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British jazz record labels

  • EMIMarch 1931 marked the birth of Electric and Musical Industries in London. Two giants, Columbia Graphophone Company and Gramophone Company, merged to form a…
  • ParlophoneCarl Lindström Company founded Parlophon in Germany during 1896. The name appeared on gramophones before the firm began pressing records of its own.
  • Polydor RecordsOn the 2nd of April 1913, German Polyphon-Musikwerke AG founded Polydor Records in Leipzig. The label began as a mechanical music box manufacturer called…