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Jugoton




price sticker featuring Jugoton company logo. The price is in Yugoslav Dinar s]]
Jugoton was the largest Record Label and Chain Record Store in the former Socialist Federal Republic Of Yugoslavia based in Zagreb , Socialist Republic Of Croatia .


HISTORY

Jugoton was formed in 1947 . Its notable for releasing some of the most important former Yugoslav records including the most important albums of Bijelo Dugme , Azra , Električni Orgazam , Idoli , Haustor and certain Leb I Sol albums, as well as the influential compilation album Paket Aranžman . Jugoton signed most of the eminent ex-Yugoslav artists, and also released some of the most important international Pop and Rock stars for the domestic market including the albums by The Beatles , Elvis Presley , Rolling Stones , Madonna , U2 , David Bowie , Eurythmics , Kate Bush , Public Image Limited , Kraftwerk , Queen , Deep Purple , Pink Floyd and Iron Maiden to name a few. The company also owned a widespread network of record shops across the federation.

Many artists from Yugoslavia In The Eurovision Song Contest were signed for Jugoton including the Eurovision Song Contest 1989 winners Riva .

With the Breakup Of Yugoslavia in 1991 the name of the company was changed to Croatia Records .


COMPETITION

Other Major Label s in the former Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia were:
PGP-RTB (later renamed to PGP-RTS ) from Belgrade ; Suzy from Zagreb; Diskoton from Sarajevo ; ZKP RTLJ from Ljubljana and others.


YUGONOSTALGIA

The former Jugoton's record shop located in the main Shopping Mall in Skopje (''Gradski Trgovski Centar''), Republic Of Macedonia still operates under the same name managed by the Macedonian record label Lithium Records Jugoton Shop Official Website
Lithium Records Official Website


TRIVIA

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Jugoton was especially popular among the youths behind the , Paweł Kukiz , Olaf Deriglasoff , Ryszard „Tymon” Tymański and others. The front cover of the CD features the polish artists together with their guests Vlada Divljan of Idoli and Darko Rundek of Haustor.

Another reference to Yugoslav records and Jugoton can be found in the film Sonnenallee (which takes place in the former East Germany ), in the scene with the record Smuggler .


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