D.V. More Record

D.V. More Record is an Italian independent record label founded in 1986 by Vincenzo Dentico, a music-industry entrepreneur whose career began in the 1950s as a record wholesaler in Bergamo. The label's name is explained by its French-language Wikipedia entry as deriving from the abbreviation of "Disco Vivaio" (literally a recording nursery or seedbed) combined with the English word "more", meaning "plus". It is headquartered in Milan, where Dentico moved in the 1970s to open a wholesale warehouse and later a retail shop in the Navigli district. The label built its identity on preserving and re-presenting the historical memory of Italian song. According to its official website, it specialises in monographic greatest-hits collections and compilations of major successes, drawing on a catalogue of more than two thousand Italian and foreign artists — among them Giuni Russo, Gabriella Ferri, Ray Charles and Barry White — for a total of roughly three thousand three hundred titles spanning rock, pop, folk, popular and dance music (from Italian liscio to the great masters of Argentine tango) as well as children's music. While it also issues original material, its core business has been re-proposing artists of the past with their hits rearranged in more modern sounds. D.V. More Record is part of the Dentico group, which also includes Midasol, a music-publishing company holding the editorial rights to more than one thousand five hundred songs. The label's growth was aided by the full transfer of catalogues by their owners during the 1990s, when crisis and the disruption of physical music distribution allowed DV to acquire rights at low cost. Artists who have recorded for the label include Giuni Russo, Fiordaliso, Mino Reitano, Tiziana Rivale, Franco Tozzi, Gilda Giuliani, I Nuovi Angeli, Vaso Ovale, I Ragazzi del Sole, Mal, Louiselle, Valerio Liboni, Umberto Napolitano, Gianni Celeste, Angelo Cavallaro, Salvo Nicolosi, Ghigo Agosti, Luca Sepe, Marisa Sacchetto, Natale Galletta, Ida Rendano, Nino D'Angelo, Gianni Fiorellino, Salvatore Adamo, Bruno Filippini and Massimo Ranieri. The company remains a private, family-run Italian independent label, active in the catalogue and compilation segment of the domestic record industry.

D.V. More Record was founded in 1986 by Vincenzo Dentico, an Italian music-industry figure whose career in recorded music began in the second half of the 1950s in Bergamo, where he worked as a record wholesaler and within a few years opened five shops. In the 1970s he moved to Milan, first opening a wholesale warehouse and subsequently a retail store in the Navigli district, where enthusiasts could find both the latest releases and historical repertoire. The label was established in 1987 according to its official website, while its French-language Wikipedia entry dates the founding to 1986; both sources agree the founder was Vincenzo Dentico. The name D.V. More Record is explained as combining the abbreviation of "Disco Vivaio" — a recording nursery or seedbed — with the English word "more", meaning "plus". The founding came at a moment when the most famous Italian record companies were being absorbed by multinationals, and Dentico pursued the ambitious project of reuniting the principal artists of Italian song under his own independent banner. From the outset the label combined the release of original material with a specialisation in re-proposing artists of the past, presenting their hits rearranged with more modern sounds. This catalogue strategy was greatly facilitated during the 1990s, when the crisis of the record industry and the disruption surrounding the end of physical music distribution led catalogue owners to sell their rights outright; D.V. More Record was able to acquire these catalogues at low cost, building a large library of Italian popular music. Over the decades the label assembled a catalogue described on its official website as comprising more than two thousand Italian and foreign artists and roughly three thousand three hundred titles, spanning rock, pop, folk, popular and dance music — from Italian liscio to the great masters of Argentine tango — as well as children's music. Among the artists who have recorded for the label are Giuni Russo, Fiordaliso, Mino Reitano, Tiziana Rivale, Franco Tozzi, Gilda Giuliani, I Nuovi Angeli, Vaso Ovale, I Ragazzi del Sole, Mal, Louiselle, Valerio Liboni, Umberto Napolitano, Gianni Celeste, Angelo Cavallaro, Salvo Nicolosi, Ghigo Agosti, Luca Sepe, Marisa Sacchetto, Natale Galletta, Ida Rendano, Nino D'Angelo, Gianni Fiorellino, Salvatore Adamo, Bruno Filippini and Massimo Ranieri. International names cited in the catalogue include Ray Charles and Barry White. The Dentico group also includes Midasol, a music-publishing company that holds the editorial rights to more than one thousand five hundred songs. Vincenzo Dentico is described on the label's website as a continuing source of inspiration who participates actively with new ideas. The label remains active as a private Italian independent, headquartered in Milan.

• 1990

  During the 1990s, catalogue owners sold their rights outright amid industry crisis and the end of physical distribution, allowing DV to acquire catalogues at low cost.

• 1987

  Official website dates the founding of the label to 1987, as Italian record companies were being absorbed by multinationals.

• 1986

  D.V. More Record founded by Vincenzo Dentico (per French Wikipedia).

Independent Italian catalogue label focused on preserving the historical memory of Italian song through greatest-hits and compilation releases.

• Monographic greatest-hits collections

  Single-artist compilations of major successes.

• Multi-artist compilations

  Compilations of major hits across artists.

• Re-recorded/rearranged hits

  Past artists' hits re-presented with more modern sounds.

• Children's music

  Releases for children within the catalogue.

• Dance and liscio compilations

  Dance music from Italian liscio to Argentine tango masters.

1. 1DV More Record – Sound From The Pastdvmore.com
2. 2D.V. More Record – Wikidatawikidata.org
3. 3D.V. More Record – Wikipédiafr.wikipedia.org