Broadcast Twelve Records

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Broadcast Twelve Records
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1927 Broadcast Twelve Records label
Parent company Vocalion 1927 - Mid-1932 Crystalate Mid-1932 - 1934
Founded1927;99 years ago (1927)
Defunct1934;92 years ago (1934)
StatusDefunct
Distributor Vocalion
Genre
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Location Hayes, Middlesex

Broadcast Twelve Records was a United Kingdom based record label introduced in 1928 to partner the regular "Broadcast" brand records introduced in 1927. These brands replaced the Aco Records label. [1] The manufacturer of the discs were the Vocalion Gramophone Company. [2] "Broadcast" discs were 8-inch (later increased to 9-inch) and "Broadcast Twelve" discs were 10-inch 78rpm gramophone records, but with small labels and a fine groove pitch so they would play as long as regular 10- and 12-inch discs respectively. They ceased production in 1934.

The label was a subsidiary of the British branch of Vocalion Records. A full listing of Broadcast records was published by the City of London Phonograph and Gramophone Society CLPGS in 2017. [3]

References

  1. Cliffe, Peter (1990). Fascinating Rhythm. Egon Publishers Limited. p. 80. ISBN   9780905858494.
  2. "Damian's 78s (and a few early LPs)". Broadcast. Archived from the original on 21 November 2010. Retrieved 5 June 2013.
  3. "CLPGS Reference Series No.42 - Vocalion Records ISBN 978-0-900883-91-0

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