The Gramophone Co. Ltd.

Summary

The Gramophone Co. Ltd. is a record company^[1]. The Gramophone Co. Ltd. draws 256 Wikipedia views per month (record_company category, ranking #7 of 38).^[2]

Key Facts

• The Gramophone Co. Ltd. is in the country of United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland^[3].
• The Gramophone Co. Ltd.'s instance of is recorded as record company^[4].
• The Gramophone Co. Ltd.'s instance of is recorded as record pressing plant^[5].
• The Gramophone Co. Ltd.'s headquarters location is recorded as London^[6].
• The Gramophone Co. Ltd.'s has organizational division is recorded as His Master's Voice^[7].
• The Gramophone Co. Ltd.'s child organization or unit is recorded as The Gramophone Company Limited - Calcutta^[8].
• The Gramophone Co. Ltd.'s child organization or unit is recorded as The Gramophone Company Limited - Sydney^[9].
• The Gramophone Co. Ltd.'s child organization or unit is recorded as Compagnie Française du Gramophone^[10].
• The Gramophone Co. Ltd.'s child organization or unit is recorded as Electrola Gesellschaft m.b.H.^[11].
• The Gramophone Co. Ltd.'s Commons category is recorded as Gramophone Company^[12].
• November 13, 1907 marks the founding of The Gramophone Co. Ltd.^[13].
• The Gramophone Co. Ltd. was dissolved in 1931^[14].
• The Gramophone Co. Ltd.'s replaces is recorded as E.M.I. Records Limited^[15].
• The Gramophone Co. Ltd.'s replaces is recorded as The Parlophone Co. Ltd.^[16].
• The Gramophone Co. Ltd.'s replaces is recorded as Columbia Graphophone Co. Ltd.^[17].
• The Gramophone Co. Ltd.'s replaces is recorded as The Gramophone & Typewriter Ltd.^[18].
• The Gramophone Co. Ltd.'s replaced by is recorded as Electric & Musical Industries Ltd.^[19].
• The Gramophone Co. Ltd.'s official name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'The Gramophone Company Limited'}^[20].
• The Gramophone Co. Ltd.'s legal form is recorded as private company limited by shares^[21].
• The Gramophone Co. Ltd.'s short name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'The Gramophone Co. Ltd.'}^[22].
• The Gramophone Co. Ltd.'s different from is recorded as Gramophone^[23].
• The Gramophone Co. Ltd.'s different from is recorded as EMI^[24].
• The Gramophone Co. Ltd.'s on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as NADD Wikidata project^[25].
• The Gramophone Co. Ltd.'s has works in the collection is recorded as Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen^[26].
• The Gramophone Co. Ltd.'s trading name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'E.M.I. Records'}^[27].

Product Details

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• Type: Manufacturer^[28]

• Country: GB^[29]

• Began / founded: 1900-12^[30]

• Ended / dissolved: 1907^[31]

• MusicBrainz ID: 22489781-7445-4993-b73f-33484c10d1eb^[32]

Body

Founding

November 13, 1907 marks the founding of The Gramophone Co. Ltd.^[13].

Identity

The Gramophone Co. Ltd.'s official name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'The Gramophone Company Limited'}^[20]. Its short name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'The Gramophone Co. Ltd.'}^[22].

Operations

The Gramophone Co. Ltd.'s headquarters location is recorded as London^[6]. Subsidiaries include The Gramophone Company Limited - Calcutta^[8]; The Gramophone Company Limited - Sydney^[9]; Compagnie Française du Gramophone^[10], a record company^[33], in France^[34], founded in 1899^[35], headquartered in Paris^[36]; and Electrola Gesellschaft m.b.H.^[11], a business^[37], in Germany^[38], founded in 1925^[39], headquartered in Nowawes^[40].

Dissolution

The Gramophone Co. Ltd. was dissolved in 1931^[14].

Why It Matters

The Gramophone Co. Ltd. draws 256 Wikipedia views per month (record_company category, ranking #7 of 38).^[2] The Gramophone Co. Ltd. has Wikipedia articles in 10 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[41] The Gramophone Co. Ltd. is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[42]