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EGYPT 1903




       Franz Hampe (?)



The Gramophone Company

1903: Their first recordings in Egypt !!!

“... a number of very early disc recordings on whose labels the company’s name reads “The Gramophone and Typewriter Ltd., and Sister Companies.” These discs, very rare now, are seven inches, black-labelled, and recorded only on one side. They were made most probably before 1904…”







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