Philips

Multinational label. Label Code: LC 0305 / LC 00305. The Philips label was created in 1950 by the [l=Philips Phonografische Industrie] N.V. (PPI), subsidiary of the Dutch Philips Electronics company. The label was distributed globally by Philips' local subsidiaries or licensees. In the US the label was introduced by [l=Mercury Record Corporation] in 1962. In 1972, Philips became a [l=Polygram] label. Following a reorganisation in the early 1980s, Polygram's classical music labels, including