Monthly Archives: February 2016

A Personal History of the British Music Business 28, Ken East Pt.5

Posted on February 28, 2016 by dhvinyl

      Barney Ales, John McCready (Phonogram New Zealand), to be hired by Ken when he moves to Decca) and Ken East’s profile! We have followed Ken back and forth from London to Australia..all the time with EMI. Now … Continue reading →

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A Personal History of the British Records Business 27 – Ken East Pt.4

Posted on February 21, 2016 by dhvinyl

    We have reached 1969 and I asked Ken about other EMI executives around the world Geoffrey Bridge (see Pt.3) went back to Hayes. They found him a job at Hayes because they were nice people and for Geoff’s … Continue reading →

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A Personal History of the British Record Business 26 – Ken East Pt.3

Posted on February 16, 2016 by dhvinyl

  Ken East‘s tenure as MD of the EMI Records UK lasted from January 1967-July 1969 They (the Sixties) were great years. Start of pirate radio. Tony Windsor (pirate Radio London- Big L) was Tony Withers in Australia, king of … Continue reading →

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A Personal History of the British Record Business 25 – Ken East Pt.2

Posted on February 11, 2016 by dhvinyl

We had reached the early 1960’s in Part 1, so I obviously asked about The Beatles In 1962 there was a man named Stan Stern who was export promotion manager and it was his job to try and promote British … Continue reading →

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A Personal History of the British Record Business 24 – Ken East Pt.1

Posted on February 6, 2016 by dhvinyl

Time to drag this photo out again! Here I am in the summer of 1978, having just joined EMI’s Licensed Repertoire Division as the General Manager of Motown, the company’s prime licensed label. I joined on a Monday, The Commodores’ … Continue reading →

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