Monthly Archives: April 2022

A Personal History of the British Record History 101 – Harry Walters Pt.2 and conclusion

Someone’s reading this! John Williams has sourced a photo, together with its caption, of Harry back in the days when he was in charge of the Cameo-Parkway label in the UK, then released via EMI’s Columbia. Many thanks, John! We … Continue reading

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A Personal History of the British Record Business 101 – Harry Walters Pt.1

Considering Harry Walters’ music business history goes way back and covers not only publishing, record companies but the BBC, he, as with Selwyn Turnbull, seems to have been largely forgotten online. One or two mentions of the Mercury Cameo-Parkway labels, … Continue reading

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A Personal History of the British Record Industry 100 – Selwyn Turnbull

It’s so long since I knew or interviewed Selwyn that I resorted to Google, primarily to check whether he is still alive. All it came up with was this photo which, apart from him, also shows Brian Gibson and Tony … Continue reading

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