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Originally Posted by SteveMacD
I think the blues era material is actually owned by Sony. It was on Blue Horizon, which was a subsidiary of CBS. CBS is now a part of Sony. The first two Fleetwood Mac records released in the United States were on Epic. After the label went defunct in 1971, and Fleetwood Mac became superstars in 1975, Squire Records, which is a subsidiary of Warners, released the recordings in the United States only. I think the mechanicals are still owned by Mike Vernon from Blue Verizon.
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FWIW, the "Complete Blue Horizon Sessions" box set looks like it was a joint release by Sire (which is owned by Warner) and Blue Horizon. The box states "Marketed and distributed by Sire Records Inc. under exclusive license for the USA and Canada," although the individual CDs state "Blue Horizon Records for the USA and Canada and Sony Music Enertainment (UK) Ltd. for the world outside the USA and Canada."
The collection of the band's three Blue Horizon albums here is listed under Sony UK:
www.amazon.com/Original-Album-Classics-Fleetwood-Mac/dp/B0030BCCB6/
Similarly,
The Best of Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac was released under the Columbia Europe label, which is owned by Sony:
www.amazon.com/The-Best-Peter-Greens-Fleetwood/dp/B000075AJ1/
...although this collection also includes some tracks from their Warner releases, presumably licensed from them to appear on this collection.
And then other releases from the Peter Green period have come out on other labels including Castle, Snapper, and Receiver.
Don't know if that makes things more clear or just the opposite!