Gramophone Company
British record company established 1897 / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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This article is about the British company. For U.S. company established in 1893, see Berliner Gramophone.
The Gramophone Company Limited (The Gramophone Co. Ltd.), based in the United Kingdom and founded by Emil Berliner, was one of the early recording companies, the parent organisation for the His Master's Voice (HMV) label, and the European affiliate of the American Victor Talking Machine Company. Although the company merged with the Columbia Graphophone Company in 1931 to form Electric and Musical Industries Limited (EMI), its name "The Gramophone Company Limited" continued in the UK into the 1970s.
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Founded | April 1898; 126 years ago (1898-04) |
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Defunct | 31 March 1931; 93 years ago (1931-03-31) |
Successor | Electric and Musical Industries (EMI) |
Headquarters | United Kingdom |
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