Rex Records (1912)
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Rex Records was a United States
based record label
owned by the Rex Talking Machine Corporation of Wilmington, Delaware
. The company was in business from 1912
through 1919
. They issued vertical cut double-sided ten- and 12-inch diameterdisc records
compatible with the Pathé Records
system. They were bought out by Okeh Records
.
For further details and references see http://www.MainspringPress.com/okeh.html. That article cites "1918 issues of 'Talking Machine World' as a specific source for remarks aabout Rex Records.
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
based record label
Record label
In the music industry, a record label is a brand and a trademark associated with the marketing of music recordings and music videos. Most commonly, a record label is the company that manages such brands and trademarks, coordinates the production, manufacture, distribution, marketing and promotion,...
owned by the Rex Talking Machine Corporation of Wilmington, Delaware
Wilmington, Delaware
Wilmington is the largest city in the state of Delaware, United States, and is located at the confluence of the Christina River and Brandywine Creek, near where the Christina flows into the Delaware River. It is the county seat of New Castle County and one of the major cities in the Delaware Valley...
. The company was in business from 1912
1912 in music
-Events:*February 28 - In a concert in Copenhagen, Carl Nielsen conducts the premiere of his Symphony No. 3 and his Violin Concerto* March - Hart A. Wand published "Dallas Blues", a jazz standard and an early published blues song....
through 1919
1919 in music
-Events:*July 22 - The Ballets Russes gives the world premiere of Manuel de Falla's ballet El sombrero de tres picos in London.*August - Josef Matthias Hauer devises his own twelve-tone technique of composition....
. They issued vertical cut double-sided ten- and 12-inch diameterdisc records
Gramophone record
A gramophone record, commonly known as a phonograph record , vinyl record , or colloquially, a record, is an analog sound storage medium consisting of a flat disc with an inscribed, modulated spiral groove...
compatible with the Pathé Records
Pathé Records
Pathé Records was a France-based international record label and producer of phonographs, active from the 1890s through the 1930s.- Early years :...
system. They were bought out by Okeh Records
Okeh Records
Okeh Records began as an independent record label based in the United States of America in 1918. From 1926 on, it was a subsidiary of Columbia Records.-History:...
.
For further details and references see http://www.MainspringPress.com/okeh.html. That article cites "1918 issues of 'Talking Machine World' as a specific source for remarks aabout Rex Records.
- List of record labels
- Rex RecordsRex RecordsRex Records has been the name of at least five record companies:* Rex Records , a United States-based company* Rex Records , a United Kingdom-based company selling through Marks & Spencer department stores...