Labels
Labels are brand names associated with the product; they did not necessarily coincide with the company name. Moreover, even in cases where the label represented a company name, the company could change through merger or acquisition while the label continued to exist.
Labels
Abbreviations
- Asahi: A
- Center: ACE
- Gramophone Concert Record: AGR
- Happy: AHA
- Lumond: ALU
- Salon: ASA
- Service: ASE
- Sister: ASI
- Sumera: ASU
- Sunday: ASY
- Tsuru: ATS
- Yachiyo: AYA
- Nippon Columbia: C
- American Record: CAM
- Globe Record: CGL
- Hikoki: CHI
- Lucky Record: CLU
- Momotaro Record: CMO
- Nipponophone: CNI
- Nitchiku: CNT
- Orient: COR
- Parlophone: CPA
- Regal: CRE
- Royal Record: CRO
- Symphony Record: CSY
- Universal Record: CUN
- Kyoiku Record: CKY
- Decca: DEC
- Futami: FUT
- King: K
- Fuji Onban: KFU
- Kokka Record: KO
- Eight Record: KEI
- Homerun Record: KHO
- Katei Talkie: KKA
- Pleasant Record: KPL
- Gunkan Record: KGU
- Takashimaya Record (Kokka): KTA
- Nitto: N
- Comet: NCO
- Crystal: NCR
- Kirin: NKI
- Mercury: NME
- Naigai: NNA
- Olympia: NOL
- Taihei: NTA
- Tokusen Buyo Record: NTT
- Polydor: P
- Corona Record: PCO
- Dai Tōa Record: PDA
- Shochiku Record: PSH
- Shochiku Record: S
- Shin Hinomaru Record: SSH
- Shinko Jido Record: SSI
- Friend Record: SFR
- Hinomaru Record: SH
- Taiyo Record: TA
- Bellona: TAB
- Ebanashi Talkie: TAE
- Gramophone Record: TAG
- Happy Record: TAH
- King-Record: TAK
- Paradise: TAP
- Star Record: TAS
- Tokyo Record: TAT
- Yayoi Record: TAY
- New Taiyo: TAN
- Fujisan: TAF
- Teichiku: TE
- Fukusuke: TEF
- Hochiku: TEH
- Homer: TEO
- Merry Record (錨花葉印): TEM
- Standard: TES
- Togo: TET
- Hikosen: TEHI
- Sphinx: TESP
- Tokkyo: TK
- Takashimaya Record (Tokkyo): TKT
- Tombo: TO
- Augon: TOA
- Hoo: TOH
- Kokuchiku: TOK
- Nippon Record (Hoo): TON
- Nippon Record (Tombo): TOP
- Top Hat: TOT
- Yumoa: TOY
- Rikugun Juppei Rekodo Senshu: TOR
- Toshiba: TS
- Victor: V
- Star: VST
- Victor Jr.: VVI
- Shōwa: VSH
- Étoile: XFE
- Magna: XFM
- Telefunken: XFT
- Mikado Record: XMI
- Mikadophone (御所車印): XMK
- National Record: XNA
- Sakura Record: XSA
- Bion Record: XSB
- Taito Record: XST
- Nyuusu Record: XSN
- Toa-Record: XTH
- Toa: XTO
- Yoshino Record: XYO
- Kasuga Record: XYK
- Aikoku: XAI
- Butterfly Record: YBU
- Club Record: YCL
- Edison Record: YED
- First: YFI
- Fubane Record: YFU
- Gold Coin Record (コイン印): YGO
- Hogaku Record: YHO
- Kinema Record: YKI
- Menophone: YME
- Million Record: YMI
- Naniwabushi Record: YNA
- NHK Vinycord: YNH
- Nippon Record: YNI
- Nittoku: YNT
- Normal Record: YNO
- Odeon: YNR
- Paradise Record: YOD
- Pioneer: YPI
- Seikwa: YSE
- Singer: YSI
- Special Record: YSP
- Starkton: YST
- Tochiku Record: YTC
- Togo Record (東郷印): YTG
- Trans Record: YTR
- Uguisu Record: YUG
- Venus Record (胸像印): YVE
- Western: YWE
- Word Record: YWO
- Parrot Record: ZAR
- Parrot Record (オウム印): ZARP
- Beka-Grand: ZBE
- Columbia Phonograph (USA): ZCO
- Columbia Phonograph: ZCP
- Columbia Record: ZCR
- Lyrophone-Record: ZLY
- Pathe: ZPA
- Shanghai Pathe: ZPS
- Victor Record (USA): ZVI
- Angel: ANG
- Child Record: CHD
- [Unknown]: ZZZ
References
- Masato Mōri: „Analyzing Records: A Guideline on How to Acquire the Metadata of 78 rpm Records“
- Masato Mōri: „The Important Role of Discography in the 78 rpm Record Database“. In: „The Sound of History. Towards the Utilization of Historical Audio Media in Japanese Studies“.
Parlophone Records Neon Light in Tōkyō. From: Hamada, Masuji 浜田増治: Gendai Shōgyō Bijutsushū 現代商業美術全集. V. 8. Tōkyō: ARS (1929), 21