International Zonophone Company

Record company established by Fred Prescott in Berlin, Germany, on behalf of Frank Seaman of [l=Universal Talking Machine Manufacturing Company].

In 1902 a Zonophone recording field trip arrived in Argentina, pressing the first records marketed to Argentina with the label [l=Royal Record (4)] This was commercially unsuccessful however, and Zonophone withdrew. Subsequent attempts by German companies to break into Argentina would be carried out by [l=Carl Lindström A.-G.] and the American Zonophone branch

On June 6th 1903 acquired the assets of [l=Universal Talking Machine Manufacturing Company] and the International Zonophone Company, selling the former to [l=Victor Talking Machine Co.]. International Zonophone would become the continental European branch of the British company, establishing many variant labels and franchises, pressing single-sided 5½", 7", 10" and 12" discs.

In 1910, the now named [l=The Gramophone Co. Ltd.] creates [l=The British Zonophone Co. Ltd.] to administer British Zonophone records.

It remained in activity until the onset of WWI, when the company dissappeared and wasn't re-established. From there on Zonophone discs were published internationally by [l=The Gramophone Co. Ltd.] subsidiares.

Variants of Zonophone Record:

[l=Disco Zonofono] - Spanish & Italian
[l=Disque Zonofono] - Egyptian
[l=Disque Zon-O-Phone] - French #1
[l=Disque Zonophone] - French #2
[l=Disco Zon-O-Phone] - Brazilian
[l=Zon-o-phone Schallplatte] - German