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right|Early Parlophone disc label

Here's the image previously illustrating the article, scanned from the label of an early Parlophone gramophone record. -- Infrogmation 16:16, 11 January 2006 (UTC)

I put it back in the article. -- Infrogmation 15:45, 29 January 2006 (UTC)

I was wondering what happened to the old 78 as it disappeared. I replaced the blank box with the classic Parlophone logo scanned from the album Please Please Me by The Beatles. steelbeard1

[edit] Parlophone??

But what is a "Parlophone"????? And btw, that's a very ugly label. --Coldplayer 15:56, 3 April 2006 (UTC)

Parlophone (originally "Parlophon" from Germany) was a brand name for gramophones made by the Carl Lindstrom Company. Look at the German language ad showing the blindfolded child who instantly recognised the sound coming from a gramophone as being a Parlophon. Steelbeard1 16:29, 3 April 2006 (UTC)

Perhaps it's from parlo, a Romance root related to speech (parlez, parlare, falar...) + phon, sound, from the Greek? 24.183.47.252 20:06, 13 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] The Happy Wanderer

I found a pleasant surprise which you can see when you look up the song The Happy Wanderer. This huge international hit began as a Parlophone release in 1954. Steelbeard1 17:14, 14 April 2006 (UTC)

Neat. That image is at risk of deletion though... if someone knows where it came from and could tag it properly that would be a good thing (Because I'd love to see it used elsewhere.. like this article)... ++Lar: t/c 17:38, 14 April 2006 (UTC)

It was captured off eBay. How is this handled? Steelbeard1 17:57, 14 April 2006 (UTC)

I'm looking for a 45 RPM label of this record on Parlophone which I believe to be of the same label design as the earliest Beatle releases. The only LPs I found so far are of North American releases on the Angel Records label. I also believe the Parlophone LP label design in 1954 is the same design used on the earliest pressings of The Beatles' "Please Please Me" LP. Steelbeard1 03:55, 16 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] German or UK origin?

The article says that Parlophone originated in Germany, but the company information on the right side claims UK origin. --Demonesque 18:40, 18 June 2007 (UTC)

The company was originally German but became British when Columbia Graphophone Company bought the parent company. Steelbeard1 19:32, 18 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Longest-running catalogue number series?

Does Parlophone have the longest-running series of catalogue numbers of any record label in the world? The "R" series began in the 1920s, was used through the war years, throughout the Beatles era, and beyond - and is still in use today for seven-inch vinyl singles. That's about 80 years, give or take. 217.155.20.163 22:12, 17 August 2007 (UTC)