philips records is a record label founded by the dutch electronics company philips and the dutch-american largest record label company universal music group.it was founded as philips phonographische industrie in 1950.in 1946, philips acquired the company which pressed records for british decca's dutch outlet in amsterdam.recordings were also made of popular artists of multiple nationalities and of classical artists from germany, france and the netherlands.launched under the slogan 'records of the century' (referring to philips industries' uk head office at century house, w1), the first releases in britain appeared in january 1953 on 10' 78 rpm discs, with lps appearing in july 1954.philips also distributed recordings made by the united states columbia records (which at the time was a unit of cbs) in the uk and on the european continent.after the separation of the english columbia label (owned by emi) and american columbia, philips also started distributing original columbia recordings on the philips label in the uk.the first batch of eight singles releases in 1953 included british artists such as gilbert harding, flanagan and allen and gracie fields, followed by american columbia recording artists jo stafford, frankie laine and johnnie ray.the first single on the label to chart was frankie laine's 'i believe', which reached the no.1 chart position in the uk that april.many of the first british recordings on the label were produced by norman newell until john franz was appointed artists and repertoire (a&r) manager in 1954.in 1958, philips created a subsidiary label, fontana records, which meant that american-columbia recordings were being issued on both the philips and fontana labels.this arrangement lasted until april 1962, when, under pressure from columbia in america, philips then created a third label for them, cbs records (it could not name the label columbia as the copyright for that name had long been owned by emi).in late 1964, under the stewardship of u.s. president of columbia records goddard lieberson, cbs records formed its own international operations, adopting the name of its then parent cbs.cbs records set up their uk operation in theobalds road in holborn.singles and albums on the philips and fontana labels by columbia-owned product were subsequently deleted from the catalogue.in 1962, philips records and deutsche grammophon formed the grammophon-philips group joint venture (gpg), which later became polygram in 1972.uk pressings were manufactured at the company's large factory based at walthamstow in n.e.london.in 1964, after philips lost its us and canadian distribution deal with columbia records, it entered an exchange agreement with mercury records.a year later, philips' us affiliate consolidated electronics industries corp. (a.k.a.conelco), bought mercury and its subsidiary labels, such as smash.philips classical, jazz and pop records were now marketed by mercury in the us under the philips label.the mercury living presence team also made classical recordings for philips, in july 1961.these records, made in walthamstow town hall near london, included liszt piano concertos by sviatoslav richter and the london symphony orchestra conducted by kiril kondrashin; two albums of symphonic 'bon-bons' by the london symphony orchestra and charles mackerras released as 'kaleidoscope'; 'russian song recital' by galina vishnevskaya and mstislav rostropovich; and beethoven sonata op.69 for cello and piano by richter and rostropovich.the richter liszt album was recorded on 3-track 35mm magnetic film and was reissued on cd from a remaster made from the film by original producer wilma cozart fine, (wife of the recording engineer bob) as part of the philips solo series.classical groups that philips heavily recorded included the royal concertgebouw orchestra, the beaux arts trio, and the quartetto italiano.
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