PGP-RTB ( ) was a major state-owned record label and chain record store in the former SFR Yugoslavia, based in Belgrade, Socialist Republic of Serbia.PGP-RTB at Discogs After the breakup of Yugoslavia, in 1993, the company changed its name to PGP-RTS (Produkcija Gramofonskih Ploča Radio-Televizije Srbije).
History PGP-RTB was established in 1959, as the music production branch of the national Radio-Television Belgrade.PGP-RTB and PGP-RTS history
After the breakup of Yugoslavia, in 1993, the company changed its name to PGP-RTS (Produkcija Gramofonskih Ploča Radio-Televizije Srbije), which is the music production branch of the national Radio Television of Serbia.
Artists PGP-RTB is notable for signing numerous eminent former Yugoslav pop and rock, as well as folk acts."Шест деценија рада ПГП-а", politika.rs Some of the artists that have been signed to PGP-RTB include:
Alisa Amajlija Silvana Armenulić Arsen Dedić Atomsko Sklonište Bajaga i Instruktori Đorđe Balašević Banana Bastion Bebi Dol Bele Vrane Bel Tempo Beograd Bezobrazno Zeleno Bulevar Buldožer Ceca Crni Biseri Crveni Koralji Dejan Cukić Čista Proza Nikola Čuturilo Zdravko Čolić Dado Topić DAG Delfini (Split band) Disciplin A Kitschme Divlji Anđeli Doktor Spira i Ljudska Bića Drugi Način Džentlmeni Ekatarina Velika Elipse Formula 4 Galija Generacija 5 Gordi Griva Grupa I Heroina Heroji Igra Staklenih Perli Miroslav Ilić Indexi Jakarta Jugosloveni Jutro Karizma Kerber Tereza Kesovija Korni Grupa Miha Kralj Bilja Krstić La Strada Laboratorija Zvuka Laki Pingvini Leb i sol Lepa Brena Lutajuća Srca Mama Rock Oliver Mandić Đorđe Marjanović Srđan Marjanović Merlin Slađana Milošević Toni Montano O'Hara Oktobar 1864 Osmi Putnik Osvajači Parni Valjak Partibrejkers Piloti Pomaranča Pop Mašina Porodična Manufaktura Crnog Hleba Poslednja Igra Leptira Propaganda Predmestje Dušan Prelević Radomir Mihajlović Rambo Amadeus Rani Mraz Riblja Čorba Roze Poze San September Siluete Slomljena Stakla Smak Boba Stefanović Perica Stojančić Suncokret S Vremena Na Vreme Šaban Šaulić Miladin Šobić Tako Time Tunel Neda Ukraden U škripcu Vampiri Van Gogh Vatreni Poljubac Viktorija Vlada i Bajka Warriors YU Grupa Zana Zdravo Zebra Zlatko Pejaković Zlatni Prsti Vesna Zmijanac Zona B
PGP-RTB has also released some albums by eminent classical musicians at that time, such as Milenko Stefanović and Ernest Ačkun.
Like other former Yugoslav labels, PGP-RTB also had a licence to release foreign titles for the Yugoslav market including notable international popular music stars such as: ABBA, Joan Armatrading, Louis Armstrong, Joan Baez, Bee Gees, Blood, Sweat & Tears, Bon Jovi, James Brown, John Coltrane, Cream, Def Leppard, Dire Straits, Bryan Ferry, Peter Gabriel, Genesis, Gorky Park, Jimi Hendrix, INXS, Jean-Michel Jarre, Joan Jett and the Blackhearts, Elton John, Kiss, Amanda Lear, The Moody Blues, Nazareth, Billy Ocean, Mike Oldfield, The Platters, The Police, Roxy Music, Metallica, Steve Miller Band, Rainbow, The Shadows, Siouxsie and the Banshees, Status Quo, Rod Stewart, Sting, The Style Council, Styx, Tangerine Dream, Thin Lizzy, The Who, Y&T, and others.
Competition Other major labels in the former Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia were: Jugodisk from Belgrade, Jugoton and Suzy from Zagreb, Diskoton from Sarajevo, ZKP RTLJ from Ljubljana, Diskos from Aleksandrovac, and others.
See also List of record labels
References
External links PGP-RTS official page