[78-L] Mignon Record

[Kristjan Saag]

Mignon was a German label, part of the Lindstrom company in Berlin and 
relying on recordings made by the Beka studios (Beka was one of 
Lindstrom's main labels at the time, others being Odeon, Fonotipia and 
Parlophon).
The Mignon records were 15 cm (6''), dark green with yellow writing. 
Known issues between years1912-1921; Beka's later recordings for Mignon 
were issued on Ekophon (also 15 cm discs, but dark blue in colour).
Here's an interesting link: Finnish discographer Pekka Gronow is working 
on a book about the Lindstrom company; this is  kind of a preview:
http://www.phonomuseum.at/includes/content/lindstroem/gronow_lindstroemag.pdf
And there's a publication out listing information from 30 different 
Lindstrom label recording ledgers:
http://www.phonomuseum.at/2011/06/aufnahmebuecher-recording-ledgers-carl-lindstroem-a-g-auf-cd-r/
78-L member Rainer Lotz has been part of that project and could tell us 
more about it.

The fact that Lindstrom acquired Odeon, Beka and other labels around 
1910 probably meant they got access to earlier recordings as well, some 
of which could have been used for the Mignon label. Mignon issued 
Scandinavian recordings for the Scandinavian market, for instance, and 
probably British material for the British isles. So "Mr Thomas Cat" 
could certainly predate 1912.
Kristjan


David Lewis skrev 2011-08-16 01:18:
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> This is a curious small record, a Mignon label record made in Germany. The selection, "Mr. Thomas Cat" was recorded for Edison in 1901 and I think the piece appeared in print ca. 1899. The "Empire Military Band" sounds English, and indeed, note the odd slow down of the tempo when they reach the minor strain.
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> I have never seen a Mignon record; the Colonel describes it as a 6" or 5" record, but the title gives it as a 4"; the shot is so out of focus that I can't read the label. My questions are, who manufactured these, from when to when, and is the recording English, German or American? Also the Colonel dates it to 1905, a poster states it's from the 'teens; the piece was republished, incidentally, in 1909.
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> I am aware that Columbia made several phonographs called the Mignon, though as far as I know these were cylinder only until 1907.
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> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MAOzPTmFBKY
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