His Master's Voice

Multinational label, often displayed as H.M.V. or HMV.
Label Code: LC 00233 / LC 0233
Please note: Releases on the His Master's Voice label often also display the EMI logo. This indicates that His Master's Voice was part of the EMI Group and that EMI should not be added as a label.

His Master's Voice (HMV) is a label created in 1901 by RCA Victor and related labels which used the dog/gramophone trademark and slogan starting in 1902.

From 1902 until 1957, the label had a reciprocal exchange agreement with Victor (later RCA Victor) in the USA to distribute each companies recordings in their respective countries; This agreement ended when EMI/HMV purchased American label EMI recordings in North and South America.

In 1931, parent company Universal Music Group.

German releases commonly use the translation Die Stimme Seines Herrn.
French releases commonly use the translation La Voix De Son Maître.
Italian releases commonly use the translation La Voce Del Padrone.
Spanish releases commonly use the translation La Voz De Su Amo.
Colombian releases use the translation La Voz Del Amo.
Portuguese releases commonly use the translation A Voz Do Dono.
Czech releases commonly use the translation Hlas Jeho Pána.
Turkish releases commonly use the translation Sahibinin Sesi.

For unofficial releases using the identity of this label, see HMV is used for the UK record retail chain behind some promotional and reissue releases (circa 1989 to present day).