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January 2014

The Grammy’s

  • The first in our #EMIGramophones series is: The Trade Mark Gramophone! #music #vintage #heritage
  • The second Gramophone in our #EMIGramophones series is: The Junior Monarch Gramophone. #music #vintage #heritage
  • The fifth Gramophone in our #EMIGramophones series is: The Pigmy Grand. #music #vintage #heritage
  • Number six in our #EMIGramophones series are the stunning Model 460 and 461 Gramophones. #music #vintage #heritage
  • Number seven in our #EMIGramophones series are the Portable gramophones, models 100 and 101 which were the company's most successful gramophones! Perfect for a picnic on a summer's day. #music #vintage #heritage
  • Number seven in our #EMIGramophones series are the Portable gramophones, models 100 and 101 which were the company's most successful gramophones! Perfect for a picnic on a summer's day. #music #vintage #heritage
  • The season model of 1909 - The Cecil Zonophone gramophone. #music #vintage #heritage
  • One of our most treasured pieces. This Gramophone has been to the Antarctic and back over the last 100 years - It's the Monarch Senior model, taken by Captain Scott and his team on the Tera Nova expedition to the South Pole. #music #vintage #heritage

A huge congratulations to all of this year’s Grammy winners! Did you know that the Grammy Award was originally called a Gramophone Award. It is given by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences to recognise significant achievements in the music industry. The man responsible for inventing the gramophone and flat disc was Emile […]

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Memories on Film

We have been overwhelmed by all of the incredible stories and images sent in via our ‘Memories of EMI Campaign.’ We are now looking for your stories and memories of EMI, the Company, the music, the factories, the artists as well as the studios. We are hoping to capture your memories on film to share and keep for […]

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The Gramophone and Typewriter Ltd.

In December 1900 William Barry Owen (co-founder of the British Gramophone Company) gained the rights to sell and manufacture the newly developed Lambert Typewriter. The name of the company was then changed to “The Gramophone and Typewriter Ltd.” The Lambert Typewriter was initially taken on as insurance against the possible failure of the Gramophone as […]

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