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records were make by The Universal Talking Machine Company which was one
of Francis Barraud's first forays into the early Gramophone record
field. He was later involved in the Invicta record company which
produced Invicta and Guardsman records. Francis Barraud was the uncle of
William Barraud, well-known for painting the famous HMV
dog-And-gramophone portrait and he also painted the picture of Sgt
Hassall used on the Guardsman label. Elephone records date to about 1908-09 and were, I understand, made for exporting to India and much of the material issued on the label was of Indian music (though I've not seen any or had any reported to me). The fact they were exported from Britain explains why they are so hard to find here. Apart from recording their own masters, Elephone records also issued records pressed from Lyrophon(e). So far, I know of these catalogue series, a plain 100-, 1000-, A-1500, D-4000 and G-8000. It goes without saying, I hope, that further information would be gratefully received. |
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