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

Posted on April 16, 2018 by

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

Posted on April 9, 2018 by

(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 Industry 64 – Bunny Lewis 2

Posted on April 2, 2018 by

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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A Personal History of the British Record Business 54 – Tony Calder 1.

Posted on January 7, 2018 by

Unlike most of my previous interviewees I can’t claim to have had more than a passing acquaintance with  Tony Calder, who died suddenly in January 2018. I didn’t even know what his claims to fame were, although I had heard … Continue reading →

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A Personal History of the British Record Business 50 – Jeffrey Kruger 7.

Posted on November 6, 2017 by

We have now reached 1967 and the Glen Campbell story, so without further ado…photos of Jeffrey are thin on the ground and this one is obviously not from 1967! Beggars can’t be… Coming to 1967, I heard Turn around look … Continue reading →

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A Personal History of the British Record Industry 39 – Brian Gibson Pt.1

Posted on January 3, 2017 by

For Those who may not know Brian’s history, here is the 2003 obituary from the UK Press Gazette.Sadly, despite much web trawling, I can find no photograph of Brian.( I know there is one of him with Motown staff around … Continue reading →

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A Personal History of the British Record Business 36 – Tony Barrow Pt.3

Posted on June 28, 2016 by

  We had reached The Beatles’ first single which EMI released with Tony still at Decca, writing sleeve notes. Going back to your days at Decca, what was the company’s reaction to this record  (Love me do) and its success? … Continue reading →

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