- Jugodisk
Jugodisk is a
record label fromVoždovac ,Belgrade ,Serbia . [ [http://regpr.komora.net/Detaljioprivrednomsubjektu/tabid/63/id/07049242/privredniSubjektID/07049242/Default.aspx Company profile at Economic Chamber of Serbia Official website] ]Jugodisk was established in 1974, in the then
Socialist Republic of Serbia inSFR Yugoslavia , hence its name is aportmanteau word of "Jugoslavija" (Yugoslavia ) and "disk" (for avinyl record ). [ [http://www.kompass.com/lt/CS004304 "Kompass" Business directory] ] It's competitors were the bigger record companies such asJugoton fromZagreb formed in 1947 andPGP-RTB also from Belgrade, formed in 1958 and others.The company is notable for releasing several prominent former
Yugoslav pop and rock artists such as:Partibrejkers , Balkan,Rok Mašina ,U Škripcu ,Oktobar 1864 ,Aleksandar Makedonski ,Jutro which was a predecessor to the famous groupBijelo dugme , and one of the early albums ofHari Varešanović , who later representedBosnia and Herzegovina in the Eurovision Song Contest . Also, it released several albums by the popularfolk music singerŠaban Šaulić .As Jugoton and PGP-RTB, Jugodisk was also licenced to release foreign titles for the domestic Yugoslav market which included certain albums and singles by:
The Animals ,Bad Manners ,Shirley Bassey , The Beat,George Benson ,Black Sabbath ,Johnny Cash , The Fall,Gerry And The Pacemakers ,Eddy Grant ,Bill Haley & His Comets ,Roy Harper ,Jimmy Page ,The Kinks ,Matchbox ,Moody Blues ,Willie Nelson ,Alan Parsons Project ,Dolly Parton ,Wilson Pickett ,Iggy Pop ,Chris Rea ,Stray Cats , Toyah,Wishbone Ash andYardbirds .In 2003, the company was sold at a state auction to the show business manager Nenad Kapor and since then it operates as Jugodisk A.D. (
joint stock company ) ["Jugodisk sold for 7,000,000 dinars" - [http://www.danas.co.yu/20031010/ekonomija1.html "Danas" Magazine] ,October 10 ,2003 ,Serbia and Montenegro sr icon]References
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List of record labels
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