Valentim de Carvalho

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Valentim de Carvalho
Parent company	Grupo JRP SGPS
Founded	1914
Founder
Genre	Various
Location	Estrada de Paço de Arcos 26, 2770-129, Oeiras, Lisbon
Official website	Official website

Valentim de Carvalho (Portuguese pronunciation: [vɐlẽˈtĩ dɨ kɐɾˈvaʎu]) is a Portuguese record label founded in 1914.

History[]

The company started selling phonograph, musical instruments and music since its 1914 foundation at the , Lisbon.^[1]

It distributes EMI in Portugal since 1920. VDC also carved names in the Portuguese music industry like Amália Rodrigues, António Variações and, most recently, . It has two sub-labels: Popular and NorteSul. In 1994, the company was merged with EMI to form EMI-Valentim de Carvalho and also distributed UMG Portugal. It became EMI Music Portugal in 2006 and in 2013, the record label became a part of Parlophone and its Portuguese EMI catalogue are now under Warner Music Group.

As of 2014, JRP Group owns VdC. VdC now sells books aside from CDs and DVDs.

Labels distributed[]

• EMI
• UMG Portugal
• Disney Music Group
• RCA Records
• Som Livre
• Zomba Group of Companies
• HMV
• Decca Records^[2]

References[]

External links[]

• Official Site (in English and Portuguese)