The Gramophone Company 1897
- industry:
- Designer,
- Recording equipment manufacturer
- Nationality:
- British
- based:
- London, Greater London, England, United Kingdom
1897 Formed by Emile Berliner in London. One of the earliest companies to combine recording and produce recorded music. By 1906 the company was recording and producing music recordings all over the world. Was merged with the Columbia Graphophone Company in 1931. This new company was renamed EMI Ltd in 1973.