"Polydor" redirects here. Not to be confused with Polydore.
Polydor Limited
Parent company
Universal Music Group (UMG)
Founded
2 April 1913; 111 years ago (1913-04-02)
Distributor(s)
Self-Distributed (UK)
Interscope Geffen A&M (US)
Island (Pre-1998 reissues in US)
Republic Records (James Brown, MGM and Verve pop reissues in US)
One Records (France)
Universal Music Group (International)
Universal Music Japan (Japan)
Genre
Various
Country of origin
Germany United Kingdom
Location
London, England
Official website
polydor.co.uk
Polydor Limited, also known as 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 the Cure, James Brown, Ray, Goodman & Brown, Atlanta Rhythm Section, John Mayall,[1] Deep Purple, Cream, the Moody Blues, the Who, Jimi Hendrix, Bee Gees, Lana Del Rey, the Jam, Style Council, the Shadows, James Last, Eric Clapton, Gloria Gaynor, Level 42, Sam Fender, S Club, Girls Aloud and Ellie Goulding.
^Jon Mayall Polydor albums, Bluesmagazine.nl, Retrieved 13 March 2023
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London's Mayfair. RSO Records underwent four distribution stages: by Atlantic Records from March 1973 to December 1975, by PolydorRecords from January 1976...
Interscope-Geffen-A&M, Island Records, Mercury Records, Motown Records, PolydorRecords, Republic Records, Verve Label Group, and Virgin Records, as well as other...
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Records. In 1966, they moved to PolydorRecords and took the rights to their Brunswick recordings with them. They created and moved to Track Records the...
the track, Del Rey signed a recording contract with Interscope Records and PolydorRecords for the release of her major-label debut Born to Die (2012)....
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year. It was released as a single on 3 December 2001 by PolydorRecords. In 2019, a re-recorded orchestral version was released on Ellis-Bextor's greatest...
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been handled by different record companies, including Track's successor, PolydorRecords in Europe and the UK, and MCA Records. In 2010, Sony's Legacy Recordings...
internationally through Virgin (ex-North America). Fiction Records was founded in the late 1970s by Polydor A&R man, and longtime The Cure manager Chris Parry...
Interscope and Geffen switched international distribution to PolydorRecords, DreamWorks Records followed suit). It was announced on November 11, 2003, that...
Geffen Records, but was later revived in 2007 before being merged into Geffen again in September 2021 following eight years of inactivity. DGC Records (The...
following year. She gained media attention following her departure from PolydorRecords in the latter year, after the label allegedly refused to release her...
England. In 2021, she signed a recording contract with Interscope and PolydorRecords. Her first extended play (EP) following the signings, The Walls Are...
DreamWorks Records, Kapp Records, MGM Records and PolydorRecords. Capitol Records Nashville is a major United States-based record label located in Nashville...
(born 3 May 1987) is a British singer-songwriter and record producer who is signed with PolydorRecords. His 2012 debut album, Home Again, went gold in the...
Ellie Goulding has recorded songs for five studio albums and guest features. After signing a contract with record label PolydorRecords in July 2009, Goulding...
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