The Gramophone Company Limited was a British phonograph manufacturer and record label, founded in April 1898 by Emil Berliner. It was one of the earliest record labels. [1]

His Master's Voice is a painting and trademark by Francis Barraud that depicts a dog named Nipper listening to a wind-up disc gramophone whilst tilting his head, created in 1899. [1]

We are proud to host the most extensive database of the 78rpm format records released by The Gramophone Company and EMI from the end of the 19th century to the mid-1950s.

The Gramophone Company Discography is a searchable database of recordings made by the Gramophone Company, and its successor corporations during the 78 RPM era beginning in 1898.

Mar 8, 2009 · This is a great site for Gramophone Company record labels. Howard Friedman has passed on, but this archive of his work is pretty complete and nice to reference. by fran604g » Tue Nov 28, 2017 8:46 pm. Wow, that's a LOT of information! Thank you for sharing the site.

The twelve-inch Gramophone Monarch Record 052132, shown at the right, was recorded in Milan in October 1906. All three labels are of the G&T design, and show "TRADE" and "MARK" narrowly spaced, as seen on early issues.

HMV record labels used during the acoustical recording era fall into four major categories: 1) Gramophone Co., Ltd., with the Dog trademark; 2) His Master's Voice, large and small trademarks; 3) HMV B, C, D, and E series; and 4) HMV …

Berliner Gramophone – its discs identified with an etched-in "E. Berliner's Gramophone" as the logo – was the first (and for nearly ten years the only) disc record label in the world.

Gramophone Company records during the acoustical era fall into three major categories. The earliest are the so-called pre-label E. Berliner’s Gramophone, generally known as Berliners (August 8, 1898 to as late as December 1905).

Dr. Alan Kelly (1928-2015) spent decades coming to a complete understanding of the file numbering and lettering system used by The Gramophone Company and HMV, and in listing the recordings that were made.