Pathé Marconi

French company. (Legally known as Les Industries Musicales Et Electriques Pathé Marconi) Usually only mentioned as manufacturer or copyright holder. Do not enter Pathé Marconi as label. Only use this entry for company credits. The roots of the company were established by the brothers Charles & Emile Pathé in 1897 as Compagnie Générale Des Cinématographes, Phonographes et Pellicules. with the head office at boulevard des Italiens in Paris and a factory constructed at Chatou (as of 1936 known as Pathé Marconi, Chatou). Subsequently the name of the company was changed to Compagnie Générale Des Phonographes, Cinématographes et Appareils de Précision, then to Compagnie Générale des Etablissements Pathé Fréres, Phonographes et Cinematographes. In 1899 Compagnie Francaise De Gramophone (Cie Française Du Gramophone) was established by the The Gramophone Co. Ltd. in France with its head office in Boulevard Haussmann in Paris with a factory first in Ivry and then at Nogent-Sur-Marne. In 1919 the brothers Pathé established a new company Compagnie Générale des Machines Parlantes Pathé Fréres which took over all of their phonographic activities including the factory at Chatou. In 1928 Columbia Graphophone Company Ltd. acquired Compagnie Générale des Machines Parlantes Pathé Fréres, the following year Compagnie Générale des Machines Parlantes Pathé Fréres acquired the Marconiphone Company Ltd. established by physicist Guglielmo Marconi. The Columbia Graphophone Company Ltd. and The Gramophone Co. Ltd. are merged in 1931 to form the conglomerate Electric & Musical Industries Ltd., whom in 1936 effects a merge of Compagnie Francaise De Gramophone and Compagnie Générale de Etablissements Pathé Fréres to form Les Industries Musicales Et Electriques Pathé Marconi. S.A. As of 1964 Les Industries Musicales Et Electriques Pathé Marconi. S.A. were also operating 5 principal subsidiaries, 3 wholly owned publishing companies Eco Music, Les Editions et Productions Musicales - Pathé Marconi Société Des Editions Chancelier., Club De Disque P.M. (record club established in 1960) and Club Société De Diffusion Musicale Et Artistique. (record club) In 1972/73 the company name became known as Pathé Marconi EMI Labels: Pathé, La Voix De Son Maître, Stateside, Capitol Records, Columbia, Ducretet Thomson, Telefunken and more...