Virgin Schallplatten GmbH was a German record company, not a label in its own right. Legally operating under this name from 11 October 1982 to 20 July 1988, and again from 28 December 1988 to 22 March 2001. It should only appear with the appropriate company tag (e.g. 'Phonographic Copyright (p)', 'Copyright (c)').
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Name variants:
- Virgin Schallplatten GmbH
- Virgin Schallplatten GmbH.
- Virgin Schallplatten Gmbh.
Independent German subsidiary of Virgin Records Ltd.
Legal entity history:
ed: 11 October 1982 in Munich (company number HRB 69414)
Merged: 20 July 1988 into 'SCO Industriebedarf GmbH' (Bochum company number HRB 2061)
ed: 28 December 1988 in Munich (company number HRB 86259), after the Bochum company above relocated and was re-ed under this name
Parent: from 29 August 1994 to 22 March 2001 'THORN EMI GmbH' (Arnsberg company number HRB 1137) - later renamed 'EMI Group GmbH' (ed in Cologne)
Merged in: 'Luna Musikproduktion GmbH' (Munich company number HRB 92498) on 20 December 1995
Converted: 22 March 2001 to Virgin Schallplatten GmbH & Co. KG (Munich partnership number HRA 77959)
