Les Industries Musicales Et Electriques Pathé Marconi

French record / electronics company, established in 1936 (a.k.a ). It sometimes also appears as "Les I.M.E. Pathé Marconi - Paris" or "Les Industries Musicales et Electriques Pathé Marconi - Paris".

Note: [b]This company should not be entered as label. When credited (on back sleeve) without any specific, please enter it as "Record company"[/b].

The roots of the company were established by the brothers Charles & Emile Pathé in September 1896 as "Compagnie Générale des Cinématographes, Phonographes et Pellicules" with the head office at Boulevard des Italiens (Paris) and a factory constructed at Chatou (Yvelines) (as of 1936 known as ). Subsequently the name of the company was changed to "Compagnie Générale des Phonographes, Cinématographes et Appareils de Précision", then to "Compagnie Générale des Etablissements Pathé Frères, Phonographes et Cinématographes".

In 1899, "Compagnie Française de Gramophone" () was established by the in France with its head office in Boulevard Haussmann in Paris with a factory first in Ivry-sur-Seine (Val-de-Marne) and then at Nogent-Sur-Marne (Val-de-Marne).

On 17 February 1919, the brothers Pathé established a new company "Compagnie Générale des Machines Parlantes Pathé Frères" which took over all of their phonographic activities including the factory at Chatou.

In 1928, acquired "Compagnie Générale des Machines Parlantes Pathé Frères", the following year "Compagnie Générale des Machines Parlantes Pathé Frères" acquired the "Marconiphone Company" established by physicist Guglielmo Marconi who had subsequently acquired the label and companies in 1924 (outside the US).

The and are merged in 1931 to form the conglomerate ([b]EMI[/b]), whom in 1936 effects a merge of "Compagnie Française de Gramophone" and "Compagnie Générale des Etablissements Pathé Frères" to form "Les Industries Musicales et Electriques Pathé Marconi S.A.".

As of 1964, "Les Industries Musicales et Electriques Pathé Marconi S.A." was also operating 5 principal subsidiaries, 3 wholly owned publishing companies , "Les Editions et Productions Musicales Pathé Marconi" (), "Société Des Editions Chancelier", and 2 record clubs, "Club de Disque P.M." (established in 1960) and "Club Société de Diffusion Musicale et Artistique".

In January 1971, ultimate parent ([b]EMI[/b]) is renamed ([b]EMI[/b]), whom in 1972/73 renames "Les Industries Musicales et Electriques Pathé Marconi S.A." to S.A.

[a=Edith Piaf], [a=Tino Rossi], [a=Luis Mariano], [a=Charles Trenet] and, after World War II, [a=Gilbert Bécaud], were some of popular artists to record for the company.

Labels: [l=Pathé], [l=La Voix De Son Maître], [l=Stateside], [l=Capitol Records], , , and more...