Ducretet Thomson

The company brand was also used for a record label until the end of the 1950s. The label eventually became part of London Records. French label that was introduced in 1950 by Compagnie Française Thomson-Houston and Maurice Selmer of Henri Selmer Paris and the Selmer label. CFTH were a manufacturer of radios. In 1958 Compagnie Française Thomson-Houston went into a partnership with Pathe Marconi, with the companies distributing each other's products. Eventually Les Industries Musicales Et Electriques Pathé Marconi [EMI] took over the label in 1961. The "Ducretet" part of the name comes from "Ducretet et cie." a company that CFTH acquired in 1929. Ducretet et cie. Was a French company founded by scientist Eugène Adrien Ducretet which produced, among other scientific instruments, an early "plate phonograph", or tinfoil disc player (1879) and a tinfoil phonograph for cylinders. The repertoire focused on world music, including UNESCO recordings. Today back catalog is owned by Warner Music France [Warner Music Group].

It is associated with France. The record gives 1864 as its date of establishment or first appearance. Its recorded founders are Eugène Adrien Ducretet. The recorded field of activity is electronics industry and consumer electronics industry.