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Parlophone Records
Parent company
Carl Lindström Company (1896–1926)
Columbia Graphophone Company (1926 – 31 March 1931)
Electric and Musical Industries (EMI) (including Thorn EMI) (31 March 1931 – 28 September 2012)
Universal Music Group (UMG) (28 September 2012 – present, Beatles catalogue only)
Warner Music Group (WMG) (7 February 2013 – present)
Founded
1896; 128 years ago (1896) (as Parlophon Parlograph Company) (subsidiary of the Carl Lindström Company until 1926)
Founder
Carl Lindström
Distributor(s)
Self-distributed
(UK/Most of Europe)
Warner Records
(United States)
Warner Music Group
(Outside the UK/Europe and the US)
Rhino Entertainment Company
(Reissues)
UMe/Apple Records (Beatles only)
Genre
Various
Official website
parlophonerecords.com
Parlophone Records Limited (also known as Parlophone Records and Parlophone) is a record label founded in Germany in 1896 by the Carl Lindström Company as Parlophon. The British branch of the label was founded on 8 August 1923 as the Parlophone Company Limited (the Parlophone Co. Ltd.), which developed a reputation in the 1920s as a jazz record label. On 5 October 1926, the Columbia Graphophone Company acquired Parlophone's business, name, logo, and release library, and merged with the Gramophone Company on 31 March 1931 to become Electric & Musical Industries Limited (EMI). George Martin joined Parlophone in 1950 as assistant to Oscar Preuss (who had set up the London branch of the company in 1923), the label manager, taking over as manager in 1955. Martin produced and released a mix of recordings, including by comedian Peter Sellers, pianist Mrs Mills, and teen idol Adam Faith.
In 1962, Martin signed the Beatles, a beat group from Liverpool who earlier that year had been rejected by Decca Records. During the 1960s, when Cilla Black, Billy J. Kramer, the Fourmost, and the Hollies also signed, Parlophone became one of the world's most famous labels. For several years, Parlophone claimed the best-selling UK single, "She Loves You", and the best-selling UK album, Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, both by the Beatles. The label placed seven singles at number 1 during 1964, when it claimed top spot on the UK Albums Chart for 40 weeks. Parlophone continued as a division of EMI until it was merged into the Gramophone Co. on 1 July 1965. On 1 July 1973, the Gramophone Co. was renamed EMI Records Limited.
On 28 September 2012, regulators approved Universal Music Group's (UMG) planned acquisition of EMI on condition that its EMI Records group would be divested from the combined group. EMI Records Ltd included Parlophone (except the Beatles' catalogue) and other labels to be divested and were for a short time operated in a single entity known as the Parlophone Label Group (PLG), while UMG pended their sale. Warner Music Group (WMG) acquired Parlophone and [PLG] on 7 February 2013, making Parlophone their third flagship label alongside Warner and Atlantic. PLG was renamed Parlophone Records Limited in May 2013. Parlophone is the oldest of WMG's "flagship" record labels.
Parlophone Records Limited (also known as Parlophone Records and Parlophone) is a record label founded in Germany in 1896 by the Carl Lindström Company...
This list of Parlophone artists records the more notable musicians that are or have been signed by the company. As of 2023[update], the roster includes...
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albums and singles released from 1962 to March 1968 were originally on Parlophone, and their albums and singles from August 1968 to 1970 were on their subsidiary...
extended plays (EPs), 60 singles and 7 video albums on HMV, Sire Records, Parlophone, Polydor, RCA Victor, Island, Mercury, Sanctuary Records, EMI, Reprise...
label x2 and Parlophone. It was produced by James Ford and mostly recorded at his East London studio. The band's first album for Parlophone since Elysium...
media (notes) (link) Hail to the Thief (liner notes). Radiohead. UK: Parlophone/Capitol. 2003. 7243 5 84543 2 1.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others...
record companies (now the "Big Three"). Its labels included EMI Records, Parlophone, Virgin Records, and Capitol Records, which are now referenced under Universal...
1972, and launched in January 1973 as the successor to its Columbia and Parlophone record labels. The label was later launched worldwide. It has a branch...
David Frangioni. Mulvey, John. "Review: Radiohead – Fake Plastic Trees (Parlophone)". NME (20 May 1995). IPC Media: 54. "Hottest 100 – Of All Time". abc...
1968 live album), and they released a number of singles and albums on Parlophone and EMI between 1966 and 1971, with several more on Island, Warner Bros...
brothers Phil Shulman and Ray Shulman. Recording in the late 1960s for Parlophone Records, the band struggled with creative difficulties after experiencing...
by English synth-pop duo Pet Shop Boys, released on 10 October 1988 by Parlophone. It received generally positive reviews from critics. The album was unusual...
condition that Universal Music divest Parlophone, which controlled the Radiohead records. In February 2013, Parlophone, along with Radiohead's back catalogue...
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Garland (Capitol) Nicolai Gedda (HMV) The Goons (Parlophone) Wanda Jackson (Capitol) Dick James (Parlophone) The Kingston Trio (Capitol) Umm Kulthum (EMI...
the world, including Elektra Records, Reprise Records, Warner Records, Parlophone Records (formerly owned by EMI), and Atlantic Records. WMG also owns Warner...
course of their search for a flashy name. The group were signed to EMI's Parlophone label, under producer Dave Paramor. Their first few singles, including...
Boys, and as the U.S. label of the Beatles (their native label being Parlophone), especially during the years of Beatlemania in the U.S. from 1964 to...
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