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
K-tel 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
Herman Heinsbroek, 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
The Animals,
David Bowie
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and The
Rolling Stones
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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
Spotify
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based on Arcade's catalogues.
See also
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K-tel
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List of record labels
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References
Sources
Arcade on Rate Your MusicArcade discographyRoadrunner Arcade Music discography
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Dutch record labels
Record labels established in 1972
Record labels disestablished in 2001