Carousel (label)
Karussell is a radio play label based in Berlin , which belongs to the Universal Music group. The label specializes in children's radio plays and songs and produces series such as Gabriel Burns and Maya the Bee .
history
The Swedish pop and jazz label was founded in 1953 by Carl-Gustaf Niren and Simon Brehm under the name Karusell . It led the way in the introduction of jazz in Scandinavia as a license holder for Norman Granz 'jazz labels in the 1950s and 1960s. Published under this label a. a. The Poni-Tails , Johnny Nash , Steve Lawrence , Paul Anka and Sam Cooke .
In 1962, Deutsche Grammophon acquired the label. Initially it was used under the new name Karussell from 1967 as a low-price label for less prominent artists and new editions of the pop and jazz segment . Later, however, artists such as B. James Last under Carousel.
With EUROPA , maritim and KIOSK , Karussell has been one of the four dominant labels for radio plays since the 1980s .
In September / October 2006 the company logo was changed after more than two decades.
On the sub-label Spectrum Music , Karussell also sells music compilations by international artists, the rights of which are owned by Mercury Records , among others .
Published series (selection)
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Individual evidence
- ↑ discogs.com carousel
- ↑ Pia Fruth: Record.Play.Stop. - The era of the compact cassette: A media-cultural consideration. transcript Verlag 2018, ISBN 3-839-4422-06 , p. 302