Record Label

AMIGA

Former East German State label of the German Democratic Republic (DDR). Label Code: LC 0055 / LC 00055 Please enter as Amiga, not AMIGA. Former pop sub-label of Deutsche Schallplatten Berlin, from 1955 on VEB Deutsche Schallplatten Berlin, was sold to BMG National Berlin in 1994. It was founded on 3 February 1947 initially as folder for light entertainment on which is the predecessor of . Amiga is modified from the Latin "amica" = "friend". Sister labels: Aurora (2) / Eterna / Lied Der Zeit / Litera / Nova / Schola. The release year can usually be identified by the last two numbers, represented as "xx", in a so-called legal printing permission that is printed on the back of the cover, e.g. "AG 511/1/xx". Please check runouts information as well! After the cat. no and the side-index, there is a code that can look like "G88 I C", "J83 EN NT" or, something similar. The two numbers found in this code point to the actual pressing year. These numbers are usually the same as the ones found in a legal printing permission, printed on cover's back. IF the two are not the same, please use the later one found in runouts as the reference for the release year. For Amiga records of the 1983-1987 area the last one or two letters of the runout code encode certain properties of the record. The following codes are documented: "C" stands for "copper cut" (presumably similar to DMM), "U" stands for UC (Universal Compatible) compander usage, and "CU" stands for both. Example: "F85 EN CU". Items with catalogue numbers like "[x x0 xxx]" are mono releases, while catalogue numbers like "[x x5 xxx]" or "[x x6 xxx]" indicate stereo sound. This applies to all releases on sublabels, at least before 1991. Series (there might be more series' than listed below, please state them in the release notes): - Amiga Jazz: belongs to the Amiga label, as it's only mentioned on the cover and several records with catalogue numbers less than "8 55 1xx" (on LP) are reissues with new artwork and were originally available before 1970. - Für Dich: appears as pink symbol on the front cover.