Angel of HMV(EMI)
Angel Records is a record label belonging to EMI. Formed in 1953, its specialty is classical music. Additionally, the Angel mark has been used by EMI, its predecessors, and affiliated companies since 1898.
In 1953 Gramophone successor EMI lost its U.S. distribution arrangement with Columbia Records. In response, EMI established Angel Records in New York City under the direction of record producers Dorle Jarmel Soria (December 14, 1900 – July 7, 2002) and her husband Dario Soria (May 21, 1912 – March 28, 1980). The couple concentrated on distributing EMI classical recordings in the U.S. market. They departed the label in 1957, having already accumulated a catalog of about 500 titles, when EMI merged Angel into its recently acquired Capitol Records subsidiary and moved from imported discs to U.S. production. Since 1990, international use of the Angel mark has been replaced by the EMI Classics. It is still active in the U.S.
| HMV-Angel SAN Label |
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| HMV-Angel – 1st Label, copper background with black fonts and white Angel logo |
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| HMV-Angel – 2nd Label, brass background with black fonts and black Angel logo |
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| HMV-Angel – 3rd Label, yellow background with black fonts, coloured dog and black Angel logo |
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| Angel, Seraphim Label (USA) |
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| Angel Records (UK pressing), serial started with “ANG”, printed “Made in England” at the middle of the left-hand side |
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| HMV-Angel – (US pressing), serial started with “ANG”, printed “Made in England” at the middle of the left-hand side |
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| Zoom in picture of the HMV-Angel – (US pressing) |
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| Angel “Water Blue” Mono Label |
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| Angel “Water Blue”, US 1st Label, serial started with SB, surrounded with little symbols in sliver |
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| Angel “Water Blue”, US 2nd Label, serial started with S, surrounded with little symbols in white and 1 black line outside |
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| Angel Khaki Label in USA |
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| Angel US pressing (Big Angel) label |
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| Angel digital Recording Label |
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| Angel — GREAT RECORDINGS OF THE CENTURY Label, most of them are re-issue of the mono records from 1930~1950s |
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| Seraphim Corolla Label |
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