Concord Music Group, Inc.

Record Company. The Concord Music Group (CMG) was formed in 2004 with the merger of Concord Records and Fantasy Records. It is a privately held company based in Beverly Hills, California. Distribution is largely by the Universal Group since 2006. Any release with a long numerical cat # (often led by several zeroes and then either 25 or 86/88 numbers) or a Universal reference is 2006 or later. Merged with Bicycle Music Company in 2015 to form Concord Bicycle Music. Owner of the Rounder, Vanguard, post-Atlantic Stax, Prestige, Riverside, Vee-Jay, Specialty, Telarc, Volt, Fantasy, Takoma, Kicking Mule, Hightone and Bandit catalogs and/or labels, among others.