Shortly, a competing
invention started to become available; the gramophone by
Emile Berliner. Already, in the first years of the 20th
century, slate discs begin to be recorded. The first international
discography companies hurried to take a place in the Spanish
market. The International Zonophone Company from the United
States, the French Du Gramophone (La Voz de su Amo) and
Pathé (responsible for the recording with a sapphire
needle), the German Dacapo, Homoko, Homophon, Talking Machine
GMBH (Odeon), with flamenco discs distributed by the Casa
Fadas from Madrid. El Mochuelo, El Pena, Niño de
Cabra, El Garrido y Paca Aguilera, amongst others, were
the first ones to record these one-sided little discs.
