Old authentic 1980s price sticker featuring Jugoton company logo. The 1980s was the decade spanning from January 1 1980 to December 31 1989. The price is in Yugoslav dinars

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. The dinar ( Cyrillic script: динар was the Currency of the three Yugoslav states the Kingdom of Yugoslavia (formerly the Kingdom In the Music industry, a record label can be a Brand and a Trademark associated with the Marketing of music recordings and Music Chain stores are Retail outlets that share a Brand and central management and usually have standardized business methods and practices A record shop (or record store) is an outlet that sells recorded Music. The Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia ( Serbo-Croatian, Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian, Slovene, Macedonian: Zagreb (ˈzɑːgrɛb is the Capital and the largest city of Croatia. Socialist Republic of Croatia ( Croato-Serbian and Croatian: Socijalistička Republika Hrvatska) was a Socialist state that was a Constituent

History

Jugoton was formed in 1947. Year 1947 ( MCMXLVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1947 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. It's notable for releasing some of the most important former Yugoslav pop and rock records including some albums of Bijelo Dugme, Azra, Električni Orgazam, Idoli, Haustor and certain Leb i Sol albums, as well as the influential compilation album Paket Aranžman. Bijelo dugme ("White Button" were a highly influential Rock band stationed in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, originally when in Yugoslavia Azra was a rock band from Zagreb, Croatia, then Yugoslavia, that was popular across the entire country in the 1980s Električni orgazam ( Serbian Cyrillic: Електрични оргазам trans Idoli ( Serbian Cyrillic: Идоли trans The Idols were a new wave band from Belgrade, SR Serbia. Haustor was a Rock band from Zagreb, Croatia, a member of the Novi val movement and one of the most important acts of the former Yugoslav Leb i sol (Леб и сол is a Macedonian Rock group founded in the 1970s by Vlatko Stefanovski ( Guitar) Bodan Arsovski ( Paket aranžman is a New Wave music compilation album released in 1980 by Jugoton and its one of the most important and influential records ever 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, Iron Maiden and others. Pop music as a genre features a noticeable rhythmic element catchy melodies and hooks, a mainstream style and conventional structure Rock music is a genre of Popular music often though not necessarily employing Electric guitar, Bass guitar, and Drums. The Beatles were a pop and rock band from Liverpool, England formed in 1960 Madonna Louise Ciccone Ritchie (born August 16 1958 known as Madonna, is an American David Bowie (ˈboʊiː born David Robert Jones on 8 January 1947 is an English Musician, actor producer, and arranger. Eurythmics (often incorrectly referred to as The Eurythmics) is a British Musical duo, formed in 1980 by Annie Lennox and Dave Kate Bush (born Catherine Bush on 30 July 1958 is an English singer songwriter musician and Record producer. Public Image Ltd ( PiL) were an English musical group formed in 1978 by vocalist John Lydon, Guitarist Keith Levene Kraftwerk (ˈkʁaftvɛɐk German for " power plant " or " Power station " is an influential Electronic music band from Queen were an English rock band formed in 1970 in London by guitarist Deep Purple are an English rock band formed in Hertfordshire in 1968 Pink Floyd are For other uses see Iron maiden. As well, the company owned a widespread network of record shops across SFR Yugoslavia.

Many artists that represented Yugoslavia in the Eurovision Song Contest were signed with Jugoton including the Eurovision Song Contest 1989 winners Riva. Yugoslavia participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 27 times debuting in 1961 and competing every year until its last appearance in 1992 with the exceptions of 1977–1980 The Eurovision Song Contest 1989 was the 34th Eurovision Song Contest and was held on 6 May 1989 in Lausanne, Switzerland. Riva was a pop band from Croatia, then Yugoslavia, in the late 1980s

With the breakup of Yugoslavia in 1991, the name of the company became Croatia Records. Year 1991 ( MCMXCI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar. Croatia Records (in Croatian language: Kroacija Rekords full company name Croatia Records - hrvatska naklada zvuka i slike dioničko društvo is the largest major

Competition

Other major labels 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. In the Music industry, a record label can be a Brand and a Trademark associated with the Marketing of music recordings and Music PGP-RTB (Full Serbian name Produkcija Gramofonskih Ploča Radio-Televizije Beograd) was a major Record label and chain Record store PGP-RTS (in the Serbian language:Produkcija Gramofonskih Ploča Radio-Televizije Srbije is a major Record label based in Belgrade, Serbia. Belgrade (Београд Beograd is the Capital and largest city of Serbia. Suzy Records (Suzy produkcija gramofonskih ploča is a Record label based in Zagreb, Croatia. Diskoton was a major Record label based in Sarajevo, TemplateInfobox City for more fields--> Sarajevo is the Capital city and largest urban center of Bosnia and Herzegovina, with ZKP RTLJ ( Slovenian language: Založba kaset in plošč Radio - Televizije Ljubljana was a major Record label in Ljubljana, Socialist Republic of Ljubljana ( is the largest and Capital city of Slovenia. It is located in the center of the country and is a mid-sized city of some 270000 inhabitants

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^[1]

Yugoton

Main article: Yugoton

Yugoton, front cover feat. A shopping mall or shopping centre is a building or set of buildings that contain Retail units with interconnecting Walkways enabling visitors Skopje (Скопје; Shkup or Shkupi is the Capital and largest city in the Republic of Macedonia, with more than a quarter of the population The Republic of Macedonia (Република Yugoton is a Tribute album released in Poland by ZIC ZAC Music Company and BMG Poland in 2001 Vlada Divljan and Darko Rundek in the top right angle

Jugoton was especially popular among the youths behind the Iron Curtain who couldn't travel to western countries and rarely had access to western music. The " Iron Curtain " was the symbolic ideological and physical boundary dividing Europe into two separate areas from the end of World War II until the end One of the solutions to obtaining western music was to go shopping in Socialist Yugoslavia which was not an Eastern Bloc country, but a member of the Non-Aligned Movement largely opened to western influences. Socialism refers to a broad set of economic theories of social organization advocating state or collective ownership and administration of the Means of production and distribution During the Cold War, the term Communist Bloc (or Soviet Bloc) was used to refer to the Soviet Union and countries it either controlled or that were The Non-Aligned Movement ( NAM) is an International organization of states considering themselves not formally aligned with or against any major power bloc Thus the Yugoslav records gained a cult status in Eastern Europe and became a sort of symbol of the western popular culture. A cult following is a group of fans devoted to a specific area of Pop culture. As a tribute to Jugoton, an album called Yugoton^[2] was released in Poland in 2001 by ZIC-ZAC Music Company and BMG Poland. Yugoton is a Tribute album released in Poland by ZIC ZAC Music Company and BMG Poland in 2001 Poland (Polska officially the Republic of Poland Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar. It contains cover versions of popular ex-Yugoslav acts such as Električni Orgazam, Idoli, Bajaga i Instruktori, Haustor, Prljavo Kazalište and Parni Valjak. Električni orgazam ( Serbian Cyrillic: Електрични оргазам trans Bajaga i Instruktori ( Serbian Cyrillic: Бајага и Инструктори trans Prljavo kazalište (meaning in Croatian language: Dirty Theatre) is a Rock band from Zagreb, Croatia. Parni Valjak (" Steamroller " was a Croatian and former Yugoslav rock band The songs were performed in Polish by the local artists: Katarzyna Nosowska, Paweł Kukiz, Olaf Deriglasoff, Ryszard „Tymon” Tymański and others. Polish ( język polski, polszczyzna) is the Official language of Poland. Katarzyna (Kasia Nosowska (born August 30, 1971, Szczecin) is the lead Singer of the Polish rock band Hey Paweł Kukiz (born 24 June 1963 in Paczków) is Polish rock singer and actor The front cover of the CD features the Polish artists together with their guests Vlada Divljan of Idoli, and Darko Rundek of Haustor. A Compact Disc (also known as a CD) is an Optical disc used to store digital data, originally developed for storing digital audio Vladimir "Vlada" Divljan ( Serbian Cyrillic: Владимир Дивљан is a Serbian Singer and Songwriter. Darko Rundek (born January 30, 1956) is a Croatian rock Singer, Songwriter, Poet, and Actor.

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. Sonnenallee ( Sun Lane) is a 1999 Comedy film about life in East Berlin in the 1970s The German Democratic Republic ( GDR; Deutsche Demokratische Republik DDR; commonly known in English as East Germany) was a Socialist state

References

See also

• SFR Yugoslav Pop and Rock scene
• List of record labels

External links

• Croatia Records - Official site