Chandler decided not to renew the band's contract with Polydor Records, instead signing them to his own record label Barn Records.

Alex had several disagreements with her record label, Polydor, UK and she decided to put a stop to her music career.

They decided to sign a deal with Concept Music in late 2004 because of differences with their previous label, Polydor.

By 1980, Phonogram and Polydor Records decided to merge to become PolyGram Records.

Because of this, the band decided to pursue other options with Polydor, finally culminating in the long delayed Sensor in 2003-a long path from the 1999 single " Thief " until now.

In 1986, Polydor decided to prepare a vinyl box set for European release.

After " Going Underground " became the band's first number one single in 1980, Polydor decided to re-issue all nine of the group's prior singles.

In May 2002, Polydor Records decided to commemorate the 25th anniversary of The Jam by re-releasing their debut single in its original packaging, in its original 7 " vinyl record format and at its original price of 75 pence.

However after much interest from major record companies they decided to go with Polydor Records.

Around the same time, East Bay Ray had tried to pressure the rest of the band to sign to the major record label Polydor Records ; Biafra stated that he was prepared to leave the group if the rest of the band wanted to sign to the label, though East Bay Ray asserts that he recommended against signing with Polydor.

It was during the tour with Oasis that Polydor head of A & R Paul Adam, surprised that the band had not already been snapped up, approached the band to sign them.

Darren Middleton | Middleton ( left ) and Jon Coghill | Coghill prepare to sign a contract with Polydor Records | Polydor

When Barry Gibb appeared at Polydor's offices in London, Rennie immediately contacted Stigwood, who he thought would be ideal to sign the group to Polydor and manage them.

In 1976, Starr would sign with Atlantic Records in the US and Polydor Records for the rest of the world.

The Rubettes were an English pop band assembled in 1973 by the songwriting team of Wayne Bickerton, then the head of A & R at Polydor Records, and his co-songwriter, Tony Waddington, after their doo-wop and 1950s American pop-influenced songs had been rejected by a number of existing acts.

Polydor Records eventually signed them as a band.

Polydor Records had a regime change, and the label would not let the band back into the studio unless they had a hit.

At this point New York club DJ and Independent Music Consultant, Neil Kempfer-Stocker, told Bruce Findlay to forget the Polydor Inc ./ USA offer to release the band's records in North America and steered the band to A & M's Hernando Courtright, West Coast A & R.

Encouraged to exercise more self-control on the longplayer, the band took over responsibility in recording and selecting songs to guarantee a more personal effort — a step that challenged criticism and growing scepticism among the band's label Cheyenne Records and recording company Polydor.

The Elite Records single " Love Meeting Love " brought the band to the attention of Polydor Records, with whom they signed their second recording contract.

Polydor also has a strong indie roster through the Fiction imprint with acts such as Ian Brown, Bright Eyes, Elbow ( band ), White Lies, The Maccabees, Kate Nash, Snow Patrol, Filthy Dukes, and Crystal Castles.

Samuel Hui, the lead singer of the band Lotus formed in the late 1960s, signed onto Polydor in 1972.

Although the band's self-titled debut album had been completed for several months, it was not released until November 1980 when the band was now signed to the major label, Polydor Records.

Their Red Eye / Polydor label-mates were The Cruel Sea, The Clouds, Steve Kilbey ( Russell's brother and lead singer and bassist from successful Australian band The Church ), Jack Frost aka Steve Kilbey and Grant McLennan ( The Go-Betweens ), The Bhagavad Guitars, Curious ( Yellow ) and The Beasts of Bourbon.

The band signed to Polydor on the 13 December 1994, three years to the day that Power left The La's.

By the time the band set to work on their third album, Magic Hour, released May 1999 the Britpop movement was faltering-a number of Cast's contemporaries, such as Kula Shaker and The Seahorses had disbanded, Suede and Mansun were experiencing a drop in record sales from their previous efforts and label mates Shed Seven and Medal had been dropped by Polydor.

It had been rumoured in the UK tabloid press that the band had been dropped by Polydor and that Power had walked out of the band.

The label was distributed by Polydor Records from 1970 until 1971, during which time the now-famous logo was introduced, and then by Famous Music from 1972 to 1974, during which the progressive rock band Focus charted with their 1972 hit " Hocus Pocus ".

The next year they were signed to Polydor and King spent the next nine years recording and touring with the band.

They recorded two albums in Germany for Polydor with Faust as their backing band, Sort Of ( 1972 ) and what subsequently became known as Acnalbasac Noom ( not released at the time ).

Out of contract with Polydor, the band continued touring to a decreasing audience until finally calling it a day.

) In 1962, after a series of singles ( the first of which, " My Bonnie "/" The Saints " made it to # 5 in the Hit Parade ), Polydor released the album My Bonnie across Germany.

A month after the law's passage, a record containing a performance of " Kimigayo " by Japanese rocker Kiyoshiro Imawano was removed by Polydor records for his next album Fuyu no Jujika.

However, the release of the album was delayed further after Polydor first requested that Tzuke work with a producer of their choice rather than with her usual team.

Much like her contract with Polydor, Tzuke's tenure with Columbia ended after only one album.

Wrasse also have plans to re-issue Tzuke's 1989 album Turning Stones, which was deleted by Polydor soon after its release and has become something of a rarity since then.

Soon after the song's release in Italy, it was also released in various other countries in Europe under Polydor Records and became an instant hit.

A few months later after her debut on Gute Zeiten, schlechte Zeiten, she has signed a music contract with Polydor and has recorded her first album.

The original album was released on 9 March 1993 by Polydor Records, and a Concert Home Video was released shortly after.

He recorded five albums for Polydor, one of which, Second Album, went gold, and after that another three for Atlantic Records, one of which, 1977's Loading Zone, also went gold.

By the end of 1999 however the band was dropped from Polydor after the label's merger with Universal.

A month after the release of this single, The Lurkers ' track " I'm on Heat " appeared, alongside songs by more famous bands like The Jam and The Stranglers, on the punk compilation 20 of Another Kind ( Polydor, POLS 1006 ).

Girls Aloud ultimately won the competition with their single topping the UK Singles Chart and gaining a record deal from Polydor records but in the following days news broke that the group's manager John McMahon had died in a car accident shortly after texting Roberts who was too busy to respond.

Original UK copies were on Track Records, reissued by Polydor Records after Track ceased operations in 1978.

In 1997 they signed with Polydor, but after one album ( Dehumanizer ) that partnership ended-clearly the dark electronic sound didn't fit in with Polydors dance-label What's Up ?!.

The album marked the Bee Gees ' return to Polydor Records after their three-album contract with Warner Bros. Records.

Polydor later became a sister label to MCA after Universal Music Group absorbed PolyGram in 1999.

In Canada, some of Tetragrammaton's releases were manufactured and distributed by the Canadian division of Polydor Records which also issued several Canada-only Deep Purple compilations after Tetragrammaton's demise.

The release of the latter was forced upon the band by their record company, Polydor, after Let It Ride failed to match the album sales of its predecessor, which sold 250, 000 copies in Britain alone.