# Regal Recordings

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British record label established 1995; imprint of Parlophone Records

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Record label

Regal Recordings Parent company Warner Music Group Founded 1914 (1914) 1932 (as Regal Zonophone) 1995 (current relaunch) Distributors Parlophone (United Kingdom) Warner Records (United States) WEA International Inc. (world) Rhino Entertainment (reissues) Country of origin United Kingdom Location London

**Regal Recordings** is a British [record label](/source/Record_label) functioning as an [imprint](/source/Record_label#Imprint) of [Parlophone Records](/source/Parlophone).

## Background

**Regal Records** was a British [record label](/source/Record_label) founded in 1913 as a subsidiary of the UK branch of [Columbia Records](/source/Columbia_Records), known as the [Columbia Graphophone Company](/source/Columbia_Graphophone_Company).

The first record issues on the Regal Record label in February 1914 were re-issues of existing records from the Columbia Record Catalogue: G-6105 to G-6559, G-6440, G 6441 (English Catalogue) and G 6560 to G 6639 (Scottish Catalogue). Catalogue numbers starting from G 6000 were used at later dates.[1]

Early UK Regal record, issued prior to the mid-1920s

In November 1921, 12 inch records were introduced, commencing at catalogue number G-1000.[1]

From around 1923 onwards many earlier recordings were re-recorded acoustically and released under the same catalogue number as the originals. For catalogue numbers below G-7963 (released July 1923) these may usually be identified by a matrix commencing with an 'A', rather than being completely numeric.[1]

Former logo

The [Western Electric](/source/Gramophone_record) electrical process of recording was introduced in February 1926. Those records re-recorded using this process invariably have their catalogue number suffixed by 'R'.[1]

From March 1930, all new releases were prefixed in the catalogue by 'MR', commencing at MR1.[1]

In 1932, it was merged with the British [Zonophone](/source/Zonophone) label and became [Regal Zonophone](/source/Regal_Zonophone_Records), following the merger of those labels' respective parent companies, the [Columbia Graphophone Company](/source/Columbia_Graphophone_Company) and the [Gramophone Company](/source/Gramophone_Company), to form [EMI](/source/EMI). A listing of records produced by Regal in this era is available from the [CLPGS](/source/CLPGS).

## Regal today

In 1995, the Regal label was revived by EMI as the Parlophone imprint Regal Recordings. Following the 2013 acquisition of Parlophone by the Warner Music Group, Regal became part of Warner’s portfolio.

In 2025, Regal Records relaunched as an independent label and music distribution specialist, focused on supporting cutting-edge and emerging artists. The first two signings under the new era of Regal are Kilu and Josephine Illingworth.

## See also

- [Parlophone](/source/Parlophone)

- [Regal Zonophone Records](/source/Regal_Zonophone_Records)

- [Columbia Graphophone Company](/source/Columbia_Graphophone_Company)

- [Zon-O-Phone Records](/source/Zonophone)

## References

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-BadAnd_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-BadAnd_1-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-BadAnd_1-2) [***d***](#cite_ref-BadAnd_1-3) [***e***](#cite_ref-BadAnd_1-4) Arthur Badrock and Frank Andrews: *Regal Records 1914 to 1932* 2nd Edition published June 2009 by The City of London Phonographic and Gramophone Society.

## External links

- [Regal Recordings MySpace page](http://www.myspace.com/regalrecordings)

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