- Ariola Records
Ariola Records (also known as Ariola and Ariola-Eurodisc) is a German
record label , as of the late 80s a daughter label ofBMG which in return has become a part of international media conglomerateSony BMG Music Entertainment .Ariola setup several subsidiaries:
Ariola America was founded in 1975 inLos Angeles ,Ariola-Athena to release spoken word records,Ariola Benelux was founded in 1970 to cover theBenelux market,Ariola Eurodisc was a Spanish division of Ariola, founded in 1970,Ariola UK the UK based subsidiary of Ariola was founded in 1977,Baccarola ,Türküola for the Turkish market,Eurodisc to release disco records in France - most successfully withAmanda Lear andJupiter Records for Germanschlager ("German folk") and disco like for instance groupDschinghis Khan .It acquired both
Arista Records and German rival labelHansa Records at the end of the 1970s.See also
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List of record labels
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