Edison Records is one of the earliest record labels that pioneer sound recording and reproduction and is an important player in the early recording industry.
The first phonograph cylinders are manufactured in 1888, followed by Edison's foundation of the Edison Phonograph Company in the same year.
The recorded wax cylinders, later replaced by Blue Amberol cylinders, and vertical-cut Diamond Discs, are manufactured by Edison's National Phonograph Company from 1896 on, reorganized as Thomas A. Edison, Inc. in 1911.
Until 1910 the recordings do not carry the names of the artists.
The company begins to lag behind its rivals in the 1920s, both technically and in the popularity of its artists, and halts production of recordings in 1929.
