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In 1919, John Fletcher's Operaphone Company had introduced its pirate record label Symphony Concert Record which, suspiciously enough, used a label design identical to that of to a pre-1914 German-produced export label of the same name. Operaphone's descendant, the Fletcher Record Company, continued to produce the label. Ten-inch Symphony Concert records drew on John Fletcher's own Olympic masters and featured the usual popular and light classical fare. However, a twelve-inch classical and operatic series was pressed from pre-World War I masters recorded by Victor and The Gramophone Company. Like Opera Disc's, these pressings were made from the original metal parts and show recording data inscribed beneath the labels.