Unusual types of gramophone records did have etched labels as well, with many (if not all) also featuring a little etched picture of Thomas Edison. The Gramophone company etched their logo at the blank side of their single sided records in the early 1900s, in the same way, Some later single sided Red Seal records by Victor had a pattern with the word Victor on it. After having already released both colored vinyl singles and picture discs in the 1980s, Canadian rock artist Bryan Adams issued a 12" single of "Can't Stop This Thing We Started" in autumn 1991, which had the front cover photography
Gramophone Company mechanical patents that he owned, which patents were valuable in the agreement with Columbia. Thus, Victor and Columbia began making flat records in the U.S., with UK Gramophone and others continuing to do so outside the U.S. This left Edison the only major player in the making of cylinders; Columbia still made a limited number for a few years. Emile Berliner went out of the business. All he had left were the masters of his earlier records. These he took to Canada and reformed his Berliner label in Montreal, where he used the "His Master's Voice" trademark. Edison would soon