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Disco Aguila (Chile) / c. 1910

Corporate background:

Collector and music researcher Daniel Beller, who was born in Argentina but now lives in Israel, supplied this image.

Thanks also to Chilean record collector Renato D. Menare Rowe, who notes: “Disco Aguila records were recorded and pressed (some being pirated) in Chile by Efraín Band, a Chilean manufacturer and phonograph industry pioneer who started recording cylinders around 1905 and disc records around 1910.

“He also owned the Fonografía Artística label (found on both records and cylinders), and also pressed pirate recordings on the Royal, Mignon and (later) Radio-Tone labels. He died in 1936.“

Design: The indented circle format is similar to the Columbia label introduced in 1908.

The image of a crowned eagle surmounting a globe, being printed in a light colour on a dark background, makes it appear to be reversed.

The label name is lettered in lightweight but classy Roman capitals.

The initials ‘M.R.’ stand for ‘Marca Registrada’ (‘Registered Trade Mark’).

Rarity: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

Value: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10


	Disco Aguila (Chile) / c. 1910




	Corporate background: Collector and music researcher Daniel Beller, who was born in Argentina but now lives in Israel, supplied this image. Thanks also to Chilean record collector Renato D. Menare Rowe, who notes: “Disco Aguila records were recorded and pressed (some being pirated) in Chile by Efraín Band, a Chilean manufacturer and phonograph industry pioneer who started recording cylinders around 1905 and disc records around 1910. “He also owned the Fonografía Artística label (found on both records and cylinders), and also pressed pirate recordings on the Royal, Mignon and (later) Radio-Tone labels. He died in 1936.“				Design: The indented circle format is similar to the Columbia label introduced in 1908. The image of a crowned eagle surmounting a globe, being printed in a light colour on a dark background, makes it appear to be reversed. The label name is lettered in lightweight but classy Roman capitals. The initials ‘M.R.’ stand for ‘Marca Registrada’ (‘Registered Trade Mark’).





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