Victor Talking Machine Company

Victor Talking Machine Company - also known as Victor Records - was an American record label that was active from 1901 to 1929. Victor has long been the leading producer of records for phonographs and gramophones in the United States.

The company was founded by Eldridge R. Johnson, who had previously made ​​phonographs. It is unclear whether Emil Berliner, inventor of the gramophone record, was involved in the founding.

The famous Victor logo showing the dog Nipper sitting in front of a phonograph and gramophone listening (see also His Master's Voice).

Many of the most popular singers and musicians of their time making recordings for Victor, including Enrico Caruso, Sergei Rachmaninoff and Arturo Toscanini. In the 1920s, published by Victor also known as Race Records for the African American market, such as the records of the Duke Ellington Orchestra ( " Black and Tan Fantasy", 1927). The recordings of Jimmie Rodgers and the Carter Family from 1927 are among the first country music songs on the record.

1924 Victor acquired the Canadian Berliner Gramophone. 1925 by Victor under the name Orthophonic the new electric (instead of the previous mechanical or acoustic ) recording technique a. 1928 Johnson sold his Victor shares, which were acquired in 1929 by the Radio Corporation of America (RCA). The label was then marketed as Radio -Victor Division of the Radio Corporation of America and later as RCA Victor.

The Victor Company of Japan, Limited ( JVC), was founded in 1927 and is now a worldwide known brand.

Victrola called Johnson introduced his 1906 phonograph, whose horns were no longer attached to the outside, but are integrated into a music locker.