WEA Musik GmbH

This is a company, not a label. Please check how this company is mentioned on your item and pick a matching role(s) from the label dropdown menu on the submission form. Check your item for logos to determine the correct label. See below for some examples of labels that were handled by WEA Musik GmbH. WEA Musik GmbH, founded June 13, 1972, and registered legally originally in West Germany November 11, 1972, started operations in January 1973 as the successor to Kinney Music GmbH. It was located in Hamburg and distributed the WEA International labels (Warner Bros., Elektra, Atlantic, etc.). Labels which have been distributed and - from 1977 on - manufactured by WEA Musik GmbH: Atlantic (LC 0121) Automatic Record Co. (from 1979 to 1982) Bearsville (LC 2217) (from 1973 to 1978) Capricorn Records (LC 2237) (till 1979) Dark Horse Records (LC 3375) (from 1976 on) Discreet (LC 3152) (from 1973 on) Elektra (LC 0192) Geffen Records (LC 7266) (from 1980 on) Grateful Dead Records (1973-1974) MCA Records (LC 1056) (from 1984 on) Nemperor Records (LC 3400) (1975-1977) Nonesuch (LC 0192) (1974) Raft Records Reprise Records (LC 0322) Sire (LC 3228) (from 1981 on) Warner Bros. Records (LC 0392) WEA (from 1978 on) (LC 4281) WEA International (from 1974 to 1978) (LC 4281) Westbound Records (LC 0121) (from 1977 on) After merging with ATARI Electronikvertriebs GmbH in December 20, 1985, the new company was called WEA Musik GmbH Neue Medien Und Elektronikvertrieb. In October 4, 1990, WEA Musik GmbH Neue Medien und Elektronikvertrieb was renamed and legally registered December 13, 1990 as Warner Music Germany GmbH.