History of The Europa Label
- 1956: The Miller International Record Company is formed by David L. Miller, Wilhelm Wille and Andreas Erich Beurmann in Quickborn near Hamburg. They will create the label Europa. Their aim is to produce low-cost language courses, classical music and Background music. They also produce an LP of fairy tales of the Brothers Grimm, narrated by Hans Paetsch. This would become the foundation-stone of Europa's success as a record label.
- 1958: Miller International inaugurates a stereo label, called Stereo-Fidelity.
- 1966: Europa-Kinderserie is born and the first radio plays are produced, featuring fairy tales and adventure stories. Such radio plays are rare at the time, and the label only has moderate success.
- 1980s: Europa produce H. G. Francis's films. Douglas Welbat is responsible for the film scripts of the series Macabros and Larry Brent.
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