Record Label

Bear Family Records

German label, founded in 1975 by , specializing in reissues of vintage music like country, rock & roll, beat, schlager and old German movie soundtracks. Label code: LC 5197 / LC 05197 On numerous releases, after the actual catalog number (and usually a space), there is an appendice, for example AH, DH, DI, EH, LI, FK, BH, II, EL, etc., these are explicitly identified as "price code" (German: Preiscode) on the company's website. These appendices are part of the catalog number and may additionally be entered in BaOI as price code. Example: [r=592136] Many of the early LPs exist in variants with or without printed barcode.