Record Label
German label. The history of this German label dates back to shellac times, when Telefunken took over the [[label:219041]] label in 1932. For some time Telefunken re-issued older Ultraphon records with that same label. Attention: In 1974 the cat# system changed to an x.xxxxx or xx.xxxxx format. To help determine accurate release dates, releases after 1974 have a dot after the second digit. In 1976 label codes were introduced. The label codes can therefore be used to identify the releases correct ℗&© date. If there is any code after the cat#, this should be denoted too. Through the 1930s until the early 1950s [[label:Telefunkenplatte G.m.b.H.]] was the parent company, but hardly ever appeared on releases. The successor is the wellknown [[label:TELDEC »Telefunken-Decca« Schallplatten GmbH]] since 1950 until 1983, when this Decca/Telefunken fusion split up. The new company was [[label:Teldec Schallplatten GmbH]]. At this point, the Telefunken label began to be replaced by the new [[label:Teldec]] label. Telefunken was the former parent label of [[label:Das Alte Werk]].