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24th Mar 2013, 8:32 PM
	Pridesale Member since Mar 2013 805 Points	How to get Confused From Wiki Polydor was originally an independent branch of the Deutsche Grammophon Gesellschaft. Its name was first used as an export label in 1924, the British and German branches of the Gramophone Company having severed their ties during World War I. Deutsche Grammophon claimed the rights to the His Master's Voice trademark for Germany, where HMV recordings were released under the Electrola trademark. 1920s vintage Polydor export label with its double-horn gramophone logo In turn, DGG records exported out of Germany were released on the Polydor label. Polydor became a popular music label in 1946 while Deutsche Grammophon became a classical music label. The German rights to the His Master's Voice trademark was sold by Deutsche Grammophon to the Electrola Records unit of EMI in 1949.[1] Polydor remained Deutsche Grammophon's export label, including classical music, in France and the Spanish-speaking world for the remainder of the long-playing era, as a result of language and cultural concerns. No doubt there are better sources for information on 1930s/40s/50s 78s , but my interest has been prodded by a Set of Beethoven Pastoral's records , where the Grammophone and Polydor Cat Numbers run in sequence on a multi-album set.

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