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Vlb now' have a witfu:<br />
portfolio o;f national and<br />
inle.r national an'lists, as<br />
well as conpeling record<br />
organisations in all our<br />
sIrate,gi.: r,n.a'.kets.<br />
record-breoking concerls in London.<br />
ln oddition lo PolyGrom's slrengih in notionol reperloire ond<br />
its increosing inlernotionol polenliol, 1989 qlso sow the soles evoluiion<br />
of exlended morketing compoigns ocross mony morkets of qrlists whose<br />
product hod been delivered prior lo 1989. This opprooch lo exlending<br />
lhe soles life of estoblished ortists led to odditionol world soles of more<br />
thon o million units eoch of olbums from Dire Stroits, Def Leppord, Bon<br />
Jovi, Bononoromo, Vongelis ond lhe Andrew Lloyd Webber hit musicol<br />
"The Phontom o{ the Opero".<br />
Following the ocquisition of lslqnd ond A&M, PolyGrom in<br />
1990 is not only bolstering ils U.S. operolions, but through restructuring<br />
ond exponsion, is looking ot increosing the number of creolive record<br />
componies in morkets such os Austrolio, ltqly, JoPon ond severol olher<br />
lerritories.<br />
lslond's presligious rosler of currenl ortisls includes lhe world<br />
renowned lrish bond U2, os well os Anthrox, Melisso Etheridge,Tone Loc,<br />
Tom Woits ond The Christiqns. lslond's bock cotologue, which hos<br />
consideroble exploitolion potentiol, includes Bob Morley ond The<br />
Woilers, Cot Stevens, Sleve Winwood, The Spencer Dovis Group, Robert<br />
Polmer ond Foirporl Convention, os well os mony legendory reggoe<br />
recordings.<br />
Current A&M ortisls include Jonet Jockson, Suzonne Vego,<br />
Bryon Adoms, Herb Alperl ond the Tiiuono Bross, Chris de Burgh, '38<br />
Speciol ond Sting. ln oddition, A&M's bqck cotologue consists of<br />
opproximotely 9,000 tilles, including recordings by world-fomous ortisls<br />
such os Joon Armotroding, Burl Bochoroch, The Corpenlers, Joe Cocker,<br />
Peter Fromplon, Quincy Jones, Sergio Mendes, Nozorelh, The Police, Styx<br />
ond Supertromp. A&M ond lslond will be oriislicolly oulonomous unils<br />
wiihin ihe PolyGrom Group.<br />
We look for continued exponsion ond development in 1990,<br />
oided signif icontly by the ocquisition o{ A&M ond lslond, ond<br />
further morkef shore goins in mosl, if not oll, world<br />
morkels.