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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…”

• Introduction to the 1903 Egyptian recording session
• What Ali Jihad Racy wrote about these recordings
• The recordings: a complete discography
• The 1903 recordings in the 1904 and 1905 catalogues
• Label scans of 19 single-sided 7-inch records

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