Apple Records
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UK international record label; imprint of Apple Corps Ltd.
Key facts
- Parent company
- Apple Corps
- Founded
- 1968 ; 58 years ago ( 1968 )
- Founder
- The Beatles
- Defunct
- 1976 ( 1976 ) (briefly)
- Distributors
- Calderstone Productions Capitol Records Universal Music Group
- Genre
- Pop progressive rock psychedelic rock Indian experimental classical folk
- Country of origin
- United Kingdom
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Wikidata facts
- Official website
- www.applerecords.com
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- inception
- 1968-00-00
- short name
- Apple
- Commons category
- Apple Records
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Apple Records is a British record label founded by the Beatles in 1968 as a division of Apple Corps Ltd. It was initially intended as a creative outlet for the Beatles, both as a group and individually, plus a selection of other artists including Mary Hopkin, James Taylor, Badfinger, and Billy Preston. In practice, the roster had become dominated by the mid-1970s with releases of the former Beatles as solo artists. Allen Klein managed the label from 1969 to 1973, then it was managed by Neil Aspinall on behalf of the Beatles and their heirs. Aspinall retired in 2007 and was replaced by Jeff Jones. Jones stepped down on 21 October 2024 and was replaced by Tom Greene in September 2025.
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