From 1960 to 1995 their "EMI House" corporate headquarters was located at 20 Manchester Square London, England, the stairwell from which was featured on the cover of the Beatles' Please Please Me album. It manufactured integrated circuits, electrolytic capacitors and, for a short period in the mid-1970s, hand-held calculators under the Gemini name.

Sometime in the late 1980s, EMI America merged with sister label Manhattan Records, founded in 1984, [26] becoming EMI Manhattan and eventually EMI USA when Capitol absorbed it in 1989. Also in May 2016 the history of the record label was examined in the hour-long BBC documentary EMI: The Inside Story. However, the remainder of Chrysalis's British catalogue, namely other past artists Spandau Ballet, Jethro Tull, Ramones and The Proclaimers, stayed with Parlophone in the UK and (excluding Ramones) Rhino Entertainment in the United States.Universal would, however, retain its ownership of the Beatles' library (moved to the newly formed Calderstone Productions) and Robbie Williams' Chrysalis recordings (moved to the Island Records label). Whether you want to add to your collection or just love listening to your favorite tunes, vinyl records are just what you need. In April 1986, Thorn EMI sold its film production and distribution arm (Thorn EMI Screen Entertainment), home video ( Thorn EMI Video), and cinema (ABC Cinemas) operations to businessman Alan Bond. To comply with this condition, UMG divested V2 Records, Parlophone Records, Sanctuary Records, Chrysalis Records, Mute Records, EMI Classics, Virgin Classics, Vivendi Visual Entertainment, the 2CD Originals Series and EMI's regional labels in most of Europe. The EMI Electronic Business Machine, a valve and magnetic drum memory computer, was built in the 1950s to process the British Motor Corporation payroll.

a b c d e f EMI Annual Report 1978 Archived 5 February 2016 at the Wayback Machine, Accessed: 4 February 2016. The suit was later settled following a defence based on a contract case involving actress Olivia de Havilland decades before.In 1958 the EMIDEC 1100, the UK's first commercially available all- transistor computer, was developed at Hayes under the leadership of Godfrey Hounsfield, an electrical engineer at EMI.

Early in its life, the Gramophone Company established its subsidiary operations and branch offices in a number of many other countries inside and outside of the British Commonwealth, including Europe, the Middle East and Africa as well as in Canada, Russia, India, China, Japan, Australia and New Zealand. Rather than just give me some YouTube links, Caity helped me understand so much more about records and record players. As is often the case in the music industry, the publishing arm and record label are very separate businesses. The options include: French Exit, Who Really Cares, Death of a Party Girl, 3 EPs, or Bloodbath64's AESTHETICADELICA.

During the height of chillwave, Brad Petering and Trung Ngo emerged from San Diego with a trilogy of self-described hypnotic pop EPs-- TV Girl, Benny and the Jetts, and Lonely Women--as well as The Wild, The Innocent, The TV Shuffle mixtape. Caity answered all my questions, no matter how basic they were, and provided a wealth of knowledge and information to us as new comers to the vinyl scene. Universal retained EMI's former European labels in Ireland, Italy, the Netherlands, Germany, Switzerland, Austria, Hungary, and Finland. EMI Leisure Enterprises was formed in April 1974 and controlled Blackpool Tower; EMI's 16 squash clubs and five bowling alleys; discotheques; 23 licensed premises and other amusement interests.

along with hit solo performers such as Frank Sinatra, Cliff Richard, and Nat 'King' Cole, made EMI the best-known and most successful recording company in the world at that time.

Opener ‘False Horns’ is a deep track with a sinister build, teasing in an eerie horn sound to create an atmospheric soundscape, with the hypnotic, jazzy fused breakbeat finishing what is an outstanding start to the incredible EP.