Group    From /3/1931  To 2012

EMI

Categories: Music / songs

Music record label. Electric and Musical Industries Ltd was formed in London in March 1931 by the merger of the Columbia Graphophone Company and the Gramophone Company. See there for EMI's beginnings. Broken up in 2012.

Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk

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Europe's first disc recording studio

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