I had that weird feeling when I came across this crowd shot whilst scanning Don McLean images for Universal (Music Group) I remembered going to this free concert at Hyde Park (though I didn’t remember that it was May 1975, or that I’d recently turned 17). I thought ‘wouldn’t it be funny if I could… Read more »
The Trust would like to thank Ricky Ford for sending in his memory of EMI. Ricky was an EMI recording artist and has shared a little about his time with the label. It was 1961 in Bristol a truly daring and controversial musical called A MAN DIES was produced, it was the first RocknRoll religious musical.… Read more »
The Trust would like to thank Margaret Carvalho, who has kindly agreed to contribute a memory to our Memories of EMI Campaign (#memoriesofEMI.) She sent in a picture of herself aged 16 and told us about her trip to see the recordings of a Radio Luxembourg show. “When I was 16, I remember travelling to… Read more »
Rupert Perry’s Story of Manchester Square, 1987. Recorded at the EMI Archive, 2nd October 2013. The Trust would like to thank Rupert Perry, who has kindly agreed to be the first person to contribute a memory to our Memories of EMI Campaign. RP: It was a momentous day, it was a momentous week because we… Read more »