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, The Easybeats and The Church.
Recently the label's line-up has included acts such as Athlete, Supergrass, Radiohead, Babyshambles, Coldplay, Beverley Knight, Jamelia, Kylie Minogue, Pet Shop Boys, Blur, All Saints, Gorillaz and The Divine Comedy.
Hi there, how’s it going? Hope you’re ok. Would be great to know your thoughts about my release “Be Brave”. New version is available on iTUNES, AMAZON and other websites. All the best.
Hows things? Thought I'd drop by and let you know that we are playing our last big show of the year in London. We're hosting and headlining at The Monarch which is in Camden on Wednesday 2nd December. It would be really cool if you could make it along and join in the fun, its shaping up to be a pritty cool party atmosphere :-)
Anyway, I hope your having a good week, drop us a comment and let us know how things are with you. Take Care Crawf
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Thank you for the friendship and visiting our space, we really appreciate it! Hope you found some good vibes of our songs and come back again to rock with Free spirit or just stopping by say hey! We are six hard working, passionate, down-to-earth, crazy guys,creating the music that we love, enjoy with us!
I'm back again ... More shit commercial to fill your glamorous myspace page ! Hope you don't mind ? ; ) So what's on this time??? Hmm ... a new song called "Show You Everything" ... It's a dancy lil thing inspired by Fleet Foxes and The Macarena Song ... ... Keep the thought hanging for a while and then plug in your ear phones and turn it up ... ! Would love to know what you think !!!
Mornin' Guys! just passing by to let you know i got a new song on my page called "WE'RE GONNA BE OK"... Have a great day and come check it out if you can! Cheers. Joans ashes.
Hello, We've just put the finishing touches to our video for 'One Small Step', with Lead Sock Monkey Jonny Sock in a starring role! Go to our profile to check it out. All The Best TUI
