Tag Archives: Jean Metcalfe

A Personal History of the British Music Business 105 – Kay O’Dwyer

Posted on January 24, 2024 by dhvinyl

As dedicated readers will have realised, these interviews were originally intended to form part of a general, rather than personal, history of the British music business, a post retirement project some 25 years ago. That never happened, but more recently … Continue reading →

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A Personal History of the British Record Business 73 – Ronald (Ronnie) Bell.

Posted on April 9, 2019 by dhvinyl

Ronnie Bell, before and after his toupe, is one of the music industry’s top unsung, forgotten even, heroes. Despite the fact that he wrote, and published two versions of his memoirs, try and search for him online and you’ll find … Continue reading →

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A Personal History of the British Record Business 71 – Tommy Loftus

Posted on January 16, 2019 by dhvinyl

Now here’s a challenge before I even start transcribing this interview from about 20 years ago. I remember Tommy Loftus as a name but, albeit I obviously spent an hour or two with him at the time, I cannot … Continue reading →

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A Personal History of the British Record Business 48 – Jeffrey Kruger 5.

Posted on October 14, 2017 by dhvinyl

The usual delay but here we go with the next instalment of one of the British music business’s key 1960’s entrepreneurs. Jeff has formed Ember Records initially as a British offshoot of the American company and used EMI to licence … Continue reading →

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A Personal History of the British Record Business 46 – Jeffrey Kruger 3.

Posted on August 21, 2017 by dhvinyl

Picking up the story from where we left off. Jeff has proved his ability to run a hugely successful jazz club in Central London, has begun to record his artists for Decca’s Tempo label and has agreed a license deal … Continue reading →

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A Personal History of the British Music Business 10 – Colin Burn 2

Posted on February 22, 2015 by dhvinyl

A pause for a holiday, and now we return to Colin Burn and having set the scene for his arrival at EMI in the late 1950’s, I asked him what his job actually entailed. ” The big programme of the … Continue reading →

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Tag Archives: Jean Metcalfe

A Personal History of the British Music Business 105 – Kay O’Dwyer

A Personal History of the British Record Business 73 – Ronald (Ronnie) Bell.

A Personal History of the British Record Business 71 – Tommy Loftus

A Personal History of the British Record Business 48 – Jeffrey Kruger 5.

A Personal History of the British Record Business 46 – Jeffrey Kruger 3.

A Personal History of the British Music Business 10 – Colin Burn 2

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