«Luxophone» was the earliest label of the Aprelevka factory. The records with such label were issued by the end of 1910. Soon after, they changed the trade mark to «Metropol- Record». All records issued earlier under the «Luxophone» label were re-issued in 1911 under «Metropol- Record» while bearing the same catalogue numbers. «Luxophone» label design is mimicry under «Zonophone». Probably, at the very beginning they planned to issue piratical records, but enactment of the Copyright Law forced them to change their plans, so the label took new distinctive shape. --Dmitry Golovko