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Colonial and Colonial Perophone
records were manufactured in Germany by Homophon in the period
immediately before WWI. They were made on behalf of Lockwoods of City
Road London, for export only. This is generally believed to mean they
were exported to Australia.
I have not seen examples of enough to know for certain, but it seems likely that the earlier records were "Colonial" and the "Colonial Perophone" ones came a little later on. "Perophone" records (also excessively rare) are probably a next phase; the only example I have seen having a catalogue number in the 500s. Incidentally when I say "seen" in the above text, I have only seen label scans; as they were not sold in the U.K., I have never actually physically seen any of these, even in over 50 years of collecting 78s. Thanks to Adam Miller for providing the Colonial label scan, and to Bill Dean-Myatt for the Colonial Perophone scan. |
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