Columbia Graphophone Co. Ltd.
Columbia Graphophone Co. Ltd., founded 1917: jazz artists and albums on the label.
Columbia Graphophone Co. Ltd. was one of the earliest gramophone companies in the United Kingdom. Founded in 1917 as an offshoot of the American Columbia Phonograph Company, it became an independent British-owned company in 1922 in a management buy-out after the parent company went into receivership. In 1925, it acquired a controlling interest in its American parent company to take advantage of a new electrical recording process. The British firm also controlled the US operations from 1925 until 1931. That year Columbia Graphophone in the UK merged with the Gramophone Company (which sold records under their His Master's Voice label) to form EMI. At the same time, Columbia divested itself of its American branch, which was eventually absorbed by Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS) in 1938.
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Artists on Columbia Graphophone Co. Ltd.
Josephine Baker
1906–1975 · American-born French dancer, singer and actress (1906–1975)
Acker Bilk
1929–2014 · English recording artist; clarinetist and vocalist…
Larry Adler
1914–2001 · American harmonica player (1914-2001)
Georgie Fame
b. 1943 · English rhythm and blues and jazz singer and keyboard player
Guy Lafitte
1927–1998 · French musician (1927–1998)
Label profile
Record / electronics company founded on the 13th Feb 1917. Legal entity behind the imprint from 1917 to 1965 (in the majority of countries outside the US).
Note that the change from Columbia-Rena Record to Columbia Record in October 1915 preceded the formation of the Columbia Graphophone Company Ltd., and the first British Columbia records credit the Columbia Graphophone Company, London-New York. This lasted until February 1917 when the new British company was formed and from Feb. 1917 the label credit became Columbia Graphophone Co. Ltd, London.
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- Columbia Graphophone Company, Ltd.
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- The Columbia Graphophone Co. Ltd.
- The Columbia Record Company Limited
Principal activities included the manufacture and sale of records, tapes and electronic products, sound recording, licensing, exploitation of copyrights, electronic research and development.
The roots of the company date back to May 1887 when was formed in the US. In 1894 this company & were consolidated to form , which in the 1900s registered a certain number of trademar
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