Arcade Records was a British record company specialised in multi-artist compilation albums (often in the mid-price or budget price ranges), founded in 1972. In the 1970s, it found itself in direct competition with

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and other compilation labels. Some Arcade albums reached Number 1 but have never had an official UK release on CD...These are 20 Fantastic Hits, The Best Of Roy Orbison & Jim Reeves 40 Golden Greats. In the 1980s, the original company was sold to Dutch entrepreneur

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, who expanded it into a worldwide multi-media company.

History

Arcade Records was founded in 1972 by Laurence Myers, a British music industry professional who had been working in music management and production for various top British artists such as

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. In the early 1970s, he realised that many music consumers were hometaping their favourite songs in order to create a mixtape of current top hits or the best songs by one artist. Myers copied this trend by releasing multi-artist and one-artist compilation albums. Arcade currently serves as a digital platform which compiles playlists for

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based on Arcade's catalogues.Current Arcade website (in Dutch)
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Arcade on Rate Your MusicArcade discographyRoadrunner Arcade Music discography
{{Authority control Dutch record labels Record labels established in 1972 Record labels disestablished in 2001

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