Zoo Entertainment was founded as a joint venture of BMG and a group of private investors in the early 1990s. In 1995, these investors bought BMG's half, bought the Scotti Brothers label from Pearson PLC, and renamed the merged companies Volcano Entertainment LLC. In 1998, Zomba, the then-parent company of Jive Records and others, which was independent at that time, bought Volcano, and returned it to the BMG fold, alt
... VíceZoo Entertainment was founded as a joint venture of BMG and a group of private investors in the early 1990s. In 1995, these investors bought BMG's half, bought the Scotti Brothers label from Pearson PLC, and renamed the merged companies Volcano Entertainment LLC. In 1998, Zomba, the then-parent company of Jive Records and others, which was independent at that time, bought Volcano, and returned it to the BMG fold, although it never really left it in the first place.
Note: All Zoo product that was in-print at that time and released with the catalog number 72445-1XXXX-X was rereleased as 61422-3XXXX-X, with the last four digits in the second block of five being identical, and the final digit in accordance with which format it was (CD, vinyl, cassette, etc.).
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