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.

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.

At the same time, international distribution of Interscope and Geffen releases switched to ex-PolyGram label Polydor Records, which had already been distributing A & M releases overseas ( in return for A & M handling Polydor releases in the US ).

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

By the early 1990s, Polydor had begun to underperform.

Further problems arose between Tzuke and Polydor which led to the last minute cancellation of her 1989 tour, enraging fans who had turned up to venues.

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.

Now no longer signed to PWL, who had released his first two albums and a " greatest hits " compilation, Donovan moved to Polydor Records.

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.

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.

With the end of their EMI / Parlophone contract, they signed with Polydor, and Swedish singer Mikael Rickfors formerly of the group Bamboo ( who had supported the Hollies in Sweden in 1967 ) was quickly recruited and sang lead on the single " The Baby " ( UK No. 26, 1972 ) and the album Romany ( which reached No. 84 in the USA ).

Prior to the release of the album's third single, on 19 November 1991 a disturbed man who had been stalking Farmer entered the Polydor Records headquarters in Paris and held employees at gunpoint demanding to talk to her.

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

By the end of the tour, S Club Juniors had created a following and, with the encouragement of 19, Polydor Records signed the group.

Stigwood moved his recording activities to Polydor Records, where former EMI staffer Roland Rennie had recently been appointed as the new managing director.

Stigwood had apparently been forewarned that Rennie was moving to Polydor, and this, according to Napier-Bell, was the major reason that Stigwood had been unwilling to accept EMI's rescue package.

* 1976: I've Got You ( Polydor )-US Pop # 107, US R & B # 40

* 1978: Love Tracks ( Polydor )-US Pop # 4, US R & B # 4

* 1979: I Have a Right ( Polydor )-US Pop # 58, US R & B # 56

* 1972: Jazz Blues Fusion ( Polydor ) US, November-December 1971

* 1973: Moving On ( Polydor ) US, July 1972

The release dates for the new record, The Black and White Album, were October 15 in the UK on Polydor and November 13 in the US on A & M / Octone in 2007.

In 1972, Polydor merged with giant Philips-owned Phonogram Records to create PolyGram in the US.

This division of Mercury handles US distribution of most pre-1998 Polydor Records pop / rock releases currently under UMG control.

Some artists based outside the US did not have their releases on Polydor in North America, signing to various other labels instead.

The London pop music catalogue owned by Universal Music is now managed by Polydor Records, with US distribution handled by Mercury Records.

GPG needed to move into the US and UK markets, and did so by a process of both formation and acquisition: Polydor Records established its American operations in 1969, Mercury Record Productions ( US ) was acquired in 1972 from sister company North American Philips Corp., RSO ( UK ) in 1967, MGM Records and Verve ( US ) in 1972, Casablanca ( US ) in 1977, Pickwick in 1978, and Decca ( UK ) in 1980 ( the latter acquisition basically brought PolyGram full circle, see the HDD section above ).

* Chess 2160 ( US ) / Polydor 2058 433 ( UK ) " Tell Me What You Want " ( 1974 )-US R & B # 42, UK # 39

Polygram merged with MCA to form Universal Music Group, and many of the cast recordings that Polydor has released are released in the US on the Decca Broadway label.

After being dropped by Polydor prior to the release of the second album, Hunt went to work as a solo artist touring the US with Malc Treece which saw the release of two albums-Miles Across America, an album of new material, Wonder Stuff tracks and Vent 414 material all reworked for the acoustic guitar with the live acoustic album By The Time I Got To Jersey following in late 1998.

" Substitute " b / w " Waltz For A Pig " was issued through an arrangement with UK Polydor Records, due to the dispute The Who was raging with their producer Shel Talmy and their contract with US Decca Records and UK Brunswick Records.

In 2008, the group switched distribution of Rolling Stones Records back catalogue material as well as new material to Polydor Records in the UK, and Interscope Records in the US ( both imprints of Universal Music Group, also distributor of their pre-1971 catalogue as UMG is the distributor for ABKCO Records ).

The Polydor ( Europe and Japan only ) release mysteriously had a different stereo mix from that originally released in the UK, France, the US and the rest of the world.

It later appeared on a Backtrack budget LP release but before long replaced the original mix on all Polydor reissues and re-pressings, outside of French Barclay territory and US / Canada Reprise, including the first UK CD.

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.

* Goodbye Polydor ( 1969 )

* Blind Faith Polydor ( 1969 )

* 1969: The Turning Point ( Polydor ) UK # 11

The arrangement lasted until 1969 when Polydor Records established its American office.

* Friday ( 2008 ) reissue of 1969 Polydor LP by Alga Marghen

* African Cookbook ( Polydor, 1969 )

* Niles Littlebig ( Polydor, 1969 )

* 1969 The Street Giveth ... and the Street Taketh Away ( Polydor )

* ( 1969, Polydor, 542-503 )

* ( 1969, Polydor, 542-508 )

The original 1969 vinyl release included the Bee Gees ' 1966 Australian top ten hit " Spicks and Specks ", but due to licensing issues with Festival Records in Australia, the group's 1969 hit " Tomorrow, Tomorrow " was substituted on the Polydor CD release.

* 1969: Mutantes ( Polydor, 1969 )

* 1969 Free, Free ( Island / Polydor )

* 1969 Fat Mattress, Fat Mattress ( Polydor )

Although largely superseded by 1995's Polydor box set, Peel Slowly and See, What Goes On still houses tracks unique to this set ( the documentary bits, the acetate version of " Ride into the Sun " and two 1969 live tracks, " After Hours " and " I'm Sticking with You ").