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I WILL BE AWAY UNTIL 12TH APRIL 2026
AND WILL NOT BE ABLE TO PROCESS ANY BOOK SALES UNTIL I RETURN

 

New Book Release – Now Available
Pathé Frères
To Conquer the World with Sound

A History of Pathé Frères and Associated Companies in the World of Talking Machines and Disques – 1896 to 1936

Author:  Michael Kinnear
(Published Posthumously)

(With special research assistance from André Brunel)

USD $65.00, Plus Postage, USD $41.00

Pathé Frères – To Conquer the World with Sound

The text of this work in English has been written and compiled from over 3000 documents and resources, primarily in the French language. Apart from these documents and files, numerous documents, mainly in the English language have been obtained primarily from institutes and individuals outside of France.

It has been my expressed hope that the information contained in the documents could provide sufficient information for a history of the company or its successors to be rendered in English, to which I progressively and steadily composed and edited all the relevant document information over many years.

A history of the activities of Compagnie Générale de Phonographes, Cinématographes at Appareils de Précision, (Paris) and its associate companies and affiliates in the Middle and Near East, India and Asia – from Algeria to China, along with a guide to the numbering systems and blocks used for repertoires in various languages and dialects, within the general scope of ‘Oriental’ recordings made and issued by the companies involved.

In general, the history is mainly concerned with the talking machine side of   and the several associated companies in the ‘Orient’, but also with aspects about the motion picture side of the activities in the East. The history will attempt to provide accurate and verified information about the associated companies and their products produced and marketed in liaison with, and the scope of the repertoires involved. Basically, the study covers the period from the beginning of Pathé Frères in Paris in about 1895 up to the merger of this company into Columbia Graphophone Co., Ltd., in 1928, and also it’s absorption into Pathé-Marconi, Ltd., in 1934, and later.

The extensive ‘Pathé Frères Cylinder and Disque Numerical Catalogue Series’, defines the block numbering system used by Compagnie Générale de Phonographes, Cinématographes et Appareils de Précision to catalogue the recordings along with a guide to the numbering systems and blocks used for repertoires in various languages and dialects, within the general scope of ‘Oriental’ recordings made and issued by the companies involved, issued between 1898 and 1936.

Michael Kinnear

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The Gramophone Company’s Persian Recordings, 1899 to 1934 

صفحه های فارسی شرکت گرامافون،

1899 – 1934

Safhah-haye Farsi Shirkat Gramophone
Compiled by Michael Kinnear, Co-Editor Mohsen Mohammadi

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