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His Master's Voice is a painting and trademark 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 on its ...
Francis James Barraud (16 June 1856 – 29 August 1924) was an English painter. He is best known for his painting His Master's Voice, one of the most famous commercial logos in the world, having been adopted as a recording industry trademark used by various corporations including RCA Victor, EMI, HMV, JVC and Deutsche Grammophon.
In 1990, His Master's Voice was replaced for EMI Classics. "His Master's Voice" would still be used on occasion releases after this period, but as a throwback as opposed to being a dedicated record label. [5] In 1998 EMI spun off its retail business, becoming its own entity, and in 2003 divested the "His Master's Voice" intellectual property to ...
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.
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 ...
A Gramophone Company label with the original "Recording Angel" trademark, prior to the use of the His Master's Voice.. The Gramophone Company was founded in April 1898 by William Barry Owen and Edmund Trevor Lloyd Wynne Williams, commissioned by Emil Berliner, in London.
Nipper was born in 1884 in Bristol, England, and died in September 1895. [1] He was likely a mixed-breed dog, although most early sources suggest that he was a Smooth Fox Terrier, or perhaps a Jack Russell Terrier, [2] [3] [4] or possibly "part Bull Terrier". [5]
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