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Also appears as "Liberty UA, Inc.", Liberty/UA. Inc.", [l=Liberty/United Artists, Inc.], "Liberty UA Inc." on Blue Note releases. US Record company established after [l=Transamerica Corporation]'s acquisition of Liberty Records Inc. in 1968. The legal entity existed under this name from January 1969 to February 1971, and was succeeded by a new incarnation of [l=United Artists Records, Inc.] Do not confuse with [l=Liberty/United Records, Inc.], without the word "Artists", a different company created after the sale of United Artists Music And Record Group to [l=Capitol Records, Inc.] in 1979. [u]Corporate history[/u] CA company number: 0432997 Incorporated: 18 May 1962 as 'Liberty Acquisition Company' First name change: 4 June 1962 to [l36425] Second name change: 16 January 1969 to 'Liberty/UA, Inc.' Merged in: [l678578] on 6 February 1969 Third name change: 17 February 1971 to [l274442] Fourth name change: 11 September 1974 to [l288026] Fifth name change: 13 December 1978 to [l320023] Sixth name change: 2 September 1980 to 'Liberty Records, Inc.' Merged out (dissolved): 1 April 1981 into 'Capitol Records, Inc.'