Grammophon

German label from the shellac era.
Introduced in 1914, the label was initially named [i]Schallplatte „Grammophon“[/i] and used by the [l=Deutsche Grammophon-Aktiengesellschaft] until 1927. [i]Schallplatte „Grammophon“[/i] was also used by the [l=Österreichische Grammophon-Gesellschaft m.b.H.] At the beginning of 1927 the label name was changed to [i]Grammophon[/i] and the label was issued by the Deutsche Grammophon-Aktiengesellschaft until 1937. After the liquidation of the Deutsche Grammophon AG in 1937 it was issued by the [l=Deutsche Grammophon GmbH] until 1943. After that it was replaced by the labels [l=Siemens Spezial] for classical recordings and [l=Siemens Polydor]. Since 1948, the Deutsche Grammophon GmbH uses the label [l=Deutsche Grammophon].

The label used the Nipper-trademark, which depicts the dog Nipper together with a gramophone after a painting by Francis Barraud.
The background color of the labels is a visual code for the price class of the record.
The [i]Schallplatte „Grammophon“[/i] label used a multi-colored Nipper-trademark later in combination with its German name "[l=Die Stimme Seines Herrn]".
The [i]Grammophon[/i] label used a stylized, single-colored Nipper-trademark in combination with its German name "Die Stimme Seines Herrn". The label design was changed between April and May 1939 to a more stylized Nipper-trademark with three stars on both sides of the label and then the three stars were replaced by angle brackets.
The Nipper-trademark was not used anymore after the discontinuation of the [i]Grammophon[/i] label and was sold to [l=Electrola Gesellschaft m.b.H.] in 1949.