Deutsche Grammophon

The Deutsche Grammophon Gesellschaft was founded in 1890 by German-born United States citizen Emile Berliner as the German branch of his Berliner Gramophone Company. Based in the city of Hanover, the company had links with the U.S. Victor Talking Machine Company and the British HMV, but severed ties to these companies at the onset of World War I.

In 1941 Deutsche Grammophon was purchased by the Siemens & Halske electronics company.

In 1962 Siemens formed a joint venture with Netherlands based Philips to create the DGG/PPI Record Group, which later became known as the PolyGram label.

In 1998, Seagram Company Ltd of Canada purchased Deutsche Grammophon and PolyGram. Since then Deutsche Grammophon has been merged into the Universal Music Group.

Labelcode: LC 00173 / LC 0173

Things that might be useful to mention on DG-submissions:
-Releases around the 1950's-60's and also from 2004 onward often come in different versions. For this reason it's best to mention:
1. Label-> with Gesellschaft or not (both for cover and labels, may differ).
2. Center-labels border (tulip or straight border) (older issues/pressings have a tulip border)
3. Center-labels color if there's a tulip border (darker or brighter yellow, more difficult as you should compare or know the two) (issues/pressings with dark yellow background are even older)
4. Sometimes Stereo is on a red background on the front cover, mention it (indicates an early stereo pressing)
5. If it has a gatefold cover with stitched spine, mention it (older issue/pressing)
6. For those with stitched spine: mention if it's an illustrated or generic front cover (oldest releases have a generic cover design)

Catalog number relations and info:
· LP 16 xxx - 10"-LP mono (mid '50's - beginning '60's)
· LPE 17 xxx - 10"-LP mono (mid '50's - beginning '60's)
· LPM 18 xxx - 12"-LP mono (mid '50's - beginning '60's)
· LPEM 19 xxx - 12"-LP mono (mid '50's - beginning '60's)
· 004 xxx / 104 xxx - 004 = mono / 104 = stereo (mid '60's, used both for DG and for Archiv Produktion)
· 13x xxx (SLPM/SLPEM) - stereo (1960's)