Ra Records

A wholly owned subsidiary of rooArt Pty. Ltd. It's possible to discern the period in which a Ra Records release was issued/reissued by confirming the 'Distributed By' entity: - when Ra Records began in 1990 their releases were marketed by PolyGram (cat# starting with 875). - from 1992 to April 1996 Ra Records were distributed by Warner Music Australia / Warner Music Australasia (cat# starting with 450, sometimes 206 or 063). - from June 1996 to September 1996 Ra Records were distributed by Shock Records Pty. Ltd. (cat# starting with 206). - from November 1996 to 2004 Ra Records were distributed by BMG Australia / BMG Australia Limited (cat# starting with 7432). On September 29th 1996 rooArt / Ra Records was acquired by BMG Australia Limited for AU$5 million. - from late-2004 BMG Australia/Limited became Sony BMG Music Entertainment (Australia) Pty Limited. (*Note that this distributor distinction only applies to local Australian bands/artists/releases, because for international releases the credits usually show that the release was licensed to Ra Records — not who distributed it within Australia.)