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 The Gramophone Co. Ltd., which was founded in 1897 (officially registered in 1898) in the UK by the US businessman William Barry Owen and his partner/investor Trevor Williams. via Discogs →