Duophone
From Graces Guide
Duophone, record producers, of 63 Victoria Street, London EC4
- The Duophone Syndicate Ltd manufacured a gramophone with a double soundbox.
- 1925 Entered the record market. The first Duophone records were produced by Vocalion.
- 1926 In September, the syndicate, now at 18, Savile Row, London W1, announced a new and revolutionary Unbreakable Record, made of bonded layered paper, coated with a thin layer of rubberised plastic.
- 1927 Duophone re-launched the unbreakable records, with a new label.
- 1928 August 1928, the Duophone and Unbreakable Record Co Ltd, as it was now known, gained control of British Brunswick Ltd, and moved to 15-19, Cavendish Place, London W1.
- 1929, Duophone started issuing their new records, mostly recorded by Brunswick in America. The company ran out of money.
- 1929 Edward Roberts Lewis formed a syndicate, the Malden Holding Company Ltd, which bought the Duophone factory.
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