Edel Music was founded in 1986 by Michael Haentjes in Germany as a mail order record company selling mostly soundtracks. See also Musical groups established in 1986 Record labels established in 1986 Events January Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe. In the Music industry, a record label can be a Brand and a Trademark associated with the Marketing of music recordings and Music With artists such as Scooter, Holly Johnson and many others, it became a very successful pop music label. Scooter are a German Techno and Hardcore techno band from Hamburg, who have sold over 14 million records and have earned 80 gold and platinum Holly Johnson (born William Johnson; February 9, 1960; name on passport William Holly Johnson) is an English Artist, Pop music as a genre features a noticeable rhythmic element catchy melodies and hooks, a mainstream style and conventional structure Edel went to the Frankfurt Stock Exchange in 1998. The Frankfurt Stock Exchange ( FWB Frankfurter Wertpapierbörse) is a Stock exchange located in Frankfurt, Germany. Year 1998 ( MCMXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar)
Over the years Edel purchased Eagle Rock Records, Facedown Records, Gang Go Music, Club Tools, Control Records and Belgian Play It Again Sam. Eagle Rock Records is one of the record labels of Eagle Rock Entertainment. Facedown Records is an independent Christian Record label based in Fallbrook, California, devoted mostly to Hardcore punk and The Kingdom of Belgium is a Country in northwest Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts its headquarters as well as those
Edel's main office is based in Hamburg, but the edel network extends the label presence all over Europe with affiliates offices and labels and in the rest of the world with a strong network of distributors, edel is in fact still present in Italy, Austria, Switzerland, Denmark, United Kingdom, Sweden, Finland, and France. Hamburg (English, German: ˈhambʊɐk local pronunciation Low German / Low Saxon: Hamborg) is the second-largest city in Germany Italy (Italia officially the Italian Republic, (Repubblica Italiana is located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe, and on the two largest Austria (Österreich ( officially the Republic of Austria (Republik Österreich Switzerland (English pronunciation; Schweiz Swiss German: Schwyz or Schwiiz Suisse Svizzera Svizra officially the Swiss Confederation The Kingdom of Denmark ( ˈd̥ænmɑɡ̊ (archaic ˈd̥anmɑːɡ̊ commonly known as Denmark, is a country in the Scandinavian region of northern Europe The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located "Sverige" redirects here For other uses see Sweden (disambiguation and Sverige (disambiguation. Finland, officially the Republic of Finland ( is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of northern Europe. This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics.
In the most recent years, edel released studio albums by Lisa Stansfield, Deep Purple, Gregorian, Thomas Anders, Chris Rea, Jerry Lee Lewis, Status Quo, Ali Campbell (UB40), Jon Lord, Glenn Hughes, Turbonegro, and its roster is becoming among the strongest in the independent industry. Lisa Jane Stansfield (born April 11 1966) is a Grammy Award -nominated and BRIT Award -winning English R&B and soul Deep Purple are an English rock band formed in Hertfordshire in 1968 Gregorian is a German band, headed by Frank Peterson, performing Gregorian chant -inspired versions of modern pop and rock Thomas Anders (born Bernd Weidung, 1 March 1963, in Koblenz, West Germany) is a German Singer, Composer Christopher Anton Rea (born 4 March 1951) is a Singer-songwriter from Middlesbrough England, instantly recognisable for his distinctive Jerry Lee Lewis (born September 29, 1935) is an American Rock and roll and Country music Singer, Songwriter Status quo is a Latin term meaning the present existing state of affairs or "the state in which" Ali Campbell, (born Alistair Ian Campbell, 15 February 1959 in Birmingham) is a British Singer, solo artist and UB40 are a British Reggae band formed in 1978 in Birmingham. Featuring the same line-up of 8 musicians from 1978-2008 the band placed more than 50 Jon Douglas Lord (born in Leicester on June 9, 1941) is an English composer Hammond organ and Piano player Glenn Hughes (born in Cannock, Staffordshire, England on August 21, 1951) is a Bassist and Vocalist Turbonegro ( Turboneger in Norway is a Norwegian Punk band that combines Hard rock and punk rock into a style the band describes
Edel Music is also well known for book publishing (under the brand ear books) with books about cities (New York, Barcelona, Genova or Rome), history personalities (Che Guevara), Show Business Legends (Marilyn Monroe) and a series of music earbooks dedicated to top names like Police, Marvin Gaye, Stevie Wonder, Thin Lizzy, The Jam and Chris Rea. New York ( is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States and is the nation's third most populous Barcelona ( Catalan bəɾsəˈlonə Spanish baɾθeˈlona is the capital and most populous city of the Autonomous Community of Catalonia Genoa ( Genova, ˈdʒɛːnova in Italian; Zena in Genoese and Ligurian; Genua in Latin and archaically in English Rome ( Roma ˈroma Roma is the capital city of Italy and Lazio, and is Italy's largest and most populous city with more than 2 Ernesto "Che" Guevara (June 14 Following the Cuban revolution,Guevara reviewed Marilyn Monroe (born Norma Jeane Mortenson, June 1 1926 &ndash August 5 1962 baptized Norma Marvin Pentz Gay Jr, known as Marvin Gaye ( April 2, 1939 – April 1, 1984) was an American Singer-songwriter Stevie Wonder (born Stevland Hardaway Judkins on May 13 1950 name later changed to Stevland Hardaway Morris) is an Thin Lizzy are an Irish Hard rock band who formed in Dublin, Ireland in 1969 The Jam were an English Mod revival band active during the late 1970s and early 1980s Christopher Anton Rea (born 4 March 1951) is a Singer-songwriter from Middlesbrough England, instantly recognisable for his distinctive
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Edel Records subsidiary EARbooks released the mammoth last solo album project by Chris Rea. This record was nearly the largest album ever to reach the UK Top 75, however by the Sunday the record had dropped from its Top 75 midweek charts position. The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official UK Charts Company (OCC on behalf of the British record industry
Edel Music's (Germany) barcode starts with 4029758.
Edel was the company chosen by artist Prince in 1994 when he parted way from Warner Bros. Records. Prince Rogers Nelson (born June 7 1958 in Minneapolis, Minnesota) is an American musician Year 1994 ( MCMXCIV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1994 Gregorian calendar) Warner Bros Records Inc is an American Record label that operates as a wholly owned Subsidiary of Warner Music Group. The company released in Europe the single The Most Beautiful Girl In The World which was Prince's very first UK #1 hit. They also released several Prince-produced albums such as The Beautiful Experience, NPG's Exodus, and Mayte's Child Of The Sun.
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