Vox Records (Germany)

For the later American label of the same name, see Vox Records.
Vox-Schallplatten- und Sprechmaschinen A.-G.
IndustryRecord label
Founded1921
FoundersOtto Klung, August Strauch and Curt Stille
Defunct1929
HeadquartersPotsdamerstrasse 39A,
Berlin
ParentHauptgesellschaft für Industrien

Vox AG, officially Vox-Schallplatten- und Sprechmaschinen A.-G., was a German record label and public limited company founded in 1921 by Otto Klung, August Strauch and Curt Stille. It was established for the manufacture of phonographs and shellac records. Vox records feature a triangular label with a stylized depiction of a singer's side profile designed by the graphic and advertising artist Wilhelm Deffke. One source suggests that it issued the first electrical recordings in Germany in late 1924 or early 1925, presumably recorded by a method other than that of Western Electric, but notes that it did not generally adopt electric recording technology until some 18 months later.[1] The company declared bankruptcy in 1929 due to significant competition from larger record labels in Germany.

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