German Record Labels Codexery — Data & Quality

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Last full accuracy audit: 2026-09-08 · 28 entries checked · 21 flagged · 55 issues confirmed · 21 corrected · 34 still open

Recent findings (audit lane, verbatim)

Accession Records — The label was founded in 1996, not 1995.

Accession Records — The sub-label Succession Records was active until 2012, not 2010.

Anker-Record — The entry states that Menzenhauer & Schmidt took over the Anker and Kalliope brands in 1919, but established sources indicate this takeover occurred around 1910-1911.

Archiv Produktion — The first recording of Archiv Produktion was not Helmut Walcha playing Bach in 1947/1948; the label's first release was actually a recording of the 'Missa in tempore belli' by Joseph Haydn, conducted by Eugen Jochum, released in 1948.

Ariola — Ariola was founded in 1958 as a music outlet of Bertelsmann, not as a subsidiary of BMG, which was formed in the late 1980s.

Ariola — Ariola America's first Billboard number one single was Mary MacGregor's 'Torn Between Two Lovers' in 1977, not 1976.

Arthaus — The first Blu-ray title is listed as 'The Journey of the Penguins' (2007), but the correct title is 'March of the Penguins' (original French title 'La Marche de l'empereur').

Arthaus — The 'Edition Deutscher Film' is described as including 50 works from 1924 to 2009 and being the first comprehensive series on German film, but the series actually includes 50 films from 1919 to 2009, and it is not definitively the first comprehensive series on

B1 Recordings — 'Roses (Imanbek Remix)' won a Grammy for Best Remixed Recording, not a general Grammy for the song itself; the entry's phrasing is misleading.

B1 Recordings — The claim that 'Roses (Imanbek Remix)' surpassed 2 billion streams on Spotify by November is false; the actual figure is approximately 1.5 billion.

BASF (record label) — The label did not feature artists such as Ella Fitzgerald, Oscar Peterson, George Duke, and Don Cherry on BASF; these artists recorded for MPS, which was distributed by BASF but not released under the BASF label itself.

BASF (record label) — BASF did not pay 2,000,000 German marks to sign Manuela from Telefunken-Decca in 1971; Manuela signed with BASF in 1972, and the reported sum was 1,000,000 German marks, not 2,000,000.

Basic Channel — The entry states that Basic Channel's first nine 12-inch singles were released between 1993 and 1994, but BC-09 was released in 1995.

Basic Channel — The entry claims that Rhythm & Sound is a subsidiary label, but it is primarily an alias/project name for dub-oriented releases, not a separate label.

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