Melodiya (Russian: Мелодия, lit. 'Melody') is a Russian record label. It was the state-owned major record company of the Soviet Union.
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Artists on Melodiya
Vyacheslav Ganelin
b. 1944 · Soviet-Lithuanian and Israeli improviser, pianist, composer
Aleksey Kuznetsov
b. 1941 · guitarist
Apelsin
1974– · Estonian musical group
Roman Miroshnichenko
b. 1977 · Ukrainian jazz guitarist
Label profile
USSR state label founded in 1964. Now - Russian label. The label is also known as Melodiya or Melodya, Melodia, Melodija, Melody. These Latin transliterations should all be entered here, do not create a separate profile for them.
Label Code: LC 6969 / LC 06969.
It was the only record label operating in the USSR beyond 1964 (the state had a number of record labels operating prior to 1964), but ceased to be state-owned when the USSR collapsed. Export releases were issued in full colour sleeves and (normally) English translations while most domestic copies had generic paper sleeves.
Record Company
During the decades company associated with this label changed several times:
• (in full: Всесоюзная Фирма Грампластинок Мелодия) - from 1964 until about 1988.
• (Всесоюзное Творческое Производственное Объединение "Фирма Мелодия") - from about 1988 until the dissolution of the USSR in 1991.
• (Творческое Производственное Объединение "Фирма Мелодия") - in the transition 1992 phase from Soviet all-union company ВТПО "Фирма Мелодия", with terminating the term of "all-union".
• (Федеральное Государственное Унитарное Предприятие "Фирма Мелодия") - in the post Soviet period respectively in th
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