Tag Archives: Peter Gormley

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

Posted on April 19, 2022 by dhvinyl

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 →

Posted in A Life in Music - random memories, A Personal History of the British Record Business, Stories of the British Music Business, Uncategorized | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 1 Comment

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

Posted on April 6, 2022 by dhvinyl

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 →

Posted in A Personal History of the British Record Business, Stories of the British Music Business | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 3 Comments

A Personal History of the British Record Industry 28 – Ken East Pt.6

Posted on March 18, 2016 by dhvinyl

The close of another record auction interrupted the flow again. If any readers are interested in old vinyl as well as old music industry stories, then do feel free to Google Collectors Vinyl – you should find me as your … Continue reading →

Posted in A Personal History of the British Record Business, Uncategorized | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 1 Comment

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 →

Posted in A Personal History of the British Record Business | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

A Personal History of the British Music Business 11 – Colin Burn 3

Posted on February 24, 2015 by dhvinyl

Colin’s start at EMI preceded Cliff Richard’s debut by about four months – he started in May 1958 and Cliff in September of the same year. So I was keen to know more. Norrie Paramor with Cliff Richard, Jet Harris, … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 4 Comments