Label
Ducretet Thomson
3 releases · 4 artists
- Date active
- 1959 – 1967
- Relevance
- Low, <1% of everyone it released is in the core cluster
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French label that was introduced in 1950 by Compagnie Française Thomson-Houston and Maurice Selmer of Henri Selmer Paris and the Selmer label. CFTH were a manufacturer of radios.
The label was distributed in several countries. In the US for example, it was distributed by London Records.
In 1958 Compagnie Française Thomson-Houston went into a partnership with Pathe Marconi, with the companies distributing each other's products.
Eventually label 50112 [EMI] took over the label in 1961.
The "Ducretet" part of the name comes from "Ducretet et cie." a company that CFTH acquired in 1929. Ducretet et cie. was a French company founded by scientist Eugène Adrien Ducretet which produced, among other scientific instruments, an early "plate phonograph", or tinfoil disc player (1879) and a tinfoil phonograph for cylinders.
The repertoire focused on world music, including UNESCO recordings.
Today back catalog is owned by Warner Music France [Warner Music Group].
The label was distributed in several countries. In the US for example, it was distributed by London Records.
In 1958 Compagnie Française Thomson-Houston went into a partnership with Pathe Marconi, with the companies distributing each other's products.
Eventually label 50112 [EMI] took over the label in 1961.
The "Ducretet" part of the name comes from "Ducretet et cie." a company that CFTH acquired in 1929. Ducretet et cie. was a French company founded by scientist Eugène Adrien Ducretet which produced, among other scientific instruments, an early "plate phonograph", or tinfoil disc player (1879) and a tinfoil phonograph for cylinders.
The repertoire focused on world music, including UNESCO recordings.
Today back catalog is owned by Warner Music France [Warner Music Group].
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- Releases: 1 Relevance: medium Active: 1959
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- Releases: 1 Relevance: low Active: 1967
- Releases: 1 Relevance: extremely low Active: 1967