Monthly Archives: April 2018

50 years ago in the Music Industry 15 – Disc & Music Echo, 1967-1972

Posted on April 22, 2018 by dhvinyl

  With “Tina-the Musical” having opened to sensational reviews this week, strangely appropriate that this interview, of which I am ashamed to admit I have absolutely no memory, pops out of the annals of Disc, April 27, 1968.     … Continue reading →

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A Personal History of the British Record Business 67 – Bunny Lewis 5 and conclusion

Posted on April 16, 2018 by dhvinyl

Bunny had just listed some of the artists that he signed to Columbia during his time at EMI including The Avons, The Mudlarks and, via Top Rank, Craig Douglas. I then asked about the frequency with which singers changed labels … Continue reading →

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50 years ago in the Music Industry 14 – Disc & Music Echo, 1967-1972

Posted on April 15, 2018 by dhvinyl

If I can claim anything in my six years as a “journalist” (inverted commas as I was really little more than a local reporter and music paper ‘hack’) it was playing my part in trying to save the pirate radio … Continue reading →

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A Personal History of the British Record Business 66 – Bunny Lewis 4

Posted on April 9, 2018 by dhvinyl

(Apologies for repeating the same photo for every episode, but as with so many of these legendary figures from the British Record Industry, Bunny was largely ignored by the media so photographs are very limited) To state the obvious, this … Continue reading →

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A Personal History of the British Record Business 65 – Bunny Lewis 3

Posted on April 4, 2018 by dhvinyl

Bunny has now left Decca and joined his wife in her management and booking agency All we had at that period was Lorrae Desmond and Jimmy Young. Then David Jacobs rang me up one day and said ‘you have made … Continue reading →

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50 years ago in the Music Industry 13 – Disc & Music Echo, 1967-1972

Posted on April 3, 2018 by dhvinyl

Although I vividly remember P.J. Proby coming to Maidstone Agricultural Hall probably in 1964, when he performed inside the wrestling ring and arbitrarily split his velvet pants towards the end, I have no recollection of this interview. Strange as it … Continue reading →

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A Personal History of the British Record Business 64 – Bunny Lewis 2

Posted on April 2, 2018 by dhvinyl

We’ll carry on where we left off, and it looks as if I still hadn’t asked a single question! We were getting immersed in an EMI vs Decca one-man monologue! We (Decca) were much better off than EMI at that … Continue reading →

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