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'''Regal Zonophone Records''' was a [[United Kingdom|British]] [[record label]] formed in [[1932 in music|1932]], through a merger of the [[Regal Records (1914)|Regal Records]] and [[Zonophone Records]] labels. This followed the merger of those labels' respective parent companies - the [[Columbia Graphophone Company]] and the [[Gramophone Company]] - to form [[EMI]]. At the merger, those records from the Regal Records catalogue were prefixed 'MR' and those from the Zonophone Records catalogue were prefixed 'T' <ref>[http://www.78rpmcommunity.com/documents/201/36/first-regal-zonophone-supplement 78rpmcommunity.com] The 78rpm Community: First Regal Zonophone Supplement, January 1933.</ref>. Record releases after the merger continued using only the 'MR' prefix.▼
▲'''Regal Zonophone Records''' was a [[United Kingdom|British]] [[record label]] formed in [[1932 in music|1932]], through a merger of the [[Regal Records (1914)|Regal Records]] and [[Zonophone Records]] labels. This followed the merger of those labels' respective parent companies - the [[Columbia Graphophone Company]] and the [[Gramophone Company]] - to form [[EMI]].
Originally Regal Zonophone handled American releases from [[Okeh Records]], [[Victor Records]] and [[Columbia Records]], as well as offering home-grown recordings by artists such as [[Gracie Fields]] and [[George Formby, Jr.|George Formby]]. The label is also well known for its releases of [[Salvation Army]] (particularly brass band) music.
In the 1950s the [[Australia]]n division of Regal Zonophone played an important role in the emerging Australian [[country music]] genre, signing several emerging country stars including [[Slim Dusty]], [[Smoky Dawson]], [[Reg Lindsay]] and [[Chad Morgan]]. Slim Dusty's 1957 Regal Zonophone hit "[[A Pub With No Beer]]" became the biggest-selling Australian recording ever released up to that time.
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Regal Zonophone was revived at the end of the 1990s as a reissue label curated by the UK band [[Saint Etienne (band)|Saint Etienne]]. This incarnation of the label is no longer active, as EMI has relaunched [[Regal Recordings|Regal]] and [[Zonophone#2007|Zonophone]] as separate imprints.
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