BMG is to take ownership of a brace of publishing and recording catalogues following its acquisition of New York independent Verse Music Group.

Verse, formed in 2010, owns rights to around 40,000 songs and recordings including such catalogues as:

· Salsoul Records, the funk and dance label behind the first ever commercial 12“ single (Double Exposure’s 10%) and Loleatta Holloway’s Love Sensation (most famously featured in Black Box’s Ride On Time) together with its Latin offsheet Salsoul Lejendas featuring the ...