This frequency record on the Octacros label was issued in the middle 1930s. It was recorded and pressed by Synchrophone Ltd., who owned the Octacros label. The illustration round the spindle hole and the title of Synchrophone give a clue as to that company's origins. They made sound tracks for films on records that were synchronised with the relevant film. Quelle

Octocros records were produced as a result of a dispute between Cinema operators and the Performing Rights Society, when cinemas were prevented from playing records to the public without paying a fee. So, Octocros records were made specially for use in cinemas only, and were produced for Synchrophone Ltd. These records first appeared in 1934, using old masters from the defunct Piccadilly label, ........when the label was discontinued in 1937. The label concentrated on dance band recordings (usually by bands who had no other contract) and it is a gold-mine for enthusiasts of the period. There were also many organ recordings (as you'd expect of a cinema-based company). more