 13, 1988, Greenville, North Carolina-based publisher Multimedia acquired the David V. Scott group of companies (which consists of David Scott Entertainment, animation studio Michael Wildshill Productions, book publisher Schultz & Associates and record label Disco Associates) and the record label itself was renamed to Multimedia Records.

Two years later, Multimedia made its most hit, the soundtrack album to the 1990 film Liche's Wish. In 1991, Multimedia signed the band Paper Flyers to the label and brought its first hit "Radio Gladiator", which sold 6 million copies worldwide. Meanwhile, the Gabriel Garza album would sell 8 million copies worldwide, paving the way for the launch of an imprint Gingo Records.

On January 31, 1996, MCA completed its acquisition of Multimedia, and decides to let MCA fold the Multimedia Records label onto MCA Records. Some of the artists would go to Universal Records. The rights to Multimedia's song libraries and the catalogue are currently held by Universal Music Group, who was split from Universal Studios in 2004.

Artists

 * Street Rapz
 * Paper Flyers
 * Lea Gordon
 * Daniel Scott
 * Caroline River
 * Andy L. Flip
 * Alyson Thompson
 * Bad Land
 * Tommy Davidson
 * Motortruck Street