Edison Records was founded on June 28, 1888. Edison Records was one of the earliest record labels which pioneered recorded sound and was an important player in the early recording industry. Edison invented the phonograph the first device recording and playing back sound.

Edison Records was most successful around 1910 when they had made their phonograph cylinder which they produced and sold till they went out of business in 1929

Edison Records went out of business in 1929 because they had limited sales due to Edison's conservative musical taste and that they had not attempted to sign any popular performers

Edison Records could have been saved if Edison would of focused on what the people wanted and not what he liked himself. If would of signed performers that the people liked then his company would of lasted longer. The first "Needle Cut" discs were released in August 1929, and were issued at a rate of only a few new titles at a time each week for ten weeks before the company ceased record sales. Though hundreds of master recordings had been made towards a major release effort, only about 100 titles ever commercially appeared. The audio fidelity was often comparable to the best of other record companies of the time, but they sold poorly not only because Edison's market share had declined to the point where it was no longer one of the leading companies and Edison had few distributors compared to leaders like Victor, Columbia, and Brunswick, but also because their brief existence did not allow them to establish any kind of market presence. (Another factor that probably limited sales was Edison's conservative musical taste and that they had not attempted to sign any popular performers. There was very little jazz or blues issued on Edison.)