Ariola Records

Ariola Records (also known as Ariola and Ariola-Eurodisc) is a German record label. As of the late 1980s, it was a subsidiary label of BMG which in turn has since become a part of the international media conglomerate Sony Music Entertainment (SME). It still exists, after BMG's demise, as a division of SME. Ariola setup several subsidiaries: Ariola America was founded in 1975 in Los Angeles, Ariola-Athena to release spoken word records, Ariola Benelux was founded in 1970 to cover the Benelux market, Ariola Eurodisc was a Spanish division of Ariola, founded in 1970, Ariola UK the UK based subsidiary of Ariola was founded in 1977, Baccarola, Türküola for the Turkish market, Eurodisc to release disco records in France - most successfully...