EMI Electrola / EMI Music
The EMI Electrola GmbH was founded 1972, but the history of name started 47 years before.
The Gramophone Company founded the Electrola GmbH in 1925 in Berlin. In 1931 Electrola started a Joint Venture with the Carl Lindstrom AG. In the same year the parent companies - Gramophone Company and Columbia Gramophone Company - merged into the Electric & Musical Industries Ltd. (EMI).
In 1952 the two german EMI subsidiaries moved to Cologne and twenty years later the Carl Lindstrom AG merged with Electrola GmbH into the EMI Electrola GmbH.
2002 was a year of reorganisation within the german EMI companies. The EMI Electrola GmbH merged with the Virgin Schallplatten GmbH and formed EMI Music Germany GmbH & Co. KG.
The Gramophone Company founded the Electrola GmbH in 1925 in Berlin. In 1931 Electrola started a Joint Venture with the Carl Lindstrom AG. In the same year the parent companies - Gramophone Company and Columbia Gramophone Company - merged into the Electric & Musical Industries Ltd. (EMI).
In 1952 the two german EMI subsidiaries moved to Cologne and twenty years later the Carl Lindstrom AG merged with Electrola GmbH into the EMI Electrola GmbH.
2002 was a year of reorganisation within the german EMI companies. The EMI Electrola GmbH merged with the Virgin Schallplatten GmbH and formed EMI Music Germany GmbH & Co. KG.
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