Columbia Graphophone Company

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Columbia Graphophone Company was an early 20th-century British record label and gramophone manufacturer that played a key role in the development of the modern recording industry.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf gramophone manufacturer
record company
record label
activity manufacturing sound reproduction equipment
recording and issuing music
associatedWith gramophone era
shellac record era
brand Columbia
businessModel vertical integration of recording, manufacturing and distribution
country United Kingdom
formatIntroduced 78 rpm records
hasSubsidiary Columbia Records NERFINISHED
industry music industry
recording industry
location London
mediaType recorded music
notableFor being one of the earliest British record labels
helping develop the modern recording industry
manufacturing gramophones in the United Kingdom
product gramophones
phonograph records
record players
shellac discs
regionServed British Empire
United Kingdom
roleInHistory major competitor in the early British record market
pioneer in commercial sound recording
technologyUsed acoustic recording
electrical recording
timePeriod early 20th century

Referenced by (2)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Columbia Records
EMI Classics
predecessor

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