Antique hand Crank Tabletop Phonograph Record Player made by the early EMI records company. numbered 90 5005 . Columbia Graphophone Company was one of the first gramophone companies in the United Kingdom. Being owned by EMI, such as Columbia Records, it became a successful label in the 1950s and 1960s. It was eventually replaced by EMI Records, as part of a consolidation strategy of the EMI label.