Another
Record Club from the end of the 50s. Deutsche Schallplatten-gemeinschaft
from Darmstadt.
They were launched in 1956 by the Deutsche Buch-Gemeinschaft
(DBG) which itself was launched in 1924 in Berlin and after
the war, 1951, moved to Darmstadt. In 1970 book club DBG - DSG
was long gone by then - sold 50% of their shares to Bertelsmann,
who gained complete ownership in 1988.
The labels were labeled as "Impression" with an extra line "DSG
Deutsche Schallplatten-gemeinschaft", but design and logo were
also used on a label "Orpheus", without the extra DSG line.
Labels would occasionally include Deutsche Buch-Gemeinschaft
logo or include an EMI/Columbia dual imprint. |