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Suzy (record label)

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Genre
  
Various

Official website
  
Official website

Founded
  
1972

Location
  
Zagreb

Headquarters
  
Zagreb, Croatia

Country of origin
  
Croatia

Suzy (record label) httpsuploadwikimediaorgwikipediaen008Suz

Artists
  
Prljavo kazalište, Parni valjak, Smak, Boa, Zdravko Čolić

Albums
  
Heroj ulice, Crno‑bijeli svijet, Vruće igre, Korak od sna, Devedeseta

Suzy Records (Croatian: Suzy produkcija gramofonskih ploča) is a record label based in Zagreb, Croatia.

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History

The company was established in the then Socialist Republic of Croatia in the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia in 1972.

After the abandonment of the socialist system and the subsequent breakup of Yugoslavia, during the 1990s the company transformed to SUZY d.o.o. (limited company). However, unlike its bigger competitors Jugoton and PGP-RTB which changed their names to Croatia Records and PGP-RTS respectively, Suzy continued to work under the same name. Several of its older important domestic titles were re-released in cooperation with another Croatian record label Hit Records during the 2000s.

Artists

The company is notable for releasing several prominent former Yugoslav pop and rock artists. Some of the artist that have been signed to Suzy, include:

  • Boa
  • Buldožer
  • Zdravko Čolić
  • Drugi Način
  • Gori Uši Winnetou
  • Grupa 220
  • ITD Band
  • Metak
  • Parni Valjak
  • Prljavo Kazalište
  • Pro Arte
  • Tutti Frutti Balkan Band
  • Zvijezde
  • Like other former Yugoslav record labels, Suzy also released numerous foreign pop and rock albums for the domestic market including: AC/DC, Adam and the Ants, Blood, Sweat & Tears, Blue Öyster Cult, The Clash, Leonard Cohen, Phil Collins, Alice Cooper, Elvis Costello, Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, The Doors, Bob Dylan, Europe, Fleetwood Mac, Aretha Franklin, Iron Butterfly, Michael Jackson, Judas Priest, Cyndi Lauper, Led Zeppelin, MC5, Midnight Oil, Prince, The Rolling Stones, Sade, Santana, Bob Seger, Paul Simon, Bruce Springsteen, Rod Stewart, Johnny Winter, Yes, and others. Suzy closely cooperated with many international major labels such as CBS Records for instance.

    Competition

    Other major labels in the former Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia were: PGP-RTB and Jugodisk from Belgrade; Jugoton from Zagreb; Diskoton from Sarajevo; ZKP RTLJ from Ljubljana, and others.

    Logos

    From 1972, for this record label, there are three different logos. The first logo of record label has been in use from 1972 to 1974, the second logo has been in use from 1974 to 1989, and the third and current logo is in use from 1989.

    References

    Suzy (record label) Wikipedia