PGP-RTB ( sh-Cyrl, Продукција грамофонских плоча Радио телевизије Београд, translit=Produkcija gramofonskih ploča Radio televizije Beograd ) was a major state-owned

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and

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in the former

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, based in

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.PGP-RTB at Discogs
/ref> 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
/ref> After the

breakup of Yugoslavia After a period of political and economic crisis in the 1980s, the constituent republics of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia split apart in the early 1990s. Unresolved issues from the breakup caused a series of inter-ethnic Yugoslav ...

, 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 The Serbian Broadcasting Corporation, more commonly referred to as Radio Television of Serbia (), or RTS (), is the state-owned public radio and television broadcaster of Serbia. RTS has four organizational units – radio, television, music pro ...

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
/ref> 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 Đorđe Balašević ( sr-Cyrl, Ђорђе Балашевић; 11 May 1953 – 19 February 2021) was a Serbian singer and songwriter, writer, poet and director. He began his career in the late 1970s as a member of the band Rani Mraz, transitionin ...

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* Bebi Dol * Bele Vrane * Bel Tempo * Beograd * Bezobrazno Zeleno * Bulevar * Buldožer * Ceca *

Crni Biseri Crni Biseri ( sr-cyr, Црни Бисери, trans. ''The Black Pearls'') were a SFRY, Yugoslav rock music, rock band formed in Belgrade in 1963, notable as one of the pioneers of the Popular music in the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, ...

* Crveni Koralji * Dejan Cukić * Čista Proza * Nikola Čuturilo *

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* Dado Topić * DAG * Delfini (Split band) *

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* Divlji Anđeli * Doktor Spira i Ljudska Bića *

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* Džentlmeni * Ekatarina Velika * Elipse *

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* Galija * Generacija 5 * Gordi * Griva * Grupa I * Heroina * Heroji * Igra Staklenih Perli *

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* Miroslav Ilić * Indexi *

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* Jugosloveni * Jutro * Karizma * Kerber *

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* Miha Kralj * Bilja Krstić *

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* Laboratorija Zvuka * Laki Pingvini * Leb i Sol * Lepa Brena * Lutajuća Srca * Mama Rock * Oliver Mandić * Đorđe Marjanović * Srđan Marjanović * Slađana Milošević * Toni Montano * O'Hara * Oktobar 1864 * Osmi Putnik *

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Parni Valjak Parni Valjak (; trans. '' Steam Roller'') is a Croatian and Yugoslav rock band formed in Zagreb in 1975. They were one of the most popular acts of the Yugoslav rock scene, and have maintained large popularity in all former Yugoslav republics a ...

* Partibrejkers *

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* Pomaranča *

Pop Mašina Pop Mašina ( sr-cyr, Поп Машина; trans. ''Pop Machine'') was a SFRY, Yugoslav progressive rock band formed in Belgrade in 1972. The group blended hard rock sound with blues, psychedelic rock, psychedelic and acid rock elements and is co ...

* Porodična Manufaktura Crnog Hleba * Poslednja Igra Leptira *

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* Predmestje * Dušan Prelević * Radomir Mihajlović Točak * Rambo Amadeus * Rani Mraz * Riblja Čorba * Roze Poze * San *

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* Siluete * Slomljena Stakla *

Smak Smak ( sr-Cyrl, Смак; trans. ''The end time'') was a Serbian and SFRY, Yugoslav band from Kragujevac. The group reached the peak of popularity in the 1970s when it was one of the most notable acts of the yu rock, former Yugoslav rock scene. T ...

* Boba Stefanović * Suncokret * S Vremena Na Vreme * Šaban Šaulić *

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* Tako *

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* Tunel * Neda Ukraden * U Škripcu * Vampiri *

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* Vatreni Poljubac * Viktorija * Vlada i Bajka *

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* YU Grupa * Zana * Zdravo *

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* 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

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stars such as:

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, Amanda Lear,

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, Billy Ocean,

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, and others.

Competition

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s in the former Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia were: Jugodisk from

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, ZKP RTLJ from

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Aleksandrovac Aleksandrovac ( sr-cyr, Александровац) is a town and municipality located in the Rasina District of central Serbia. As of 2022, the town has a population of 5,586 inhabitants, while the municipality has 22,069 inhabitants. History Fr ...

, and others.

References

External links

PGP-RTS official page
{{Authority control Serbian record labels Yugoslav record labels Serbian rock music Yugoslav rock music Record labels established in 1958 State-owned record labels 1958 establishments in Serbia Radio Television of Serbia Record labels disestablished in 1993 1993 disestablishments in Europe Music in Belgrade Companies based in Belgrade

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