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Germany and in February 2011 with EMI Music Canada. The partnership has seen EMI Music take over the marketing and distribution of artists such as Creed, Evanescence, Seether and Finger Eleven throughout the world outside of the US.
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with the creation of Wind-up Entertainment Canada. Distribution in Canada moved again, for a third time in February 2011, this time to EMI Music Canada.
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In 2016, Concord retired Wind-Up as a frontline label, and transferred most of Wind-Up's artists to other labels. Wind-Up's reissues are released under
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In October 2013, the Bicycle Music Company bought the rights to much of Wind-Up's back catalog, including the contracts to acts such as
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as was the distribution in the United States. However, in October 2004, distribution in Canada switched over to
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music operations, making the distribution in Canada solely distributed by Universal Music Group.
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Please help update this article to reflect recent events or newly available information.
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On October 31, 2011, the label's founder, Alan Meltzer, died at the age of 67.
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Travelin' Band: Creedence Clearwater Revival at the Royal Albert Hall
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Wind-up Records was formed in 1997 by Alan Meltzer, former owner of
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Accurate according to Wind-up's website as of October 9, 2016.
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In September 2009, the label reached an agreement with
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Index

Wind-Up Records

Concord
Alan Meltzer
Diana Meltzer
BMG
Sony BMG
Warner Music
Sony Music
EMI
Universal Music Group
Craft Recordings
winduprecords.com
independent record label
Alan
Diana Meltzer
New York City
BMG Distribution
Creed
Evanescence
CD One Stop
Diana Meltzer
Evanescence
Creed
Seether
Finger Eleven
Toadies
the Wrens
Commander Venus
Civil Twilight

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