polydor records is a german-british record label that operates as part of universal music group.it has a close relationship with universal's interscope geffen a&m records label, which distributes polydor's releases in the united states.in turn, polydor distributes interscope releases in the united kingdom.polydor records ltd. was established in london in 1954 as a british subsidiary of german company deutsche grammophon/schallplatte grammophon gmbh.it was renamed polydor ltd. in 1972.the company is usually mentioned as 'polydor ltd. (uk)', or a similar form, for holding copyrights notable current and past artists signed to the label include  james brown, ray, goodman & brown, atlanta rhythm section, john mayall, deep purple, cream, the moody blues, the who, jimi hendrix, bee gees, the jam, style council, the shadows, james last, eric clapton, gloria gaynor, level 42, and billie eilish.316613).the label was founded as firma brachhausen & riesener in 1887 by gustav adolf brachhausen and ernst paul riessner, for manufacturing their new mechanical disc-playing music box polyphon, invented in 1870.during world war i on 24 april 1917, polyphon-musikwerke ag acquired the german deutsche grammophon-aktiengesellschaft record plant and company from the german government.the german state had taken over british-held grammophon as enemy property during world war i. polydor was originally an independent branch of the polyphon-grammophon-konzern group.it was used as an export label from 1924.after the british and german branches of the gramophone company were separated during world war i, deutsche grammophon claimed the rights to the nipper-dog and gramophone trademark for germany, where hmv recordings were to be released under the electrola trademark replacing the company lost during the war.in turn, deutsche grammophon records exported from germany were released on the polyphon musik and polydor labels.new foreign branches were founded, for example in austria, denmark, sweden and france.in 1941, deutsche grammophon (including polydor) was purchased by siemens & halske.polydor became a popular music label in 1946, while the new deutsche grammophon gesellschaft label became a classical music label in 1949.the previously used label, grammophon, was disbanded.dgg gave, by an agreement dated 5 july 1949, an exclusive license from 1 july 1951 to use the nipper-dog with gramophone to the original owner's company electrola, the german branch of emi.(in germany, it was impossible to sell the trademark without selling the company.)polydor remained deutsche grammophon's export label, including classical music, in france and the spanish-speaking world for the remainder of the long-playing era, as a result of language and cultural concerns.dgg established a subsidiary in london called polydor records ltd. in 1954.in the early 1960s, orchestra leader bert kaempfert signed unknowns tony sheridan and the beatles, credited as the beat brothers, to polydor.popular international entertainers such as james last, bert kaempfert, kurt edelhagen, caterina valente and the kessler twins appeared on the polydor label, as well as many french, spanish and latin-american figures.siemens entered into a joint venture with philips in 1962 creating the grammophon-philips group, of which polydor became a subsidiary label.late 1960s, polydor released albums of john mayall & the bluesbreakers, cream, the who, jimi hendrix, bee gees and eric clapton.polydor opened a us branch in 1969 (in years prior, they licensed their catalogue to atlantic records), but did not become a real presence in the us record industry until its purchase of the recording contract and back catalogue of r&b performer james brown in 1971, and the absorption of the mgm records label by its parent company polygram in 1972.in 1970, polydor acquired the hong kong–based diamond records, which had been owned and founded by the local portuguese merchant ren da silva in the late 1950s.
polydor records | location | london <tsp> andrew white musician | recordlabel | polydor records <tsp> andrew white musician | recordlabel | fiction
polydor records ltd. was established in london in 1954 as a british subsidiary of german company deutsche grammophon/schallplatte grammophon gmbh.dgg established a subsidiary in london called polydor records ltd. in 1954.