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{{Short description|Yugoslav record label}}
{{for|the successor company|PGP-RTS}}

{{Infobox record label <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Music -->
| name = PGP-RTB
| image_name = PGP-RTB.svg
| image_size = 
| image_bg = <!-- (background color for logo, should remain empty/white unless required) -->
| parent = <!-- parent company, such as "[[Warner Music Group]]" -->
| founded = {{Start date|1959}}
| founder = 
| status = Changed its name to [[PGP-RTS]] in 1993
| distributor = <!-- distributors, separate with commas or BR -->
| genre = Various
| country = [[Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia|SFR Yugoslavia]]
| location = [[Belgrade]]
| url = [http://www.rts.rs/page/rts/sr/pgp.html PGP-RTS official page]
}}

'''PGP-RTB''' ({{lang-sh-Cyrl|Продукција грамофонских плоча Радио телевизије Београд|translit=Produkcija gramofonskih ploča Radio televizije Beograd}} {{lit|Production of gramophone records of Radio Television of Belgrade}}) was a major state-owned [[record label]] and [[chain store|chain]] [[record store]] in the former [[SFR Yugoslavia]], based in [[Belgrade]], [[Socialist Republic of Serbia]].<ref name="discogs">[http://www.discogs.com/label/38068-PGP-RTB PGP-RTB at Discogs]</ref> After the breakup of Yugoslavia, in 1993, the company changed its name to [[PGP-RTS]] (Produkcija Gramofonskih Ploča Radio-Televizije Srbije).

==History==
PGP-RTB was established in 1959, as the music production branch of the national [[Radio Television of Serbia|Radio-Television Belgrade]].<ref name="history">[http://www.rts.rs/page/rts/sr/pgp/story/1271/O+nama/538691/Istorijat++PGP+RTS.html PGP-RTB and PGP-RTS history]</ref>

After the [[breakup of Yugoslavia]], in 1993, the company changed its name to [[PGP-RTS]] (''Produkcija Gramofonskih Ploča Radio-Televizije Srbije''), which is the music production branch of the national [[Radio Television of Serbia]].<ref name="discogs"/>

==Artists==
PGP-RTB is notable for signing numerous eminent former Yugoslav [[pop music|pop]] and [[rock music|rock]], as well as [[folk music|folk]] acts.<ref name="politika">[http://www.politika.rs/rubrike/spektar/ritam/Sest-decenija-rada-PGP-a.sr.html "Шест деценија рада ПГП-а", politika.rs]</ref> Some of the artists that have been signed to PGP-RTB include:<ref name="discogs"/>
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*[[Alisa (Serbian band)|Alisa]]
*[[Amajlija]]
*[[Silvana Armenulić]]
*[[Arsen Dedić]]
*[[Atomsko Sklonište]]
*[[Bajaga i Instruktori]]
*[[Đorđe Balašević]]
*[[Banana (band)|Banana]]
*[[Bastion (band)|Bastion]]
*[[Bebi Dol]]
*[[Bele Vrane]]
*[[Bel Tempo]]
*[[Beograd (band)|Beograd]]
*[[Bezobrazno Zeleno]]
*[[Bulevar (band)|Bulevar]]
*[[Buldožer]]
*[[Ceca (singer)|Ceca]]
*[[Crni Biseri]]
*[[Crveni Koralji]]
*[[Dejan Cukić]]
*[[Čista Proza]]
*[[Nikola Čuturilo]]
*[[Zdravko Čolić]]
*[[Dado Topić]]
*[[DAG (Yugoslav band)|DAG]]
*[[Delfini (Split band)]]
*[[Disciplina Kičme]]
*[[Divlji Anđeli]]
*[[Doktor Spira i Ljudska Bića]]
*[[Drugi Način]]
*[[Džentlmeni]]
*[[Ekatarina Velika]]
*[[Elipse (band)|Elipse]]
*[[Formula 4 (band)|Formula 4]]
*[[Galija]]
*[[Generacija 5]]
*[[Gordi (band)|Gordi]]
*[[Griva]]
*[[Grupa I]]
*[[Heroina (band)|Heroina]]
*[[Heroji]]
*[[Igra Staklenih Perli]]
*[[Dino Merlin|Merlin]]
*[[Miroslav Ilić]]
*[[Indexi]]
*[[Jakarta (band)|Jakarta]]
*[[Jugosloveni]]
*[[Jutro (Ljubljana band)|Jutro]]
*[[Karizma (Serbian band)|Karizma]]
*[[Kerber (band)|Kerber]]
*[[Tereza Kesovija]]
*[[Korni Grupa]]
*[[Miha Kralj]]
*[[Bilja Krstić]]
*[[La Strada (band)|La Strada]]
*[[Laboratorija Zvuka]]
*[[Laki Pingvini]]
*[[Leb i Sol]]
*[[Lepa Brena]]
*[[Lutajuća Srca]]
*[[Mama Rock]]
*[[Oliver Mandić]]
*[[Đorđe Marjanović]]
*[[Srđan Marjanović]]
*[[Slađana Milošević]]
*[[Toni Montano]]
*[[O'Hara (band)|O'Hara]]
*[[Oktobar 1864]]
*[[Osmi Putnik]]
*[[Osvajači]]
*[[Parni Valjak]]
*[[Partibrejkers]]
*[[Piloti (band)|Piloti]]
*[[Pomaranča]]
*[[Pop Mašina]]
*[[Porodična Manufaktura Crnog Hleba]]
*[[Poslednja Igra Leptira]]
*[[Propaganda (Serbian band)|Propaganda]]
*[[Predmestje]]
*[[Dušan Prelević]]
*[[Radomir Mihajlović Točak]]
*[[Rambo Amadeus]]
*[[Rani Mraz]]
*[[Riblja Čorba]]
*[[Roze Poze]]
*[[San (band)|San]]
*[[September (band)|September]]
*[[Siluete]]
*[[Slomljena Stakla]]
*[[Smak]]
*[[Boba Stefanović]]
*[[Suncokret]]
*[[S Vremena Na Vreme]]
*[[Šaban Šaulić]]
*[[Miladin Šobić]]
*[[Tako (band)|Tako]]
*[[Time (rock band)|Time]]
*[[Tunel (band)|Tunel]]
*[[Neda Ukraden]]
*[[U Škripcu]]
*[[Vampiri]]
*[[Van Gogh (band)|Van Gogh]]
*[[Vatreni Poljubac]]
*[[Viktorija (singer)|Viktorija]]
*[[Vlada i Bajka]]
*[[Warriors (band)|Warriors]]
*[[YU Grupa]]
*[[Zana (band)|Zana]]
*[[Zdravo (band)|Zdravo]]
*[[Zebra (Yugoslav band)|Zebra]]
*[[Zlatko Pejaković]]
*[[Zlatni Prsti]]
*[[Vesna Zmijanac]]
*[[Zona B]]
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PGP-RTB has also released some albums by eminent classical musicians at that time, such as [[Milenko Stefanović]] and [[Ernest Ačkun]].<ref name="discogs"/>

Like other former Yugoslav labels, PGP-RTB also had a licence to release foreign titles for the Yugoslav market including notable international [[popular music]] stars such as: [[ABBA]], [[Louis Armstrong]], [[Joan Baez]], [[Bee Gees]], [[Blood, Sweat & Tears]], [[Bon Jovi]], [[James Brown]], [[John Coltrane]], [[Cream (band)|Cream]], [[Def Leppard]], [[Dire Straits]], [[Bryan Ferry]], [[Jimi Hendrix]], [[INXS]], [[Joan Jett and The Blackhearts]], [[Elton John]], [[Kiss (band)|Kiss]], [[Amanda Lear]], [[The Moody Blues]], [[Billy Ocean]], [[The Platters]], [[The Police]], [[Rainbow (English band)|Rainbow]], [[Siouxsie and The Banshees]], [[Status Quo (band)|Status Quo]], [[Rod Stewart]], [[Sting (musician)|Sting]], [[The Style Council]], [[Tangerine Dream]], [[The Who]], and others.<ref name="discogs"/>

==Competition==
Other [[major label]]s in the former Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia were: [[Jugodisk]] from [[Belgrade]], [[Jugoton]] and [[Suzy (record label)|Suzy]] from Zagreb, [[Diskoton]] from [[Sarajevo]], [[ZKP RTLJ]] from [[Ljubljana]], [[Diskos (record label)|Diskos]] from [[Aleksandrovac]], and others.

==See also==
*[[List of record labels]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*[http://www.rts.rs/page/rts/sr/pgp.html PGP-RTS official page]

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