Parlophone
Parlophone is a record label which was founded in Germany prior to World War I by the Carl Lindstrom Company. The "£" trademark is not the British pound sign, it's a German "L" for Lindstrom. During the war, the Transoceanic Trading Company was set up in the Netherlands to look after its overseas assets. In the 1920s, Parlophone had a master leasing arrangement with United States based Okeh Records. In 1927, Columbia Graphophone of the United Kingdom acquired a controlling interest in the Carl Lindstrom Company and thereby in Parlophone. In 1931, Columbia merged with The Gramophone Company to form EMI. Under EMI, Parlophone was released mainly spoken-word and novelty/comedy label material, such as the comedy recordings of The Goons. That changed in 1962, when Parlophone's young A&R manager George Martin signed a rising new Liverpool pop band, The Beatles, who soon turned Parlophone into it one of the world's most famous and sought-after record labels. The glamour of The Beatles association led to many other pop/rock artists signing to the label, including The Hollies, The Easybeats, The Church, Radiohead, Coldplay, Kylie Minogue, Pet Shop Boys, Blur, Jesus Jones and Dubstar.
See also List of record labels
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