Electrecord
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Founded | 1932 |
Genre | Various |
Country of origin | Romania |
Location | Bucharest |
Official website | www |
Electrecord is a Romanian record label that was founded in 1932. It was the only record label in Communist Romania. It was then transformed into the national recording company following the socialist doctrine of centralization.
History[]
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Communist times[]
To avoid disc importing from Western Europe and the U.S., Electrecord was often demanded to release copies of some of the discs released abroad (just as recording companies in U.S.S.R. were doing themselves). Even today it is the subject of many anecdotes complaining about the bad quality of Romanian discs; a comparison between an import and a local copy would be the most eloquent proof.[citation needed]
Electrecord had to balance the government's demands with those of listeners and musicians. Despite the poor quality of recordings and the lack of information on disc covers, Electrecord released a number of collection discs of which the most successful were the series (translated "pop music bands", which became Formaţii rock – "rock bands", starting with number four. The word "rock" for a kind of music was difficult for the regime to accept.
Contemporary[]
Beginning in 1990, Electrecord lost market share as record companies formed. But some of the groups who recorded for the label continued. Most discs released by Electrecord after 1990 were either greatest hits albums extracted from older recordings or remastered versions of LPs.
In June 2017, Electrecord released the album Songbird by pop singer-songwriter NAVI.[1]
Roster[]
- Dan Andrei Aldea
- Alla Bayanova
- Mircea Baniciu
- Pascal Bentoiu
- Lola Bobesco
- Florin Bogardo
- Constantin Brăiloiu
- Tiberiu Brediceanu
- Ion Buzea
- Celelalte Cuvinte
- Sergiu Celibidache
- Elena Cernei
- Marin Constantin
- Paul Constantinescu
- Viorica Cortez
- Gabriel Cotabiță
- Nicu Covaci
- Dimitrie Cuclin
- Hariclea Darclée
- Grigoraș Dinicu
- Gil Dobrica
- Ion Dolanescu
- Sabin Dragoi
- Iancu Dumitrescu
- George Enescu
- Adrian Enescu
- Dumitru Fărcaș
- Ionel Fernic
- Mircea Florian
- Tudor Gheorghe
- Loredana Groza
- Nicolae Herlea
- Magda Ianculescu
- Iris
- Mihail Jora
- Nicolae Kirculescu
- Krypton
- Ovidiu Lipan
- Dinu Lipatti
- Fanica Luca
- Radu Lupu
- Silvia Marcovici
- Ion Miu
- Horia Moculescu
- Octavian Nemescu
- Ștefan Niculescu
- Irina Odăgescu
- Anca Parghel
- Margareta Paslaru
- Ionel Perlea
- Valeria Peter Predescu
- Gica Petrescu
- Phoenix
- Progresiv TM
- Romica Puceanu
- Johnny Răducanu
- Mihaela Runceanu
- Ileana Sărăroiu
- Sfinx
- Constantin Silvestri
- Dan Spătaru
- Tatiana Stepa
- Valeriu Sterian
- Maria Tănase
- Octave Octavian Teodorescu
- Mircea Tiberian
- Timpuri Noi
- Cornel Trailescu
- Cristian Vasile
- Sofia Vicoveanca
- Anatol Vieru
- Ion Voicu
- Gheorghe Zamfir
- Virginia Zeani
See also[]
- List of record labels
References[]
- ^ "NAVI releases her debut album, "Songbird"". NAVI. 17 June 2017. Retrieved 5 October 2018.
External links[]
- 1932 establishments in Romania
- Classical music record labels
- Electrecord albums
- Electronic music record labels
- IFPI members
- Jazz record labels
- Pop record labels
- Record labels established in 1932
- Rock record labels
- Romanian record labels
- World music record labels
- Socialist Republic of Romania
- State-owned record labels