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One of several Chicago-based brands made with oversized spindle holes, United was produced between 1909 and 1916 by [url=http://www.discogs.com/label/112015-Columbia-Phonograph-Co]Columbia[/url] for the [l788368] Laterally recorded, they avoided patent infringement by only being playable on machines with outsized spindles, in this case 1 1/2". To avoid competition with the same recording on the Columbia label, the artists often had to remain anonymous or use a pseudonym. In 1916, companies that marketed various related odd-spindle labels ([l788368], Harmony Talking Machine Co., [l506992], [l644226] and [l805900]) merged to form the Consolidated Talking Machine Company, Inc. of Chicago. This operation was unrelated to Eldridge R. Johnson's earlier Philadelphia-based company of the same name, [l627810]. At this time [l257157], [l668228], [l507657], [l524559] and [l437819] were discontinued and replaced by a single label, the Consolidated Record.