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Do NOT confuse with the label International Polydor Production. Record company established on January 1, 1972. Controlled all Deutsche Grammophon Gesellschaft subsidiaries and part-owned companies concerned with the acquisition of rights for production, reproduction and distribution of music as well as the production, manufacture and distribution of records and tapes. May also appear as a label on some Australian releases. Name variants: - Polydor International - Polydor Intl - Polydor Int'l - Polydor Int. Polydor International had 19 subsidiaries: Austria: Polydor GesmbH, Vienna Belgium: N.V. Polydor S.A., Brussels Canada: Polydor Ltd., Montreal Denmark: Polydor A.S., Copenhagen France: Polydor S.A., Paris Germany: Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Hamburg Great Britain: Polydor Ltd., London Hong Kong: Polydor Ltd., Hong Kong India: Polydor of India Ltd., Bombay Ireland: Polydor Ltd., Dublin Japan: Polydor K.K., Tokyo Mexico: Polydor S.A., Mexico City Netherlands: Polydor B.V., The Hague Norway: Polydor A/S, Oslo Spain: Polydor, S.A., Madrid Sweden: Polydor AB, Stockholm Switzerland: Polydor AG, Schlieren U.S.A.: Polydor Inc., New York Venezuela: Polydor S.A., Caracas
Sub-labels
Polydor A/S (2)
The Danish branch of the multi-national record company Polydor International. In-house producers includes Casper (18) (1971-73) and Per Stan (1973-?). Also see and
Polydor, S.A.
Spanish record company originally established in 1969 as part of Fonogram, S.A.. Became a subsidiary of Polydor International in September 1971 to separate the product, marketing and sales fo...
Polydor Records Ltd.
The UK Polydor company, operating under this name from 29 September 1965 to 14 January 1972. Often credited as Polydor Records Limited, until the name was shortened to Full legal entit...
Polydor S.A.
French subsidiary of Polydor International, established 1 July 1956. Previously known as (1927-1956). Merged in May 1985 into PolyGram S.A. France Besides marketing and sales, it als...
Polydor B.V.
Dutch subsidiary of Polydor International. Established 1964. Located in The Hague. Name variations as it appears on some releases: - Polydor B.V., Hilversum - Polydor B.V., Holland - Polydor ...
Polydor Incorporated
US subsidiary of Polydor International. Manufacturing and distribution company of Polydor. Established 1969 and located in New York City. The PolyGram Corporation, including Polydor, Inc., wa...
Polydor of India Ltd.
Record company. For the label use . Polydor International subsidiary, established 1969 (originally established in 1945 by Deutsche Grammophon to distribute the DGG labels). In 1976 al...
Polydor AB
Swedish subsidiary of Polydor International, active from March 1 1971, formerly . Became PolyGram Records AB in 1980. Located in Stockholm. Use this profile for company activity cr...
Polydor S.A. (2)
Venezuelan record company originally established in 1970 as subsidiary of Polydor International - also appears as Polydor S.A. Caracas. Around end 1981 the label became PolyGram Discos, S.A.
Polydor Records BV
Alternative credit for Also credited as: Polydor Records B.V.
Polydor A/S
The Norwegian branch of the multi-national record company Polydor International, established 1972 via a name change from A/S Nor-Disc. Representing the DGG labels, e.g. Deutsche Grammopho...