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The Verve catalog grew throughout the 1950s and 1960s to include most of the major figures in jazz, though Granz tended to record established artists, sometimes in decline, rather than new talent. It also recognized the potential of [[comedy]] albums, producing [[Spike Jones|Spike Jones']] first LP, ''[[Dinner Music For People Who Aren't Very Hungry]]'' in 1956 and several best-selling albums featuring live performances by [[Shelley Berman]] beginning in [[1960]].

Granz sold Verve to [[MGM Records]] in 1961 for $3 million. Albums[[Creed wereTaylor]] nowtook producedover byas producer, bringing the [[Creedbossa Taylornova]] to America with the [[Stan Getz]]/[[Charlie Byrd]] LP [[Jazz Samba]] as well as [[Getz/Gilberto]]. Shortly before leaving Verve in [[1967]], butCreed created a [[folk music]] subsidiary named '''Verve Folksway''' (later renamed [[Verve Forecast]]). But by now, new recordings declinedbegan fromto thedecline late& 1960s,would ceasingcease altogether in the early [[1970s,]]. andThe werelabel slowlywas restartedrevived fromin the mid-1980s for new releases. AYet a more important focus of activity offor the revivednew Verve labelRecords wasis the reissuing of its back catalogue, in ever more imaginative ways.

In the seventies the label became part of the [[Polygram]] label group, at this point incorporating the Mercury/EmArcy jazz catalog, which Phillips, part owners of Polygram had earlier acquired. [[Seagram]]Verve boughtRecords, Polygrambecame inthe [[1998]]Verve andMusic mergedGroup itafter Polygram was merged with its[[Seagram]]'s [[Universal Music Group]] groupin [[1998]]. BothThe Polygramjazz &holdings Universal'sfrom jazzthe holdingsmerged companies were folded into thethis Verve Music Groupsub-group.

Since [[2002]], the label has released a series of [[Verve Remixed]] compilation discs where classic tracks by Verve artists are [[remix]]ed by contemporary [[electronic music]] DJs.

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