The Parlophone Co. Ltd.

UK record company and record factory, branch of Carl Lindström A.-G. It pressed the Parlophone label from its formation on 8 August 1923 until it was acquired by Columbia Graphophone Company Ltd. in 1927. In 1931 Columbia Graphophone Company Ltd. merged with The Gramophone Co. Ltd. to become Electric & Musical Industries Ltd.. The company remained as an EMI subsidiary until it was absorbed into The Gramophone Co. Ltd. in June 1965. The compained maintained some matrix order: Catalog EXXXX were local pressings Catalog AXXXX were exports for the Australian market. By 1926, these were pressed locally by Parlophone Co. Ltd. For the Australian company, see Parlophone Co. Ltd. Full legal entity name: The Parlophone Company Limited UK Company number: 00192207 Dissolved: 1 February 1994 Incorporated: 30 August 1923