基本介紹
Parlophone唱片公司1896年由Carl Lindstrom公司在德國建立。
其₤商標不是英鎊標誌，而是德文字母L，代表Lindstrom.
旗下著名藝人
披頭士樂隊(The Beatles)
Simon Dupree and the Big Sound
皇后(Queen)
The Easybeats
保羅·麥卡特尼(Paul McCartney)
The Church
曼森樂隊(Mansun)
寵物店男孩(Pet Shop Boys)
Athlete
Supergrass
電台司令(Radiohead)
Babyshambles
酷玩樂團(Coldplay)
Beverley Knight
Jamelia
Kylie Minogue
Blur
All Saints
Gorillaz
The Divine Comedy
Lily Allen
Interpol
英文介紹
About Parlophone
Parlophone is a record label, founded in Germany 1896 by the Carl Lindstrom Company. The £ trademark is not the British pound sign, but 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 1923, the British branch of Parlophone was established, led by Oscar Preuss as A&R manager. Parlophone established a master leasing arrangement with co-owned United States based Okeh Records, making Parlophone a leading jazz label in the UK. In 1927, Columbia Graphophone Company 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 initially maintained its status as a jazz label. As time went on, the label also released speciality music, spoken-word and novelty/comedy material, such as the comedy recordings of The Goons. In 1950, Preuss hired 24-year-old George Martin as his assistant. In 1955, Preuss retired and Martin succeeded him. Leading Parlophone artistes at the time included Germany's Obernkirchen Children's Choir, Scottish musician Jimmy Shand and the pianist Mrs Mills. Parlophone's fortunes began to rise in 1962, when Martin signed a rising new Liverpool pop band, The Beatles, who soon turned Parlophone into one of the world's most famous and sought-after record labels. Since The Beatles, many other pop/rock artists have signed to the label, including Queen, Radiohead and Blur.
