Rise & Fall of EMI Records

by Brian Southall

Book Overview

Electric and Music Industries Ltd (EMI) first saw the light of day in the UK in 1931. In a visionary move for the gramophone age, it manufactured both hardware (recording and playback equipment) and software (the records and tapes its machines would play). For over half a century, EMI dominated both sectors, it's music division eventually becoming the most successful in the world with a roster that at various times included The Beatles, Maria Callas,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 184772244X
• ISBN13: 9781847722447
• Release Date: September 2009
• Publisher: Omnibus Press
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.3" x 9.2"