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Record, by Columbia Records, London, 1920s
Inventory Number: 16050
Number of documents: 3
Document Type: Miscellaneous Note
Document Heading: Inscription
Text:
"This Copyright, Patented Record may not be sold below price fixed by the Patentee, nor publicity performed. / Columbia Record [Logo] / CA 14273 REF. No. RO 67 / (NOT FOR SALE) / THE BIRTH OF RADIO / THE ROMANCE OF / MARCONIPHONE / SPEED 78 / COLUMBIA GRAPHOPHONE CO., LTD., LONDON, E.C.1" printed on one side. "Copyright [Logo] A14273-1" etched on the same side.
"This Copyright, Patented Record may not be sold below price fixed by the Patentee, nor publicity performed. / Columbia Record [Logo] / CA 14093 REF. No. RO 67 / (NOT FOR SALE) / FOR YOUR ENTERTAINMENT / Selections from Columbia Records of: / Hungarian Dance No.5; Czardas; / Rose Mousse; Bonnie Mary of Argyle; / Heykens' Serenade; Blue Danube / SPEED 78 / COLUMBIA GRAPHOPHONE CO-, LTD-, LONDON, E.C.1" printed on the other side. "3 / P / Copyright [Logo] A14093-1" etched on the same side.
"Pianos, / Paino Accordeons, / Gramophones, / Records and / Everything / Musical. / JAMES STATION & SONS [LOGO] / "HIS MASTER'S VOICE" [LOGO] / Columbia Records [Logo] / Central Music Salon, / Castle Street, / DUDLEY / Phone 2274. / Every Instrument / sold by JAMES STATION & SONS [LOGO] / is Guranteed" printed on both sides of case.
Document Type: Miscellaneous Note
Document Heading: Object Dating
Text:
This record can be dated between 1922 and 1931 by a number of different factors. The record sleeve shows the HMV logo as it was in the 1920s and early 1930s. The subject of the topic is 'Marconiphone' and the romance of records, giving two clues to the date of the object. More obvious of the two, Marconiphone was founded in 1922. More subtlely, the subject itself suggests a record produced in the the 1920s - the early years of public broadcast radio. Finally the record was produced by the Columbia Graphophone Company which merged with the Gramophone Company in 1931 to become 'Electric and Musical Industries' (EMI).
Document Type: Miscellaneous Note
Document Heading: Manufacturer Details
Text:
After World War I, the Marconi Company began producing non-industrial receivers, principally for the amateur market, at the Soho premises of The Marconi Scientific Instrument Company. In 1922, the Marconi Company formed the 'Marconiphone' department, to manufacture and sell domestic receiving equipment. This equipment complied with Post Office specifications and tests, and was therefore awarded the BBC authorisation stamp; initially sets were made at the Chelmsford Works. In December 1923, the 'Marconiphone' department was formed as a subsidiary of the Marconi Company. Some Marconiphone Company sets were made at the Sterling Telephone Company (STC) Works at Dagenham. However, design and research of these domestic receivers still continued at Chelmsford.
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