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His Master's Voice is a painting by Francis Barraud that depicts a dog named Nipper listening to a wind-up disc gramophone whilst tilting his head, created in 1899. [1]In December 1899, the painting was sold to William Barry Owen of London's Gramophone Company (later a division of EMI), who would begin using the image as a trademark on its records in 1909.
HMV was founded as a classical label. [1] From December 1899, the predecessor to EMI, the Gramophone Company , had purchased the His Master's Voice painting from Francis Barraud , and, from 1909, began using the phrase "His Master's Voice" and likeness of Nipper on its releases.
In 1998, it was divested from EMI (successor to the Gramophone Company), to form what would become HMV Group plc. [4] In August 2007, HMV bought rival retailer, Fopp. [5] In April 2013, HMV Group plc was bought by Hilco UK for an estimated £50 million after falling into administration, with some international divisions divested off. [6]
I propose merging His Master's Voice (British record label) into Gramophone Company.Yesterday, I renamed List of HMV POP artists to His Master's Voice (British record label), under the belief that His Master's Voice became its own record label under the production of its HMV POP series in 1952, however on closer inspection, these recordings still have "The Gramophone Company" on as its ...
RCA sold its stake in EMI in 1935, but due to its 1929 takeover of Victor, RCA retained the North and South American rights to the "His Master's Voice" trademark. In other countries, the Nipper logo was used by the EMI subsidiary label HMV, even though the "His Master's Voice" slogan itself would be retained by RCA along with the logo.
The Victor Talking Machine Company was an American recording company and phonograph manufacturer, incorporated in 1901. Victor was an independent enterprise until 1929 when it was purchased by the Radio Corporation of America (RCA) and became the RCA Victor Division of the Radio Corporation of America until late 1968, when it was renamed RCA Records.
Iron Maiden (EMI, Harvest/Capitol US 1980–1990, 1993–1995, currently on Universal Music Group in North America) Alan Jackson (EMI Nashville) Janet Jackson (Virgin, completed contract and left in 2006) Jay Chou (Virgin) Jaguares (EMI) Jessica Simpson (Primary Wave) Mulan Jameela (EMI Music Indonesia) Duncan James (Innocent/Virgin)
In 2012, Sony Masterworks, which now owns the RCA Victor archives, issued an 84-CD boxed set of Toscanini's complete RCA Victor recordings and the commercially issued HMV recordings with the BBC Symphony on the RCA Red Seal label. In 2013, EMI Classics issued a 6-CD set containing Toscanini's complete HMV recordings with the BBC Symphony Orchestra.