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Anker-Record (65)
A Berlin company that produced records and gramophones. Its products appeared on the Russian gramophone market in 1910. Grammofonnij Mir (The Gramophone World) informed, that «Anker-Record» had recorded some actors of Russian opera: well-known baritone O.M.Kamionskiy, bass S.D.Varjagin , tenor A.Rozanov, singer M.A.Emskaya, and others. The quality of records was asserted as "good", but noted, that demand for them is low. Probably, that is why the «Anker-Record» had not a long activity... [more]
Apollo Record (15)
Warsaw’s branch of gramophone company «Syrena Record», created in 1914 by Mr.Tempel, one of the brothers from well-known “Tempel’s gramophone dynasty”. There were at least two sizes of «Apollo-Record» discs: 5 and 10 inches (according to A.I Zhelezny also 7 inch, but such records were not yet met) though they used the same sizes of labels. The records characterized by more dense grooves made by very thin sapphire needle. The price varied from 8 to 12 kopecks per record. The branch located on... [more]
Ariophon-Record (8)
Small Warsaw company owned by Z. Klamborowski was active during 1909-1913 and located on 54 Przyokopowej. Probably, the factory was set up already in 1898 in Poznan, and in 1909 moved to Warsaw.... [more]
Artistotipia (108)
Artistotipia was a "prestigious" phonograph records label originally manufactured by the Berlin gramophone society “International Extra Record”, and later by Kiev factory "Extraphone". The first records appeared in 1909. It was extremely interesting family that included popular performers from gypsy and romance singers up to opera prima donnas and outstanding Ukrainian singers of that time.... [more]
Aurora Record (10)
«Aurora Record» was a rare piratical label used by Petersburg businessman K.Mazel. Besides «Aurora» he owned more common but also piratical label «Tonophone». In 1911 the company was transformed into legal «Zwukopis» label.... [more]
Beka-Record (335)
«Beka Records» was a record label based in Germany, active from about 1903 to 1925. Before the Great War Beka also made gramophone records for the United Kingdom and Russian markets under the «Beka-Grand-Record» label. Russian repertoir of the company was vast; according to A.Zhelezny the first records were made as early as 1905 (1906 according to P.Grunberg). Beka often sold their Russian matrixes to another gramophone companies. After the Great War broke out in 1914 it stopped... [more]
Bel Canto Record (15)
The German company that was founded by J.G.Murdoch in 1909. Besides Germany, the company imported records into United Kingdom and Russia. It had close relations with «Dacapo-Record» that was the major supplier of matrixes, however it made its own recordings too. The Russian State Archive of Sound Recordings (RGAFD) holds four records: V.Shuller (tenor) and V.Tauber (bass) duet sings excerpts from operas “Faust” (Gounod) and “Martha” (F. Von Flotoff), gypsy songs “Distaff” (Pryalochka) and... [more]
Cantophone Record (13)
There is little information about this “Company” available, however, thanks to the actual records uploaded on our website we can make an interesting observation: «Cantophone Record» used a very specific and vivid numbering system: a Cyrillic letter “À” or “Á” indicating the record’s side followed by whitespace and a simple number same for the both sides. Since exactly the same numbering system was used by two other piratical labels «Aurora Record» and «Tonophone Record» both belonging to the infamous “gramophone pirate” K. Mazel, one can safely... [more]
Columbia Record (1948)
The dates of early Russain recordings: [2]

35001–5478 (1903)
* no activity * (1904)
* no activity * (1905)
35479–35680 (1906)
36001–36820 (1907)

Subsidiary labels:
? Regal
... [more]
Globophon (2)
Globophon records were produced by Schallplatenfabrik Globophon GmbH from Hannover. The quadrilingual style was presumably intended for sale in Germany, as well as in the UK, Spain and Russia.

Norman Field website
Corona-Record (Metropol) (15)
In 1913 «Partnership Shuster & Co» made a contract with gramophone company «Moll, Fogt and Kibart» according to which the later should press 500 thousands records on the «Metropol Record» plant that belongs to that company. The records will have «Corona Record» label for distribution in Riga, Kiev, Cherson, and Orenburg provinces. This way, the records with «Corona Record» label are essentially the same as records with «Metropol Record» label... [more]
Dacapo-Record (38)
Originally it was a German-only label, founded in 1907 in Berlin. Over the time, Dacapo spread out its activity on other countries, particularly Austro-Hungary, Britain (1910), and Russia. Russian repertoire was vast and interesting. Because of difficulties related to records import to Russia and associated with it duty expenses, «Dacapo-Record» in 1911 decided to join «Moll, Fogt and Kibart» company for united operations in Russia and transferred all Russian matrixes to the Aprelevka’s factory «Metropol-Record»... [more]
Derby-Record (2)
Disco "El Uruguayo" (2)
The label is pasted over original «Favorite Record» label.
Diva-Record (2)
German pirate company focused on the Russian market. Below is the full text of the article "Copied Records «Diva»" from the "Official News of the Joint-Stock Company Gramophone" magazine from January 1909: "Among the numerous counterfeiters of our records, there was also one German company, which distributes counterfeit copies of Joint-Stock Company Gramophone records in Russia under label «Diva».... [more]
Eden-Record (4)
The only known information is taken from the label:

The American Grammophone Mfc Co.
New York, Paris & London
Era Grand Record (2)
The new label is pasted over original Beka Record label.... [more]
Excelsior Concert Record (29)
Extraphone (377)
"At the beginning of the last century along with Petersburg, Moscow, Riga and Warsaw, the fifth «gramophone» Capital of the Russian empire was Kiev. The branch of the Berlin company «International Extra Record» started to operate there in 1909. Originally, Germans performed their operations on the shores of Neva River via «The Trading House Guess», but serious Capital's rivals had forced them to search for other markets and partners. The choice had fallen on Ukraine – the land, rich in musical traditions and bright talents…"... [more]
Favorite Record (1275)
Company Schallplatten-Favorite GmbH (shortly Favorite Record) was founded in Hannover in the beginning of 1904. The first owners were Otto Multhaupt and Fritz Kindermann.

For the very first time Favorite Record was mentioned in Russian media as early as 1905 in“Light and Sound” magazine. In the next year “The Gramophone and Photography ” magazine informs that for Favorite Record in Berlin work former engineers from... [more]
Febus Concert Record (0)
Fonotipia (42)
"Fonotipia" is the nickname of an Italian company with the long-winded moniker of Società Italiana di Fonotipia Milano. This concern was founded in Milan in 1904 as a branch of the Lindstrom Phonograph Company of Berlin, which had Odeon as its main label. Fonotipia also had an office in Paris where it recorded French artists, issuing most of the results on Odeon rather than Fonotipia. The Fonotipia Company changed hands countless times, but managed to stay in business until 1948, although its defining... [more]
Gloria-Record (Lyrophon) (3)
In 1908 «Lyrophon» company introduced new label «Gloria». These records are currently great rarities. They should not be confused with more common electrically recorded «Gloria» records that were re-introduced by Carl Lindström in 1930.

The label sample is from the collection of Jerzy Adamski.
Gnom Concert Record (453)
A small gramophone company which appeared in St.-Petersburg in 1911. The board and pressing plant located on 2 Karavannaya Street. The owner of the company was I.F.Zdanovich, the co-owner and sound expert A.L.Levin. The first records with «Gnom Concert Record» label appeared on sale by the end of 1911. The records quality was poor; the repertoir was limited to performances of minor actors. By the end of 1912 «Gnom Record» records disappeared from shops and never appeared again... [more]
Gramophone Co. (4097)
The histories of this company as well as the history of the invention of gramophone record and gramophone itself are inseparably related to the name of talented inventor, engineer and businessman Emile Berliner. In 1893 Berliner had formed the United States Gramophone Company that located at 1410 Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington D.C.. This company offered the first seven inches disc records in November 1894 on the Berliner Gramophone label. After various mergers, divisions, lawsuits, and injunctions,... [more]
Gramophone Concert Record (pirate) (1)
Gryf (8)
It was a small Polish company active from 1904 to 1914. The records were two-sided, 25 cm, with dark-blue label. All known records feature their own orchestra named either Warsaw Orchestra “Gryf” (¹ 1115 – waltz “Swallows”) or Country Orchestra “Gryf” (¹¹ 1206 – polka “Party”,1210 - polka “Stars above the Vistula”, 1241 – polka “Bavarian”).
Harmonia Record (RAOG) (10)
Ýòî îäíà èç ðàííèõ ýòèêåòîê «ÐÀÎû, îò êîòîðîé îíè âñêîðå îòêàçàëèñü. Ïåðâîå ïîÿâëåíèå - îêòÿáðü 1911 ãîäà, æóðíàë "Ãðàììîôîííûé ìèð" ¹ 19, ñòð. 19.  îáúÿâëåíèè ñêàçàíî, ÷òî Ãàðìîíiÿ-Ðåêîðäú - ýòî òðåòüÿ èç ìàðîê ÐÀÎÃà (ïåðâàÿ - "Õóäîæåñòâåííûé íàïåâ", àíîíñèðîâàííàÿ, íî òàê ñóäÿ ïî âñåìó è íå âûïóùåííàÿ, à âòîðàÿ - ñîáñòâåííî ÐÀÎÃ). 1 ÿíâàðÿ 1912 ãîäà ïëàñòèíêè ïîä íîâîé ìàðêîé ïîÿâèëèñü íà ðûíêå (æóðíàë "Ãðàììîôîííûé ìèð" ¹ 1, ñòð. 14 è 23). À óæå â êîíöå ÿíâàðÿ 1912 ãîäà â æóðíàëå... [more]
Herkules (0)
Homokord (344)
The gramophone records Homokord (after 1923 some labels say also Homocord) were manufactured by German company Homophon Company GmbH established in 1905. The company headquarters was located at Alexandrinenstraße in the part of city of Berlin known as Kreuzberg.

In the beginning they supposed, that Homokord will be able to establish itself on the Russian market, they even planned to open a branch in the Polish city of Kalisz. However, ill choices... [more]
Ideal (19)
According to researchers, the pirate company «Ideal» was the predecessor of «Syrena-Record», the largest Russian company. Apparently, pirate activity was used by the owner of the company, Julius Feigenbaum, to accumulate primary capital.... [more]
International Parlophon Record (130)
The author has no information about this label except brief mentioning in A.Zhelezny [1] and A.Tikhonov [2] books where it described as one of “piratical” labels that in the beginning of 20th century supplied records on Russian market. Similarity with Carl Lindström’s «Parlophon» suggests possible connection between these two, however neither proofs nor disproof of this hypothesis were ever found. It is also curious to note the “mimicry” of this label under label of «Zonophone» that was not rare at that time.... [more]
International Extra Record (26)
It was Berlin’s gramophone company with branches in Petersburg and Kiev. The Kiev’s branch was later transformed into «Extraphone»... [more]
Intona-Record (17)
«Intona-Record» was one of the labels of pirate company «Ideal».

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Janus-Record (45)
“Janus-Record” records with double head of an Antique Roman god, a protector of gates and entrances, were manufactured by German company “Vereignigte Schallplaten Werke Janus Minerva G.m.b.H.” since 1906. It was a small gramophone enterprise located in Hannover on Limburgstrasse, 1. The enterprise had status of joint-stock company headed by Hermann Deutsch. In Russia, the company mentioned for the first time in 1907. In 1909 the company obtained “patent application number 6,746 for improvements... [more]
Jumbo-Record (26)
The label was introduced by Carl Lindström group in 1907 in Germany for issuing cheap records from “expensive” masters of Fonotipia, Odeon, Beka, Favorite and several others. Soon after, in 1908, the British branch was established as well. The label was discontinued in Germany around 1910, where it was replaced by blue "Odeon" which even continued Jumbo's numerical series. In UK the Jumbo label survived beyond 1910; even after the Great War broke out in 1914 the British branch continued to press... [more]
Lipsia-Record (2)
Lyrophon (194)
The exact date of appearance Lyrophon in Russia is to difficultl to establish, but it is known, that the representative of the company in Russia was somebody J.M.Joelson. It looks like Lyrophon had two large recording sessions: the first one as soon as 1905, the second one circa 1910. They made very interesting recordings of artist of Imperator Mariinsk Opera N.A.Bolshakov (tenor) performing arias from “Pagliacci” Leoncavallo and “Pique Dame” Tschaikowsky operas, recordings of K.G.Van-Brin... [more]
Luxophone Record (23)
«Luxophone» was the earliest label of the Aprelevka factory. The records with such label were issued by the end of 1910. Soon after, they changed the trade mark to «Metropol- Record». All records issued earlier under the «Luxophone» label were re-issued in 1911 under «Metropol- Record» while bearing the same catalogue numbers. «Luxophone» label design is mimicry under «Zonophone». Probably, at the very beginning they planned to issue piratical records, but enactment of the Copyright Law... [more]
Maria Record (2)
In 1907 «Beka-Record» issued several records with «Maria-Record» label. Probably, they were made by order of Benois family. Only soloist of Marijinsky Theater in St. Petersburg Maria Nikolayevna Kuznetsova-Benois (1880-1966) was ever recorded on them. The labels were decorated with her photograph, but information about manufacturer was missing. Their origination from «Beka-Record» can be with great degree of certainty established by matching graphic styles of the matrix... [more]
Melodiephon-Record (7)
«Melodiephon-Record» is often called the “Russian Fonotipia”. Indeed, its label strikingly resembles the label of Italian records «Fonotipia». Such “mimicry” was common technique in “piratical” business, but in most cases pirates tried to make their records resembling «Zonophone» - look at «Zolophone», one variation of «Tonophone», «International Parlophon Record» and even «Luxophone Record» - the early label of quite lawful company «Metropol-Record», so «Melodiephon-Record»... [more]
Melodia Record (58)
“Melodia Record” was the label of the “Association of United Manufacturers”, created in 1913 by the initiative of “Russian Joint-stock Company of Gramophones” (RAOG). It absorbed a few small companies like “Zwukopis”, and etc. After breaking out the WWI and occupation of Warsaw by Germans, “Syrena-Record” joined the association too, though it retained its own label... [more]
Metropol-Record (372)
The history of this label begins in August, 1910 when three German businessmen Gottlieb (Bogdan) Moll, Albert Vogt and August Kybarth founded on the Aprelevka station of the Moscow-Kiev railway road the first in Russia records pressing plant for manufacturing shellac mass for gramophone records as well as pressing records taking orders from others gramophone companies. Soon after, the factory started manufacturing its own original records... [more]
Monarch-Record (4)
There is no information about the company. There are only two known records with Armenian tunes performed by Gevorg Shulavreli accompanied by a duduka trio of Tetroashvili. Handwritten matrix numbers are seen under the labels and duplicated on the mirror. They are also the catalog numbers.

In the Grammofonnij Mir from November 10, 1916, page 7, has been published the following news story: ... [more]
Monopol-Record (5)
The label sample is from the collection of Dmitry Golovko, city of Mezhdurechensk.

“Monopol-Record” was a small German company that appeared on Russian gramophone market in 1911. The representative office in Russia located on Nevsky, 53 in Petersburg. Russian recordings were made by order of merchant A.Levin... [more]
Nataphone Record (0)
National Record (8)
There is little information about this label. The only reference I found in A.Tikhonov article The Unknown «Centennial War». Part 2. (Russian). Following is the quote:

“Soon Masel’s rivals appeared, and they acted in exactly the same way as himself. Once Masel became furious because so called «firms» «International Extra Records» and «National Records» faster than him issued piratical records that «Tonophone» was about to. Masel thrown on the floor... [more]
Neographon (40)
The «Neographone» label began its activity in 1902 in Moscow and was the very first one in the field of manufacturing piratical “copied” phonograph records in Russia. Since in those early years did not exist the legislative foundation protecting authors rights (copyright laws), their business had thrived, and the company even opened the branch in St. Petersburg.

Mostly, they copied the records of «Gramophone Company» by making galvanic copies and use them for printing huge numbers of copied records... [more]
New Imperial Record (40)
"In the April of 1912 on the Russian Gramophone market appeared records with unknown before label “New Imperial Record”. They had a very unusual label design: the upper part was scarlet with a lyre picture and a black inscription “New Imperial Record”, while the lower part was green. After close inspection of those records, one could promptly realize that in reality they were “Syrena Grand Record” records with scarlet stickers applied to the upper portion of their labels…"... [more]
Perfect Record (2)
«Perfect Record» was one of the labels of pirate company «Ideal».

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Odeon-Record (498)
Label “Odeon” was created under the aegis of the International Talking Machine Company, located on 24 Lehderstrasse, Berlin. It was founded in 1903 by Max Strauss and Heinrich Zunz with financial support from Frederick M. Prescott, who just quit the job of the head of European Zon-O-Phone branch. It was named after a famous theatre in Paris, whose classical dome is represented on the Odeon record label. The company has quickly drawn general attention by its double-sided phonograph records... [more]
Orpheon-Record (130)
 1909 ãîäó íà ðóññêîì ãðàììîôîííîì ðûíêå ïîÿâèëèñü ïëàñòèíêè “Îðôåîí Ðåêîðä”. Ðåïåðòóàð íîâîé ôèðìû áûë ñîâåðøåííî óäèâèòåëüíûé. Ýòî áûëè çàïèñè ñàìûõ âûäàþùèõñÿ ïåâöîâ òîãî âðåìåíè: Ý.Êàðóçî, Ô.È.Øàëÿïèíà è äð.

Âñêîðå, îäíàêî, âûÿñíèëîñü, ÷òî ýòà ôèðìà ïðîñòî-íàïðîñòî ïåðåïå÷àòûâàëà ãîòîâûå çàïèñè ñ ïëàñòèíîê äðóãèõ ôèðì, íå çàòðà÷èâàÿ íè êîïåéêè íà îïëàòó ãîíîðàðà... [more]
Parlophon (329)
Parlophone is a record label, founded in Germany 1896 by Carl Lindström (1869-1932), a Swedish inventor living in Berlin, it originally produced phonographs or gramophones with the brand names “Parlograph” and “Parlophon” and eventually began producing records as well. The trademark is not the British pound sign, but a German L, for Lindström. During the war, the Transoceanic Trading Company was set up in the Netherlands to look after its overseas assets. Parlophone established a master... [more]
Pathé Record (1529)
Pathé was founded by brothers Charles & Émile Pathé, who were owners of a successful bistro in Paris. About 1890 they saw an Edison phonograph demonstrated at a fair and, captivated by the device, arranged to lease one as an attraction at their bistro. The early phonograph soon brought so many curious people to the Pathé establishment that lines formed to listen to it. Some even asked about purchasing phonographs for themselves. The brothers decided that, rather than give more business to Edison,... [more]
Phono-postcards (pre-revolutionary) (3)
Exploratory history of the phono-postcard on website of Birgit Lotz Verlag
Phonogramma (11)
There is no information about affiliating this label to any gramophone company. The only known facts are that they appeared on the Russian gramophone market in January 1912 and that they were pressed on the Warsaw factory «Syrena Record». Probably, “Phonogramma” is the name of a trading house issuing record pressing orders, just like it was done by other trading houses, for instance “Shuster and Ê°”, “Robert Kenz” and others... [more]
Polyphon Record (26)
Polyphon Musikwerke was established by Gustave Brachhausen in 1887 in Leipzig, Germany. It was the world's largest manufacturer of disc music boxes; the period of greatest popularity was from 1895-1905. At one time the company employed over 1,000 people. In later years, it sold mechanical pianos, pneumatically-played pianos, and other musical automates, and also phonographs and records. The Company assisted in establishing the U.S "Regina Music Box Company"... [more]
Poliaphone-Record (52)
Small phonograph company «Poliakin & Sons» operated from 1910 to 1914 [1]. The label began its activity in Berlin by issuing records with Russian repertoire using masters bought from German companies «Stella», «Beka» and etc.

Judging by the existing copies of records, the company achieved certain perfection in the business of copying somebody else’s records: on this record the own announcement is attached to the copied phonogram!... [more]
Premier Record (39)
The board and the factory of Premier Record were based in Budapest. Managing Director was a certain Pete who also did recordings using special invented by himself membrane. The company acted in Russia from 1910 to 1911 and distributed its products on the southwest of Empire. The chief representative was a certain A.Kustsh... [more]
RAOG=Russian Stockholders Company of Grammophone (743)
In 1901 when gramophones were only about to became fashionable, the soloist of Imperial theatres N.N.Figner called the recording of voices on phonograph records as "profanation of art", and solemnly declared, that he will never sing for a "mouthpiece". But it is difficult to resist a temptation! In two years phonograph records with his voice were sold all across the Russia, bringing the actor considerable income. And in ten years N.N.Figner headed the Russian Joint-stock Company of Gramophones (RAOG)... [more]
Rebikoff and Co. (39)
"More than hundred years ago in the Russian musical shops appeared on sale unusual form record players made by domestic company of V.I.Rebikoff. This company dared to challenge the foreign firms specialized on sales of phonograph records and devices for their playback…"... [more]
Résultat-Record (10)
Richard Jacob (13)
In 1903, Richard Jacob a Russified German founded the Russian gramophone factory "Jacob-Record" in Moscow. The company was one of the first one not only in Russia, but also in the world that began producing two-sided records (initially records were one-sided). The gramophone repertoire of Jacob-Record totaled to more than 6000 numbers of by 1904. The greatest selection was for opera arias. Operetta enjoyed the special success in public. They played cheerful sketches from "Golden Fish", "Geisha" in front of... [more]
Robert Kenz - Concerts of Pyatnitsky (0)
Records with this label were issued in 1914 in Moscow by the «Robert Kenz» trading house. The Head of company M.N.Fedotov sponsored M.E.Pyatnitsky’s expeditions to the rural areas for recording folk somgs in solo and chorus performances. There is no information about manufacturer, but no doubts that they were printed by «Beka-Record». The clear indication is the fact that their matrix numbers are aligned with the series of Russian matrix numbers «Beka-Record» for 1914... [more]
Rubin-Record (3)
Phonograph records “Rubin-Record” were issued by German gramophone company ”Homophon”. The hint is the inscription “Fabrikat Der Homophon Company GmbH, Berlin”, found on many labels, but there are labels without this inscription too. Besides “Rubin-Record”, ”Homophon” also issued another exotic label “Eden-Record”, however no Russian records are known to the author. One Russian sample of “Rubin-Record” is stored in the Russian State Archive of Phonodocuments with the recordings of... [more]
The Russian Gramophone Co. Ltd. (37)
Since 1914, under the brand name of «The Russian Gramophone Co. Ltd.» records were pressed from the masters of the so-called «United factories»: «Russian joint-stock company of gramophones» (RAOG), «Metropol-Record», «Stella-Record» and «Zwukopis». Records were pressed at the «Metropol-Record» factory of the trading house «Moll, Kybarth and Co.», which was significantly expanded for this purpose. A new building was built for the factory, number of presses was increased, staff of workers was strengthened... [more]
Russian Peoples Gramophone (6)
Records with such label were manufactured in 1916 by the Aprelevka’s factory of “RAOG” company under a special order of the “Skobelevskij Committee of Aid to Wounded and Sick Soldiers”. They used existing matrixes of “Metropol Record” company that built and owned the factory before WWI... [more]
Salon Record (22)
August Friedrich Burchard had a shop in St.-Petersburg, he also was known as businessman, engineer and inventor. The advertisement about gramophone records, recorded and printed by his order, was published in the Grammofonnij Mir (The Gramophone World) magazine (December 5, 1911, ¹ 22-23, p. 25). Currently it is not known on which plant the records were pressed, supposenly it is «Metropol Record» that used to take such kinds of orders. The beginning did not have further development... [more]
Scala Record (24)
Austrian company “Scala Record” was named in honor of the famous La Scala Opera House in Milan, the façade of which is depicted on the label. The owner of “Scala Record” was Sigmund Weiss (Siegmund Weiß) whom we can consider as a pioneer of the Austrian recording industry. The company had close relationships with German ”Dacapo” for which it made recordings in the Viennese concert hall and Italian ”Fonotipia” that marketed it in England from 1911 to 1919. Unfortunately the Russian history... [more]
Simfonia Record (24)
There is no information about this label. It looks like it is pasteover on a black “RAOG” label.
Slava (3)
Judging by the font type of the matrix number one can be assume that the records were manufactured by the Gramophone Company.... [more]
Special Record (5)
Sphinx Record (47)
It was a small company founded in 1914 in Warsaw. The repertoire of Russian records was very limited. It ceased to exist in the beginning of 1915. [1]

Featured article:

A.Zhelezny. The chronicle of the phonograph company «Sphinx Record» in Russia 1914 – 1915.... [more]
Sport-Record (2)
A small company that existed from 1908 to 1914, was located in Warsaw and had a branch in Tiflis1. The only currently known record has a label identical to one of the versions of Stella Record , so it can be assumed that it is the main company, and that Sport-Record labels were intended for Caucasian records. In the above work also given the discography of the Sport-Record records that means that with a high probability new records will be discovered in the future.... [more]
Star Record (10)
Stella Record (373)
«Stella Record» label was used by German company «Schallplatten-Vertrieb GmbH». The headquarters and the plant located in Berlin. It had one more factory in Warsaw that was dedicated for pressing phonograph records solely with Russian repertoire. The company began to make Russian recordings at least from November 1909, which follows from an advertisement on this record, where P. D. Orlov directly names the date of recording November 9, 1909 and the name of the label - "Stella". Also, the factory pressed Russian records from «Homokord»... [more]
Stella (Victory) Gramophone Record (2)
Ïðåäìåòîì äåÿòåëüíîñòè áðèòàíñêîãî òîðãîâîãî àãåíòà ïî èìåíè Leonard Joseph Blum, ïðåáûâàâøåãî â Ëîíäîíå, áûëè ãðàìïëàñòèíêè íåñêîëüêèõ ìàðîê.  1911—1914 ãîäàõ íåìåöêàÿ ôèðìà Kalliope øòàìïîâàëà äëÿ íåãî ïëàñòèíêè Stella-Grammophone-Record, Victory Record è Diploma Record. Íà áðèòàíñêèõ ýòèêåòêàõ ñòîÿëî óêàçàíèå "RECORDED IN LONDON (èëè ENGLAND), PRESSED IN SAXONY (èëè DRESDEN)", ÷òî, î÷åâèäíî, íå âñåãäà ñîîòâåòñòâîâàëî äåéñòâèòåëüíîñòè... [more]
"Stella" Concert Record (2)
There is no information about the company that made it, but most likely it has nothing to do with German "Stella" The only known records is in the collection of Alexander Shatilo.
Svobodnaya Rossiya (2)
Records with such label most likely were manufactured by the Aprelevka’s factory of “RAOG”
Sylvia-Record (0)
In the beginning of 1910thexisted Czech label Sylvia. Perhaps records of this label planned to issue the Central Bureau of united factories. The World War I prevented those plans, but perhaps a some records had been pressed.
Syrena Record (1747)
“Around the years of 1908… 1909 records with the “Syrena-Record” label had become more and more frequently seen on the shelves of Russian record stores. They immediately started attracting customers just like Homer’s seductive and sweet voiced beauties depicted on the record company’s label. Competing record labels took notice. The most savvy of them had realized that this was not just another “one-day wonder” dressed up with a fancy name that used to grew like mushrooms at that time, but a solid enterprise that... [more]
Tonophone Record (77)
Íîâûì ðàññàäíèêîì ïèðàòñòâà ñòàëà ðàçìåñòèâøàÿñÿ â Ñ. Ïåòåðáóðãå ôàáðèêà îáùåñòâà "Òîíîôîí". Ïðîâåäÿ íåáîëüøîå "ìàðêåòèíãîâîå èññëåäîâàíèå", öåëüþ êîòîðîãî áûëî âûÿâëåíèå ñàìûõ ïîêóïàåìûõ çàïèñåé àðòèñòîâ, íåâñêèå ôëèáóñòüåðû âî ãëàâå ñî ñâîèì àòàìàíîì Ìàçåëåì ñ îñîáûì ðâåíèåì íà÷àëè òèðàæèðîâàòü ïëàñòèíêè ïîïóëÿðíåéøåé àðòèñòêè Ì.À.Ýìñêîé. Áóäó÷è æåíîé Äìèòðèÿ Áîãåìñêîãî, êîòîðûé çíàë âñå è âñÿ â ìóçûêàëüíîì áèçíåñå... [more]
Universal Record (10)
“Ñóùåñòâîâàëî åù¸ íåñêîëüêî èíîñòðàííûõ ãðàììîôîííûõ îáùåñòâ, ïîñòàâëÿâøèõ â íà÷àëå âåêà ñâîþ ïðîäóêöèþ â Ðîññèþ, îäíàêî ñâåäåíèÿ î íèõ â îòå÷åñòâåííîé ãðàììîôîííîé ëèòåðàòóðå îòñòóòñòâóþò. Ê èõ ÷èñëó îòíîñÿòñÿ: “Àðèîôîí”, “Èíòîíà” (ïðåäøåñòâåííèöà “Ñèðåíû Ðåêîðä”, “Þíîíà Ðåêîðä”, “Ëåî Ðåêîðä”, “Óíèâåðñàëü Ðåêîðä” è “Ïàðëîôîí.”
· À.Æåëåçíûé, ñ.85
Zarya Record (15)
“Maison Fabricienne Industrielle et Commercielle Aron Biber” located in Warsaw. Besides phonograph records, the company also manufactured several models of “patented” gramophones “Zarya” that were sold for 20 to 60 rubles. (See. Aron Biber Trade Catalog)

Following is the extract from the Catalog regarding phonograph records:

“The Biber Company offers phonograph records in a special catalog... [more]
Zolophone Record (6)
The only known source of information about pirate label “Zolophone Record” is a small paragraph in the book of A.I.Zhelezny “Our Friend – a Record. The notes of a Collector”. Following is a quote:

“There are cases of sort of “mimicry” under the original label that was used for copying. For instance, there are discs that nearly indistinguishable from «Zonophone». Only close inspection will reveal the substitution of one of the letters... [more]
Zonophone (2353)
Zonophone, early on also rendered as Zon-O-Phone was a record label founded in 1899 in Camden, New Jersey by Frank Seaman. The Zonophone name was not that of the company, but was applied to the records and machines sold by Seaman from 1899-1900 to 1903.

Seaman had worked for Emile Berliner's Berliner Gramophone. Seaman decided to start his own company to produce disc records and disc phonographs. Seaman's Zon-O-Phone records... [more]
Zwukopis (104)
The small Petersburg factory "Zwukopis", was engaged in recording and manufacturing of phonograph records, and acted on Russian Grammophone market from 1911 to 1913. The company was owned by businessmen I.Mazel and S.Zhitlovsky; the main office located on 13 Voznesenski pr., St.-Petersburg. Originally they plan to name it “Svetopis”, the corresponding announce appeared in the “Grammofonnij Mir” (The Gramophone World) magazine in 1911, however it is unknown if any records... [more]
 
 
 
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