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Odeon Records was a record label
Record label

In the music industry, a record label can be a brand and a trademark associated with the marketing of recorded sound and music videos. Most commonly, a record label is the company that manages such brands and trademarks, coordinates the Record producer, manufacturing, distribution , marketing and promotion, and enforcement of copyright protec...
 founded by Max Strauss and Heinrich Zunz in Berlin
Berlin

Berlin is the Capital of Germany city and one of sixteen States of Germany of Germany. With a population of 3.4 million within its city limits, Berlin is the country's largest city....
, Germany
Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered to the north by the North Sea, Denmark, and the Baltic Sea; to the east by Poland and the Czech Republic; to the south by Austria and Switzerland; and to the west by France, Luxembourg, Belgium, and the Netherlands....
. It was named after a famous theatre in Paris
Paris

Paris is the Capital of France and the country's largest city. It is situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the ?le-de-France Regions of France ....
, whose classical dome appears on the Odeon record label.

In 1904 Odeon launched the first double-sided gramophone records. It became a subsidiary of the Carl Lindström Company which also owned Beka Records
Beka Records

Beka Records was a record label based in Germany, active from about 1903 in music to 1925 in music. Before World War I, Beka also made gramophone records for the United Kingdom market under the Beka-Grand Records label....
, Parlophone
Parlophone

Parlophone is a record label, founded in Germany in 1896 in music by the Carl Lindstr?m Company. The ? trademark is a German L, for Lindstr?m....
 and Fonotipia. Lindström was acquired by the English Columbia Graphophone Company
Columbia Graphophone Company

The Columbia Graphophone Company was one of the earliest gramophone companies in the United Kingdom....
 in 1926. In 1931 Columbia merged with Electrola
Electrola

Electrola was a record label founded in Berlin in 1925 in music by the Gramophone Company. In March 1931 in music Electrola, along with its parent label and Carl Lindstrom Company parent Columbia Graphophone Company, merged to form the Electric & Musical Industries Ltd....
, HMV
HMV

His Master's Voice is a famous trademark in the music business, and for many years was the name of a large record label. The name was coined in 1899 as the title of a painting of the dog Nipper listening to a wind-up phonograph....
 and other labels to form EMI
EMI

The EMI Group is a United Kingdom music company comprising the major record label EMI Music ? which operates several labels and is based in Kensington in London, England, United Kingdom ? and EMI Music Publishing, based in New York City....
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Odeon Records was a record label
Record label

In the music industry, a record label can be a brand and a trademark associated with the marketing of recorded sound and music videos. Most commonly, a record label is the company that manages such brands and trademarks, coordinates the Record producer, manufacturing, distribution , marketing and promotion, and enforcement of copyright protec...
 founded by Max Strauss and Heinrich Zunz in Berlin
Berlin

Berlin is the Capital of Germany city and one of sixteen States of Germany of Germany. With a population of 3.4 million within its city limits, Berlin is the country's largest city....
, Germany
Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered to the north by the North Sea, Denmark, and the Baltic Sea; to the east by Poland and the Czech Republic; to the south by Austria and Switzerland; and to the west by France, Luxembourg, Belgium, and the Netherlands....
. It was named after a famous theatre in Paris
Paris

Paris is the Capital of France and the country's largest city. It is situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the ?le-de-France Regions of France ....
, whose classical dome appears on the Odeon record label.

In 1904 Odeon launched the first double-sided gramophone records. It became a subsidiary of the Carl Lindström Company which also owned Beka Records
Beka Records

Beka Records was a record label based in Germany, active from about 1903 in music to 1925 in music. Before World War I, Beka also made gramophone records for the United Kingdom market under the Beka-Grand Records label....
, Parlophone
Parlophone

Parlophone is a record label, founded in Germany in 1896 in music by the Carl Lindstr?m Company. The ? trademark is a German L, for Lindstr?m....
 and Fonotipia. Lindström was acquired by the English Columbia Graphophone Company
Columbia Graphophone Company

The Columbia Graphophone Company was one of the earliest gramophone companies in the United Kingdom....
 in 1926. In 1931 Columbia merged with Electrola
Electrola

Electrola was a record label founded in Berlin in 1925 in music by the Gramophone Company. In March 1931 in music Electrola, along with its parent label and Carl Lindstrom Company parent Columbia Graphophone Company, merged to form the Electric & Musical Industries Ltd....
, HMV
HMV

His Master's Voice is a famous trademark in the music business, and for many years was the name of a large record label. The name was coined in 1899 as the title of a painting of the dog Nipper listening to a wind-up phonograph....
 and other labels to form EMI
EMI

The EMI Group is a United Kingdom music company comprising the major record label EMI Music ? which operates several labels and is based in Kensington in London, England, United Kingdom ? and EMI Music Publishing, based in New York City....
. In 1936 the director of the Odeon branch was forced to retire and replaced by Dr Kepler, a Nazi
Nazism

Nazism, officially National Socialism , refers to the ideology and practices of the National Socialist German Workers? Party under Adolf Hitler, and the policies adopted by the dictatorial government of Nazi Germany from 1933 to 1945....
 party member. In 1939 Odeon and Electrola were placed under a Nazi-appointed administrator. When the Soviet Red army
Red Army

The Red Army was the armed force first organized by the Bolsheviks during the Russian Civil War in 1918 and, in 1922, became the army of the Soviet Union....
 occupied Berlin in 1945 it destroyed most of the Odeon factory. After 1945 Odeon continued to be used as a label for pressings made for West Africa. In Spain
Spain

Spain or the Kingdom of Spain , is a country located in Southern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula.The Spanish constitution does not establish any official denomination of the country, even though Espa?a , Estado espa?ol and Naci?n espa?ola are used interchangeably....
, Argentina
Argentina

Argentina, officially the Argentine Republic , is a country in South America, constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city....
 and Brazil
Brazil

Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is a country in South America. It is the List of countries and outlying territories by total area country by geographical area, occupying nearly half of South America, the List of countries by population country, and the fourth most populous democracy in the world....
 the label survived as an EMI subsidiary until the end of the LP era, mid 1980s, when it finally disappeared altogether.

Most official Beatles releases, including solo, appeared on Odeon in many non-Anglophone
Anglophone

An Anglophone is someone who speaks the English language. As an adjective, it refers to belonging to an English-speaking population especially in a country where two or more languages are spoken....
 markets like West Germany
West Germany

West Germany was the common English name for the Germany , from its formation in May 1949 to German reunification in October 1990, when East Germany was dissolved and its States of Germany became part of the Federal Republic, ending the more than 40-year division of Germany....
, Japan
Japan

Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, People's Republic of China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south....
, Spain
Spain

Spain or the Kingdom of Spain , is a country located in Southern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula.The Spanish constitution does not establish any official denomination of the country, even though Espa?a , Estado espa?ol and Naci?n espa?ola are used interchangeably....
, South America
South America

South America is the southern continent of the Americas, situated entirely in the Western Hemisphere and mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, with a relatively small portion in the Northern Hemisphere....
, and France
France

France , officially the French Republic , is a country whose Metropolitan France is located in Western Europe and that also comprises various Overseas departments and territories of France....
, some of which were slow to recognise Apple Records
Apple Records

Apple Records is a record label founded by The Beatles in 1968, as a division of Apple Corps. It was initially intended as a creative outlet for the Beatles, both as a group and individually, plus a selection of other artists including Mary Hopkin, James Taylor, Badfinger, and Billy Preston....
 until up to 1971, then switched back to Odeon by 1976.

Direct EMI—HMV exports to the USA, where the His Master's Voice label was owned by RCA Victor Records, bore pasted-over Odeon stickers.

EMI's Argentinian
Argentina

Argentina, officially the Argentine Republic , is a country in South America, constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city....
 branch still trades as EMI Odeon SAIC.

See also

  • List of record labels
    List of record labels

    This is a list of notable record labels.Owing to the large number of entries, the list has been divided by the first letter of the label's name, with labels starting with a number added to this page:...