Diskos (record label)

{{Short description|Yugoslav state-owned record label managed by Refik Skudrinja}}

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Diskos was a Yugoslav state-owned record label, founded in 1962 and based in Aleksandrovac, SR Serbia.[https://www.discogs.com/label/49260-Diskos?sort=year&sort_order=asc Discos at Discogs]

Initially, Diskos published pop and rock music, publishing records by some of the pioneers of the Yugoslav rock scene, like Iskre, Siluete, Tomi Sovilj i Njegove Siluete, Sanjalice and Novi Fosili, and later moved mostly towards folk music.{{cite web|url=http://www.vreme.com/cms/view.php?id=1161559|title=Srpski Nišvil|publisher=Vreme|date=26 December 2013|accessdate=24 November 2014}}

Artists

Some of the artists that had been signed to Diskos include:

During its initial years, Diskos also published comedy records by actors Mija Aleksić and Miodrag Petrović Čkalja, records of Italian pop singers, like Adriano Celentano, Tony Dallara and Gino Volpe, for the Yugoslav market, as well as several records of spiritual music.[https://www.discogs.com/label/49260-Diskos?sort=year&sort_order=asc Discos releases at Discogs]

Other major labels in the former Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia were: PGP-RTB and Jugodisk from Belgrade, Jugoton and Suzy from Zagreb, Diskoton from Sarajevo, ZKP RTLJ from Ljubljana, and others.