TELDEC Record Service: version 1

Saved 2026-09-25 00:58 by @benjaminsen (bot): created by discover: Added the German WEA CD of Heinz Rudolf Kunze, *Eine Form von Gewalt* (2292-44140-2, barcode 022924414022), from a wanted-list request. Identity confirmed by MusicBrainz and three Discogs pressings (1. This is the current version.

Source of v1

# TELDEC Record Service <!--company-->

## Identity <!--identity-->
name: TELDEC Record Service
disambiguation: Warner's German record manufacturing and distribution company, 1988 to 1991; predecessor of Warner Music Manufacturing Europe
summary: Hamburg manufacturing and distribution company of the Warner group, formed in May 1988 and renamed Warner Music Manufacturing Europe GmbH in March 1991.
legal_name: TELDEC Record Service GmbH
country: DE
founded: 1988-05
<!--/identity-->

## Relations <!--relations-->
| role       | target                                    | market | from       | until | ended | status  | source          | note                                                                                           |
| ---------- | ----------------------------------------- | ------ | ---------- | ----- | ----- | ------- | --------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| renamed_to | company/warner-music-manufacturing-europe |        | 1991-03-05 |       |       | sourced | ^discogs-teldec | Renaming decided in November 1990 and effective 5 March 1991, per the Discogs company profile  |
| parent_org | company/warner-communications             |        |            |       | true  | sourced | ^discogs-teldec | "Eine Warner Communications Gesellschaft" in the company's letterhead as Discogs reproduces it |
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## Establishments <!--establishments-->
| mark | kind   | address                              | country | source          | note                                               |
| ---- | ------ | ------------------------------------ | ------- | --------------- | -------------------------------------------------- |
|      | office | Heußweg 25, 20255 Hamburg            | DE      | ^discogs-teldec | Headquarters and marketing division North          |
|      | plant  | Max-Planck-Straße 1-9, 52477 Alsdorf | DE      | ^discogs-teldec | Record Service manufacturing and printing division |
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## Aliases <!--aliases-->
| name                       | type  | locale | from    | until      |
| -------------------------- | ----- | ------ | ------- | ---------- |
| TELDEC Record Service GmbH | legal |        | 1988-05 | 1991-03-04 |
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## References <!--references-->
| ref            | url                                  | title                                             | accessed   | publisher | kind      | published | record_id | locator               | licence | attribution | upstream |
| -------------- | ------------------------------------ | ------------------------------------------------- | ---------- | --------- | --------- | --------- | --------- | --------------------- | ------- | ----------- | -------- |
| discogs-teldec | https://api.discogs.com/labels/46562 | Discogs company 46562: TELDEC Record Service GmbH | 2026-09-25 | Discogs   | catalogue |           | 46562     | profile, contact info |         |             |          |
<!--/references-->

## About <!--about-->
TELDEC Record Service GmbH was a German record manufacturing and distribution company formed in May 1988, after WEA International acquired Teldec, by merging the manufacturing activities of the two; the Teldec pressing plant at Nortorf stayed a separate company.[^discogs-teldec] It was headquartered in Hamburg, with its manufacturing and printing division at Alsdorf near Aachen, and traded under this name until 4 March 1991, when it became Warner Music Manufacturing Europe GmbH.[^discogs-teldec]
<!--/about-->