Philips
London, United Kingdom
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"Philips Records is a record label that was founded by Dutch electronics giant Philips in 1950. During much of the 1950s, it served to distribute recordings made by the US Columbia Records and Columbia Masterworks Records labels in the United Kingdom. In 1962 Philips Records and Deutsche Grammophon were linked into the Phonogram Records joint venture.
In 1983, Philips became the first record label to issue compact discs, using digital recordings that went as far back as... Read more
"Philips Records is a record label that was founded by Dutch electronics giant Philips in 1950. During much of the 1950s, it served to distribute recordings made by the US Columbia Records and Columbia Masterworks Records labels in the United Kingdom. In 1962 Philips Records and Deutsche Grammophon were linked into the Phonogram Records joint venture.
In 1983, Philips became the first record label to issue compact discs, using digital recordings that went as far back as 1978.
Philips Records has been part of Universal Music since 1998. In 1999, Philips Classics was absorbed into the Decca Music Group. Philips Records' pop music catalogue is managed by Mercury Records."
(taken from wikipedia.org)
Parent Label: Decca
Sublabels: Oreus, Philips Classics, Prospective 21e Siècle Show less
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