Latest Videos From PARLOPHONE!
Babyshambles
Behind The Scenes of ’Delivery’
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Elmore Judd
Rats
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Jakobinarina
His Lyrics Are Disastrous
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Beverley Knight
Queen Of Starting Over
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Athlete
Hurricane (Alt Video)
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Bat For Lashes
What’s A Girl To Do
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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.
To buy some of the latest records released please click on the links below. If you want to buy somethng that isnt below then please go straight to the artists site to the left and buy it from there!!
Athlete - Beyond The Neighbourhood
Babyshambles - The Blinding
Bat For Lashes
Beatles - Love
The Bird And The Bee - Bird And Bee
Interpol - Our Love To Admire
Lily Allen - Alright, Still
Siobhan Donaghy - Ghosts
The Good The Bad And The Queen - GBQ
Tiny Dancers - Free School Milk
Athlete - Beyond The Neighbourhood
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Demo Submission
If you think you have what it takes to join the roster of Parlophone then there are a number of ways to get heard by our A&R
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Upload your demo to our site HERE and one of the A&R guys will check it out
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Send a demo in to EMI Records UK. We try to listen to everything that is sent through and if we like what we hear then we will be in touch.
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Practice, play shows and create a buzz about yourself. We are always checking MySpace, bebo and going to gigs, so if you are creating a name for yourselves then assume we will have already heard of you and will be at your next show!
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