Grand Pree Record

Australian label which first appeared as a paste-over on deleted Winner records c. early1920s. Later in the 1920s a Grand Pree label was pressed in the UK by Pathe Freres for the Perpetual Trading Association, Sydney and exported to Australia. There were two series: one starting at 17000 for 12" records and another starting at 18000 for 10" records. In late 1927 the Australian government introduced an import duty on records which made it uneconomical to continue pressing Grand Pree records in the UK. The last Grand Pree records were pressed in Australia by Clifford Industries in 1928 (all 10" records in a series from 18700 to 18746) which used masters from U.S. Cameo & Gennett.