Lyric Records was a
Germany
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based
record label
"Big Three" music labels
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marketing
gramophone record
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s to the
British
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market prior to
World War I
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. The pressings were manufactured by Kalliope Records using masters from other German-based labels recording British material, including
Polyphon
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and principally
Favorite
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.
[Don Taylor, The English 78 picture book (Artemis Publishing, Hobart, Tasmania)]
See also
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List of record labels
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Lyric Records (US)
References
1 Don Taylor, The English 78 Picture Book (Artemis Publishing
Defunct record labels of Germany
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