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File:Gramophone Recording Angel.jpg

The Recording Angel as it appeared on early Gramophone discs.

Angel Records is a record label belonging to EMI. Formed in 1953, its specialty is classical music. Additionally, Angel name and mark have been used by EMI, its predecessors, and affiliated companies since 1898.

Recording Angel

A recording angel is a traditional figure that watches over people, marking their actions on a tablet for future judgment. Artist Theodore Birnbaum devised a modified version of this image, depicting a cherub marking grooves into a phonograph record with a quill. Beginning in 1898, the Gramophone Company in the United Kingdom used this angel as its trademark on its record labels and players, as did affiliated companies worldwide.

From 1909, Gramophone and related companies began replacing the angel with the familiar drawing of a dog looking into a horn. The angel was retained in areas where the depiction of a dog was deemed offensive, and where the "His Master's Voice" trademark was not secured.

Angel Records

In 1953, with Gramophone successor EMI ending licensing arrangements with U.S. labels RCA Victor (which owned the U.S. rights to the HMV logo) and Columbia Records, it 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).&sup1 &sup2. The couple concentrated on distributing imported recordings to the U.S. market. They departed the label in 1957, when EMI sold Angel to its Capitol Records subsidiary.³

Since 1990, international use of the Angel mark has been replaced by the EMI Classics label.[1] It is still used in the U.S.

References

"New Records". TIME, November 23, 1953.
"Angel at Two". TIME, December 19, 1955.
"Singing Land". TIME, December 23, 1957.

External Links

Angel Records EMI Classics

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+[[Image:Gramophone Recording Angel.jpg|frame|right|The Recording Angel as it appeared on early Gramophone discs.]]
+'''Angel Records''' is a [[record label]] belonging to [[EMI]].  Formed in [[1953]], its specialty is [[classical music]].  Additionally, Angel name and mark have been used by EMI, its predecessors, and affiliated companies since 1898.
+==Recording Angel==
-'''Angel Records''' was started in 1898 as a sub-label of the [[Gramophone Company]]. Angel Records has a sister label: [[Seraphin Records]].
+A recording angel is a traditional figure that watches over people, marking their actions on a tablet for future judgment. Artist Theodore Birnbaum devised a modified version of this image, depicting a cherub marking grooves into a phonograph record with a quill. Beginning in 1898, the [[Gramophone Company]] in the [[United Kingdom]] used this angel as its trademark on its record labels and players, as did affiliated companies worldwide.
+From [[1909]],  Gramophone and related companies began replacing the angel with the familiar drawing of a dog looking into a horn.  The angel was retained in areas where the depiction of a dog was deemed offensive, and where the "[[HMV|His Master's Voice]]" trademark was not secured.
-After the introduction of the [[HMV]] label it is only used in countrys where '''HMV''' is no trademark or where the '''HMV''' dog is no cosjer animal. In America it is used as a label for classic music.
+==Angel Records==
-With the introduction of the CD, '''Angel Records''' is launched as the worldwide label for classical music, but later this is changed to [[EMI Classics]].
+In [[1953]], with Gramophone successor [[EMI]] ending licensing arrangements with [[U.S.]] labels [[RCA Victor]] (which owned the U.S. rights to the HMV logo) and [[Columbia Records]], it established Angel Records in [[New York City]][ under the direction of [[record producer]]s [[Dorle Jarmel Soria]] ([[December 14]], [[1900]] - [[July 7]], [[2002]]) and her husband Dario Soria ([[May 21]], [[1912]] - [[March 28]], [[1980]]).[[#References|&sup1]][[#References|&sup2]]. The couple concentrated on distributing imported recordings to the U.S. market.  They departed the label in [[1957]], when EMI sold Angel to its [[Capitol Records]] subsidiary.[[#References|&sup3;]]
+Since [[1990]], international use of the Angel mark has been replaced by the [[EMI Classics]] label.[http://www.emiclassics.com/phpNewSite/about_us/now.php]  It is still used in the U.S.
-Is then changed to a sub-label of [[Capitol Records]] for American crossover classical music.
 == See also ==
 * [[List of record labels]]
+==References==
+# "[http://www.time.com/time/archive/preview/0,10987,860140,00.html New Records]". ''[[TIME]]'', [[November 23]], [[1953]].
+# "[http://www.time.com/time/archive/preview/0,10987,861778,00.html Angel at Two]". ''TIME'', [[December 19]], [[1955]].
+# "[http://www.time.com/time/archive/preview/0,10987,936791,00.html Singing Land]". ''TIME'', [[December 23]], [[1957]].
+==External Links==
+[http://www.angelrecords.com/ Angel Records]
+[http://www.emiclassics.com EMI Classics]
 [[Category:Record labels]]