1 Image... | | ID: | 549 | | Name: | Arcade | | Profile: | Label Code: LC 5896 Catalog# remark: ARC xxx are distribution codes that appear on several releases. Don't use them as catalog#. Name of a Dutch multimedia concern, which started off as a record label specialized in compilations. The label itself was founded in the 1970's by Herman Heinsbroek, who followed the example of the original Arcade Records (UK) Ltd. Seeing the huge success of their releases the company grew enormously and gradually spread out over Western Europe. The first step was the opening of a Belgian office in Brussels during the 1980's, which also made the company change name to "Arcade Benelux" (where Benelux stands for (BE)lgium, The (NE)therlands and (LUX)emburg), and a move of the head office to Nieuwegein instead of Naarden. Other divisions got started in Germany, France, Spain, Italy, Denmark, Sweden and Norway. Even the original U.K. company had been bought in 1984. There was also a division going by the name "Arcade International", which releases were distributed by more than one division (often in all available countries) at once. By the mid 1990's the company had become a true multinational, spreading into the market of broadcasting (both radio and T.V.), of audio and of video. In the late 1990's the whole group got bought by the company Wegener (publisher of books, newspapers and magazines). After a reorganisation and acquisition of more companies (like CNR Music and Indisc - although these 2 labels/distributors kept using their own names too) the audio section of the Arcade Group was renamed into "Arcade Music Company" and also the company "Arcade Benelux" got split up into a Belgian and Dutch division. They both became fully independent of eachother, having their own specific releases. Eventually, the complete Arcade Music Company was acquired by Roadrunner Records in 2000, which resulted in a joint-venture company name : Roadrunner Arcade Music. However, they could no longer keep the big market share from the past and all divisions were either sold, merged or got closed down and the name "Arcade" completely disappeared from the picture. Nowadays, the "Arcade Music Company Belgium" is known as Mostiko, daughter of CNR Music. The french division was renamed to "Arcade Music Company France SA" after a reorganisation in the second half of the 1990's. It was closed down shortly after the Arcade Group had been taken over by Roadrunner Records. In 2008, CNR Records revived the Arcade label. | | Sub-Label: | | | Contact & Info: | ARCADE Zwarteweg 10 1412 GD Naarden Tel. +31-35-6971200 Fax. +31-35-6971390 Arcade France S.à.r.l. 40, rue d'Oradour / Glane 75015 Paris FRANCE | | URLs: | | | Sumitted By: | Maitreya | |
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